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A Christian Sense of Values Rev. Daniel Fuchs !Jebruarg 25, 1954 Page 4 February 25, 1954 Page 2 THE BAPTIST HERALD ~ag e 3 ENGAGEMENTS Rev. R. Schilke Feb. 28 (Sunday A.M.)-Bellwood, Illinois. March 7 (Sunday A.M.)- Sebasto­ A LESSON PLAN 2. We shall have victory over death pol, Ontario. March 7 (Sunday P.M.)-Killaloe, Date: March 7, 1954 only as he is permitted to become our Lord and our God (v. 27) . Ontario. Theme: LORD OF LIFE AND DEATH Applying the Lesson: Rev. J . C. Gunst Vol. 32 No. 4 SCRIPTURE: J ohn 11:32-46. Feb. 25-Woman's Missionary So­ PURPOSE: To help us make Christ 1. What does it mean to make Christ ciety, Forest P ark Church, For­ Bibles for Others ! February 25, 1954 the Lord of our lives, so that his life Lord of our life? est Park, Illinois. and his victory over death might be­ 2. What does Jesus mean when he • says, "Whosoever liveth and believeth Rev. M. L. Leuschner F THE BIBLE IS GOD'S precious Word to you th come ours. F eb. 24-Elberta, Alabama. Cover ' Vlnston P ote from A. Devaney, in me shall never die"? bound to share its message with others and 't en you are duty New York GETTING STARTED: The Christian 3. What obligations does the fact of Feb. 25-28-South Texas, Louisiana o Pace1 th·1 d. · message confronts us with this para­ Book into others' hands. That is the purpose of b . s ivme "The Chur ch Steeple Rises Above a Christ's Lordship place upon us? and Alabama Associations at I o serving Bible New England VIUage" dox: we have to die to live. S h l d h h Mowata Church, Branch, La. Day in our Sunday c oo s an c urc es on Sund M " The S.S. Lesson in Action" J esus had to die in order to bring March 1-Greenvine Church, Bur­ emphasize this truth that Bible distribution is an i ay, arch 14, tQ R ev. Berthold Jacksteit ...... • .. .. 2 A LESSON P LAN ton, Texas. "life and immortality to light." Only every Christian's missionary outreach. mportant part of Ed itorial through his death could resurrection Date: March 14, 1954 March 2- Kyle, Texas. " B ibles for Others" 3 and eternal life be achieved. Without Theme: JESUS FACES THE CROSS March 3-Cottonwood Church, Lo­ We are God's spokesmen, his missionaries We " A Christian Sen se of Values" Good Friday, Easter Sunday would rena, Texas. of God to go into all the world, beginning with· ou are co mmiss1oned· · R ev. Daniel Fuchs . . . . . 4 never have dawned. Without Calvary, SCRIPTURE: John 12:20-32. March 4- 7-North Texas Associa­ r own horn . h " A Bullder·s Joy" PURPOSE: To show that the way tion at Carroll Avenue Church, borhood of "J erusalem." We must witness for h . e ne1g - Mr. Ernest Hild ebrand ...... • . 5 the empty tomb in a hillside garden . h . im as the " would have never been. Jesus had to of the cross is the way that leads to Dallas, Texas. Bibles," reftectmg t e beauty of Christ and telli f open ''A Missionary's Fare,vell" our salvation and to a life of useful­ i\liss Berneice ·westerman 5 die in order to achieve life. March 8-Gatesvil!e, Texas. News of his· Gospe1 . Th rough ot h ers, who are calledng and orth a the. G 00 d We, too, have to die in order to live. ness and deepest satisfacti-on. March 9-Crawford, Texas. "Blessings at l\"lihvaukee!" missionaries, we are able to take these unsearchabl . h ppomted as Dr. P a ul G ebauer . . 6 The fuller life that Christ can give be­ GETTING STARTED: Why did March 10-Waco, Texas. Christ have to die upon the cross? March 11-Hurnville Church, Hen­ revelation to all parts of the world. e nc es of God's "Colorado Christmas!" comes ours only as by faith we die Miss Florence Eisele . . 8 with him, so that we might also rise Wasn't there some other way in which rietta, Texas. But in all of this witnessing for Christ at hom " We P ause We Thank! W e Give!" with him to newness of life. Only as he might have accomplished his pur ­ Rev. D. Fuchs, Evangelist pose and achieved man's salvation? · · ' e and abroad 1 t Rev. E. J. B aumgartner . . . 10 we, through a whole-hearted yielding Feb. 28-March 5-Erin Ave. Church, us never forget that the greatest privilege for us is that ' . e to him, die to an old, self-centered Why this ghastly way of dying? Why the heart of someone to the revealed truths of God's W of openmg "Seminary Spotlights" such cruelty? And why should it have Cleveland, Ohio. Prof. Hugo Lueck ...... 11 life, can a new, Christ-centered life March 7- 14-Pi!grim Church, Phila­ acceptance of J esus Christ as Savior and Redeeme. Ford and to the be ours. We lose our life to find it. We been necessary for him to die at all? "Tribute to Mr. Okko D eBoer" Could he not have lived and accom­ delphia, Pennsylvania. they believe in him of whom they have not heard?"r. (Ror "how s h a ll" Dr. George A. Lang .11 die in order to live. \Vhat·s Happening ...... 12 plished his mission? Many a thought­ Rev. H. Palfenier The distribution of the Good News of the Gospel i G o~nans 10:~4.) Developing the Theme: ful person has been troubled by March 5- 19-Sumner, Iowa. CBY and SS Hera ld News ...... 13 thoughts like these. But they have vital and all important part of our missionary out~ ~d s .Word is a ACROSS THE SEAS I. JESUS IS LORD. 1 Chapter T en 14 never been able to come up with an­ CHANGES OF ADDRESS sponsibility for this resting squarely upon every Ch . at~ ;" th the re- l. His Lordship is demonstrated in other answer. There was no other . ns ian s shoulders " W e, the Women" the perfect mastery he had over him­ way, else God would have used it. And Rev. Merle Brenner Dr. J ohn A. Broadus, a former president of the S h . · Mr s. Irma Grosser ...... 16 self. Always he acted as one who we are left with one of the mysteries Box 1721 Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., and a beloved ~ut ern Baptist Reports from the Field ...... 17 knew what he was doing and where of the ages-and one of the glories!­ Rapid City, South Dakota teacher, once wrote: "It is hard sometimes to tell wh t ~w Testament Obitua ries ...... " ...... 22 he was going (vv. 9- 10). that God should have used a cross 2. Whatever the circumstances, he and turned it into the means of bring­ Rev. Lenox G. Palin privilege of earthly life, but it does seem that just t~ is the great~st • was always the master (v. 40). 373 Walnut Street ilege of earthly life is to give to some fellow-creature t:e greatest pnv­ ing life, and hope, and peace, and Bi-weekly Publication of the 3.· Whatever the need, he always beauty and salvation unto men. Newark 5, New J ersey of God, and then to try, by loving speech and living blessed Word had sufficient resources to meet that . f h example to b . ROGER WILLIAMS PRESS need (vv. 41-42). Developing the Theme: h ome to t h e h eart and conscience o t ose whom • rmg 3734 Payne Ave., Cleveland 14, Ohio fled Lord a nd rece1vmg his I. JESUS H AD TO FACE THE CROSS. truths it contains. If we love the Bible ourselves tlwe can reach the II. JESUS IS LORD OF LIFE. atonement are we saved (v. 32). . · . . • 1 en should t Martin L. Leuschner, D.D., Editor l. His own life was one that was ~· For a life like his, it was in­ ( b) Only by losing our life to him delight m scattering the Bible among others?" we no Rev. E. J . Baumgartner, Business was lived to the fullest and best. evitable. H e couldn't speak do live in glad surrender does real and Manager as he did without finally ' bri~ging We will be more zealously engaged in this task and . 2. Thus he understood life perfect­ eternal life become ours (vv. martyrdom upon himself. 24-25). we fully realize that our mission fields need Bibles widtncess :V~en ly a nd was able to minster to it com­ 2. For the accomplishing of his mis­ . t I J 1. · . an hnstian pletely. 2. As the way of life for the Chris­ 1itera ure. n apan among the iterate millions there is d h THE BAPTIST HERALD is a publication sion it was essential. tian · t. l' a eep unger of the North American B aptist General 3. To all who believe in him, he im­ f or Ch ns ian iterature. The Japanese will read the B'·bl . Conference with headquarters at 7306 Mad­ (a) To redeem men was his God­ (a) The principle of t he cross, of . . . i e or port10ns ison St., F orest Park, Illinois. It also main­ parts the gift of abundant and eternal given task (vv. 46-47). vicarious suffering, of service of it long before they will come mto Christian chapel B'bl . tains an act ive membership in th e Asso­ life (vv. 25-26). 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Leuschner, triumph over the grave (v. 25b). to escape the cross but faced it will­ Applying the Lesson: to the distribution of Bibles and the preparation of Christian litera­ 7308 Madison St., Foi:est Park , Illinois. IV. WE MUST MAKE HIM LORD ingly and courageously. It was God's ALL BUSINESS correspondence is to be 1. What are some of the definite ture. It is our ministry and our own work as with Bible Day offerings addressed to the Roger Williams Press. OVER OUR LIVES. way of reconciling men unto himself. and practical ways in which we can we share in the glor ious distribution of Bibles and Christian literature 3734 Payne Avenue, Cleveland 14, Ohio. 1. The full and eternal life he gives II. WE HAVE TO FACE THE CROSS. become cross-bearers in our every­ Entered as second-class matter January 9. becomes ours only as we receive him day lives? through our Publishing House. Make this your priceless privilege as 1023, at the post office at Cleveland, Ohio. 1. As the means of our salvation under the act of March 3, 1679. as Savior and Lord (v. 26). radiant missionaries of the living Christ revealed in God's Holy Word. (a) Only by looking upon the Cruci- 2. What are the rewards of a Jife Printed in U.$.A. of glad and sacrificial service? Page 4 THE BAPTIST HERALD February 25, 1954 Page 5

supplies had to be ordered, and you were fortunate if you got any of it in less than six months. A Christian Sense of Values It is easy to find men who want to work, but to fi nd trained help is a dif­ ferent story. Ma ny of the better -·- trained men find their way into gov­ If It souls are to be saved, a price is required. cost our blessed Lord his ernment work. Rather than to take precious blood on a cross! What are you willing to give? men who had only a little training, or who were possibly not the type who -·- could be well trained, I trained my By the REV. DANIEL FUCHS, Denominational Evangelist own. AFRICAN CHIEFS "AND JESUS SAID unto him, Come J esus taught those Gadarenes that ters, 01· the wheat in our granaries and out of th e man, thou unclean spirit. t he salvation of one soul is worth more the potatoes in our cellars? I tried to be friendly with all t he And all the devils besought him, say­ than two thousand swine. The Gada­ We thank God for the many faithful big men (chiefs). Many would p ass ing, Send us into the swine . . . And renes did not know that. According stewards in our North American Bap­ the hospital on their way to t he Fan's forthwith J esus gave them leave. And to their thinking, raising pigs was more tist churches. They are men and palace, where their official meetings they (the Gadarenes) began to pray important tha n saving souls. What wor:nen and young people who "give of were h eld. These men would stop a nd him to depart out of their coasts" did they care about evangelism? What ~hei r be~t to the Master." God has put express their thanks in words and (Mark 5:8, 12-13, 17). did they care about helping a poor ~ nto then· hearts a godly understand­ gifts. I received sheep; chickens, ba­ Even devils can pray. However, possessed man out there in the grave­ mg of values. They know there is nanas, and many eggs from them. I they pray, not "in the Spirit of adop­ yard? they had chased this man out nothing in t his world more important tried to have something for t hem from of town, and now they were done time to time. or do something for them. tion, whereby we cry, Abba, Father," than the salvation of precious souls. ~.& They like soap, salt, sugar, u sed files but in the spirit of bondage a nd of with him. They had other work to do. F or that reason t hey give so generous­ Mr. Ernest Hildebrand, Cameroons missionary -builder, obser ves and gives counsel to native fear. After a ll, they were ra ising pigs. ly of whatever they have. For that ca rpen ters In the construction of the Banso Baptist Hospital. The large, m odern ward tor a nd many other things which t he white Furt hermore, J esus taught the Gad­ reason J esus gave his ALL on a bloody out-patients Is In the background man has. They also liked chairs, A SOUL IN NEED arenes, if a soul is to be set free from cross! boxes, doors, windows, or possibly a A man began to act abnormally. bondage of devils, and brought into shotgun repaired, an alarm clock fixed, The people of the village were con­ the wonderful liberty of God, some­ YOUR WILLINGNESS a saddle stirrup welded, or something one will need to sacrifice something. sharpened on my emery w heel. One vinced something needed to be done. . T~e Son of God was w illing to give Several of t he leading citizens of the It w ill cost the farmer some of his 1s hfe. The Gadarenes were not will­ cannot overlook these men if you w ant ? to be successful in their land. town were appointed to take the mat­ produce. It will cost the butcher some mg to. g!ve of their swine. What a re ABuilder's Joy te: in hand. In an effort to make this of his business. It will cost t he merch­ you w1lhng to give? When I was sick for a few days, man harmless, the men la id hold of a nt some of his profi t. many eggs were sent to the h ouse. Evangelism and stewardship cannot "I gave My life for thee Dur ing the two-year missionary- and·- building ministry of the author him and tied him up. In his peculiar My precious blood r she'd. Then when they saw me back on t he dementia, however, the man had be divorced from each other. The re­ Tha t th?u might"st ransomed be, and his wife, the Banso Baptist Hospital buildings were constructed job, they came with beaming faces, dempti0n of mankind will not be done because they thought I had received super-human strength. He tore the And qu ickened from the dead· an d plans were made for an extensive building program at the Leper ropes and rubbed t he chains to pieces. at a cheap bargain. If souls are to be I gave, I gave My life for t h ~e . my "go power " from their eggs. I do Whal hast thou given for Me?" He got loose and hid himself among saved, a price is required. It cost our Settlement and on other Cameroons fields not know w here they got the idea; it the tombs of a graveyard near the blessed Lord his precious blood on a D~vils .are today seek ing to occupy could have been from our house boys. cross! -·- May I add t hat eggs are not a cheap seashore. m~n s n:mds and souls. "Legion" is By MR. ERNEST HILDEBRAND, Cameroons Missionary-contractor, still their number . There a re witch ­ gift in Africa. There is where J esus found him. GODLY VALUES of Stafford, Kansas Wherever a soul is in need, J esus craft and whiskey devils devils of You now h ave a modern hospital in "And they began to pray him to hatred and heresy of en ' d the Cameroons, Africa. You will soon draws near. And as Jesus came near, depart out of their coasts." This prayer 1 t' f , vy an emu- this man cried out and said: "Please, a ion, . 0 lust and lasciviousness. M RS. HILDEBRAND and I count it a week's hunt, we found some about hear that the beds have arrived, and of the Gadarenes is one of the most These mfernal s t · a privilege to have had the opportun­ two miles away. The sand had to be that the Banso Hospital is now serv­ don't torment me. I want nothing to awful prayers in the whol e Bible. , • a amc powers occupy do with you." That was a sure sign men s souls, and cause them to have ity to ser ve our denomination as your dug and washed by h a nd, then carried ing the African in t he healing of bis "Master, if that is what it means," so no peace by day or by night. Tens missionaries in the Cameroons during to the motor road. Most of my lumber physical body. But best of all, they that this man was under the influence they prayed. of an unclean spirit. of thousands of souls on our farflung the past two years. First, we want to had to be carried about seven miles. w ill hear what Christ can do for them. "If your program in the world mission fields t thank our secretaries and all w ho have I contracted this, sawed it and carried Jesus did not come to torment peo­ a home and abroad It is our prayer that this hospital will means that we need to give up some m ust be "?elivered from the bondage a part in keeping our denomination it to the hospital. Glass, cement, n a ils, always be used to the glory of J esus ple. He came to seek and to save. As of our swine; if t he work of evan­ and mission going so smoothly. The galvanized iron, paint and plumbing of corrupt10n. into the gl onous. li'b er ty Christ. long as a person feels tormented when gelism and of saving souls r equires of the children of God ,, letters of e:;1.couragement which we he gets near to Christ, we may be sure that we contribute some of our pigs, received from you will never be for­ of this. The life of t hat person is not Jesus h ~s come to d~st roy the works please leave us alone! We would 0 f the devil. The man no h Id g gotten. The letters we received from under the control of the Holy Spirit, sooner keep our swine. Please depart the tombs in th w e a mon our ma ny friends reminded us that we but under the control of some foreign . . e graveyard of corrup- from us!" tion and sin must be . t d d to are one big family. We wish we could AMissionary's Farewell spirit. Oh God, save us from a prayer like the glorious s · m ro uce visit each one of you, and thank you . avior. J esus Christ can Jesus went out of his way to help that, and give us a Christian sense of set the captive free. for your interest in us and our mission. this man. He was the only one w ho -·- values! Which is more important, peo­ A review of the blessings of the furlough year and a spiritual challenge could help him. Jesus commanded the ple or pigs? The undying souls of men GOD'S EMPHASIS BUILDING PROBLEMS devils to "come out of the man." And to all readers before the author's departure for the Cameroons Africa and women, or the cattle on a thou­ We praise God f . . Our assignment in the Cameroons they had to come out. sand hills? Which is more important, fields and . . or new miss10n ' m1ss1on h h b · g was the building of the Banso H ospital. the salvation of our sons and daugh- opened By th . c urc es em By MISS BERNEICE WESTERMAN-·- , Cameroons Missionary THE REQUIRED PRICE church~s thro ehun1ted effor t of our I knew some of the problems of b uild­ ing in Africa from the seven months "All power is given unto me, in ary society a ug our g enera1 m 1· ss10n-· 111mmm11111111111m111m111mmmnm111111111111m11m111m111m111nm111111nn111111111111111111111m111111111111 on the field, building the nurses' home IT IS MY LAST night in America in regard to your Ch ristian life a nd heaven and on earth," Jesus said. In More needs t;rbeat deal has been done. and I wish to take time out to chat your church. Out in Africa one would this entire universe there is no other e done es · II !so and the doctor's house. I had to choose BIBL E DAY on our home field . ' pecia Y a between sun dried brick or stone for with friends of the "Baptist Herald." say "Walka goodo" (walk well). Yes, spirit so powerful as the Spirit of Sunday, March 14, will be and Canada. m the United States walls. I tried sun dried brick, but It seems only a very short time since may all of you "walk well" through­ Jesus Christ. When he comes in, all Bible Day in our churches. Pro­ Stewardship and ev . . decided stone was best, so stone was I arrived and spent a day or two here out this life. unclean spirits must vacate. gram material has been sent to emphasis in this .angelJsm is our used for most of our building. All our in New York at the beginning of my Each of y0u whom I've learned to "Send us into the swine." That was all Sunday Schools. Offerinf.(s wanted the Ga . tnenni1.:1m. Jesus buildings have galvanized iron roofs furlough. ~ow has become an influence in my the prayer of the devils. Jesus heard are designated for the Bible that if souls da1enes to understand It has been good to meet many of ' are to be d . e and cement floors. life. Because of this year at home, I the prayer of the devils and a nswered Fund of our Publication Society. is required H save , a pnc you, and as I r eturn to Africa I wish have learned to be more dependent on · ave we g· II that it. He gave them permission to enter we can? One soul .iven a Sand was hard to find at Banso. to say "Farewell," for that is my God and have become more confident the swine, and he did so for a purpose. than the whole saved is worth more After following all native clues and prayer for you. May you "fare well" (Continued on Page 11) 111111111111m1111m11m111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 world! February 25, 1954 Page 7 Page 6 THE BAPTIST HERALD Toward the close of 1946 the background, training and outlook. Dungers returned to the Cameroons. Here, perhaps, we met our greatest George Dunger became the supervisor obstacle, unknown to you at h ome. of schools, which we had taken over, All in all, we had committed our­ in order that they might be welded selves deeply in a remote section of into one workable, effective unit for Africa at a time when our own west­ Christ and that a unified curriculu·:n ern civilization struggled for survival. might center around HIM. It was a Natural and popular concern centered touchy assignment for a Baptist to around this gigantic struggle and not bring into line with our principles an around the unknown prospects in a organization t hat stood halfway be­ little known corner of God's wide, tween mission ideals and government flaming world. No wonder that Dr. demands, between a purely academic Kuhn, so keenly sensitive to trends approach to life and our own knowl­ and responsibilities, blinked. So did edge of what this Africa required in his committee when he presented the the field of learning, between govern­ Dunger-pla n that called for a com­ m ent grants of money and our own pliment of thirty-six missionaries to measured resources, between state staff that which had slipped into our control and the Baptist ideal of com­ care. plete separation of church and state. It is to be regretted to this day t hat YOUTH'S RESPONSE this service of the Dungers was cut What would you have done in such short by circumstances beyond our control. a situation? Our first Baptist mission school at Mbem in Kaka land under the supervision of Clara Your Mission Committee listened, During October of 1946 the Ge­ Gebauer and native instructors was often h eld out-of-doors prayed, investigated, planned, waited bauers returned to West Africa. It be­ came their assignment to build a home Necessity had suddenly thrown them Mission. This is not the time nor ·(he for God's command and acted at the into foreign lands, strange cultures and place to put on record all that came General Conference in Milwaukee in for themselves and field headquarters, to secure adequate quarters for all entirely upon God and his power. to pass in word and deed. Such a de­ 1944. Some of you who read this will They had to be put in charge of lightful record must wait for a later r ecall the events, the startling re­ missionaries, to organize our scattered Our growing Cameroons missionary family at the 1944 General Conference in Milwaukee, efforts into one unit and to occupy the large responsibilities with no seniors date. Wiscon sin sponse of the conference, the reaction land that God had given us. alongside them for guidance and fel­ "Occupy the land t hat God has given Left to r ight: (foreground, shaking hands), Miss Evangeline Wegner and Miss Myrtle of our youth. We went through mov­ lowship. They faced Africans more us" was the third objective. By God's Hein; Rev. a nd Mrs. Edwin Michelson; Rev. and Mrs. Earl Ahrens; Rev. Paul Gebauer, ing, fateful days and decisions that HOUSING PROJECTS clever than themsel ves, more experi­ grace we did it. General Secretary Miss Laura E. Reddig, Rev. and Mrs. Dona ld Ganstrom reached far beyond the flames of that The problem of housing our mis­ enced and, in isolated instances, more Dymmel's effort brought about an year a nd beyond that world of chaos sionaries had first place on your com­ learned than themslves. Out of such understanding between the former surrounding us then. mittee's list of orders, because of dilemmas came delightful misunder ­ German Mission and your own thanks The love of God pushed us beyond some little remarks which had floated standings, deeds that could not be un­ to which certainty a nd clarity were human measurements of time and tide, home about horrible housing, hectic done, standards and convictions which gained w ith reference to former own­ of money and men. The General Con­ huts, the homeless Americans a nd were warped by sheer circumstances. ership of former rights. Blessings at Milwaukee ference of 1944 was a m ighty mile­ howling heights. The Cameroons Sac­ To bring these experiences and ex­ We were granted all rights, all t itles stone on our North American Baptist rifice Offering was the Christia n an­ perimenters together for one purpose but not tha t we might glory in real -·- trail. Never before nor since did we swer to these complaints. Out of this and one unified effort constituted a n estate but in the opportunity of cov­ The General Conference of 1944 was a mighty milestone on our North commit at one time so many of our Sacrifice Offering we built between order beyond the endurance and wis­ ering this la nd with the Good News. American Baptist trail to the Cameroons, Africa. Never before or own young men and women to foreign 1946 and 1949 a bungalow at Soppo, dom of man. We filled in the existing geographic service. adequate quarters at Victoria, a sta­ To this day it is to the writer an gaps. We enlarged a ll missionary ac­ since did we commit at one time so many of our own young people The Michelsons of the Dakotas were t ion at Bamenda, a large home a t Belo, evidence of wonder working miracles tivities to reach the geographical limits to foreign missionary service. This is the third in a series of four sent forth to assume the administra­ improved housing facilities at Ndu, in our century t hat we held together of the entire West African field by the articles tion of the coastal field. Earl and Lois Mbem and Warwar. and worked together to become one end of 1951 for a goal. Ahrens of Tacoma, Wash., were com­ All of your missionaries were turned missioned to take over Ndu field in the into builders and had their talents -·- and fears, likes and dislikes, tastes and By DR. PAUL GEBAUER, Bamenda, Cameroons hinterland. Lillian Jacobson of Wash­ ington and China went to supervise none put into concrete and brick as the vast school system we had ac­ their abiding record for the decade to IN 1940 NONE KNEW better than Dr. Atlantic shores through tropical for­ quired. The lone star from Texas, come. Some among us had favored William Kuhn what acceptance of t he est and tropical lowlands to a point Nurse Margaret Kittlitz, joined to less permanent construction in the Cameroons t rusteeship would mean in 70 mi1es inland. strengthen our medical service t o locally called "Wiederkunft-Stil," an terms of men and money. The funds We had taken over Belo sta tion West Africa. unmistakable reference to former builders and the ir pietistic certainty and responsibilities of the Baptist mis­ with its ailing grasshuts, a very prom­ In the following year the Ganstrom s of the most imminent return of t heir sionaries in the Cameroons had been ising school system, a school of theol­ left the homeland to accept responsi­ Lord. Why build in costly concrete if offered to us under a trustee a rrange­ ogy, its scattered chapels and church bility for Belo field, in the center of ment. He blinked again! In his eyes workers, and 250 miles of an un­ planks do just as well for the next ten your mission work. Myrtle He in of years or so? Africa's termites h eard we had taken the honorable and only bridged gap between this mission field Leduc, Alta., was sent by you to care course tha t could have been taken by and Soppo at the coast. this and laughed. W e heard their especially for Africa's womanhood. laughter and built in more permanent Baptists, but-who would pay for it? We had taken over Ndu station a nd Hilda Tobert, another Canadian, joined With him rested U1e responsibility. styles. its growing commitments in schools the ranks of your medical mission­ Who would go out in the years of war­ "To organize our sca ttered efforts and African personnel, its one and aries. In Ruby Salzman, the teacher fare to assist the four ·:nissionaries into one unit" was second on your list only permanent house built by Adolf from Kankakee, Africa, received the who were running up and down a dif­ of priorities. Your missionaries were Orthner long ago. In that "long ago" final response of the Milwaukee Con­ ficul t country in attempts t o do the many, compared with former years funds were limited a nd the limitations ference. She sailed in 1946. impossible'! and they hailed from various quarters lived on in the little windows of the Such was your reaction to an op­ of our continent and from different We had ta ken over Soppo station house, low veranda, absence of cement, portunity that you first gave of your backgrounds and from different with its neglected buildings and with and roof t hat leaked since birth. That youth, of the finest and best to let schools of learning and tra ining, theo­ was the Ndu home and the m ission its impressive payroll of workers who your prayers a nd dollars fo ll o~ thetn logica l shades and shadows. Almost had learned io depend on a foreign field itself paralleled its idiosyncracies. up. They who experienced these hap­ all of them w ere young, inexperienced, Mrs. Clara Gebauer supervising the building of the missionary•s home at i\1bem in the source for a livelhood. We had taken Over and a bove these items, we in­ penings as part and parcel of these very clever, never having been away over an expensive school system and grassland Interior of the Cameroons a bout 1940 at tlle beginning of an extensive construc­ herited policies a nd systems to which fl eeting years bowed in wonder and from the shores of North America. tion program on our African mission field a mission field that stretched from t he we were opposed by our American adoration before God. Page 8- THE BAPTIST HERALD :F1ebruary 25, 1954 Page 9 Colorado Christmas! --·-- A thrilling story of hundreds of brown skinned children at the Baptist Mission in Colorado enjoying the Christ­ mas games and goodies and hearing of God's love for them in the Christ-child, and of our missionaries on the Spanish-American field carrying out exciting plans for .·l the three Chr istmas programs at Del Norte, Monte Vista and Center 'J --·- •!! By MISS FLORENCE EISELE Spanish-American Missionar y

Som e of the children of o ur Spanish-American m ission fi eld ~'.. ~ O~ji~ playing th e Christmas game, " Pina ta," a t Cen ter, Colorado

"MISS EISELE," asked Alberto E nglish. I planned to r ead the r est So a t the next Center club meeting frowningly. "How does one say 'Mur­ while Miss Velma Shippy ran the pro­ I tried to pass on my enthusiasm to ry Creesmas' in Spanish?" I frown ed jector. the children, but was repaid with -Photo by F lorence Eisele back, looking for the joke. But there blank faces! The little brown dears Joy over a cup of cold water as seen in the sparkling- eyes and sweet sm iles of this Spanish-American girl in the San Luis Valley of Parties were also pla nned well i n Colorado with the typical a dobe wall and bricks o f Mexican h ouses in the back g- rou n d wasn't any. advance, one for each of the three didn't know what "Pinatas" were, an d Here was a nother link in the chain club groups. We gathered the candles yet their a ncestors must have seen but not quite so easy to do! Wild were There were gifts for all the Sunday group. Between cooking batches of which bound my Spanish- people­ and made the holders, bought the wa­ hundreds of the lovely, exciting t hings the shouts of the disbelieving ones, School children, and bags of goodies taffy, they tried on the garments and without-a-country . T hey hate to be ter pistol, painted the tree on t he used down below the border in Old crying, "Me next! Me next!" (In case for everyone. The phonograph pro­ took home the ones w hich fitted. Mexico, just as I had ! So part of t he called Mexicans, yet cling to the old squar e of wall board, made paper or­ a nyone wants to try it, it would be vided pre-program carols, and the A thrilling anti-climax to t he Christ­ ways. Some of the new ways fasci­ namen ts, got the bells on t he plastic party preparation was to promota ex ­ wise to give a thought as to what to fragrant, lighted trees mellowed each citement over the coming "P inatas" ! mas activities came in the shape of a nate them, so that they fo rget the strip and prepared the blindfolds. do with the lake of water afterwards! hea rt, made black, marble eyes spar­ huge, heavy box of wonderful home­ beautiful things and expressions of Making over one hundred candied ap­ EXCITING FESTIVITIES Possibly a swimming championship kle, and sent a gleam over slicked made cookies and candy from K ansas. ples and stacking them away in b•xes game!) down hair and braids and curls. t heir own cultural pattern. Alberto As the great day came closer, we Arriving too late to be put into t he only knew that one said, " Murry was a pleasant job, an-.'. seemed to be After a bit of educating, the "Pinata" The last party was for the ten Del Christmas program bags, I divided the simplest of party r efreshments. packed thr ee hundred ba gs with games went off beautifully, with the Cr eesmas," in the middle of a sen tence smaller bags, each containing can dy, Norte club girls, who were brought to them all up into small boxes, one for in Spanish, and when I finally laughed blindfolded child hitting the decorated Word came from Vesper, K ans., that an apple, a few n uts, a pretty w riting the Monte Vista parsonage on Wednes­ each of the large families, and dis­ and translated the words for him into box w ith a stick, and shower ing the the Sunday School children the re were pad sent in by a New York church, day, December 23rd ( 1) to see where tributed them on Sunday morning h is mother tongue, he mumbled them collecting bags of n uts, tiny toys a nd concealed goodies a ll over t he floor. Miss Eisele lived, and (2) to pull taffy. after Christmas, before the Sunday a nd sever al tracts ("Why I am no At the same instant, dozens of wiry, over and over, "Feliz Navidad! F eli

A FAR~WELL We Pau~e! We Thank! We Give! (Continued from Page 5) An Afterglow in Christians. Many times I have been - ·-- A Tribute to Mr. Okko DeBoer, told, "We remember you in our pray­ An important message for the observance of Bible Day in our churches ers," or "Now we can pray more wise­ everywhere on Sunday, March 14, 1954 Superintendent of the Seminary ly for you and your needs." It makes Buildings, Who Passed Away one feel humble to r ealize the great --·- on December 30, 1953 number of Christians who are pray­ By the REV. E. J . BAUMGARTNER, Business Manager ing for you. I would like to ask you­ --·-- as you pray for us missionaries- also tiously aware of the fact that '• here God's Holy Word. We as Christian By DR. GEORGE A. LANG, to remember some native Christians? is a God to whom we are all respon­ people need to make every possible CHRISTMAS AT THE President This year has been one of tremendous sible for everything we do or even effort that this Word becomes known SEMINARY blessings for me. I have had the joy think! among all p eople everywhere. We of k nowing the challenge of Christian By PROFESSOR HUGO LUECK I N THE FALL of 1945 Mr. and Mrs. In the second place, the Bible :nakes should thank God t hat efforts toward Okko DeBoer joined the staff of the youth who are willing to serve w her­ it very clear that there is sin in the this end are being made. Now at the close of the first semes­ North American Baptist Se:ninary at ever God leads and in some cases w ill­ world and in the hearts of men and A large number of Bible Societies ter, in the middle of January, we want Rochester, N. Y., as superintendent •)f ing to work "overtime" for liim. I that this sin separates ·us from Goel have been organized for the distribu­ to look back upon t he Christmas fes­ buildings and matron. They served the have been in churches thaf· have and from each other, and, in addition tion of Bibles. The Bible itself or por­ tivities at the North American Bap­ Seminary most faithfully and efficient­ shown their interest in mission s in a to that, sin is always presented in the tions of it have now been t ranslated t ist Seminary. They started with the ly for eight and a half years t ogether. .financial way and it was a real chal­ Bible as something which will eventu­ into approximately 900 dialects or Seminary family chicken dinner on They have been a wonderful couple lenge for me when on my last Sun­ ally bear evil fruit. Our lives would languages. We as North American December 3. a nd have made themselves beloved day in my home church (Northside be so much happier and the world so Baptists for many years have set Then followed the Christmas party by the Semina ry a nd denomination. Church in Sioux F a lls) it was an­ much more peaceful today if we would aside one day in order to give a spe­ on Dec. 10. Our missionary, Berneice Since Mr. DeBoer had suffered for nounced tha t one member had given become more alert to the truth of t he cial emphasis to the distribution of Westerman, who was a student a t the years because of a weak heart, Mrs. a gift of $100 to be used for missions. Holy Book that sin destroys and is an the Bible. We have always called it Seminary for one semester, a1-ranged DeBoer served beside him as a most On other occasions during the sum­ evil. "Bible Day" and will again during the a "Cameroons Christmas" which devoted helpmate and partner in our mer and fall, individua ls a nd churches In the third place, the need for a month of March this year remember showed how our African brethren maintenanc;e and food service. We ex­ have given sincerely and liberally. divine Redeemer is consta ntly pro­ the day in our prayers, in our special commemorate the birth of Christ. press to Mrs. DeBoer and a ll the loved Along w ith the memories of Chris­ claimed in the Bible. Man cannot save programs, in sermons, and in our of­ After the program a lunch was served ones our heartfelt sympathy a nd con­ tian friends a t home come the mem­ -Photograph by Harold M. Lambert fering. The most important obligation a Christian himself but a loving Father did pro­ by the Seminary, where the wives of dolence. ories of my semester at our Seminary has is to make the Word of God known vide a Savior, "his only Begotten As a special project we are in this the students and of the professors with In the passing of Brother DeBoer in Sioux F alls. It has been a real to others! Son that whosoever believeth in him year hoping to make . available $500 their children and the Seminary staff we have lost a witnessing Christian. blessing to be able to a ttend classes should not perish, but have everl as ~­ for the purchase of Basic English Bi­ met in a happyy fellowship. His view of life was that of victory which have been a challenge as well ing life." The central figure of the Bi­ bles to be used in the Cameroons, An air of happy expectancy in­ a nd not defeat. He sought to dwell on as an inspiration. The cha pel t imes· ble is Jesus Christ, a nd it is in him t he joys a nd not the soi:rows of life. are not going to be forgotten so soon. IT HAS BEEN SAID tha t "music is a Africa. Just a few weeks ago we re­ creased as the holidays drew n earer. only that men find salvation. If all the ceived word from the Rev. R. Neu­ The students a lso received Christmas H e rejoiced in the life with his Lord There were messages from t he pro­ universal language." The same can world today would be motivated by and gave expression to t hat experi­ fessors, guest speakers and students. be said of the Holy Bible, for in it man from our Indian Mission in Al­ bags with cookies and candies donated his Spirit and turn fi rst to Calvary's berta. They are in need of Bibles. Ar­ ence in the prayer ser vices of the (It was good to be on the receiving there is a spirit wh i ~ h we will call from our churches at Ashley, N. Dak .; Cross, how different it would be! God church and in his conversation about end at these ti:nes.) the Spirit of God, which likewise is a ra ngements were made immediately Watertown, Wis.; walnuts from Lodi, has shown us the way in his Word! the halls of the Seminary to students, Now as I think of Africa and the universal language, because it is un­ to ship a quantity of Bibles and Testa ­ Calif.; and handkerchiefs from the ments to this importa nt mission field. faculty or visitors. place to which I shall be going, I am derstood by people of every race and THE WAY OF LIFE Riverview Church, St. Paul, M inne­ reminded of one path which I ·walked Your P ublication Society endeavors to sota. He was also a servant of the Lord. color and in all walks a nd stations or The superintendency of the buildings a good number of time. It w as a positions of life. Fourth, it is very a pparent that the provide Bibles and New T estaments Donations of money for Christmas wherever the opportunity arises. was for him not just a job but a vo­ "short cut" to Buea t hrough a b anana The Bi ble has a message for all, and world needs "a Way of Life," and by treats were sent from Herreid, Ven­ that we mean a way of living with our cation, a calling. This calling was as and coco-yam farm. Along the path the Bible itself is an evidence of the OUR BIBLE DAY turia, Fessenden of North Dakota, a nd definite and clear as that of a preach­ stood a lonely house. The first few great w isdom of God, providing a Book fellow- men, both with those who a re Corona and Avon of South Dakota; our neighbors a nd with those who live er. It was for him a full-time service times I walked past it noticing t hat that can be understood by all peoples. The ministry of the printed word in Stafford, Kans., a nd Madison, S. Dak., for his Lord. it was in fair condition, but I never No matter where one might be, in in far away lands. One of the r easons th~ form of our denomina tional peri­ sent chickens. Besides this the Plum for a ll the wars and mistrust in our odicals a nd t racts has been a speci al This calling was refl ected in t he saw anyone a round or in it. T hen Asia, in Africa, or in the United States, Creek Church of South Dakota sent way he took care of the building. The one day I walked with a native a nd or whether one is endowed with a times is that we have not found "a blessing during the past year among Christmas boxes with chickens, eggs Way of Life" which will bring peace floors, the glass, the classrooms a nd asked w hy no one lived in that h ouse. great amount of earthly goods and the newly a rrived immigrants in Can­ and other good things, not only for the the offices gave evidence to his desire power, or living in poverty and op­ among people. God, however, for ma ny ada a nd the United States. The Publi­ professors but a lso for the married ABUNDANT LIVING centuries has made this Way known that everything should be in fi rst class pression, the plain fact is that the cation Society through its Bible a nd students who do not eat at the semi­ condition . His faithfulness during the to those who r ead and love his Word. Colpor tage Fund has tried to h elp "Oh, the last man that lived there Holy Bible has a message for each one. nary . very difficult t ime of moving from died and it is a custom that no one "Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, th_ese people become better acquainted The Bible deals primarily with cer­ During the Christmas vacation the Rochester to Sioux F alls was r elated lives in a house when the owner has wtih a ll thy h eart, with all thy mind, with the denomination, but, above all tain spiritua l realities which a re so with all thy soul, and thy neighbor as Seminary was a quiet and empty place to this call. He was w illing to endure died." So the h ouse was left empty essential for the welfare of people. e l ~e~ to help them find those gr eat since nearly all the students had left what was necessary in order that the thyself." spmtual t ruths in the Word of God slowly to deteriorate and eventually God indeed has been good to m ankind for home or were at various churches. Lord's work should advance. to fall. The last t ime I saw i t, the in providing a Book which w ill meet Fifth, practically all peoples in the ~po n which they need to build if their But soon after t he New Year, they He was a friend of t he students, world have an inborn hope for some lives are to be happy. thatched roof and one side had fallen the splfitua l needs when the admoni­ were back again, refreshed by the faculty, trustees and constituency. His form of life after the experience of in because, when t here is no fire in an tions of the Book are followed in faith, On Bible Day this year Sunday cha nge a nd ready for hard work again. interest in every phase of life was African home, the roof a nd boards in prayer and in lov~ . death. This hope takes on many kinds March 14, will you pray ear ~es tl y a nd This year, however, sad news sh ocked of forms. Nowhere in a ll literature or wrapped up in his friendship. P er­ soon mold a nd rot away. will you give liberally? In so doing, the students on their arrival. The sona lly I feel that I have lost in him a It seems that we can learn even SPIRITUAL FOOD belief can we find anything which is you will have a share in the most im­ welcoming smiles and the friendly true friend and companion in t he as definite and assuring as the teach­ from this house. Are we re.:idy to re­ There a:-e at least fi ve ways in portant obligation a Christian has, words of our superintendent of build­ work. The denomination a nd the place the emptiness of ou 1· lives with ings found in the Holy Bible. There namely, to make the Word of God ings was missing. Mr. Okko DeBoer which the Bible offers the soiritual Kingdom of God have been richer be­ wam1 Christian living? Again we hear is Ufe after death, eternal life and known to others. had suddenly passed away. H e was cause of his service. food S'> im portant to the welfare 0f the presence of Go

quet on Saturday evening, J an. 23, with about 70 persons at the tables. The Rev. J oe Sonnenberg of the Fos­ ter Ave. Church of Chicago brought the message. The following new of­ ficers were installed: Richard Wood­ worth, president; William Woodworth, HERALD NEWS vice-president; Barbara Henrichsen, secretary; Merle Schauer, treasurer. The Rev. H. R. Schroeder, pastor, in­ SASKATCHEWAN TRI-UNION stalled the new officers. Toastmaster YOUTH COMPASS TOPICS e The former Fourth Street Baptist dent, and Mr. Vernon Dockter as sec­ 8 Mr. Herbert Stabbert of Anaheim, ASSEMBLY for the occasion was Harley Adamson, .... 1100 Cameroons Mission and Church of Alpena, Mich., has ch anged retary. The men's group meets on t he Calif., a prominent member and of­ with Ed Wolff leading the singing. Feb. 28, 1954-"Forty Days to Home Mission its name to the Ripley Boulevard first Thursday of every month for a n ficer of the Bethel Baptist Church, has Musical numbers were rendered by Prepare" by Frank Veninga. Baptist Church. Since Nov. 22 the evening program. The Rev. Martin been recently elected president of the Rebecca and Rachel Hislop and Ron IOWA CBY and SSU March 7, 1954- "Preparing Your $2500 ...... Banso Hospital church under the leadership of its Engel is pastor of the church and ad­ Association of Christian Churches of Veatch. Income Tax" by Vernon Cameroons pastor, the Rev. Eric Kuhn, has been visor of the Martin Baptist Men's Anaheim for 1954. On F eb. 1st at a Heckman. meeting in the beautifully decorated group. banquet held at t he First Baptist e From Jan. 31 to March 31 Miss MINNESOTA CBY and SSU basement of its new church building Church he was insta lled along with Myrtle Weeldreyer, Cameroons mis­ $1200 ...... J apan Mission and on Ripley Boulevard of Alpena. e Mr. and Mrs. Philip G. Huber of sionary now home on furlough, is visit­ CONFERENCE UNION MISSION H ome Mission Bison, S. Dak., celebrated their silver other officers. Congratulations, Mr. ing churches in the Dakota Confer­ PROJECTS WISCONSIN CBY wedding anniversary on Nov. 27th Stabbert, as well as the Bethel Church! • In January the Rev. Chris Weintz The monthly church bulletin, "Bethel ence, Pacific Northwest, British Co­ $1000 ...... Bamenda New Hope presented his r esignation as pastor of with a program under the direction lumbia and Alberta, Canada. She be­ Each year a large percentage of our Settlement of Mr . and Mrs. Edwin Kern, seminary Baptist News," is arousing intensified local conference unions adopt a siz­ the Calvary Baptist Church of Aber­ interest in the church's program and gan- her busy visitation tour on Sun­ PACIFIC NORTHWEST CBY and SSU deen, S. Dak., at the annual business student and the daughter (Meraleen) day, Jan. 31, at McLaughlin, S. Dak., a ble mission project. The projects be­ $1000 ...... Church Extension of the honored couple. Congratulatory the projected plans of the pastor, t he come a vital part of each local church's session. The resignation becomes ef­ Rev. B. J acksteit. and Selfridge, North Dakota. On Sun­ H ome Mission fective on April 30, 1954. His pastorate words were spoken by r epresentatives day, March 14, she will speak at a m is­ Sunday School and CBY organization. CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY CBY of various groups of Bison, by Mr. Carl With the raising of the amount for the in Aberdeen was begun on July 1, • Dr. Frank H. Woyke of Forest Park, sionary conference in the Calgary $1000 ...... Japan Mission Field 1952. Mr. Weintz submitted his resig­ Brockel of the Bison Baptist Church, Church of Wetaskiwin, Alberta. From project, there is always a well p lanned SOUTHERN CONFERENCE CBY and and by Mr. Karl Wenz, representing Ill., executive secretary, was one of program of missionary education and nation in order to be able to continue the featured speakers at the 12th a n­ March 15 to 20 she will bring several ssu his studies. the relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Huber are messages to the students at the Chris­ information. The result is that Sun­ $2800 .... J apan Mission, Camer­ faithful members of the Bison Church. nual Founder's Week Conference held day Schools and CBYs participating by the Bethe l College a nd Seminary, tian Training Institute, Edmonton, oons Mission, and Home Mission e The Bethel Baptist Church of Mis­ Alberta, and rest for further engage­ in the mission project are well in­ SOUTHWESTERN CONFERENCE soula, Mont., has extended a call to e The Seventh Street Baptist Church St. Paul, Minn., from Feb. 15 to 19. H e formed about the denominational m is­ of La Crosse, Wis., has extended a call delivered several lectures on the the­ ments in the Alberta area. Miss Weel­ $2800 .... J apan Mission, Camer­ the Rev. C. T. Remple of Hebron, N. dreyer is a member of the First Bap­ sionary program. Young and old can oons Mission and Home Mission Dak., to which he has replied favor­ to the Rev. Carl Zimmerman of Madi­ ology of Karl Barth and brought an thus pray intelligently and joyfully son, Wis., to become its pastor. He has inspirational address at one olj the tist Church of Emery, South Dakota. KANSAS CBY ably. He will begin his pastorate m for all our missionaries and the work $2000 ...... Missionaries: Missoula on April 1st, succeeding the responded favorably to t he call and evening public meetings which were hopes to begin his pastorate there e The King's Highway Baptist Church they carry on so faithfully. Hendersons Rev. G. P. Schroeder who is now en­ held in various churches of the Twin of Bridgeport, Conn., has called Mr. soon, succeeding the Rev. Fred R. Lem­ Cities. Bethel College and Seminary In order to give all our "Baptist OKLAHOMA CBY gaged in an evangelistic ministry. In Raymond Yahn of Philadelphia, Pa., Herald" readers a picture of all the $400 .... J apan Mission, Camer­ Hebron Mr. Remple has served the mert. Mr. Zimmerman is "a spiritual are affiliated with the General son" of the Baptist Church of Bailey­ as its pastor to which a favorable re­ mission projects t hroughout the Con­ oons Mission, and Chapel First Baptist Church for five years. Conference (Swedish) of Baptist ville, Ill., and was ordained by t hat sponse has been given. Mr. Yahn is ference Union, we shall list them here. Building Fund March 28 will be his closing Sunday Churches. church. Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman a member of the Pilgrim Baptist Most of these projects w ill terminate at the Hebron church. Church of P hiladelphia and plans for SUNDAY SCHOOL AND were missionaries and Bible teachers • The Walnut Street Baptist Church before September 1st, a nd new proj­ his ordination for early spring by his CBY PROJECTS e The Lorraine Baptist Church, Lor­ in the Philippine Islands for several of Newark, N. J ., has called to its pas­ ects will be adopted. Be glad you h ave home church are being made. H e is a share in your local conference union In addition to the Conference Union raine, Kans., has called the Rev. Har­ years. Since their return, they have torate the Rev. Lenox G. Palin of Projects listed above, various local been residing in Madison, Wisconsin. Asbury Park, New J ersey. He b egan a student at the Eastern Baptist The­ project! old W. Gieseke of Dallas, Texas, as its ological Seminary of Philadelphia Sunday Schools and CBYs have other pastor and a favorable reply has been his ministry at the Walnut St. Church ATLANTIC CONFERENCE CBY a nd mission projects. We are happy to lisi on J a n. 24. Mr. Palin is a graduate where he hopes to receive his Bache­ $1000 ...... Japan Mission Home forwarded to the Lorraine church. ANOTHER RECORD IN GIVING lor of Divinity degree in May 1954. the Sunday Schools and CBYs whic' Mr. Gieseke has served the Carroll By NORTH AMERICAN of Princeton University a nd of the NEW YORK FELLOWSHIP support one of the native students a .. Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasa­ His ministry at the Bridgeport church $500 ...... J apan Mission Field Ave. Church of Dallas since his gradu­ BAPTIST CHURCHES tending our Cameroons Bible Sch~ll deno, California. At Princeton during began on Jan. 24, 1954, succeeding the CENTRAL CONFERENCE CBY and ation from the Northern Baptist Semi­ in preparation for Christian servic~er By DR. FRANK H. WOYKE, his undergraduate days Mr. Palin was Rev. George Hensel, now residing in ssu nary of Chicago, Ill., in 1950. He will Executive Secretary. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is com­ Sunday Schools: to begin his pastorate in Lorraine, Kans., a regula r varsity lineman on Prince­ $4000 ...... Bamenda New Hope The final figures for the year ton's Big Three championship football muting each weekend until his gradu­ Se ttlement Grace Church Sunday School, f an on April 25, 1954, succeeding the Rev. ation from the seminary. Alfred R. Bernadt, n©w of New Haven, 1953 show that our churches sent team and a holder of the Hibben me­ TRI-CHURCH RALLY field, Iowa. oung Connecticut. us for missionary a nd benevolent morial scholarship. Mr. a nd Mrs. $350 ...... Bamenda New Hope First Church Sunday Schoole out purposes a total of $576,407.67. Palin . have a son, two years of age. AN AFTERGLOW Settlement shek, N. Dak. (2 students'boat­ The edifice of the Immanuel Bap­ This establishes another new Immanuel Church Sunday JO-foot e (Continued from Page 11) DAKOTA CONFERENCE CBY and tist Church, Kenosha, Wis., has been record for contributions in any G The CBY of Plevna, Mont., u nder ssu Loyal, Oklahoma. :d in a purchased by the Church of the Naza­ calendar year in our history. It the leadership of its president, Wilmer death and the service, a special Me­ $15,000 ...... Cameroons Crusade Immanuel Church Sundayom was rene with Nov. 15, 1954 given as the is a noteworthy accomplishment, Huber, presented its Christmas pro­ morial Service was held in the chapel Badlands CBY Assembly Wausau, Wis. (2 stude and he final date for occupancy by the pur­ especially when we keep in mind gram at the Plevna Town Hall in order of the Seminary on Friday morning, $2,150 ...... Cameroons Crusade First Church Sunday Schowith ap­ chasers. The Immanuel Church is con­ the drop in farm income and the to serve the entire community. The J anuary 8, at t he chapel hour. There Central Dakota CBY and SSU Alberta ( 3 students). .1self how structing a new sanctuary at 39th heavy expenditures for building highlight of the program was the were gathered the students, the facul­ Assembly Plevna Church Sunday Soked. Avenue and Wi lson Road. The pastor, programs by many of our pageant, "The Abiding King." A pan­ ty, personnel and w ives and friends. $3000 ...... Cameroons Crusade na, Montana. J .S.S. Con- the Rev. Charles J. Anderson, stated churches. tomime, "O, Come All Ye Faithful," Dr. Dunger, Prof. Hiller, Dr. Powell, South Dakota CBY and SSU Commissioned Baptist YI' station for that the Immanuel congregation was Contributions income during severa l group numbers a nd musical David Nasgowitz and President Lang $6500 ...... Cameroons Crusade Ebenezer East Church cs, scurrying pleased that another church would the first nine months of the fisca l selections by the Ladi~s Choir and took part. A student quartet sang and Northern North Dakota Assembly ezer, Sask. (2 stu•Jeople there occupy the building rather than to year, ending December 31, 1953, mixed chorus contributed greatly to Rubin Herrmann rendered a solo. The $3000 ...... Cameroons Crusade Immanuel Church ne tasks now it were in excess of $422,000.00. We have used for secular purposes. ~he success of the program. The offer­ students and faculty submitted a EASTERN CONFERENCE CBY and Oklahoma. •Oard the Mas- have every confidence that our monetary memorial which is 0 to be A new laymen's group was organ­ mg_ was designated for the Crippled ssu When sending in yo.~hain s, a bl~e­ e total financial goal of approxi­ used in securing furnishings for the $2000 ...... Kumba Mission Field towards your mission by a kopok life ized in the Baptist Church of Martin, Children's Home in Helena, Montana. mately $525,000,00 for the fiscal prayer room in the dormitory in mem­ ALBERTA BAPTIST TRI-UNION N, Dak., in Dec. 1953 known as the T he Rev. G. Beutler is pastor of the to your Conference onal. security, a year will be reached by March ory of Mr. DeBoer. We have lost a $1000 ...... J apan Mission Field 1 Martin Baptist Men (MBM). Mr. Plevna Baptist Church. or directly to Nort1 s gripped fir~1ly 31, 1954. Praise God from splendid Christian and friend, but to MANITOBA TRI-UNION Jake Eckart was elected president tists, Inc., be sure al · H eld ~ castmg Whom all blessings flow! him is the gain of a completed life of $600 Bamenda New Hope Set­ with Mr. Robert Rush as vice-presi- • .The CBY of the East Side Church, of your project and Chicago, Ill., held its installation ban- service for his Lord. tlement assigned to you. .)Otinued) Page 14 'I1HE BAPTIST HERALD February 25, 1954 Page 15

homeward, pursued by d renching rain a hint when somebody says it right ==>(~~~I<=== suffered a fractured skull and that he which seemed resolved never to stop. out loud. Guess I'll go below and get LAST CAL L must be transferred at the very earliest Leaden seas raced each other to reach a cup of hot coffee. Too bad you can't for your copy of the moment possible. The weather had the vessel, fli nging themselves in a come along, but you're on watch. So abated somewhat, but the sea still ran climax of power against the thin steel long." 1954 ANNUAL high a nd heavy, and strong gusts of Mickey waved a farewell and wind raced in sudden squalls from hull, spraying deserted decks with a On ly a few copies left. Don't driving hail. The Mastin plunged its nose started toward the ladder . Passing the ship to ship. miss the spiritual tr eat of this deep into one mountain of water a fter pilot house, he paused to make way In mid-morning Conant emerged a nother, shivered and hesitated each fo r a ma n coming out. Mickey r ec­ illustrated volume with new from the r adio shack and stepped time, but always lifted free a nd ognized the quartermaster of the missionary articles a nd denomi- across the narrow p assageway to the skimmed over and onward. \Vatch, just relieved and heading for national accounts. ship's office where Tom earned his his bunk, without a doubt. The quar­ living. He tossed a typed page on In mid-afternoon, two slicker­ PRICE- $1.00 Postpaid shrouded fi gures huddled in the flimsy termaster nodded to Conant, and took Tom's desk. shelter of a wing of the navigating the first step down the almost vertical, ~~~~le= "Looks like poor George is r eally bridge, high over the water. As far as steel staircase, reaching with both bad off. Here's a message we just sent eye could reach to a not distant hori­ hands for the rail as he did so. tered the light and war mth of "C" to the Consolation, asking to transfer zon, the surface of the ocean was a No destroyerman ever climbs or Division compar tment- his home at him over there. But how in the world pattern of moving black water and descends a ship's ladder without using sea. Scores of sailors lounged in all can they do it, in this kind of a sea?" whitecaps hurrying to headlong com­ his hands on the railings, bec?.use the attitudes about the large room, lying "That's right. It would take some bat with the Mastin and her sister ladders ar e r igged practically straight on their bunks w ith a magc.zine or mighty fancy navigation to keep two ships. A half mile off the port, the up and down. book, spinning yarns with other ship­ ships steaming alongside each other "U.S.S. Consolation" was buried to As the sailor took his first step mates or writing letters. The new­ in weather like this. Chances a re her stacks in the trough of a sea, a p­ down from the bridge, a sudden, vio­ comer was immediately hailed by his they'd veer off, snap the line a nd drop parently about to founder. Her huge lent gust of wind hit the Mastin and buddy, a nd Tom walked over. Yank­ the stretcher case into the water. And red crosses stood out dimly against drove a sheet of stinging salt spray ing off his dripping helmet line r, he they tell me it's mighty deep right the white hull. full into the q uartermaster's face. His Oung it in Conan t's lap. That person about here." One of the slickered, h e l me~ed men hands groped blindly for the railing, was at the moment attir ed in nothing "Over youi; head, at least, Tommy. wiped his dripping face with a we t slipped on the wet steel, and in an more than "skivvies," a nd he jumped And yet they've got to do something hand and spat salt water. instant the man had plunged headlong up with a howl, then tossed the wet with George, or he's a dead pigeon. "What's keeping that bucket over down the ladder . He was brought up headgear onto Tom's own nearby Doc says they've given him a trans­ cruelly, with a thump, by the deck be­ bunk. With an a nguished cry, the fusion, but that's about all." -Photo by A . Devaney, Inc., N. Y . there a fl oat, Tom?" His voice was lifted hoarsely above the r oar of wind and low . owner of both bunk and helmet leaped "Well, keep me posted, lad. That wave. His companion glanced to port Mickey stood for a frozen split sec­ to remove it from his blankets, and is, if you can hold your typewriter a nd back. ond, then scr ambled down the steel turned in despair to place the object down !ong enough to copy a message "Don't forget we look just as bad steps. The quarter master was already on top of his locker . Next time I go aboard a destroyer for off to them, Mickey; probably worse, st: uggli ng dazedly to his feet, wiping "When, oh when will I learn that duty, the first thing I'm going to do Across the Seas on account of this ship being smaller. with a feeble hand at a trickle of the Irish can think up mischief faster is take a look at the ship's office. If And yet we know we're doing all blood weaving down through the r ain than other humans can protect them­ the typewriters are set into the desks This Christian novel by LE ROY ALLEN is being published in serial right." d rops on his face. seJ\·es against it? If I catch cold from athwartships, l'l"l turn r ight around "Are you all right, George?" called sleeping in wet blankets, I'll breathe installments by permission of the Zondervan Publishing House, "Yeah." ~ i c key looked moodily out and go ashore again." over the P acific, watching wind-driven Mickey, r eaching out to steady his germs all over you. Take it easy with "I know just what you mean, boy. Grand Rapids, Michiga,n clouds of "sea dust" skip from w ave shipmate. me, lad; I'm on my way home to get Over in the radio shack, every time to wave_. Feet spread far a part, knees "Yeah. Yeah, sure, I'm OK ," mut­ married, and I want to arrivP. in good we r oll to port my carriage speeds --·-- bent shghtly, he rode easily to the tered the other. He gazed blankly at health." along like mad, and when we roll back SYNOPSIS Tom and Ernie looked up from their constant heave and plunge of the h is ha nd, where a red smear was be­ "You're sick in the head already, or to starboard, I can type i:ix letters Tom Wilson and Mick ey Con ant w ere Bibles, over which they had been stu­ deck beneath him. He laughed sud­ ing r apidly washed away by the fall­ you wouldn't be considering trading without having the carriage move a Ch ristian buddies aboard the d estroy er de.~ly and ":"aved a hand outboard. ing rain. Tom called down from the this fine home a nd family for the perils single space. Aren't you glad you're "U.S.S. Mastin." One night the ship's cap­ diously bent. taln asked Conant, the radiom an, to report "What is it now?" inquired Wilson, Looks like ol' Davy J ones don't bridge: of civilian life. Sure you don't want going ashore?" to th e bridge. Some cod e m essages wer e pa tiently. Mickey told him, trying to want you to go home, Tom." "Better ta ke him down to the sick to reconsider now, even at this late "Come to think of it, gue!:'s I am. missin g and the trouble was bein g pinned "D 't 't?" ·1 · on Conant. Some time later the "Mastin " recover his breath as he wiped tears . • on i. . sm1 ea. his friend. "And bay, Mick. I'll r eport it up here i n hour?" Let me know if anything happens." stopped at Auckland, New Zealand, wh ere from his eyes. Poor Herky! He had ~ m ~ 1 gomg to. ~nJ oy sitting by the case the doctor thinks he shouldn't "The only thing I'm liable to change At noon, the word got arou!1d to all Mick ey Conant and Tom Wilson were as­ my mind about is my determination signed to Shore P atrol duty. In A uckland not a friend anywhere, for these m en 1 ad10, . or telev1s1on, maybe, in my stand his next watch." hands that the injured quartermaster t11ep soon learned about m ysterious t hings also centered with great enthusiasm own little ~ ome every evening with "Good idea. Come on George old not to give in to temptation a nd punch was to be transferred immediately to at " Th e Seam en's Club." Th e two sailors J ean .alongside, while I think of you you in the nose before I leavt>." uncovered a commu nist spy r in g at tl1e into the scheme against him. boy. Let's step down b~low a nd get the hospital ship Consolation, an club but U1ey h ad a hard fi ght with the "By the way," Mickey re membered, standing more of these hurricane that blood shut off. You're messing Tom had stripped off hiz slicker, emergency move to save the young leaders of the club befor e the police ar­ watches. Ho! " up our nice clean deck ." and hung it with other foul weather man's life. The deck force broke out rived and a r rested them . On d eck th e at last, "did you two settle your a rgu­ "U.S.S. Mastin" Cona nt found the missing ment without bloodshed? I mean He lifted h is voice in song: Taking the quar termaster by the clothing on the rack; then h e began lines and blocks, and a grizzled boat­ code m essages which Herky, th e ship's who really was the king who lost his Oh, I want no part o[ . . . a rm, Mickey guided him toward the to remove his cold blues. swain's mate stood by with a 150-foot m ascot, h a d stash ed a way somewhere. Nor a ship to mak a sa11 ors life, "How's the patient? You turn him Mickey Conant's r ecord was clear ed and troops; was it Sennach or Nebuch? Or I'll take my stand ~ my home In . hatchway which led below decks and throwing line which terminated in a Lh en h e a nd the lieutenant planned a court­ were you both wrong, I'll bet?" And Jet Mickey do0 tth~e good, dry lan d. ultimately to the ship's hospital. Tom into sick bay all r ight?" two-pound 'monkey's paw." Tom was ma rUal for the dog! Farrow started to answer, but Tom roamln' I turned back to his station after mak­ "Yes, I did, and it turns out he's not once more on the bridge, a nd he inter rupted . H is one-man a udience did not hesi­ hurt so slightly as he thought. The doc watched these preparations with ap­ CHAPTER TEN ing a q uick repor t of the' accident to "Tell him nothing, Ernie. Let him tate. to otr:r constructive criticism. the Officer of the Deck. made him turn in, and ol' George prehension, thinking to himself how look it up for himself. If you ca n't Laying a k ind, though damp hand What little daylight had managed didn't take much forcing. Didn't seem impossible the operation looked. MICKEY stood looking speculatively find it by tonight, Mick, we'll help up,?n .the. singer's shoulder, hf' shouted. to seep through the cloud screen was to know where he was, if you want On the port quarter, the U.S.S. Con­ at the animal in question for a mo­ you then. Ernie's going to join us P1om1se. me you'll always wa1.t f or fading rapidly now, although it was the truth." solation was pulling up to station for a h urricane to come along h ment. Herky regarded him aler tly, from now on in our evening study 'k . . w en you not yet four o'clock. The young sailor "That's rough. If he's got anything the transfer. On her decks, scurrying f ee 1 l1 e singmg, Tom-bo y d ears cocked forward. His four feet time, if he can arrange his watches. fi ne with an . . y. ou soun star_ed off to windward, eyes half-shut really wrong, he sure picked a bad activity attested that people there were planted firmly on the deck, a nd . eighty-m ile breeze for Hey, is that chow call I hear ?" accompan iment." against the lash of wind and water. time for it. With the -;hip pitching were per forming the same tasks now he rolled easily to the movement of The office was q uickly emp ty. No sign of a letup yet, but at least the around like it is, it's a job foi· the doc being accomplished on board the Mas­ the ship, leaning alternately to port Totl\'s teeth flashed in th h lf- Mastin was still heading toward home. just to keep his patient in the bunk, tin. In her starboard chains, a blue­ gloom "Nob 0 d e a and to starboard. Mickey began to It was the last hot meal they were · Y asked you up h er e He rocked contentedly on his heels, let alone do much treating." jacket stood, encircled by a kapok life smile, then a laugh broke through to have for almost two dnys. The r emember. Go on down a nd play with hands thrust deep into h is pockets. Neither of them r ealized just how jacket and for additional security, a and got out of control He was weak weather continued to get wor se, and your dots and dashes for a while, if "Let 'er blow!" he grinned to him­ correct they were until next morning, strong rope which was gripped firmly the elements a re too rougl f . ., with merriment when ·he stepped into by the next afternon a screaming gale "It . 't th 1 o1 you. self. when news trickled through the ship by shipmates nearby. Held ~ casting a m e elements b . 't' the ship's office and slumped weakly shook the very masts and spars of the 1 When he was relieved from watch that the quartermaster was in serious line in his hand. your singing if 1 • my oy. s into a chair. Mastin as it plowed its slow course calling it th' t H may flatter you by a grateful Tom hurried below and e n~ condition, that it was fear ed he had (To B e Continued) a · owever, I can take Page 16 THE BAPTIST HERALD February 25, 1954 .Page i7 opened the first half of t h e ser vice etted against the radiant life of our with singing of hymns and a fine film matchless Savior, we will come face called, "The Return of the R ainbow." to face with our own selfishness, our The pastor, the Rev. P eter Pfeiffer, baseless fears, our foolish pride and gave a reading on the passing of the our greed. Only by our prayers of old year with appropriate sound effects repentance, and with a spirit of sincere over the public address system by Mrs. humility can we come with prepar ed Pfeiffer. A most inspiring climax News and Views of the National Woman's Missionary Union hearts to our World Day of Prayer came in the form of the Lord's Supper. By MRS. WALTER W. GROSSER, President meetings. Mrs. Louise Eichler, Reporter. With such spiritual preparedness ORIGIN OF THE WORLD DAY whose names appear on our "Broad­ FROM THE FIELD ... e • I I I ...... ·- ·-- -·-· --···· ..· - cast" mailing list. the Spirit of God will flow from in­ Central Conferen~e OF PRAYER dividuals right into the larger fellow­ In 1953 over 19,000 communities in Christians the world over believe ship of worshipers. Paul says to "pray Ba rker, the assistant pastor, has as­ the United States alone, and over 118 without ceasing" and Epictetus said, sumed the duties as interim pastor. Building Plans Totalling $600,000 that carrying the Gospel of Jesus countries around the world partici­ Southwestern Conference Christ into all representative areas of "Think of God more often then you At the Clinton Hill Church in New­ Envisioned by Erin Ave. Church, pated in the World Day of Prayer. breathe." Women who have made God a rk, N. J., on T hursday evening, J an­ Cleveland, Ohio the globe, as commanded by his great The services begin on the Tonga Women's Missionary Meetings and commission, has been the most impor­ such an indispenable companion in uary 14, a farewell reception was held Islands, where Queen Solote leads her Baptismal Services for Dr. and Mrs. Leslie M. Chaffee, United prayer has been answered at tant spiritual movement in human life will be accompanied by him the Erin Avenue Baptist Church of devout subjects in prayer, and con­ wherever they go. • at La Salle, Colorado Cameroons missionaries. Their testi­ history. We hear much about how tinues all day around the world until monies were warmly received, and we Cleveland, Ohio. November 9th was Inspir ed anew, after topping the The Woman's Missionary Union of scientific inventions are bringing the the last meeting closes in Alaska on have assured them of our prayers a red letter date for us, for on t hat spiritual energy from the very heart the First Baptist Church of La Salle, evening we received a building per­ world front closer together. Long be­ St. Lawrence Island. for their work. We as a church had fore the airplane, missionaries were of God, the crucifixion and resurrec­ Colo., recently held its anniversary the joy of meeting their four lovely mit from t he Parma H eights Council, pioneers in binding the people of the The offerings taken on this day tion of our Lord will become meaning­ program. Mrs. David Zimmer man, children, to whom a love gift was given after having been refused twice. The world into a closer fellowship. To have always been designated by the ful in this pre-Easter season of Lent. president, was in charge of a well pre­ by our people. We count it a privilege difficulty drove t he church to prayer, them we owe the extension of the Day women for home and foreign missions. The love that ema nated from it to pared program including missionary to have a share in the labors of these united us in spirit and gave us oppor­ Significantly our three-fold goal as a pictures and a missionary offering. A consecrated ser vants of God. May this tunity to praise God for this victory. of Prayer into all the world. save, heal a nd bless ma nkind will fi ll Fellowship Supper sponsored by the One of the most important decisions The history of the World Day of Woman's Union includes both home us as we leave our places of worship second term of missionary labors be and foreign mission projects. We are Woman's Union was held in the ch urch even more fruitful than the one al­ that we at Erin Avenue Church made P rayer goes back to the year 1887 and prayer. The transforming power of dining room with more than eighty in committed to a goal of $30,000 as a ready completed. during the past two mont hs was (1) when Mrs. Darwin R. J ames, presi­ the Savior will again help u s turn a ttendance. to maintain the present church as a dent of the Women's Board of Home special offering unto the Lord during from darkness to light, from weak ness Miriam K . Haag, Church Secretary. bilingual church, a nd (2) to establish this triennium. Therefore will you Two baptismal services have been Missions of the Presbyterian Church to strength, and from defeat to victory . held recently. At the first one two an English B aptist Church in P arma in t he U .S.A., called on her own group please send your Prayer Day offerings couples were baptized and received Heights, a suburb of Cleveland with AFTER PRAYING, WHAT? ------·--- to pray for Home Missions on a spe­ marked, "For our Woman's Union· into the fellowship of the church at Eastern Conference a population of 7,000 people having goals," directly to: 7308 Madison St., cific date. The response was so great Having experienced the very Pres­ the next communion service. At the -...... - .... . ······-·•·... ·-·----~ only two churches, a L utheran and that it was repeated annually. Forest Park, Ill., or specify for which ence of God in a meeting sends us forth second baptismal service, held on De­ a Presbyterian, and no Baptist church. particular goal it is intended. Christmas and Watchnight Serv- · Then in the early nineties Mrs. to face a test as to the sincerity of our cember 13, two entire families were ices at Central Baptist Church The new church will be located on We have kept an accurate record of purposes in praying. God works baptized and then received into the a 12-acre lot in Parma Heights. The H elen Barrett Montgomery and Mrs. fe llowship of the church at the Watch­ of Erie, Pennsylvania H enry W. Peabody, oµtstanding lead­ how you want your money to be used. through his children and he works several proposed units are: sanctuary, To date the offerings from our women night Communion Service, thus mak­ Amidst gaily ringing bells, spar­ two educational wings, chapel, social ers among Baptist women, were in­ through the women of our Union. ing a total of eleven new members r e­ hall and administration offices. The strumental in designating a day for for our General Conference budget Then here is our test. kling tinsel, glowing lights, ever-green represent a generous sum. They are ceived since the beginning of the pres­ holly and all the preparations that go estimated cost of the entire building united prayer for Foreign Missions. If we have prayed for our m 1ss10n­ ent church year. is $600,000. The present un it will con­ used for all missionary work of our with the anniversary of the bir th of For some time these groups observed aries, what are we going to do to sup­ During the first full week in Jan­ sist of the chapel, administration conference. Our prayers to God, if port them? t he King, a young mother and a sol­ home and foreign mission prayer days ua ry the " Week of Prayer" was ob­ dier, home on furlough, celebrated in rooms and one educational w ing to be separately. In 1919 they came together sincere, make us willing to be sacri­ If we have prayed for th~ hungry, built at a cost of $160,000. The chapel ficial "doers of the Word and n ot ser ved. "Youth Week" was also ob­ a spiritual way their acceptance of and in 1920 t he women of Canada the lonely a nd the r efugees what a re ser ved and special evangelistic meet­ t his K ing by going through the waters will accommodate about 225 people joined them. They chose the first Fri­ hearers only." we going to do in service to 'them? ings were held in February. Pray that of baptism at the Central Baptist and the educational unit about 300 scholars. The plan is to have dupli­ day in Lent for the day of prayer. PREPARED HEARTS If we have prayed for God's King­ the Spirit of God might work mighti­ Church, Erie, Pennsylvania. At this point the missionaries came dom to come, how are we going to ly in and through us! The Christmas season brought much cate ser vices in both the chapel and into the picture. They spread the idea On March 5, 1954 we will link our­ help spread the Gospel? David Zimmerman, Pastor. to the entire congregation in "keep­ educational wing, t hus accommodat­ selves through prayer, not only indi­ ing Christ in Christmas," with the ing temporarily 450 people in church of a day of prayer by reporting the If we have prayed that the Africa n and 600 in Sunday School. benefits and blessings they were re­ vidually but collectively, with God Al­ women might become consecrated ... choir presenting a cantata, "The Star ceiving from this united intercession mighty who spins the universe. As ---··---.-....-----Atlantic Conference·· ------..-..- of Bethlehem." The real meaning of A two-week financial enlistment l e~de r s , _how c~n we help our mission­ "God so loved he gave" was shown by program was conducted from Nov. 8 on their behalf by their North Amer­ sisters in Christ, from every continent anes bnng this training to them? of the world, we will re-kindle within ..._._--· · -·--~...... - ...... ----- the Christmas party that was given by to 22. This was the first attempt on ican sisters. Soon the n ews reached our hearts a great flame of spiritual . We could g? on indefi nitely. We be­ Clinton Hill Church, Newark, the combined ladies' organizations the part of t he church to encourage the uttermost parts of the world. The each member to make weekly pledges warmth through united prayer. li~ve that b~mg . specific in our pray­ N. J., Holds Receptions for Pas­ w hen they brought gifts of food, toys natives of other lands requested the ~ts, we receive rn turn specific b less­ and money for the family of one of to t he new unified budget of the First of all, we will search the deep­ tor's and M:issionary's Families privilege of joining this Christian ob­ m~s, but we also believe t hat God our young people whose husband lost church and to begin tithing his week­ servance and in 1927 the World Day est recesses of our own hearts. Silhou- w ill not do for us what we ca n do A farewell reception was held for the both his legs in a tragic accident last ly income. The results of the enlist­ of Prayer was born. ourselves. By, opening our minds a nd Rev. and Mrs. Robert S. H ess on spring. Truly, they found it more ment program were: Thanksgiving offering on Nov. 2 of $13,500 with 112 In 1942 a committee of the United hearts to God s will in prayer he will Thursday evening, J anuary 7, at the blessed to give than receive! Progra m material for the pledges consisting of $20,000 for the Council of Church Women was ap­ open not on ly channels of blessings Clinton Hill Baptist Church in New­ The young people were quite busy, pointed to plan, print and promote a World Day of P rayer, to be ob­ ark, New J ersey. The chairmen of too, as they went caroling to the sick next year and 75 members signing ser ved on March 5, 1954, with for ~s but . channels of self-denying various groups in t he church ex­ tithing cards w hich is 25 per cent of prayer day pr ogram t hat is used in ser vice to him and one another. and aged, decorated the sanctuary, most evangelical churches. the theme, "That They May Have pressed words of warm feeling for the presented a Christmas tableau, started our membership of 310. Life" (John 10:10), has been The theme for World Day of Prayer family. P ersonal gifts were given to a Sunday School basketball team, took A Thanksgiving Victory Dinner was As a Woman's Union of our General on March 5, 1954 is "That They May Conference we avail ourselves of t he prepared for the leaders of our Mrs. Hess and Sherryl. A love gift char ge of an evening service and held on Nov. 24. The offering received Have Life" (John 10:10) . Attend your was presented by Mr. George J oithe, showed motion pictures taken by one was $_2 63.88 .. An excellent program day, the theme and the many fine sug­ local Woman's Missionary So­ service on Prayer Day if at all pos­ chairman of the Board of Deacons, in cieties. Several copies have been of the young men of the various events was given w1th special music skit gestions offered by them, but we pre­ sible. Wherever your are t h t behalf of t he church in appr eciation in the past year of our church life. testimonies ,singing and a m~ssage'. sent to every president on the ffi , a ome, a pare our own programs. Previously, ?'our. o on a_ bus or in t he pew, for their ministry during the past Their plans for the future include a n­ The master of ceremonies was Mr. Otto B r o a d c a s t mailing list. The c:, our programs were printed in the JO m m prayer with God's children of three years. other supper of free will offering to Arndt. "Baptist Herald" where everyone had English program was edited by e~ery r ace, ever y kindred and every A time of fellowship was had after­ add to their Cameroons missions goal Our membership goal for 1953 was access to t hem. At the Woman's Union Mrs. Otto R. Schmidt of Edmon­ tribe. We need Christ's help and we wards in t he church gym, with r efresh­ of $1000. A talent night will bring out one new member a week. We did re­ some of their hidden talents for the ceive 53 i:ew members bringing our Executive meeting in Philadelphia, ton, Alta., Canada, and the Ger­ need each other. Go to the Lord's ments prepared by the ladies of the ) our Board decided to have two man by Mrs. Otto Ertis of Leth­ church. May God bless Pastor Hess same goal. membership to 310. We praise God House or to your place of prayer with and the Calvary Baptist Church of The old year ended and t he new be­ for all the blessings of 1953! The Rev. wo11en to edit the English and Ger­ bridge, Alta., Canada. Both are prepared hearts, then Pray and finally man programs respectively each year. pastors' wives. Tacoma, Wash., in their labors to­ gan on a spiritual plane at our Watch­ Edwin Miller is our pastor. say, "Lord, what w ilt thou have m e gether for Christ. T he Rev. Everett A. night Service. The young people They are sent to all the presidents to do?" Delores Ziemann, Reporter. Page 18 THE BAPTIST HERALD February 25, 1954 Page 19 mer's training in Mexico prior to their ning service. Their mixed quartet san g Pacific Conference leaving for Peru the early part of and three high school students spoke, February. Northwestern Conference telling how and when they were con­ Golden Wedding Anniversary A festive Christmas air greeted all verted, what the Lord had meant to those who attended the farewell ban­ Election of Officers them, and how they plan to use their of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Schmiedt quet for the Chaffee family on Decem­ lives to honor and glorify him. Every­ of Temple Church, Lodi, Calif. and Holiday Programs by the ber 4th. A musical program inter­ CBY of Watertown, Wisconsin body was thrilled and deeply inspired On Sunday, December 27, approxi­ spersed with best wishes and gifts with their testimonies as we were mately 250 friends and relatives called from the various departments of the The Senior CBY of the First Baptist made more aware how important it at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J . J . church made for a very memorable Church of Watertown, Wis., has truly is to "bear up" our young people with Schmiedt of Lodi, Calif., to congratu­ evening. A pot- luck dinner was en­ received countless blessings from God, constant prayer and encouragement. late them on the occasion of their fif­ joyed by all who attended on Sunday, from whom all blessings flow. The rest of the Sunday evenings in tieth wedding anniversary. During this December 6th. An afternoon service At our December meeting election January were designated to emphasize Open House, which had been arranged of favorite music was especially of officers was held. The results were: missions, with the showing of t he film, by their children, Mr. and Mrs. planned for the Chaffee family before president, Glenn Rabenhorst; vice­ "That They May H ear," as well as Schmiedt received their guests in front they returned to Washington. president, Dorothy Rabenhorst; sec­ several guest speakers, including the of the fireplace in the living room. A Christus program with Furne retary, Alice Rabenhorst; treasurer, Rev. R. Schilke, general missionary In the evening the members and Rich as guest speaker,' was enjoyed Norman Schroeder; repor ter, Donna secretary for our conference. friends of the Temple Baptist Church by all the mothers of Cradle Roll chil­ Mae Rabenhorst; pianist, J oyce An­ derson and Shirley Olsen ; advisors, A six-week L eadership School is of Lodi planned a r ecognition service Mr. and i\Irs. J. J . Schmlellt of lhe Temple dren. We met in the Bill Jenne home in progress every Wednesday night on December 15th with 15 mothers Rev. and Mrs. J. G. Benke. for the couple. To the tune of "The Baptist Chur ch , Lodi, Calif., al their gold en with an enrollment of 31 young peo­ Wedding March," Mr. and Mrs. weddin g a nniversary celebra tion present. The Sunday School presented Most of our group had a part in its Christmas program during the portraying the Christmas story at our ple and adults taking classes on teach­ Schmiedt were ushered to the front of ing kindergarten children, primary the sanctuary. They were followed by Portla nd. After a fine meal, we were Sunday School hour on Decemb er annual Sunday School program on Officers of the Senior CBY of Watertown, 20th. Christmas Eve found a goodly Christmas Eve. On New Year's Eve Wis., with lhe Rev. J. G. B enke, a dvisor, children, juniors, youth and adults. their seven children a nd 14 grand­ entertained by two readings, quartet All teachers, substitutes and others children as well as a number of other numbers, numerous witty sayings by number out for an evening of music we as a church observed a three-hour at cen ter (standin g) and readings in the beautifully deco­ Watchnight Service. The first hour interested in the work of t he Sunday relatives. The choir under the direc­ our master of ceremonies, Sam Rich, School were urged to attend, and we tion of Calvin Lohr sang two of their and a very fi ne performance of magic rated church auditorium. was in charge of the Senior CBY. A munion message. During a period of Mrs. Bill Jenne, Reporter. candle light installation of officers was silent prayers the church bell began are trusting the Lord to bless each one favorite songs, "My God And I" and by a Christian magician, Howard who takes advantage of this great op­ "The Old Rugged Cross." In the lat­ Peach. Our able and faithful choir held. Closing the first hour we gave to ring announcing the New Year. At a short play entitled, "God Will T ake the a nnual business meeting of the portunity. ter song their youngest daughter, Mrs. director, Mrs. Ernie Schaer, and or­ Baptism of Six Converts and Mrs. Art Hilker, Reporter. Virginia Mauch, rendered a solo. ganist, Mrs. Ben Croeni, were honored Farewell for Pastor's Family at Care of You." church the pastor was given a substan­ A daughter- in-law, Mrs. Ella with lovely corsages. Missoula, Montana Our group meets twice a month. tial raise in salary...... -...... _ ...... - ...... -...... - Schmiedt, read the life story of the Due to our pastor's evangelistic On the second Monday we hold our We thank God for the love and Northern Conference couple, including both serious and The Bethel Baptist Church of Mis­ business meeting and social and on loyalty of his people h ere in North services at the Salt Creek Church, the so_u la, Mont._. ra ng in the new year humorous incidents. Clifford Schmiedt pulpit was very ably fi lled by Dr. the fourth Monday our devotional Freedom. May he continue to bless and who is our Sunday School s uperin~ S tuart Hackett on November 22. The ~1th a com~ined Watchnight and bap­ meeting. The young people h ave been guide us in working a nd praying to­ tism.al _service. Six persons followed Christmas With the Indians tendent, read a letter of appreciation choir partook of a potluck dinner be­ having their own prayer circles at gether for his Kingdom and his cause on the Montana Reserve Near to the parents signed by all the chil­ fore a Sunday afternoon reh earsal. We Chnst in the waters of baptism. our Wednesday evening Bible study during 1954. dren, and the oldest grandchild, Carl enjoyed the fellowship of the Hackett J anuary 3rd was our Communion and prayer service. Thomas Lutz, P astor. Hobbema, Alberta Schmiedt, read a poem entitled "Fif­ family d uring this dinner hour. Sunday_. and the six new members In the future we plan on giving ex­ were given the hand of fellowship at This year, as n ever before, we were tieth Anniversary." Personal greet­ November 27th was a n eventful eve­ change progrnms at several of our Christmas, Watchnight and Jan­ made to realize the real meaning of ings were extended to the couple by ning for the CBY group. They had the L ord's table. The Week of Prayer Wisconsin churches, in order that we uary Services at Grace Church, was from 4 to 8 with prayer Christmas on the Montana Reser ve in two friends of long standing, Mr. their fi rst progressive dinner. It was ~eld J~n. as a Wisconsin CBY might meet our Racine, Wisconsin Alberta, our Indian mission field. Our Philip Goehring and Mr. August Auch, a real success with 24 persons attend­ m_eetmg every night and a wonderful 1953-1954 state goal of $1,000 for the Bible study about the Holy Spirit. young people for the first time took and letters of congratulation were ing. November 29th again found Dr. Banso Hospital in the Cameroons. The Grace Baptist Church of Ra­ part in what proved to be a real bless­ Our dear pastor, the Rev. G. P. cine, Wis., teemed with activity in read from two of their former pastors, Hackett as our supply minister for Donna Mae R abenhorst, Reporter . ing to their h earts, as we went out has and has gone Dr. A. S. Fe lberg and Rev. Arthur morning service. Roland and Furne ~chroeder, res~gi:ied preparation for Christmas. The choir carolling to eight different homes of mto the evai:igehshc ministry. The Weisser. Mrs. Auch presented a gift Rich showed pictures from their sum- Christmas Festivities and Watch­ presented its concert on Sunday eve­ the oldest members of the reserve, and in behalf of the Woman's Missionary ch~rch ~ave him and his wife a sur­ night Service at Baptist Church, ning, December 13, which included prise dinner on Sunday afternoon also presented them with a little gift Society of which Mrs. Schmiedt has North Freedom, Wisconsin the cantata, "The Story of Christmas" from the young people. been an active member for many Jan. 10, and a purse of money was pre~ with the Rev. R aymond Parry as na;­ SUPERINTENDENT AND sented .t~ them. On Saturday, J an. 16, We of the North Freedom Baptist ra tor. The choir also sang several There was much work in the prepa­ years. ration for the services and the beauti­ The pastor, the Rev. Robert Schrei­ MATRON WANTED FOR th_e ministers of Missoula and their Church, North F reedom, Wis., realize o~hc:r _Chr i s~as anthems and the guest HOME FOR AGED, PORTLAND wives met for a farewell reception in we have many reasons to praise Goel v1ohmst, Miss Marion R asmussen fying of the chapel for the program ber, read a passage of Scripture from on December 23. However, nothing the old family Bible which had guided OREGON. the Bethel Baptist Church. Their for his abundant mercies a nd many played two beautiful solo numbers'. THE BAPTIST HOME FOR program consisted of songs and blessings. It seems t hat the greater On December 16 the church char­ could h;:ive blessed our hearts more, them through many hard and difficult than to see 120 people with beaming times and had been t heir joy and in­ THE AGED, Portland, Ore., is prayer and was climaxed by the gift a nd more difficult the task, the closer tered a bus a nd a large group a ttended to the Schroeders. God's children become united. The the North Shore Baptist Church in faces from as far as twelve miles away spiration in happier days. A few now accepting applications for come to hear their boys and girls sing thoughts were expressed by the pas­ the positions of Superintendent Sunday, Jan. 17, was the last day things we thought were almost im­ Chicago to hear their choir's presen­ of our pastor's ministry with us He tation of the "Messiah." a nd recite their parts, but most of all tor in appreciation of the long a nd and Matron to succeed Mr. and possible have, through faith and work, ~ave us .a stirring message entitled, become a reality. The annual Christmas pageant this to hear again and experience the liv­ faithful service rendered by them to Mrs. A. G. Weisser, whose min­ Jes~s aW1th ys in the Lifeboat." The Some of the highlights of the past year entitled, "Light of the W orld," ing Christ anew within th eir hearts. Christ, both in the First Baptist istry of Christian service to the Our own hearts had been heavy Church and in Temple Baptist Church ~ven m.o service was led by the CBY. year included an impressive baptismal was written by Miss J anet Mackinder, aged will terminate July 1, 1954, fhey introduced all of their new of­ service, the observance of our 95th an­ of the Woodward Ave. Baptist Church, a nd burdened a few days prior to the of Lodi. Mr. Schmiedt has served as at which time they will remain program, when Satan had tried to dis­ trustee for forty years and Mrs. ficers to th_e church, and then called niversary, and a successful Vacation Detroit, Mich., and directed by our in the Home as life guests. on the vanous church officers to ad­ Bible School. As for improvements Mrs. Oliver Olson. Our choir and the courage our people and had tried to Schmiedt has been active equally as turn their hearts from the real mean­ long in the women's work. In behalf If you feel you have the q uali­ dress fa rewell words to the Schroe­ of the. churc~ property, a completely cast of 16 members presented the fications to manage and m inister d~rs. The Ladies' Aid presented them new 011- burnmg heating system was Christmas story in a manner which ing of Christmas. H ow our hearts r e­ of the church they were presented w ith joiced together with them, when they a beautiful new Bible. in this capacity, your applica­ with a l~vel)'. picture of Glacier Park, installed. we trust helped all who were present a n~ the f abitha Society gave them a The Christmas festivities were be­ really to try and "put Christ back into came to us after the program and said Robert Schreiber, Pastor. tion will receive prayerful con­ "This is the J esus' Way of Christ~ sideration. Please give full in­ chma teapot w ith matching cream gun with a fine Christmas program in Christmas." and sugar service. On Christmas Eve the Sunday School 111as!" Many Inspirational Programs formation about yourselves. the church. During this program the Br?ther Schroeder has been a great pastor's family was presented with gave its program and everybody re­ Truly, God is blessing the work out at the Bethany Baptist Church Address applications or in­ b!essmg to our church here during sev~ra l very useful gifts, among them ceived candy. The young people had here amon.g ~he In~ians , and only be­ Near Portland, Oregon quiries to ~u s two years and ten months of serv­ a sizable check. We closed the year charge of the first half of the New cause Chnstian fnends all over the with an impressive Watchnight Serv­ Year's Eye Watchnight Service, dur­ world are remembering to pray and Bethany Baptist Church near Port­ Mr. Samuel J . Rich, President, ice, . and. he has led many souls to Chnst, mcluding your repor ter. We ice. Mr. H. Oscar Fritzke, a senior ing which everybody enjoyed a won­ to give. We want to challenge all to Ian?, Ore., has enjoyed a full and Rt. 4, Hillsboro, Oregon h a_v~ seen our chmch grow during his student at our Seminary at Sioux derful time of Christian fellowship. continue to pray without ceasing b e­ fruitful program of events the past or Falls, S. Dak., was the guest speaker During the last hour, three adults went cause Satan does not sleep but is about few months under the leadership of m!nistry, both in membership and Mr. Melvin Becker, Secretary, with an addition to the basement. He for the first portion of our service. through the waters of baptism and seeding the seed of destruction within our pastor, the Rev. Arthur Schulz. 4015 N.E. Stanton, Following the intermission the la­ also received the hand of fellowship the hearts of men and women every­ November 10 was an evening to which speaks the truth as it is written, and Portland 13, Oregon we know that, wherever he goes souls dies of the church served 'refresh­ after the serving of the Lord's Supper. where. the choir always looks forward. We will be blessed. ' ments. The Rev. Edward Kopf of On the first Sunday of th e new year, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Dennan, had our banquet at the "Broiler" in Mrs. Geraldine Noland, Reporter. Holloway, Minn., brought the com- the young people conducted the eve- Missionaries. Page 2() THE BAPTIST HERALD February 25, 1954 Page 21

Cancert by the McDermot Ave. n essed the baptism of six ca ndidates program. Mrs. I. Falkenberg, vice­ tary, spoke to u s at the services and dedication address based on P salm Baptist Church Choir by our pastor, the Re v. H . Schatz. president, was in charge of the pr o­ a t our request gave us the plan for 127: "Except the Lord build the house, in Winnipeg, Manitoba After the Lord's Supper was received, gram. Mrs. P . Huber led the congre­ adopting a missionary. The church they labor in vain that build it." Mrs. the hand of fellowship was extended gational singing. Mrs. M. Lutz read unanimously voted to adopt partially Edward Burkle sang appropriately, On Sunday, December 27, the choir to eight new members. We then ex­ the Scriptures. The secr etarial and the missionaries, the Re v. and Mrs. "Bless This House." Words of congrat­ of the McDermot A venue Baptist perienced a blessed time in testifying fi nancial reports read by Mrs. R. Witt Walter Sukut of J apan. ulation were offered by representatives Church, Winnipeg, Man., dedicated for our Lord and in sincere prayer on and Mrs. M. Haerle, r espectively, On Dec. 20 our Sunday School pre­ of the various local churches as well their new choir robes a nd, in order our knees we entered the Ne w Year. showed that God's blessing h ad been sented a fine Christmas program at as by the Rev. Edward Oster of Het­ to pay for them, presented a Choral Mrs. H. Schatz, Repor ter . upon the group. which the church treasurer presented tinger, North Dakota. He also spoke Concert. our beloved pastor, the Rev. H. L. to the Sunday School in the morning After a very hearty singspiration, Ordination of the Rev. Our oldest member, Mrs. J. Grun­ Walter eit, with a small token of our and assisted in the worship exercises our president, Mr. Arthur Zink, ex­ wald, is still able to recite lovely Ger­ love. At the Watchnight Service the of the day. R. E. Grabke by the Grace Baptist man pieces from memory. Other tended a welcome to all present and Church, Davin, Saskatchewan young people presented the fi nal film Reports by the chairman of the immediately after the announcements poems were given by Mrs. R. Fried, in the Life of the Apostle Paul. Then building committee, Mr. John Lang, three consecutive choir numbers were On May 31, 1953 the Grace Baptist Mrs. H. Kaiser, Mrs. M. Mehlhorn, a nd we had a n hour of fellowship a nd and the treasurer, Mr. George Huber, rendered under the direction of Mr. Church of Davin, Sask., called together Clara Grapentine. Two dialogues were gathered again in the sanctuary for r evealed that the eight-room house, Harry Rostig with Miss Clara See­ a council from the neighboring presented. The German dialogue pre­ a brief period of singing. We entered fully modern with mop-board water camp at the organ, beginning with W. churches for the purpose of setting Mr. sented by Mrs. R. Witt and Mrs. H. the new year celebrating the Lord's heating installed, and garage, was C. Macfarland's beautiful "Open Our R. Grabke apart for the Gospel min­ Weidman told of the needs of the New Supper in a beautiful candlelight erected at a cost of about $20,000 with Eyes," followed by E. L. Ashford's istry. The following churches were Hope Settlement mission station in the service. only a debt of about $4000 r emaining. choir and solo selection, " While Shep­ represented: Regina, Edenwold, F en­ Cameroons. Four players, Mrs. J. Hil­ We thank God for his guidance and Mrs! J ake Schweigert, treasurer of herds Watched Their Flocks by Night" wood, Southey, Serath and Davin. ler, Mrs. A. Schalin, Mrs. M. Hearle, pray that we might be on his side the Ladies' Mission ary Society, re­ (Miss Edith Streichert being the solo­ Sixteen delega tes were r epresented and Mrs. V. Pahl, showed us through every step of the way. ported that the women had completely ist ), and concluded with "Sing, Sing from these churches Mr. Carl a n English dialogue, the gr eat need for Mrs. Joe Werre, Reporter . decorated the interior and furnished 0 Heavens" by C. Simper. Brucker, deacon of the Davin Church , growth in our spiritual lives. Rev. F. Alf (r ear , center ) of Washburn, N. shades for all the windows and drapes called the meeting to order and led in Da k., and four con ver ts whom h e r ecenUy The male quartet afforded a break Two ladies' choir numbers were Remodeling Program, Baptismal for the fron t r oom windows. A ladies' for the choir, but immediately after its the singing of a hymn and read from r endered. A ladies qua rtet comprised ba ptized quartet consisting of Mrs. Wilmer song two more numbers were ren­ the Scriptures. The deacon, Mr. Har­ of Mrs. I. Falkenber g, Mrs. R. Fried, Service and Christmas Festivities H uber, Mrs. Edward Burkle, Mrs. dered: "Angels from the Realms of ry Rosom, led in prayer. The council Mrs. H . Weidman, and Mrs. R. Witt, at Washburn, North Dakota New Eight-Room P arsonage Beutler and Miss Anita Beutler sang, Glory" by George Kessle and Ira B. then organized with Rev. R. Milbrandt rendered several selections. After a " We Thee Ador e." as chairma n a nd Rev. E. Link as sec­ The Baptist Church of Washburn, Is Dedicated by Baptist Church, Wilson's choir and solo selection. "A short challenging m essage by the Rev. N. Dak., has been engaged in a r e­ Plevna, Montana The congregation gathered in front Song That Forever Will Ring" (Mrs. retary. of the new parsonage and the deacon, Mr. Harry Rosom intr oduced the F. W. P ahl, an offering which modeling program recently. Work Donna Anhalt being the soloist ). amounted to $75.00 was given as unto commenced on September 28th, tear­ Sunday, Dec. 13th, was a very spe­ Mr. Benjamin Huber , offered the ded­ After an address by Dr. C. H . See­ ca ndidate, Mr. R. Grabke, who in brief the Lord and his work abroad. cial occasion for us at the Plevna Bap­ ication prayer. Mr . J ohn Lang then a nd well chosen words gave his testi­ ing down the old tower, which was camp and the taking of the offering, It was a great pleasure on Novem­ followed by excavation underneath, tist Chur ch, Plevna, Montana. F riends officially presented the key to the pas­ two German choir numbers were pre­ mony relative to his conversion, his from neighboring churches gathered tor, Rev. G. Beutler , who expressed call to the Gospel ministry and his ber 29 to celebrate the 50th wedding enlarging and rebuilding it. This gives sented entitled, "Jesus ist kommen" anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John us a n enlarged vestibule, a larger din­ to share with us in the joy of achieve­ his deep appreciation for the love and by P. Ruppel and "Siehe, der H ilter doctrinal viewpoint. Th is was done ment and dedication of our beautiful, care shown by God's people in provid­ with joy and inner conviction as he Grunwald. Ma ny friends gathered in ing room with an outside front e n ­ Israels" by F. Mendelsohn, followed the church basement on Sunday after­ tra nce and an extra Sunday School newly constructed parsonage. The ing their minister and his family with by a violin solo by Miss Ma rtha confirmed his statement with the Rev. G. Beutler, pastor of the church, such a beautiful and comfortable Scriptures in a very satisfactory man­ noon to r ejoice with them on this oc­ room above. Except for trim on the Kroeker. The concert was ended with casion. On behalf of the church Mr. upper structure, the new addition is was in charge of the services. home. Open house followed then for the singing of F. W. Peace's inspiring ner . After a period of questioning, the We were happy that Dr. John Ley­ all who wished to view the interior. council withdrew for a shor t confer­ R. F . Unger presented the couple with completed. All labor was donated by "Arise, Shine for Thy Light is Come" a lovely hostess chair. Mr. a nd Mrs. members a nd friends of the church poldt from our headquar ters, who We as the minister's family feel fr om the cantata, "The Morn of ence. Since the candidate h ad given served as our guest speaker, came to especially indebted to our people for his testimony convincingly, clearly a nd Grunwald responded with words of and also much of the material. Further Glory." gr atefulness to the Lord who had al­ remodeling in the k itchen and furnace (Miss) E. Redlich, R eporter. constructively, the council r ecom ­ mended to the church to proceed with lowed them health and strength to room a rc pla nned, also a new r oof and the ordination. come thus far in their walk of life. paint inside a nd outside to be com­ Evangelistic Meetings and The ordination service was held that After much time and practise, the pleted this summer. Estimated ma­ Baptism of Six Converts same evening. A la rge congregation young people ably presented a play terial cost when completed is about was assembled for the blessed service. "The H.aven of Rest," at t he annuai $4000. at Temple Church, Leduc, Alberta A 19-piece orchestra rendered a fi ne Watchmght Ser vice. The play shows A J unior Church was organized in With praise to God , we of the Tem­ musical prelude and also accompanied how a n entire family can be changed October which has been progressing. ple Baptist Church of Leduc, Alta., the congregation in the singspiration . and brought to peace when Christ is In November two weeks of revival rejoice for the many blessings our The Rev. Milbrandt was in charge. allowed to rule and reign. Playing the m eetings were held with the Rev. C. h eavenly Father has showered upon The Rev. S. Thomas r ead the Scrip­ par t of the harrassed and backslidden R emple of Hebron giving us much us. We were especially thankful for ture passage. The Re v. E. Thiessen mother was p eloris Weidman. Her spiritual food and some souls were the privilege of h aving the Rev. H. led in prayer. The Victoria Baptist da u~h ter Sy.lvia, Rosemary Weidman, saved. Baptism followed on Decem­ P feifer of Edmonton, Alta., as our Church choir rendered an anthem, a ~ nppl ed girl has to face a big oper­ b er 13th w ith the joy of four candi­ evangelist. The splendid method he "Here Am I." ation. The Rev. F. W. P ah l was d ates taking up their cross to live their used in presenting the Gospel on Felt­ The ordination mesage was brought Joseph, the grown-up son a nd black lives for Christ. o-scene added much to his sincere, by Rev. C. Remple of Hebron, N. Dak., sheep of the family. Walter Witt w as The entire church enjoyed a blessed soul stirring messages and left vivid the one who led the cand idate to the the delightful little brother J ohnny­ Christmas season with its true mean­ impressions on the minds and hearts Lord. The message was based on on- ~h ~ -spo t. Gloria H uber' was the i ng at heart. Twelve of our young; of our people. 2 Timothy 4:6. The Rev. S. Thomas Christian personal worker who directed people a ttended the fine "singfest" at On Dec. 9th our chur ch had the offered the ordina tion pra yer with the the family to the Lord J esus. Doctor Martin, N. Da k., on Dec. 29th. On pleasure of celebratin g the 25th wed­ laying on of hands by various min­ and nurse were played by Walter Un­ New Year 's Eve the young people of ding a nniversa ry of Mr. and Mrs. Peter isters. The Rev. E. Thiessen welcomed ger a nd P earl H uber. t he CBY presented the most inspiring Ohlman. As our loyal, active and sin­ the candidate into the ra nks of the p lay "Your Church and Mine," which The n ew pa rsonage of the Plevna Baptist Church , Plevn a, Mon t., of which the cer e church members, we wish t hem ministry. The Rev. E. Link gave the Mrs. V. A. P ah l, Reporter. w as' followed with a fellowship hour R ev. and Mrs. G. B eutler and family a r e t he fi rst occupants God's richest blessings for many more cha rge to th e church and the Rev. F. a nd Watchnight Service. The play years. Ohlmann gave the charge to the can­ ---i5;k~i;c~£~;;·;;~- was presented in the Hebron Baptist us for Dec. 6th and spent the entire the deep understanding and concern On Dec. 29th our mixed choir under didate. The Rev. R. G ra bke closed Church on J anuary 3 to a full house, week in our midst, enriching us spirit­ shown us in our recent crisis. Mr. the very capable leadership of Mrs. this blessed and very impressive ser v­ a fter which a blessed time was en­ ually through his messages and fel­ Beutler had to undergo major surgery A Klatt presented a musical program. ice with benediction by singing, "Lord, Grace Church, Grand Forks, joyed in U1e church parlors. lowship. At the morning service on at the Mayo Clinic on Nov. 3rd, and This was a great blessing and inspira­ Make My Life a Life of P rayer." We wer e happy to have the Rev. R. Dec. 13th, Dr. Ley poldt brought us a the church gave him two months' tion to all who were present. On Dec. Mrs. H. Lindenbach, Church Clerk. N. Dak., Holds Special Meetings Schilke of Forest Park, Ill., in our wonderful message on his chosen text leave of absence with pay, and upon 20th our young people rendered a fi ne and Adopts Missionary Couple midst the first Sunday of the year, from Romans 12:1. The mixed chorus his return presented him with a love Christmas program, highlighted by the Special Programs and During the month of November we who brought words of encouragement added its festive note with two an­ offering, which, together with a previ­ play, "His Wonders to Perform." Golden Wedding Anniversary at of the Gr ace Baptist Chur ch Grand and hope. He also showed slides of thems of praise: "Bless the Lord, 0 ous one, amounted to $400 to help The Watchnight Service on Dec. 31 Baptist Church, Olds, Alberta F or ks, N. Dak., had two weeks of in­ the mission field. On January 17th we My Soul " and "Let the Earth Rejoice." cover his medical expenses. With was a crowning event of the year. The spiring spiritual messages by our guest were blessed with a message by the At noon' the ladies served a delicious God's help he has been thus far i-e­ Rev. Ed. Link of Edmonton, Alta., as On December 13th the Woman's speaker, the Rev. H. Smuland of Rev. R. Grenz, pastor of the Trinity meal in the basement of the church. stored so that since Dec. 20th he has our geust speaker delivered a wonder ­ Missionary Society of the Olds Baptist Cburch, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In the afternoon Dr. Leypoldt again been able to resume his ministry. ful message. With joy we then wit- Sheffield, Iowa. On Dec. 13 the Rev. Church, Olds, Alta., held its annual R. Schilke, general missionary secre- Mrs. Orrin Enockson, Clerk. challenged our hearts with a special Mrs. G. Beutler, Reporter. Page 22 THE BAPTIST HERALD F1ebruary 25, 1954 Page 23

Watchnight Service and Christian The funeral service was conducted by the l\IR. HENRY REl\IBOLDT leaves to mourn, one daughter, Elizabeth a t which le!t her paralyzed and helpless for undersigned on Dec. 28. According to Simpson, Sask.; four sons: Leo of Nokomis. the remainder of her life. Sh e was bed­ Workers' Conference at Grace Hebrews 4:9- 11 he pointed out that after of Gackle, North Dakota. Sask.; Charlie at Regina, Sask.; Edward at ridden for one year and ten months. On Church, Hettinger, North Dakota the work of a long day, the fairest boon Mr. H enry Remboldt of Gackle, N. Dak., Edmonton. Alta.; William at Winnipeg, Dec. 19, 1953, she suffered another severe God sends to his tired friend is to call was born on Feb. 8, 1887 in Hutchinson Man.; 18 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchil­ stroke and on January 11, 1954, at 8:10 P .M., On New Year's Eve, December 31, him home and grant him rest. He did that County near Menno. S. Dak., and died at dren; and many friends. she passed away at the age of 57 years, 1 for our departed sister! his home suddenly on Jan. 12, 1954 at th e month and 14 days. we, the Grace Baptist Church of H et­ The funeral service was conducted by the Foster Avenue Baptist Cl1Urch, age of 66 years and 11 months. undersigned in the Nokomis Baptist Church, In 1919 Mrs. Michelson accepted C hr ist tinger, N. Dak., met in our church Chicago, Illinois Mr. Remboldt married Miss Christina and the body was laid to rest in the No­ as her personal Savior and was baptized (A charge of five cents a line is made for Hehn on Nov. 27, 1907, and this happy and accepted in to the fellowsh ip of the parlors at 9:00 P.M. to begin our JOE SONNENBERG, Pastor. union was blessed with three children. komis cemetery . The comforting thought Watchnight Service. During the first all obituaries, except for those of our pas­ was taken from 2 T im . 4:7-8. May the Lord Martin Baptist Church by Rev. W. S. Wahl. tors and their wives. If p ossible, limit the He confessed Christ early in 1929 and of all comfort be the one who fills the Although Mrs. Michelson faced many spirit­ hour we spent those precious mo­ was baptized July 13, 1929 by the Rev. B . ual difficulties in her life and was out of obituary notices to 250 words. Send them hearts of the bereaved with the glorious ments studying the 14th chapter of l\lRS. ELIZABETH SCHMIDT W. Krentz. He was a faithful member of hope of reunion. fellowship with the church fo_r some _t ime, Romans. At the close of our first hour to the Editor, Box 6, Forest Park, Illinois.) of Lorraine, Kansas. the G race Baptist Church of Gackle until nevertheless she achieved ultimate victory his untimely death. He was also a deacon Nokomis, Saskatchewan, in Christ Jesus. She loved to see us come of worship, we gathered in the base­ MISS EMILIE MANTHEY Mrs. Elizabeth Henrietta Schmid t of of the church at the time of his passing. ROBERT JASTER, Pastor. and read the Word and pray with her. We ment of the church to experience a n of Chicago, Jllinols. Lorraine, Kans .• the eighth child of the late Mr. Remboldt held many offices in the trust and believe that she found grace and hour of fellowship. At the 11 o'clock Rev. E. C. and Eva Janzen, was born in church and the Sunday School. forgiveness from Christ, who died for her. Miss Emilie Manthey of Chicago, Ill., Monce, Ill., on September 24. 1877 and died H e was active in the commun ity, having l\IR. OKKO DEBOER hour we ascended to our sanctuary was born February 15, 1883 in the province on Jan. 7th 1953 in the hospital in Hutch in ­ been a prominent businessman and served She leaves to mourn her early departure, and were led in our meditation by our of Volhynia, Russia, died at her home in son where she had been since December 2. m any years as a member of the Town of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. her husband, P hillip Michelson; her six Chicago on Dec. 26, 1953. Early in life she She was 76 years, 2 months, and 15 days old. Board. Mr. Okko DeBoer of Sioux Falls, S. Dak., sons: Ruben and August of Martin: Edwin, pastor, the Rev. Edward Oster, on the a missionary in Africa; H ilmer and Rolancl subject, "Whither bound?" based on surrend ered her life to Christ in faith, and In October 1879 she came with her par­ He leaves to mourn his departure his was born at L ittle Rock, Iowa, on January was baptized by the Rev. Martin Jeske, and ents to Ellsworth county, settling in Green 7, 1900 and died of a heart· attack on De­ of Anamoose; Clifford of Valley City ; and J oshua 1:1-9. We closed the final mo­ added to the membership of the L ucynow wife, Mrs. Christina Remboldt; one sister, one daughter, Mrs. Bernice Lee of Moore­ Garden township. Later she lived with her Mrs. Carl Heinrich of Gackle, N. Dak.; two cember 30, 1953, in his home. ments of 1953 and greeted the begin­ Baptist Church. parents in Ellsworth. At the residence or head, Minn.; four daughters-in-law; one b rothers: Mr . Christ Remboldt and Mr. At the age of n ine he moved w ith h is son-in-law; ten grandchildren; four broth­ ning of 1954 in fervent prayer unto I n 1905 she came to Chicago and joined her parents near Lorraine she was united John Remboldt, both of Gackle, N. D ak.; parents. Mr. and Mrs. Risco DeBoer, to a the F irst German Baptist Church (now the in marriage to George L. Schmidt on May ers: George, Fred, Pete and Carl Pepple; our Lord. three children: Mrs. Ted Speidel, Mrs. Ed­ farm near Corona, South Dakota. In 1923 a host of friends and relatives. Foster Avenue Baptist Church) in which 11, 1897. She and her husband lived on a ward Mueller, and Mr. Reuben R. Rem­ he was united in marriage to Hattie Pop­ On January 13 and 14 we were priv­ she remained a member until her death. farm near Lorraine where they remained boldt, all of Gackle, N .Dak.; and five pen at Corona. This marriage was blessed F uneral services were held from the ileged to be the host church of the Left to mourn her passing is one brother, until Mr. Schmidt"s death on September 2, grandchildren; besides many other rela­ with four children. An infant daughter Anamoose Baptist Church. T he under~ Daniel; a n iece, Mrs. E . Kleinofen; a sec­ 1918. She then moved to Lorraine where tives and friends. signed officiated, using Mark 8:36-38 as the Christian Workers' Conference of the ond nice, Mrs. E. Juul, a ll of Chicago; and she made her home until death. preceded the father in death. (Continued on Page 2.4) The large attendance at the funeral was text. Mrs. Michelson is the mother of our a ho!l't of friends. The deceased is survived by two daugh­ He farmed in the Corona area for ten beloved Missionary Edwin Michelson. May a tribute to his wide range of friendships. years before he moved into Corona to be­ ters_ : Mrs. H arold Heitmann of Stockton, May God console and comfort the sorrow­ the Lord comfort and bless the bereaved ,~-o-~-~o.-o....o~-n....o~~~a--~ Calif.; Mrs. Alvm Bronlecwe of Lorraine; come custodian for the Corona School. I n family. ing with an everlasting hope. 1945 he moved to Rochester, N. Y., to be­ one son, Donald, of Kansas City, Mo.; four Martin, North Dakota - I brothers: Henry J anzen of Lorraine, Ed­ Grace Baptist Church, come superintendent of buildings of the ward Janzen of Genesco, Lewis Jansen of Gackle, North Dakota North American Baptist Seminary and he JOHN ENGEL, Pastor . f Ridgewood Travel Bureau I Wichita, and William F. Janzen of Ama­ REV. M. WOLFF, Pastor. moved to Sioux Falls, S. Dak., in 1949 where riUo, Texas; three grandchildren. Dan. Den­ he assumed a similar position with the . ! Seminary. He was very faithful in this nts Heitmann, and Gary Schmidt; and a MR. CHARLES J. SCHMIERER I New York -- Hamburg ! host of ~elat1ves and . friends. A d aughter, MR. ALFRED BROSE task which he regarded as a calling of th e Clara, p1 eceded her m death on January of Winnipeg, l\Ianltoba. Lord. of Lodi, California. 59-38 MYRTLE A VENUE ! 20, 1926. Mr. DeBoer accepted Ch rist as Savior i11 Mr. Charles J. S chmierer of Lodi, Calif., I Mr. Alfred Brose of the McDermot Ave. 1921 and shortly thereafter was baptized Funeral services were held at the First was born on March 5, 1892 at Chicago, Il­ I RIDGEWOOD, BROOKLYN 27, N. Y. ! Baptist Church, Winnipeg, Man., was born upon his p rofession of faith by the Rev. Baptist Church m Lorraine with Rev. Wal­ on Nov. 12. l!l29 in Winnipeg, Man., and linois. While he was still a young boy the ter Schmidt of Lorraine, Dr. Elmer Janzen Henry Hirsch and added to the member­ family moved to North Dakota. settling in passed away lo be with the Lord on Janu­ ship of the First Baptist Church, Corona, of Geneseo, and . R_ev. Louis Johnson of ary 6. 1954, after a brief illness. He ac­ the Berlin district. He was united in mar­ ·------! Waco,_ Texas, officiating. Burial was in the South Dnkota. riage with Carrie Mehlhaff on November 8, ALL INCLUSIVE TOUR-30 DAYS I Lorrame church cemetery. cepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his per­ He served faithfully as deacon of the sonal Savior and confessed h im in baptism 1917 at Parkston, S. Dak., where they also L orraine. Kansas in 1944. being baptized by the Rev. Otto Andrews Street Baptist Church, Rochester, lived for a number of y ears. farming in Patzia of Winnipeg, in which church he N_. Y., and the Trinity Baptist Church, that d istrict. Beca use of a heart ailment WALTER R. SCHMIDT, remained an active and faithful member Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He helped to Mr. Schmierer was advised to seek an oc­ Officiating Minister. organize the Trinity Baptist Church of cupation which would requ ire less heavy II until his death. which he was a charter member. His physical work. As a result he learned the VIS:::::;.:::~:::h, :~:~~:.~~:~~95:~:::, 3,:,~:::•A , On November 8, 1952 he was married to p rimary interest was in the L ord's work shoe repair trade, which occupation he fol­ l\IR. J ULIUS CHARLES STANKEY Miss Gerda Patzia of Winnipeg, which the church a nd during the last two year5 lowed until his death. ------or An ah eim, California. marriage was b lessed wit1_1 one son. ~e the building project of Trinity Church. leaves behind to mourn his departure lus In 1933 the family moved to S alem, Ore., "It is not death to die." These are t he wife, Mrs. Gerda B rose; and son. Jerry He leaves to mourn h is death his wife: and after fifteen years they came to Lodi, Turn Vacation Time Into Pleasure Time words with wluch we would mark the pass­ Alfred of Winnipeg; his parents, Mr. and a son, the Rev . Lawrence D eBoer, New California. In the spring of 1949 Mr. mg or ou_r brother, Julius Charles Stankey Mrs. J acob Brose of Winnipeg; two broth­ York, N. Y.: two d a ughters, Virginia and Schmierer suffered a severe heart attack of Anaheim, Calif., who was born on July ers: Gustave of Vancouver, B. C .. and Wil­ Mrs. E_lmer Harms. Sioux Falls; one grand­ from which he was not expected to recover. With An Exciting Tour of Europe 1 ~O, /~90 and was translated into the heaven­ liam of Winnipeg; one sister, M iss Helen son: s1x broth ers: Rev. Martin DeBoer of However, God raised him up and h e was Can't you recall in your mind the names of a hundred places where lta~k~y~ns !Du·ecember 3, 1953. All of Brother B rose of Winnipeg; his parents-in-law, Springside, Sask.. Leonard, Otto, John, able to continue his work and enjoy fairly where he ewas was bspent in A na 11e 1· m , c a_l"f 1 .. Mr. and Mrs. William Patzia of Winnipeg; Dick and Louis of Corona; five sisters: Mrs. good health in the past few years. On the you would have the time of your life on your vacation? Exciting, Ex­ worked born a . orn, educated. marned, as well as many relatives and friends. Leonard Sprung nnd Elsie of Corona, Mrs. morning of Dec. 25, 1953, while he was hilarating, History made places ... where you could forget the troubles ·. - gam and finished his course. The funeral service was held in the Mc­ George Buseman of Canistota. Mrs. Bert gathering a few flowers for his sister-in ­ 1 Bon1 mto a ('.hristian home as a member Dermot. Avenue Baptist Church, the pastor Lang and Mrs. Marvin Behlen of Colum­ law whose husband had died suddenly j ust of this unsettled world . o f a 1arge family of n· . . bringing a message in English on John 14: bus, Neb., and many other relatives and sLx months previously, the Lord called him only natural that his me c 1lildren , it '".as friends. home. He had reached the age of 61 years. What could be more fun and relaxing than a glorious 30 days All into the footst f Path should lead him 1-3 and Rev. 21 -22 and the Rev. Otto Patzia Expense Tour of Europe ... visiting five of the fascinating, attractive verted at the eps ° Christ. He was rcm- of Detroit, Mich., bringing a message in The funeral service was held in Sioux Mr. Schm ierer was a sincere Christian, countries ... France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany? 1 t age of twenty Fiitee·1 yea'3 German on Isaiah 54 :10. F alls on January 1st with the undersigned devoted to the work of the Lord, having a~~\t11 etl~~ p~. surrendered his Ji(c t~ Christ McDermot Ave. Baptist Church, and Dr. George A . Lang bringing words of accepted Christ as h is personal Savior at And ... travel in an atmosphere that suggests your own private party Winnipeg, Manitoba comfort. The following d ay a funeral serv­ the age of 13. H e was baptized jn Cold­ son ~vas b t.im~,. together with his oldest ice was held in the First Baptist Church of ... with a selected group of 30 fellow passengers. Re~ ap ize mto Christ's death by 1he C. H. SEECAMP, Pastor. water Lake, N. Dak., on June 12, 1905 and 1 Corona, S. Dak., with Rev. Herman Lohr became a member of the Baptist Church a t An informative folder w ill give you some idea of the pleasures in store the;e~ft~· S~~ roeder. Through all the years in cha rge and D r . George A. Lang assisting. the Bethel Ba '~~st a faithful member. o~ Interment was made in the Corona Ceme­ Berlin. Wherever he was since that t ime , for you . .. the sights to be seen . . . the places to be visited ... the things California. P is Church of Anaheim. l\IRS. IDA BRANDT tery. May the Lord comfort and bless the he was an active Christian and ardent of Nokomis, Saskatchewan. Bible student and a willing witness for to do ... and many other attractive features. bereaved! Christ. It was not unusual when business p~~e~e:;_;e ~·;· l917 Mr .. Stankey and Ama~da Trinity Baptist Church. Membership application is included in the folder and t he response to that1 . umted m marriage, a union Mrs. Ida Brandt, nee Frisch, of Nokomis, was slack to find him in his shop engrossed Sask. was born March 2, 1862 in Russia. On Sioux Falls, South Dakota in the reading of h is Bible. At the time these offerings is very pleasing. Two ~~a~h~lessed of God with six children. of his death he was a faithful member of the one their father in death : Nove~1ber 30, 1884, she was u nited in the We are sure, should you decide to be a member of one of the.se Tours, s~ pre~eded holy bonds of marriage to. George Brandt. RICHARD A . GRENZ, Pastor. the Temple Baptist Church and of the son Ensi an aug ter, Virginia, the other a Men·s Brotherhood. you will have a perfectly pleasing vacation and come home with many in ~ction g wl;}~bert_ Stankey, who was killed T his union was blessed with eleven ch1l­ happy memories and souvenirs of a wonderful 30-day mixture of Ad­ or e se1 v1ng m the armed forces dren, of which six predeceased their mother J\lRS. l\llNNIE MICHELSON He leaves to mourn his sudden passing venture and Excitement. Amoa~~ ~?L~~try . He is survived by his wUe. in death. of l\lartln, North Dakota. he beloved wife. Carrie: three d aughters: J ay of1 'An!~~.sonsc Ed of Alta dena. Calif.: In the year 1893 she came with husba_nd Mrs. Isabel Clausen of Vancouver, Wash.: We sincerely hope you will be one of our Favored Guests. Beach C l°f. Im, alt£.; Walter of Long and children to Canada. and a fter hvmg Mrs. Minnie Michelson, nee Pepple, of Mrs. Dolores King of Stockton. Calif.; and Kusz~aula 1,;i ~ne daughter, Mrs .. E la 11;e one year in Winnipeg, Man., they made Anamoose. N . Dak., was born Nov. 18, 1896, Mrs. Esther Hoffman of Lodi, Calif.: four Cordially, grandchildren adn Clemente, Calif.: six their home on a farm at Plumas, Manttoba. in Rumania to August and Justina Pepple. grandchildren: James and Charlie Clausen, • an a host of friends. In 1905 she migrated with her parents to and Kristie and Carrielee King: two broth­ RIDGEWOOD TRAVEL BUREAU In 1907 she was predeceased by her loving Argentina. South America. where they ers: Jake Schmierer of Lansing, Mich.; and Brother Stankey was a man of uiet and husband. So in the same year w ith her New York Hamburg to~~ental C!1aracter, one who J~ved the children the pioneer spirit brought her west lived for seven years. In 1912 they came Henry Schmierer of S an Leandro, Calif.; 01 and his c;hurch and was deeply de­ to North Dakota settling in the Carrington two sisters: Mrs. Emma Mehlhaff of Tyn­ Mrs. Elsa Frommann, into Saskatchewan. where she homesteaded district. On Nov. 25, 1915 she was united dall, S . Dak., and Mr s . Charlotte Ohlhauser Owner and Manager voted to his wife and famil The center three miles of Nokomis. Here she also b_e­ of J11S de~1 res and affections rv"ere h is h ol'.l'lC came a member of the Nokomis Baptist in marriage to Phillip Michelson by the of Calgary, Alberta. In addition a great ai1 f~mily. _His memory is blessed to all la te Rev. W. S. Wahl. This marriage union many other relatives and friends will miss P.S.: Here's more good news . . . we have just arranged for a third Church where she remained a faithful was b lessed with six sons and one daugh­ h is gentle spirit and kind ways. "'Precious w 10 new him. Of him we sa "Blessccl member until death. Tour to depart New York on June 12, 1954 to follow these same itineraries. are the d ead who die in the i:ord from ter. The family r esided in the ~artin in the sight of the Lord is the death of Furthermore, passengers preferring to travel by ship are also able to ~1enceforth, for they rest from their labo:·s In 1933 she retired to the town of No­ district for 31 years. and in the spring of his saints." and the ll" works do follow after them." komis, and since 1949 she made her home HMS they moved to Anamoose, North D a­ participate in the land arrangements. Inquire about our ship space avail­ in the Haven of Rest at Medicine Hat . .fi.1- Temple Baptist Church, Bethel Baptist Church kota. able just for tour participants. i ber!a. On Monday, Jan. 11, after reachmg In March 1952, Mrs.- Michelson was Lodi, California Anaheim, California ' a ripe old age of 91 years. 10 months and ROBERT SCHREIBER, Pastor. 8 days, she went to be with the Lord. She stricken with pneumoma and a stroke 'i~_o_a_o_o_c_~c:=t-0mc_a_c_a_.aa:mo-cmc-c~-c-o-cc:::mc1=:1a-o.: BERTHOLD JACKSTEIT, Pastor. Page 24 THE BAPTIST HERALD

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HETTINGER, NORTH DAKOTA kota young people's CBY Union or:i - -·- · · ·-··•·· •··•···•··-·• ··· ·--~---·· ··--·---~ Tuesday, December 29. This yearly Southern Confere nee (Continued from Page 22) activity has been created to strengthen __ ...... _...... ______Christian bonds and to offer fellow­ Badland Area. It was our privilege ship during the Christmas holidays, Christmas and Watchnight to have with us at this time Dr. M. L. especially for those who have been Leuschner, Rev. L. Bicnert, Miss Ruth away to school. Services at the Cottonwood Bap­ Batha uer, Rev. R. Grenz, Mrs. Ber­ tist Church of Lorena, Texas nard Fritzke, and Mrs. Reuben Friez The afternoon was used for re­ as our instructors. Our hearts were hearsal by t he mass choir composed On Sunday, Nov. 29, the Harvest touched and moved by this very in­ of about 50 voices from all churches Day program at the Cottonwood formative conference. We r ealized represented, a nd directed by Mr. Al­ Church near L orena, Texas, was pre ­ again the great work that needs to be bert Seibel of the Martin Church. A sented by the Elementary Department done in our Sunday Schools and our fellowship supper served by the Mar­ of th~ Sunday School. The stage was CBY's. Films were shown by Dr. tin CBY followed the afternoon prac­ beautifully decorated with different Leuschner that presented to us the tice. prodl;lcts, showing God's bountiful vast importance of our White Cross bles~mgs .. o.n the same day, the Wom­ work and the great task of our mis­ The evening service found the Mar­ man s M1ss~onary Union had charge sionaries in their ministry to the tin Church fi lled to capacity. The of the evenmg ser vice presenting two African people. opening of the service was conducted plays about "Thanksgiving." by three of our seminary students­ Our church was fi lled t o capacity On Tuesday, December 7 the Men's with representatives from our churches Victor Michelson, Norman Schlaf­ mann, and Clinton J esser. Miss Dor­ Brotherhood sponsored a f~mily night at Mott, N. Dak.; New Leipzig, N, at. the church. The G. A.'s led b y Mrs. Dak.; Selfridge, N. Dak.; McLaughlin, othy Bibelheimer, president of the Association, presided at the program ~mgman •. put Ort a program portray­ S. Dalt.; Mcintosh, S. Dak.; Isabel and mg the h istory of the Girls' Auxiliary. Bison, S. Dak.; Plevna, Mont., and of consisting of musical numbers by each our own parishioners. We all received CBY, selections by the mass choir, and For our evei:ii:g ser vice on December great a nd bountiful blessings from a message by the guest speaker, the 9 we :vere pnvileged to see the work this conference as we were led by our Rev. Arthur Voigt of the Rosenfeld of OUI young people in a Christmas able instructors. Each instructor pre ­ Church. pageant. After the yrogram, the ch urch se:;:ted the challenge and the needs Miss BibeU1eimer announced the ~embers. gave their Lottie Moon offer- within our Sunday School and CBY m g. This money was t . appointment by the executive com­ velopes and tied t PU. mto en- work. mittee of a new assembly dean, t he 0 It amounted t 0 $ our Christmas t ree. Truly, the Christian Workers' Con­ Rev. Irving Schmuland of Goodrich d . 140.82. On Wednes- ference has met the need in our ay evenmg, December 23 h d . to succeed Mr. Bienert w ho has taken Christmas program we a OUI churches and we who were pres­ over new duties at our headquarters Elementary J . ' Presented by t he ent are anxiously awaiting the next office. Department's. umor and I n t erme d'ia t e Christian Workers' Conference. Mrs. Betty Oster, Reporter. Much inspiration and many bless­ A Watchnight s . · ings wer e derived by this spiritual ad­ New Year's Eve ~rvice was held on venturing in music and we are eagerly first part of the P~o : he church. The Musical Festival for Northern awaiting the spring rally to be held to music and me gram was devoted North Dakota Young People at in Underwood in May 1954 when social period wa~s~~~s, after whicl~ a Martin Baptist Church again young people can experience closed with prayer th. d. T he evening new zeal and strength in Christian thus ushering in th rough 12:00 A.1'."f·· The Martin Baptist Church of Mar­ service. tin, N. Dak., was host to the annual prayer. e n ew year w ith "singfest" of the Northern North Da- Mrs. Betty Kessler, Reporter. Mrs. H. D L · Ynn, Reporter.