Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today Church of the Nazarene 11-1-1996 Herald of Holiness Volume 85 Number 11 (1996) Wesley D. Tracy (Editor) Nazarene Publishing House Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Christianity Commons, History of Christianity Commons, Missions and World Christianity Commons, and the Practical Theology Commons Recommended Citation Tracy, Wesley D. (Editor), "Herald of Holiness Volume 85 Number 11 (1996)" (1996). Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today. 35. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh/35 This Journal Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Church of the Nazarene at Digital Commons @ Olivet. It has been accepted for inclusion in Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Olivet. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 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His wife wanted best; Em partial to York Minster. It is him to be remembered “even after his a wonderful place to just sit and let friends are gone,” and she provided your soul catch up with you. Even the the memorial that is viewed by all chatter and sandal slapping of camera­ who take “The Story of York" tour. laden tourists don’t bother us. What higher tribute could Mr. Green I walked around the Minster, noting have been given? The polished gray D o r o t h y W h e e l e r w a s n ' t a great the memorials in crypt and pew to the stone testifies that Amos was a man cook, so I don't remember what she notable and famous. Most of the elab­ “unequaled in sweetness of manners.” served on that Sunday afternoon 55 orate statuary was dedicated to kings, Who could ask for anything more? years ago. Probably fried chicken, warriors, and priests. Leaders of I thought about Amos and the two mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, church and state were immortalized Henrys as 1 strolled through the Min­ sliced tomatoes, followed by choco­ from Eborius (the first “known” arch­ ster one last time before we left York. late cake— something like that. bishop of York, A.D. 314) to the first They must have been good men, their But 1 do remember two things from 15 kings of England. departure of this life indeed painful to the day Dorothy Wheeler had the The human thirst to be remembered, those who memorialized them. I nerve to invite the preacher and his the longing to count, the dread of being meant them no disrespect when I had wife and four hungry kids for dinner. forgotten had led to the ornate memori­ the wild impulse to move them over From where I sat, I looked across the alizing in the Minster of some who had and make room for a modest plaque in table over my mom’s shoulder at a done very little. But apparently their honor of Dorothy Wheeler. That good motto on the wall. Do you remember families and friends had those cheap mottoes that we used to the money to commis­ buy for 35 cents? They were made of sion a memorial. colored poster board, and the letters Take Lt. Henry Lees, were glitter sprinkled on glue. Dorothy for example, of the 3rd had mounted one with a blue-violet Dragoon Guards. What background in the dining room. I still did he do to garner a rem em ber its sparkly message: marble memorial? Lib­ Sanctifying grace can soothe the Only one life, 'twill soon be past. erate a city? Rescue a fever we have to be remembered. Only what’s done for Christ will garrison? Save a child's last. life? No, according to The second thing still glued on my his lavish monument, memory happened when my dad. the he went for a ride in pastor, right in front of everyone the park— Phoenix asked Dorothy about her experience Park in Dublin, to be exact. For rea­ woman didn't fall off a horse, drown of entire sanctification. I knew that sons unknown, the trusty lieutenant, in the Ouse, or get the label of un­ she had struggled a long time to find on September 30, 1876, fell off his equaled sweetness of manners (al­ sanctifying grace, but do you quiz her horse and died. Since his “loss was though she was indeed gentle and about that at Sunday dinner? But Dad deeply deplored” by his troops, they sweet). She wasn’t even much of a asked her anyway. Dorothy had just paid for his memorial in York Minster. cook, for pity’s sake. brought a plate of something and put Ensign Henry Whittam “in the 26th But she sought God with all her it on the table. She paused, dried her year of his age accidentally drowned” heart, claimed His promise by faith, hands on the apron that covered the on the 28th of May, 1800, in the river and by grace lived the sanctified life front of her blue checkered print Ouse, one of two murky rivers that every day. And she knew what be­ dress, and in her gracious way said, “I ooze through York. His fellow sailors longed on the dining room wall. N o v k m b k r 1996 1 Contents NOVEMBER 1996 VOLUME 85, NO. 11 FEATURES 16 Spending Time with Dad GLORIA H. DVORAK 18 Is Daddy Really Home? DAN SCHAEFFER 21 A Father’s Commencement KEITH SCHWANZ 22 Tell Time R AYM O N D L. COUEY 24 Time to Spare Ministries PEG de ALMINANA 28 Teaching Holiness to Generation X JOHN W. DALLY 30 Reaching Out to Single Parents VICTOR M. PARACHIN 32 Childless—Yes; Without Children—Never LINDA HARDIN CONTINUING COLUMNS 4 General Superintendent’s Viewpoint, donald d. owens 5 Nazarene Roots, stan ingersol 12 Into the Word, roger l. iiahn 13 Rhythms of the Spirit, m orris a. w eigelt 14 In a W om an’s Voice, m arlo m. schalesky 15 Masculine Journey, m ark m etcalfe 36 The Family Album, ierry and lynda cohagan 46 Observer at Large, iohn c. bow ling DEPARTMENTS 1 Editor’s Choice, w e s l e y d . t r a c y 3 Signs, MICHAEL R. ESTEP 6 The Readers Write 8-10, 44-45 News 11 The Quote Rack 38 The Question Box 40 Words and Music 42 Nazarene Family 47 Marked Copy, m ark graham 48 Late News POETRY 14 The Blessings That Remain, annie iohnson flin t 15 Thanksgiving, iean leathers P hillips S igns November 1996 • Whole No. 3560 • Vol. 85, No. 11 Editor, Wesley D. Tracy Managing Editor, Mark Graham Hitoshi “Paul” Fukue MICHAEL R. ESTEP A missionary spoke. There was an Administrative Secretary altar call. Many went forward. Hitoshi Carolyn S. Hampton found himself at the front, weeping and repenting of his sins, asking Jesus Director to save him , prom ising a life in ser­ Division of Communications vice to the Savior. Michael R. Estep He grew by leaps and bounds. He became known as "Paul.” Mitsuko, his girlfriend, came to study at NNC. General Superintendents She, too, found Christ. After their Jerald D. Johnson wedding, they moved to Kansas City John A. Knight Michael R. Estep is director of the Com­ W illiam J. Prince munications Division, Church of the to attend seminary.