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IN the majestic passage found in Isaiah John, “was the Word, and the Word was 9:6, the first of the names applied pro with God, and the Word was God. . . . phetically to the Messiah as usually And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt translated is “Wonderful.” In a very among us” (John 1:1-14). accurate sense it can be translated, The Apostle Paul declares, “And with '‘Wonder,” signifying a miracle. out controversy great is the mystery of Professor Delitzsch, the German godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, scholar, in his Commentary on Isaiah, justified |or vindicated! in the Spirit, concerning this word, says: “As the . . (I Timothy 3:16). Here again is angel of Jahve (Judges 13:18) answers the reassertion of the miraculous incar Manoah’s inquiry as to his name (Won nation and revelation of Jesus Christ— der) and therewith indicates his divine Son of God, Son of Man, the God-Man— nature, incomprehensible to mortals, so “W onder.” is the God-given ruler (Wonder) a phe While we would not minimize His suf nomenon beyond human comprehension, fering and death on Calvary, it is well not coming to pass in the order of na to remember that in the Incarnation is ture. There is not merely this or that to be found the first, and probably great in Him wonderful: He is Himself wholly est, humiliation of Christ. Paul reminds and entirely wonder.” us that He “made himself of no reputa It is this “Wonder,” this Miracle, upon tion, and took upon him the form of a which the whole plan of human redemp servant | slave |, and was made in the tion rests. Jesus Christ was more than likeness of men” (Philippians 2:7). But the essence of all of this is that it w as fo r us. It was to the end that sinful man, hopeless and helpless in himself, f - J »*■ ' might be provided a means of return S U i)i:i i u i c i l d v i i i ing to God. Only One who partook of both deity and humanity could do this. Through the Incarnation, the Cross, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we can t m exult with the Psalmist as he sings, “Mercy and truth are met together; a superb accident of human generation. righteousness and peace have kissed each In the Annunciation, the angel said to other” (Psalms 85:10). the Virgin Mary: “The Holy Ghost shall In humble gratitude, this Christmas come upon thee, and the power of the season, we can lift our redeemed hearts Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore in praise and adoration, witnessing to also that holy thing which shall be born the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophetic of thee shall be called the Son of God” word, proclaiming to a needy world, (Luke 1:35). “In the beginning,” says “His nam e is W onder!” COMMANDO!
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By DALLAS BAGGETT, Superintendent of Kentucky District, Louisville, Kentucky
Be ye holy; for I am holy (I Peter 1:16). II These seven words constitute a clear-cut com Consider the command: "B e Y i ; H o l y . ” mand. So what? The world is full of commands. Man is unholy. Is this one vital? Binding? I he Scriptures declare and the deeds of man I confirm that his nature is contrary to God’s. There Consider the Commander: "1 A m H o i .y .” would be little reason to labor this point with The claim of any precept depends on several thinking people. It is too evident. things: (1) the authority ol the giver; (2) the Since a holy God abhors sin and loves holiness, knowledge or intelligence of the giver, and (3) the this command makes sense. God is holy. He wants moral character of the giver. us to be holy. Therefore He must provide grace By what authority are we bidden to be holy? to free tainted and twisted man from actual and The Supreme Court of the United States? T he acquired sin. The Word of God attests that such presiding chairman of the United Nations? T he provision has been made. Will you ponder this hierarchy of a world church? No. T h e A uthor of promise, recorded in I John 1:7: "If we walk in this command is God. the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship His authority, intelligence, and moral character one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ merit—yea, dem and—obedience. his Son cleanseth us from all sin"? An earthly court decision may be reversed, ap There are two significant terms here: "sin" and pealed, or ignored. But not God's. "cleanseth." The word “sin" is the key to the m ean We may dispute the historian or scientist. His ing of the verse. It is singular and cannot refer to data may be inaccurate or his reasoning illogical. our transgressions. The other significant term is But not God's. “cleanseth.” It is never to be confused with or We may differ with the politician or the theo used interchangeably with “pardon.” God forgives logian. He may argue from wrong premises and our transgressions; He cleanses our natures. arrive at false conclusions. But not God. A holy God cannot look upon sin—not even if Earthly friends, to keep our good will, may fail ii is in Christ, dying on the Cross for our sins. to tell us the truth. But not God. Certainly He cannot and will not look upon sin The Lord, who spared not His own Son, but in man. There can be no standard but holiness. freely gave Him up for us all, certainly will issue God could have no other view and remain holy one commands that are based on the full knowledge minute. He who consents to sin is guilty of sin. of all facts. To be true to His own nature, God cannot con God is holy. done a religion that allows for sin; nor will He Whatever pertains to God is holy: bless a man who clings to it. His day is the holy Sabbath. All the doctrines of the Scriptures are grounded H is Word is the holy Bible. in the absolute holiness of God. Consider, please, His abode is a holy heaven. the doctrine of punishment of sin. Holiness de His Spirit is the Holy Sj>irit. mands an eternal hell of torments; not because His commandments are the holy command God is a cruel tyrant and unloving, but because ments. He is holy. The atonement is based on the holiness The heart of man, where God dwells without of God; otherwise Christ would not have died on a rival, is a holy heart. the Cross. Regeneration and sanctification depend God is Light. “In him is no darkness at all" on the holiness of God. (I John 1:5). All who are in communion and fel Since Jesus suffered without the gate that He lowship with Him walk in light. He not only has might sanctify us with His own blood (Hebrews no darkness or sin in himself; He cannot suffer 13:12), let us claim our inheritance today. Let us it in His children. Hence we are led to through the merits of that Blood comply with the
DECEMBER 25, 1%:: • (8G7) :i command of our Maker—and be holy as He is holy. I lie legends ot difiercnt countries have given Our heart cry is, “Welcome aboard our ship of the wise men various names. But the three most life—as Absolute Commander—Thou purifying, familiar to the West, from the seventh century on purging Pilot!” ward, arc Melchior, Caspar, and Balthasar. An earlier writer even ventures, a description of the three. He says that Melchior, the first wise man, was “an old man, grey-headed, with a long full beard. Me came bearing a gift of gold to thf princely Infant.” But exactly who was this hoary man of learning, and what was ihe nature of his knowledge that even in a distant country he could discern what apparently remained hidden from all save the shepherds among the people in the immediate vicinity ol the event in the Bethlehem stable? Non-Biblical sources tell us that originally the magi were a sect of Medes which worshiped God in the emblem of fire. Later, however, the name was applied to followers of the Persian, Zoroaster, who restored the Magian system and introduced into it the principle of one supreme God. The sect, members of which collected together in col leges, or centers of learning, were profound stu dents of astrology, and were skilled in the inter pretation of dreams. As stargazers who constantly studied the heavens, and as men versed in the arts of divination, they Behold, there came ivise men from the east to noted “his star in the east” and set out to fine Jerusalem (Matthew 2:1). Him. I Hl.RI. ARE MANY TODAY who regard the 1 his strange phenomenon happened only once story of the wise men, or magi, as a charming Yule- and will never happen again. But Jesus himself is tide fiction. I he evangelist’s narrative is true to the Star of Bethlehem. If we follow Him, He will the Christmas spirit, they say, but we should not lead us through the confusion and frustration of take it literally. this old world. Wise men today follow this Star I'or Christians who believe that the gospel ac and find that following Him leads to joy, happi count is tlie inspired W ord of God, however, ilie ness, and peace here—and in the world to come story of the star and of the sages who followed it everlasting life! to Jesus is factually true. Only Matthew among i he four Gospel writers mentions the magi and their journey to Bethlehem; and he does not tell us how many there were, what they were called, THE COVER . . . or exactly Irom which countries they came. A presenl-day view of the fields of the shep In the West, tradition has always indicated that herds with Bethlehem in the distance. “And there were three wise men. This number is prob there were in Ihe same country shepherds abid ing in the field, keeping watch over their flock ably based upon the fact that Matthew mentions by night. And, lo, Ihe angel of the Lord came three gifts which they brought to the child Jesus. upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone In the East, on the other hand, legends say there round about them: and they were sore afraid. And Ihe angel said unto them, Fear not: for, were twelve, rather than three magi. behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be lo all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:8-11). U t ft *>i <■ mir loi r / in i note in the test i»m/n and h ails than n <• tin in m iliu m ?/
(Ini/s of jirare and itll!(‘ sht'ss. (hir daif Volum e b2, Num ber -M D E C E M B E R 25, 1963 Who e Number 2696 strain tuai/ icrcal more about o in HERALD OF HOLINESS: W. T. Purkiser, Editor in Chief; Velma I. Knight Office Editor; Dave Lawler, Art Director. Contributing Editors: Hardy C. Powers si rml I a si ness than one hundred dai/s of G. B. Williamson, Samuel Young, D. I. Vanderpool, Hugh C. Benner, V. H. Lewis' tontine. So let *rs strive this daif and General Superintendents, Church of the Nazarene. Unsolicited manuscripts wil not be returned unless postage accompanies the material. Published every Wednes e r a a aif/// to ls'crp our eifes fi red on Jesus day, by the N A Z A R E N E P U B L IS H IN G H O U SE, M. A. Lunn, Manager, 2923 Troost Ave., Kansas City, Missouri. Subscription price, $2.50 per year, ir and inaui/est stead/ast deration to Hint. ' advance. Second-class postage paid at Kansas City, Missouri. Address all corre — I . \\ ;i \ m* Sears. spondence concerning subscriptions to: Nazarene Publishing House, P.O. Box 527, Kansas C;ty, Mo. 64141. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Send us your new address, including "ZIP'' code, as w ell as the old address, and enclose a label from a recent copy. Printed in U.S.A. PHOTO CREDIT: Cover, Frances Jenkins Olcott Page 19, Mo 3, C3ve Lawlor.
I (868) • HERALD OF HOLINESS “1 bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.” Spiritual darkness had covered the world for four thousand years. It is now being rolled away. The door to pardon, peace, and sal vation is thrown wide open. The head of Satan is being bruised. Liberty is proclaimed to the cap tives, and recovering of sight to the blind. Salva tion is no longer to be seen through types and shadows, figures and ceremonies, but openly, and lace to face. Animal sacrifices are giving way to the world’s Redeemer. Heathenism must seek a hitling place. The Jewish religion, constricted and national, confining and legal, as a barren fig tree, must make room for a gospel to the whole gentile world. It was joyous tidings that came to the Temple shepherds on that eventful night: “tidings of great joy.” John Knox, the Scotch reformer, returned from Geneva. The news of his coming back to his native land sped like lightning over Scotland. The inhabitants of Edinburgh rushed to the streets. All business was instantly stopped. Mounted messen gers sped everywhere shouting the joyful news, “John Knox has come! John Knox has come!” It meant to Scotland salvation from the tyranny of popery. But Christ means to us, beloved, salvation from B y E. E. WORDSWORTH the thralldom of self and sin, deliverance from the Retired Nazarene Elder, Redmond, Washington power of Satan and his dominion over us, “the opening of the prison to them that are bound,” and a glorious emancipation that is sure and eter And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, nal. “For unto you is born this day . . . a Saviour, behold, 1 bring yon good tidings of great joy, which is Christ the Lord.” which shall be to all people (Luke 2:10). We should carefully note that the “good tidings” THE H OPE OF T H E W O R L D is in the cradle. is universal! “To all people.” Knox saved Scot Napoleon was reared in a military camp and land; Wesley saved England; but Jesus, our won drenched Europe in human blood. Moses, the child derful Saviour, tasted “death for every man.” Jew of faith, was reared by an affectionate mother and and gentile, black and white, brown and yellow, became a nation’s emancipator. Susanna Wesley king and peasant, rich and poor—all mankind—may took her Jackie for one hour each week for religious receive His grace and the bounties of His love. instruction, prayer, and Christian counsel, and the “God so loved the world, that he gave his only revival led by John 'Wesley saved England from begotten Son.” W e may all receive the blessings a blood-stained, murderous revolution such as vis of forgiveness, justification, sanctification, and eter ited infidel France. John G. Paton was the child nal life, “w ithout money and without price,” with of a very godly Scottish home, and he went to the out groans and sighs, good works, or religious ob South Sea Islands as a pioneer missionary. servances. “ All things are ready,’ come to the Let us notice to whom the tidings first came feast.” Whosoever will may come. when Christ was born. It was to shepherds—not to priests and rulers, not to scribes and Pharisees, Many years ago, before the Communists took not to potentates, schoolmen, rich men, or ecclesi- over China, Dr. Horace Dewey, a Methodist mis asts, but to humble shepherds in the fields of sionary to China, used to tell the story of General Bethlehem with their flocks by night. Moses was Feng's army. He was awakened early one morning tending sheep, Gideon was threshing wheat, Elisha by a remarkable sound, entirely different from any was plowing, Peter was fishing, when God called thing he had ever heard before. It came nearer them to special service. T h e things of G od’s king and nearer. He arose and went outside. Thirty dom are often hidden from the great and the noble, thousand men were singing their morning gospel and revealed to babes and the poor. The weak of hymns. The effect upon him and his men was this world are chosen to confound the mighty, and simply wonderful. He said he could describe it the foolish to put to shame the wise. only as “the voice of many waters.” Mark well the language employed by the angel: But this multitudinous heavenly chorus that sang
DECEM BER 23. 19fiS • (869) 5 .ii tlu: billli ol Christ o\er the Judean lulls, with Inn very close and very warm, blazing in the deep dear and distinct enunciation, proclaimed to every blue firmament and reflected in the shining eya listening shepherd and to all m ankind the joyful of all earth’s children, young and old. news of the Saviour's birth. The newborn Prince Christmas is a story; a beloved and oft-told tale of Peace has come and heaven and earth rejoice. related again in all its miraculous beauty and Let us sing with the angels: "Glory to God in splendor, in all its gentleness and humility. A story the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward so ancient, yet strangely new in each retelling; re men.” "Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and taining such poignant, eternal freshness that we see this thing which is come to pass, which the eagerly greet the star, the Babe, the shepherds, and Lord hath made known unto us.” Then let us the wise men, over and over, with the same un take the good news, like the shepherds, that it mav changing, enduring love and wonder of our very be "made known abroad the sa\ing which was told lirst cognizance! them concerning this child.” Amen. Christinas is a snowflake melting on a rosy cheek, a pot of scarlet poinsettias, a raucous horn, a red ® #:1 O* ° 0 3*3 © tricycle, and a rocking horse. It is a time of senti ment flourishing unabashed; of giving free rein to that quiescent love of flamboyance and glitter lurking in most of us. ® The Spirit • Christmas is a song, triumphant and ecstatic, pouring from a million worshiping throats. A glo rious hymn of exultation, of promise, and of joy. § of Christmas * for one brief moment drowning out every evil ® r.s m \!;.foi;ii i:i;n i thought and deed of mankind, the wide world over, in a swelling cresc endo of faith reborn, of love in all its power and splendor, and of the eternal mes sage ol abiding good will. Christmas is a pause, when a tired, perplexed WIIAI. R l-.AI.I A . is tin Christmas spii it? ( k i world ceases iis restless quest and lifts its eyes di tainly no one would attempt to answer the »|sles rectly heavenward for an infinitesimal fraction of lion objectivelv. It is so main things, warm but time; and is eternally astonished to discover that elusive. Perhaps it is a mood that we sei/e and whic.h it had been seeking so blindly is ever waiting, hold for a briel moment: a mvstifving composite patiently, close by. T he lesson is relearned, each ol stillness and motion, ol reverence and gaiety, ol quiet and exuberance: as impossible to deline or evaluate as the brilliant patterns ol a whirling kaleidoscope; and, once lost, as difficult to recap ture as a runaway red balloon. I hose who have been touched with iis wonder are, truh, lile's tidiest: and ihose who ha\e never Because He Came/ soared to the heights through its magic are, in Because He tame, the slurs of heaven shine more deed, lile's poorest, lo t ihis wonder and magic 1 rightly have evci been lree. I hex ask onlv that the heart 1 It raw the troubled night of this old earth; be rece])ti\e. Tho’ chaos reigns, and hearts fail for the future, What, then, is Christinas? Christmas is a Child, The Christmas chimes still herald Jesus’ birth! a shepherd tending sheep, a lighted candle, a shiny ornament, laughter, and hospitality. It's crayon Each tinkling bell assures us “God is with us," smudges and spilled water colors, a warm hand And naught can thwart His great eternal plan; clasp, a paii ol wide, incredulous eyes, and a pep When heavn touched earth the hour of Jesus' permint cane. (timing, Christinas is a bell—all kinds of bells. From the l-.ternal hope bet/une the gift of man! incessant jingling of shrill little dinnei bells rung Because lie tame, the flower of sin is broken; by Salvation Army lassies on icy street corners to 11 is strength is ours for all life's weary racc. mighiv cathedral chimes pealing forth their tri- Because Christ tame, the Christmas bells arc umphanl message of joy and good will throughout ringing. the frosty Yuletide. From the big, red crepe-paper And my heart sings of His redeeming grace! bell hanging mute, but grandly, under the center chandelier, to the tiny ones on countless Christmas By FRANCES B. ERICKSON trees that tinkle only when gently poked by small, sticky lingers. Christmas is a star, no longer remote and cold,
i; (87(1) • HERALD OF HOLINESS fUhrisunas, of gifts not bouglu but freely given, tlic child doesn’t cry. A bird doesn’t fall. There is 110 sublime gifts that are not of the wise men but of toil, or hunger, or pain. T he skeptic finds hope, the manger. the grieving find solace, the wrathful are soothed, Christmas is a restful interlude in life's busy and the doubter finds peace. And, because a Babe whirl. A tranquil period of warmth and love in was once born in a faraway stable, earth pauses which to sit back and quietly evaluate those tan to honor and revere, to linger a moment in won gible and intangible blessings with which w-e are dering awe and adoration by His lowly manger, so lavishly endowed; an interim in which we grow before taking up its cares and burdens again. acutely aware of all the charity and the good that Ah, truly, this is a wondrous time, a gracious really abounds. time, a day not like other days, a season not like There are no wars, no deceived or betrayed. A other seasons—for THIS is Christmas!
of the barn, because the inn was full. That night in the barn the Baby Jesus was born. “A nd she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn” (Luke 2:7). In modern twentieth-century terminology, the innkeeper said, “Sorry, no vacancy tonight.” And why? Because his places had already been taken by others. Had Joseph and Mary come earlier, it’s eight o’clock at night. You’re out on the high there might have been room. Perhaps there would way in your car. You have driven nearly five have been room had anyone realized how impor hundred miles today, and you are tired and getting tant Mary and Joseph were to become in history, sleepy. The children are restless; all the family is and how important this Son of theirs would be. hungry and sleepy. You have stayed at the wheel Perhaps this is our trouble today. Jesus does not too long and you know it. Now you are looking sound a trumpet when He comes seeking hospi for a place to spend tlie night. tality. But He did say, “Inasmuch as ye have clone There are motels all along the way, good ones it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye and poor ones, new ones and old ones. But cars have done it unto m e” (Matthew 25:40) . One are parked solidly in front of them all, and people great lesson that comes from that first Christmas are on the walks going to and from the restaurant night is that we need a room in our hearts for next door. “Thirty Modern Units,” the sign reads Christ, always. We never can be sure just when at one place, and the “Triple A” trade-mark is He will come. How many times has Jesus read proudly displayed. But underneath, a bright red the sign on somebody’s heart, “No vacancy”! neon sign discouragingly proclaims, “No vacancy." The “No vacancy” sign means the quarters are This was the situation Joseph and Mary faced already occupied by others. Some time ago in a that first Christmas night, the night Jesus, the state college a psychology professor was giving a Saviour of the world, was born. In the twilight, word-association test to his students in which, when along a country road leading from Nazareth to he mentioned a word, each was to write down in Bethlehem, a small donkey walked slowly, guided stantly what that word suggested to him. The pro carefully by the rugged hands of Joseph. He as fessor finally said “Christmas.” W hat word would sured Mary that just ahead, nestled in the valley, you have written in response? The students wrote jwas the little town of Bethlehem. Joseph said that such words as tree, holly, mistletoe, presents, tur on the outskirts of the town was an inn noted key, holiday, carols, Santa Claus. But not one stu for its hospitality and respectability. A good man dent wrote either, “Jesus,” or, “the birthday of (Owned and operated it. Joseph was sure they cotdd Christ.” Do you see what I mean by “No vacancy”? get lodging there. Christ’s room is already occupied by other things | When the travelers arrived at the inn not long when Christmas means a tree and presents and afterward, the innkeeper was moved by their turkey more than it means the birthday of our fplight. But he could give them only the shelter Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
DECEMBER 25. 1963 • (871) 7 I lie story is told of a christening that was to ho held many years ago by a very wealthy European family. Many guests were invited to the home for the occasion and came in the very latest fashionable clothes. T heir stoles and coats were carried to a bedroom and laid upon the beds. After the usual ROOM at the conversation and commotion, they were ready for the christening ceremony and someone appropri ately said, “Why, where is the baby?” The nurse was sent upstairs to look and returned in alarmed distress. T he baby was nowhere to be INN found. Someone remembered that the child had last been seen lying on one of the beds and, after a frantic search, the little figure of a child was found smothered under the wraps of the guests. The chief reason why they had come had been O, \ \ *4 forgotten, neglected, and destroyed. '1 \ I ' \ \J I cannot vouch for the authenticity of this story; neither can I help but think that when it comes to the observance of Christmas the majority in the world this Christmas season will forget, neglect, #V By W. M. LYNCH ^ 11r | \ jj Pastor, First Church, Waco, Tot and even destroy the Christ child. He is smoth k ered by the tinsel, wrapping paper, ribbon, and " 1 ! V make-believe that surround the festive occasion, reminding us of the words, “There was no room '1 for them in the inn,” or in our twentieth-century And she Uroiujht f<» f/i ln’i firstborn son. anil terms, “Sorry, no vacancy.” a inhim in siruildlhuj clothes, ami laid him Does the sign on the door of your heart read, hi a niuiKjcr: h“ctinsc there tens no room fnl'then “No vacancy,” or, “Vacancy”? When you gather in Ihe in n ( I ,n k r 7 i around the Christmas tree, is there a chair for the EVERYWHERE we turn there is much to remind Son of God? As you exchange gifts with each other, us that Christmas is near. In the home, tinseled is there a gift for the Lord also? trees surrounded by pretty packages announce its approach. O n the street, lustrous lights and sound World conditions and customs change. Many of Christmas carols announce its imminence. The things have changed since that first Christmas. odor of seasoned fruit cake and the aroma of baking This Christmas the heavens will not echo the carols turkey pinpoint it as immediate! Highways are of shining angels. Instead, thanks to radio and filled with travelers; family reunions are approach television, the air will ring with the carols of men. ing. W hen the sunlight dispels the darkness, Christ The wings of archangels will not beat over the mas will have come again! Judean hills. Instead, the wings of airmail will Christmas! Do trees, packages, lights, carols, tur carry sacks of Christmas mail. Shepherds will not key, and reunions “really” make Christmas? Not stand in the straw of a stable to worship. Instead, really! Christ has been left out about as much as men and women will worship in orderly pews all over the world. Everything has changed. The only H e was so long ago, in Bethlehem of Judea. To day, Christmas has been recognized with reunions thing left of the original Christmas is Christ—and and through materialism, and has been robbed of Christ is not a thing: He is a Person. So our righteousness. thoughts and plans must focus on Him. It has been said that there was room at the inn If the people of the earth would make this —not a convenient room in the guest chamber nor Christmas Christ’s day, if they would low'er their a comfortable room even in the servants’ quarters. eyes from greed and hate to the level of the Babe Yet the keeper of the inn allowed "room” in the in Bethlehem’s manger, the firing would cease and stable area, where weary beasts abode. This was the choir loft of heaven wotdd vibrate with the all the room there was for the Saviour!—some room, victorious shout, the glad news, “And on earth but not “the” room! Times are hardly different peace” (Luke 2:14). Let us pray and work until today. the Christ of Christmas lives in the lives of all I men and all nations. There was room for a sacrifice, but none fora Have you any room for Jesus, Saviour. Greed could find consolation in a sacrifice H e who bore your load of sin? but condemned the cost of a Saviour. Avarice As He knocks and asks admission, reached fruition in a free sacrifice, but would be Sinner, u'ill you let H im in? deposed or dethroned through a Saviour.
8 (872) • HERALD OF HOLINESS Weary pilgrims everywhere waited lor and wel- Nor are many inclined today to enthrone Him as omecl the sacrificc. W hen He should come, tiring King of the heart, Statesman of the soul, Dictator rips, expensive sacrifices, and the burden of per- of principles, Leader of lives! Yet what joy is onal participation would end. Yes, selfish men Christmas, where Jesus is King! The light is of very where waited for the Messiah. But only a the heart; the meat is of the sotd; the gift is of the ew awaited the Saviour: Mary and Joseph, the body. Christmas—yes, I shall crown Him King to hepherds, tlie kings from the Orient. Adoration day! raught with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh I ll xpressed their true worship of a Saviour at Christ- There was room for a substitute, but none for tias. self. The stable was uninviting, undesirable, un- II intriguing. If someone must occupy the stable, let There ivas room for a servant, but none for a it lie Him. Self-preservation rose above conviction, talesman. Men everywhere were willing to be self-indulgence above conscience, leisure and rest erved, but not to serve. 'They welcomed someone above concern. That tiny band must have passed o serve the loaves, serve the fishes, serve the sick, the door or window of every room in the inn. vash the traveler’s feet, raise the dead. To benefit O pportunity to entertain the King of Kings, to rom miracles was wonderful: wedding wine, storms welcome the Lord of Lords, passed unnoticed. tilled, nets of fish, baskets of food! W ith all this, Must we return to the manger scene to see such vho needed a statesman, or a king? squandered opportunities? Not so! Another Christ They wanted a servant, not a Master. Herod mas, this Christmas, gives us another opportunity ras jealous and sought His death. Selfishness, through self-abandonment to enthrone Him Sav [reed, and lust shared no throne with the Messiah! iour, Lord, and King!
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‘IF there is a thing I can do for you, please let ne know. You know I’d be glad to do anything beyond their years. They are urged to date, to go can—except to W AIT for you.” That is our most steady, and to act big. They don’t wait until their lifficult and most resented demand. Nobody wants birthdays are ten hours old to get their drivers’ o wait for anybody. We don’t mind wasting our licenses. They can’t wait for promotion time to >wn time by the week but we don’t want somebody go into an older Sunday school class, and are :lse wasting even a minute of it. pushed along by their parents as rapidly as their We are always pushing against the doors of the zestful and bewildered youth will permit. Infor uture and grasping eagerly for whatever tomor- mation once saved for bearded men is now poured ow will bring. Regardless of how many unread into the minds of bewildered boys. Much of it ind unanswered letters we have, we can hardly they can and do handle well, but the hurrying vait for the mail. Regardless of how much work can be overdone. leeds doing at home, wre can hardly restrain our- In our homes we can discipline ourselves to al elves until time to leave for a trip, a drive, or most anything but waiting. W'e can no longer wait inything that is different. until we have the money to buy things but must Parents find it difficidt to wait for their children hurry to get them anti pay later. Luxuries, vaca o grow up before they impose upon them experi- tions, nonessentials, and all kinds of things are :nces beyond their years. The girl in junior high grasped as soon as they are within reach of our chool is fitted into a formal at the earliest possible credit. Children seldom learn to save money. They noment, perched on high heels as soon as she can simply learn to make payments on the money they ;eep them on her feet, and influenced to have have already spent. We simply can’t wait until lates before she knows which end of a corsage the money is earned. hould hang down. She is teased about the boys Self-discipline is one of the most neglected parts ind encouraged to ‘‘go steady” as soon as possible. of our education. We can teach boys to be scien The boys likewise are pushed into experiences tists and girls to be secretaries, teachers, authors,
DECEMBER 25. 1963 • (873) 9 ol music i;11»s niui li more easily than we ran loach day to drive the car, and the result is that they ate ihem (o discipline themselves. We can leach them pushed into emotional experiences which are be to conform to regimentation, to follow the crowd yond their years. Teen-age couples cannot wait to and to lloat downstream, but we find it difficult get married and as a result jum p from playing to discipline them to self-control and individual with dolls to caring for babies, and from childhood command. into adulthood, without any gradual disciplining 1 he result is that thousands of our finest young experience. What a shock! With all of life befcre people cannot wait until they complete their edu them, they just couldn’t wait another year. cation before they marry. Many of them cannot There is something fine about eagerness and wait for marriageable age to pick the fruits of everybody admires the industrious person, regard bodily fulfillment, and the result is undisciplined, less of his age. Yet there is a very great difference unbridled immorality. The word \rnit is almost a between industry and undisciplined lnirry. Our naughty word. success in life depends less on our hurry than on Many who do complete their educational prepa our self-control. W hat good will it do lor us hjr- ration lor a career are still undisciplined in the l iedlv to become qualified to rule a business if we matter of self-control. They can manage a store, cannot rule our own lives? W hat happiness is there a laboratory, or a computing machine but they for the person whose life is frustrated by inner cannot say no to themselves and get bv with it. failures and defeats while the world thinks he is Some very genuinely good and godly people enter succeeding outwardly? the ministry without having learned lo wait for Sometimes we need to accept the slow wheelings their rewards and results and the result is discour of the old clock, the hard discipline of delay, and agement. frustration, and disma\ before thev gel ilie stern c ulture of waiting for something we want. really started. It often takes years or even decades Sometimes it takes us longer to learn to manage 10 sec- the fruit of ihe minister's labors. That Avail oursehes than it takes to become skilled in a pro ing is discouraging for a person whose home life fession. Most of the truly successful people are the in childhood included no self-discipline in the mai people who learned to so c ommand themselves that ler ol accepting delays. T he man going into the thev could wait for some of their pleasures until ministry had better forget the idea of seeing results they had finished their work. and rewards at the end of every clay, lie must learn There is a certain valuable genius in learning to wait. 10 use our delays and to invest wisely the time we The man who never learned in childhood how spend wailing. He whose waiting is wasted in frenzy to wait gracefully is in for some rugged hours. The and whose delays arc1 bitter emotional ordeals i) woman who in girlhood was never induced to ac missing something. quire the self-discipline of delay will find life cpiite Our Lord lived wiih calm deliberation in ; frustrating. Children need to learn that not every world ol pressures and took lime to love and b< thing is an emergency and not every need is an loved in a generation that wanted to push Hin immediate necessity. into their own mold as a quickly made monarch Some very line experiences will be enriched bv Xobodv likes to wail but it really isn't a bad dis delay. Some girls of eighteen are already afraid cipline to accept. Many things are more enjoyabli that they will never have a chance to get married. bv having been waited for. Home is the best schoo Some boys of fifteen cannot wait for another birth lor learning the disciplines of self-denial and delay
, s- - I pray you’ll find sweet felloivship At With those you hold most dear, And as you celebrate His birth You’ll feel Him very near. Christmas Time If memories of other days Should quietly steal in, For all my friends at Christmas time Let not another see that tear I breathe a loving prayer Their happiness to dim. That you will always be within And may He give you inward strength The circle of His care, To face the coming year And that these blessed days will bring With joyfulness and upward look, Some hours of sweet release With courage—not icith fear; From outward stress, while honoring Remembering the angels’ song Anew the Prince of Peace. O’er this dark earth still rings With “peace on earth"—it may be soon B y ALICE HANSCHE MORTENSON We’ll crown Him King of Kings! i
10 (871) • HERALD OF HOLINESS j By W. T. PURKISER *
J. C. Rvle years ago wrote an eloquent comment His Name Is Jesus on this name: The names of our Redeemer and Master are full “The name 'fc'slls means Savior, li is the same name as ‘Joshua’ in the Old Testament. It is given of great meaning. Each presents to us some beauty to our Lord because He saves His people from their or truth about His nature, His life, and His work sins. This is His special office, lie saves them from which we should cherish. “W hat’s in a name?” is the guilt of sin by washing them in His own atoning a question that may have different answers so far blood. He saves them from the dominion of sin as human names and reputations are concerned. by putting in their hearts the sanctifying Spirit. But in the name without which there is no salva He saves them from the presence of sin when He tion, God has packed a wealth of loveliness. takes them out of this world to rest with Him. The Son of God is presented to us as the Christ. He will save them from all the consequences of This is the title of the office H e was given, for sin when He shall give them a glorious body at Christ means "the anointed,” or in Hebrew, “The the last day. Blessed and holy are Christ’s people. Messiah.” This is the name that gathers up all of From sorrow, cross, and conflict they are not saved, the Old Testament, ihe hope of the long and weary but they are saved from sin forevcnnore. They are centuries, and ties the whole Bible together in cleansed from guilt by Christ’s blood. They are a unity of salvation and deliverance for sin-cursed made meet lor heaven bv Christ’s Spirit. This is men. Christ is the Prophet, the Priest, and the salvation. He who cleaves to sin is not yet saved.” King whose coming was foretold every time the T he name Jesus is God's tribute to this Man anointing oil was placed upon a servant of the Lord who is more than man. It witnesses to His hu in Old Testament times. manity. and when we lake in the full-orbed truth But Christ is also set before us as “Lord.” This of the Bible about redemption we are compelled is the name which testifies to His divine nature. to admit that a Christ who was not quite man All who cast doubt upon the deity of the Word, who “was with God,” who “was God,” and who “was made flesh, and dwelt among us,” do so in direct defiance of the fact that ihe New Testament “The gospel demands drastic change. throughout applies lo Christ “the name which is It is not a challenge to moral living nor above every name” because it is the name of God an invitation to high thinking nor a call himself, the nam e “Lord.” to brotherhood, but news of fulfillment. The one fact which cannot be denied is that in This is the new reality—that miracu the Bible of the New Testament Church the name lously in the incarnate Christ, m an be which over six thousand times is applied to the comes man. The fulfillment is that men one true Covenant God of Israel is Kyrios or “Lord” who have known themselves as distorted, —and this is the name which is used of Christ in lame, and less than persons have become salutation, prayer, benediction, and statement of doctrine in the New Testament itself. And the whole. Humanity is redeemed from the one fact about the future which cannot be denied scrap heap. The whore becomes a wom is that the time is coming when every knee shall an. The disgusting cheat becomes a man. bow and every tongue “confess that Jesus Christ is It is this note of fu lfillm ent that is lack Lord, to ihe glory of God the Father” (Philippians ing in our churches. They have become 2:10-11). Though skeptics may scoff and cultists part of the ivide pattern of insulation deny, this glorious fact is the rock on which Christ sheltering men from crisis. The only builds His Church. true proclamation of the eternal is heard when the insulation is stripped away and HOWEVER, it is our Saviour's given name that man can see himself as no man .”— calls for our attention at this season of the year. Robert C. Strom. By direct divine commandment to Joseph, Christ the Lord was to lie called Jesus: “for he shall save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21). Bishop
DECEMBER 25. 1963 0 (875) I! would be as unable to save as a Christ who was not quite God. lie could not be the one Mediator between God and man unless He were "the man Christ Jesus" (I Timothy 2:5). He could not help us in the hours of our deepest need unless He had taken upon himself, not the nature of angels, but the nature of man, able to help us in temptation because He himself has been tempted (Hebrews 2:16-18), and “touched with the feeling of our infirmities” (Hebrews ■1:15). Let no one deny the mystery of godliness because at Christmas his m ind staggers at the thought that “God was God bless each one this Christmastide manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of And banish cares and griefs that chide. angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in Oh, may the star of Bethlehem the world, received up into glory” (1 Timothy 8: Which led the wise men to our “Gem” 10). After all, would God be God if our little Shine on your head—and in your heart minds could completely understand His nature? Is To light the holy path apart! it not pride of reason which causes anyone to deny Within your ivalls may peace bestow what he cannot understand? A sacred flame—a guiding glow; In all our thought about Christ this Christmas A s fam’ly ties are bound anew season, let us never lose sight of the truth that He May Christ be honored—given due; whose birth we commemorate is above all else the May fam’ly altars cherished be When gifts are gath’ring ’round the tree! Saviour. And let us ponder the truth in the quota tion above. “He who cleaves to sin is not vet saved.” God bless you all this Christmastide. May you your happiness divide A n d share ivith others— Christm as gloiv The Best Days As in the stable long ago. Then life will offer new release— Behind? or ahead? In home and heart—“The Prince of Peace”! One of the natural tendencies of the human mind is to look back with nostalgia on “the good old days.” The man of middle age dreams of his B y OVELLA SATRE SHAFER childhood and youth, and thinks with fond memo ries of a period in life when someone else bore the burdens and carried the responsibilities. The older 1* $ £ $ o I) «*.' U >»0 » #r*Ji I' i? '» & £ f c M * person looks back on the active days of his career V a Avi • \ t x •• ^ V ’Aiv -SV.. A .-i VSr* -*»Vi " w ® and remembers them in terms of his greatest satis not doubt who is coming. O ur times are in His factions and rewards. hands who has promised to make the path of the We have been cautioned against this tendency in just as a shining light shining more and more unto Ecclesiastes 7:10—“Say not thou, W hat is the cause the perfect day. that the former days were better than these? for Let us hear the voice of God's servant, who being thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.” It dead yet speaketh: “Stand square where you are can quickly lead to a paralysis of effort and a fail and make the present better than any past has ure of faith in the face of unequaled challenges been. Base all on your relationship to God and go ahead. forward.” Oswald Chambers was an original and penetrat ing thinker in the holiness movement of the last generation. Shortly before his death he commented Editorial Note . . . on this almost universal weakness: “ ‘Oh, that we T he Herald today carries the last of the fifty-two had the ancient days of simplicity and sunshine’— lesson expositions on the International Bible Les days of adversity and humbug! Things are bad and sons for 1963 prepared by Dr. Harvey J. S. Blaney difficult now, but not a tithe as difficult as they of Eastern Nazarene College. The editor wishes to used to be. It is of no use to pray for the old days; extend his thanks to Dr. Blaney for his fine and stand square where you are and make the present faithful work in this area throughout the year. better than any past has been. Base all on your re T he lesson expositions for 1964 will be prepared lationship to God and go forward, and presently by Rev. Nelson Mink, pastor of the Church of you will find that what is emerging is infinitely the Nazarene of Santa Rosa, California. Mr. Mink better than the past ever was.” is well known for his contributions to the Preacher’s No one can say what 1961 may hold for any or Magazine as well as to the other periodicals of the all of us. It is a new year, fresh from the hand of church. We look forward to a profitable series God. If we cannot know what is coming, we must throughout the new year.
12 ('876') • HERALD OF HOLINESS THE CHURCH AT W O RK
PER CAPITA GIVING SENERAL STATISTICS Local Interests...... > 125.45 District Interests ...... 11.88 General Interests...... 10.23 lor 1963 \ 11 Purposes ...... ^ 153.50 ’hurch of the Nazarene Net Gain ...... "* 5.78 ANALYSIS OF GRAND TOTAL CHURCHES Paid by the Church ...... $ 44,017,771 ini ted States ...... 4,540 Paid by the Church School ...... 3,454,078 British Commonwealth ...... 202 Paid by the N.Y.P.S...... 593.350 )thcr World Areas* ...... 11 Paid by the N.F.M.S...... 3,510.370 Total (Domestic) ...... 4,849 Paid Supplemental ...... 343,501 Net Gain ...... 40 SUNDAY SCHOOL "hurches on Foreign Mission Fields . 1,010 Number of Sunday Schools ...... 4.759 Vlain Stations and Outstations on Increase ...... 29 Foreign Mission Fields ...... 1.201 Number of Branch Sunday Schools . 92 CHURCH MEMBERS Decrease ...... 11 United States ...... ‘*30.097 Enrollment: British Commonwealth ...... 11,054 Active Members ...... 580.733 )ther World Areas* ...... 281 Officers and 'Teachers ...... til,740 Total (Domestic) ...... 312.032 Cradle Roll Members ...... 59,022 Net Gain (2.10 Pci Cent) ...... 7.027 Home Department Members ...... 13,882 •oreign Mission Fields Branch Schools ...... 3.043 (Full and Probationary) ...... 02.815 Total (Domestic) ...... 719,020 MINISTERS Increase ...... 12,89.3 Drdained Ministers ...... 0.304 Average Weekly Attendance licensed Ministers ...... 1,790 (Including' Branch) ...... 424,825 Missionaries (Under Department of Decrease ..'...... 2.293 Foreign Missions) ...... 471 Number on Foreign Mission Fields .. 1.775 S’ative Workers on Foreign Enrollment on Foreign Mission Fields 103.929 Mission Fields ...... 1.993 Attendance on Foreign Mission Fields 78,907 CHURCH PROPERTY /alue of Church Property (Local) $205,712,372 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL k'alue of Parsonages (Local) ...... 45,000,977 Number of Y.B.S.’s ...... 2.818 Decrease ...... 13 Total (Local) ...... $249,319,349 Membership (Inc. Off. & I each.) . . 270.554 k’alue of Parsonages (District) ...... 1,731,597 Decrease ...... 3.009 k’alue of District (.enters ...... 0,224,402 Number on Foreign Mission Fields . 518 I’alue Other District Property ...... 1,478,875 Membership on Foreign Mission Fields ...... ‘ ...... 35.812 Total (District) ...... S 9,434.874 NAZARENE YOUNG PEOPLE S SOCIETY i’alue of Headquarters Property .... 1.702,857 Number ol Societies ...... 4.024 I'alue of Nazarene Publishing House 1,033,844 Increase ...... 132 Membership: Total (General) ...... 3 2.730,701 Junior Fellowship ...... 48.198 Gallic of Educational Institutions ... 17.995.101 Teen fellowship ...... 45.015 ^alue of Property on Foreign Young Adult Fellowship ...... 55.374 Mission Fields ...... 11.437,809 Total ...... 148.587 Increase ...... 9,782 Grand Total (All Property) ...... $290,923,834 Number on Foreign Mission Fields . 581 Indebtedness on Church and Membership on Foreign Mission Parsonage Property (Local) . (*0,101.127 Fields ...... 10.341 Indebtedness on All Property NAZARENE FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY (District) ...... '...... 3.188.727 Number of Societies ...... 4.450 Indebtedness on Educational Increase ...... 41 Institutions...... 5.431,012 Membership: Junior Members ...... 43.344 Total Indebtedness on All Property S 08.784,490 Active Members ...... 100,804 CHURCH FINANCES Associate Members ...... 17,324 Paid Local Interests ...... S 42.908,910 Total ...... 227,532 Increase ...... S2.232.307 Increase ...... 11.439 Paid District Interests ...... 4.001.012 Number on Foreign Mission Fields .. 1.087 Increase ...... 302.101 Members on Foreign Mission Paid General Interests ...... 5,552,148 Fields ...... 27.801 Increase ...... 485.101 Members Prayer and Fasting League: Domestic ...... 109.008 Total Paid All Purposes...... S 52.525,070 Foreign Mission Fields ...... 14.417 *('.anai Zone, MV.v/ Germany, Samoa, and Bermuda. Increase ...... $3,019,032 S. T. I.rnwir;, General Secretary
DECEMBER 25. 1963 • (877) 13 to the Department of Foreign Missions. beer being brewed nearby is in the air. FOREIGN MISSIONS (>101 The l’aseo, Kansas City. Missouri Christ died for such as these and they (ill 31. Rental fee: S2..V). listen attentively while Henry reads <1 (Ha.I (
DECEMBER 25, 1903 • (879) 15 Evangelist E. C. T am il reports: “Got! has been blessing and giving us some gracious revivals in Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky, anil in late November in Hamilton, Ohio. We have seen the "SHOWERS of BLESSING'' altars filled time and time again, and Program Schedule give God the praise.” December 29—“One Year to Live,” Evangelist George Brannon writes: by J. E. Williams “Because of a change in pastors, I have an excellent spring date open for 1964; January 5—“My Castle of Happi FOUR PROPHETS it is March 25 to April 5. Write me at ness,” by J. E. Williams (Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah) my home address, *4 ] 05 N. Wheeler, Jan u ary 12—-“W hat Can We Do Translated by J. B. Phillips Bethany, Oklahoma.” About It?” by J. E. Williams 192 pages $2.45 MANY OF US have read and appreci Rev. C. E. Eash writes: Alter neailv ated J. R. Phillips’ translations of the four and one-half years as pastor of First New Testament and have been waiting Church in l ithian. Illinois, with its won craft, hatred, quarreling, jealousy, bad for his first offerings of the Old. At derful people, I have accepted the call temper, rivalry, factions, party spirit, last it has come. to pastor the new home mission church envy, drunkenness, orgies and things And strange it seems that he has in Gas City, Indiana. On December 2, like that” (Phillips*) . Sin has no focal chosen four rather obscure books to be work was started on the new 40 x (>()- point, no taproot, which might be closed gin with, and not some which carry the foot sanctuary and classroom unit.” off in order to stop the flow. It enters more familiar Old Testament stories. at every pore, flows through every vein, However, he senses an urgency about Evangelist Bernice L. Roedel reports: and expresses itself in every action. To the message of these prophets which has "During the year of HWi3 it was my read the list just recited is a smothering a familiar ring to it as we look around privilege to serve as evangelist in fifteen experience—as if one were in danger of us today. revivals on the Missouri. North Dakota, being infected from all sides. Northwestern Illinois, Southwest Indi Christian freedom is also manv- He says in the preface: ana, Texas-Mexican, Washington, and dimensioned, but in a different way. It . . The people of Israel had never Wisconsin districts. Also, I served as has a focal point—love. The essence of been so affluent as they were when youth and children’s worker in five Christian freedom is love. Nothing in Amos attempted rudely to awaken them. vacation Bible schools and two camps. life makes a man so utterly unbound But with prosperity had come inhuman God is blessing and I have a good slate and uninhibited as love. True, love ity to man and the worship of the false for the year ahead, with some open leads to bondage; but it is the bondage gods of riches, success and security. dates in July, October, and November. of a love slave and that in itself is free Moral rallies had slumped and even Write me, 423 E. Maple Street. Boon- dom. The freedom of love is the free common honesty and decent neighborli- \ ille, Indiana.” dom to do and be what one has chosen. ness were being squeezed out bv greed The love life expresses itself in many and corruption. These four prophets Rev. Jesse O. Hoke, retired Nazarene ways—as “love, joy. peace, patience, could clearly see this galloping spiritual elder of the Illinois District, died No kindness, generosity, fidelity, tolerance deterioration, and they not only de vember 10. He is survived by his wife, and self-control” (vv. 22-23, Phillips*). nounced it but declared in no uncertain of the home address, 525 W. Green. “Against such there is no law.” One is terms the consequences of moral and so Virden. Illinois. perfectly free to express all of these vir cial evil.” tues without restriction. One cannot He introduces each book with in Kokomo, Indiana—First Church wit become extreme in the true exercise of formation about the author and back nessed a great day on November 10, these qualities of life. One cannot be ground about the people to whom it is which marked the closing of our re come fanatical about love. written. There are informative notes vival with Dr. I. F. Younger, evangelist, The man who is out of Christ is in and verse numbers, along with some and Boyce and Catherine Pierce as the bondage to sin, bound by its many maps. singers. The Holy Spirit came in a tentacles. He who is in Christ is a new Some passages in the Old Testament wonderful way; the altar and front pews creature, free from the bondage of sin are difficult to understand, simply be were filled with seekers; some who had and bound to Christ in love which been on prayer lists for a long time cause of the lack of a conversational makes him free to pursue the end for prayed through, and others were con tone. Often the meaning of even the which God created him. This is the most beautiful passages is obscure. Phil verted for the first time. We give God result of the work of the Holy Spirit. praise for this outpouring of His Spirit. lips has tried to break down some of It is the “I in Christ, and Christ in me” We appreciate our fine pastors. Rev. these barriers, and yet retain the in experience of Paul. It is the Spirit in and Mrs. G. W. Williams, who have spiration of these oracles. This is a habiting the temple of our bodies (I Co been with us almost four years.—E i l e e n difficult task; only time and study of rinthians 0:10) . It is “Christ in you, the Rust, Secretary. his work will reveal how successful he hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). He whom the Son makes free is free indeed. has been.—E l d f .n E. R a w l i n g s . THE BIBLE LESSON ♦From T H E N E W T E S T A M E N T IN MODERN E N G L IS H , © J . B. Phillips, 1958. Used by per /.*;/ V (•:% ,1. S . ill. W H mission of The Macmillan Company My order for the January Topic for December 29: Lesson material is based on International Sunday HERALD “Book of the Month” School Lessons, the International Bible Lessons for “Live in the Spirit” Christian Teaching, copyrighted by the International Council of Religious Education, and Is used by its Send . . . copy (ies) of I R 902 Tout Suui'Ti. rk: Galatians r>—0 (Printed: permission. Prophets (J. ft. Phillips) $2.‘l.r> to: Galatians 5:13-20) . Goi.df.n T rxi: The fruit of the Spirit Deaths REV. THOMAS BAMBLING N a m e ...... is love, joy, fieace, long.siiffcring. gentle ness, gooilness, faith, meekness, temper- Thom as Bam bling, age seventy-one, pastor for twenty-six years on the Washington District, died mice: against such there is no law (Gala Address ...... November 6. He served a circuit of three churches tians 5:22-23). --Pleasant Ridge, Mount Tabor, and Needmore, Bondage to sin lias many dimensions, Pennsylvania (all of which he organized)— continu C ity ...... State ...... ously until his death. He is survived by his widow, touching man in the length and breadth, Mrs. Grace Bambling; a daughter, Izella; and a son, height and depth of his being. One has Bruce; also by a sister and two brothers. "Brother Check or Money Order enclosed $ ...... Tom/' as he was affectionately known by a great only to read the list of the works of the host of friends, was instrumental in the establish Q Charge my personal 30-day account. flesh in Galatians 5:20-21 to sec this: ment of a camp meeting which has grown to con "sexual immorality, impurity of mind, siderable strength, and in which he took an active G Send application for 30-day account and extend to interest for many years. Funeral service was held me a courtesy charge for the price of this book. sensuality, worship of false gods, witch- In the Pleasant Ridge church with his district super Hi (88(1) • HERALD OF HOLINESS intendent, Dr. Ernest E. Grcsse, in charge, assisted by Rev. Leonard Wright, his successor in the circuit.
WILLIAM B. HASTY was born April 18, 1893, and died September 18 at his home near ShelbyviI!e, Tennessee, a fte r a long illness. He was a member of HimesviIle Church of the Nazarene. He was a retired carpenter and farmer. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lula T. Hasty; a daughter, Mrs. Reagor Hix; and four sons, Claude, Oscar, W illia m Carl, and Hollis, all of Shelbyvi Me. Funeral service nswer comer was conducted by Rev. Koy Phillips, assisted by Rev. Harry Hasty, with interment in Willow Mount Cemetery. Conducted by W. T. PURKISEK, Editor MRS. MARY A. BALL (nee Miles) was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and came to California as a In your answers, you don't come out with black or white. 1 think you are a young woman. On March 12, 1938, she was married to Mr. Vincent Ball, who died in 1945. She was a compromiser. born-again believer, a member of seventeen years' I sincerely hope you are wrong. The were an antiquated fool (v. 3) . The standing in the Church of the Nazarene, and re cently of the Los Gatos church. Her final illness lasl thing in the world I want to be is a observer of da vs calls the non-observer was long, but she witnessed to the last that her faith compromiser in the sense you use tin a backslidden liberal; and the non- in God held firm. Funeral service was held in Los Gatos, California, by Rev. A . C. Augsbury, assisted word. observer ridicules the scruples of the by Rev. Harold Beeson, pastor of the local church. A hig part of my problem is that peo observer. Meanwhile, the poor editor VIRGIL S. GRIFFIN of Sulphur, Oklahoma, died ple don’t often write to me about black who tries to keep peace in the family by November 6, 1963. He was born November 23, 1877. or white. These aren’t the matters that pointing out that the weak should not He was a member of the Sulphur Church of the Nazarene. He is survived by his w ife (M rs. Nora give folks trouble. And the real compro judge the strong and the strong should Griffin), three daughters, two sons, a stepdaughter, mise would be to say that something is not despise the weak gets caught in the two sisters, and a brother. Funeral service was conducted by Rev. Harold Carrison, pastor of the white or black when it isn’t. middle and ends up by satisfying no- Sulphur Church of the Nazarene. Actually, about 90 pel cent of the bodv except his own conscience and, he PETER C. JACOBSON, age eighty-six, died No questions I rcceive--and some of them hopes, the Lord. vember 15, 1963, at a rest home in Everett, Wash would literally stump a Solomon—fall Paul has words for both classes. He ington. He was born in Denmark, May 4, 1877, and had lived in Everett for fifty-two years. He had in the area of the kind of issues Paul urges the weak not to pass judgment on been a charter member when the Church of the dealt with iu Romans 11. One person the strong (v. 1) , and he calls upon Nazarene was organized in Spokane First Church, in Monroe, and in Everett. He was especially interested believes he may eat all things. Another the strong to be careful not to put in the foreign missions program of the church. He is a vegetarian (v. 2) . One person con stumbling blocks in the path of the is survived by a brother, in Denmark. Funeral serv ice was conducted by his pastor, Rev. Wm. E. An scientiously observes all the sacred feast weak (vv. 13-22). In this attitude is the derson, assisted by a form e r pastor. Rev. W . R. W ise, and fast days in the calendar. Another spirit of Christ, and in this way we may with burial in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Everett. looks on every day just alike (v. 5) . be able to stand uncondemned “before MARK ALLEN WHITTEBERRY, three-day-old son And what happens is, the vegetarian the judgment seat of Christ” (v. 10) . of Rev. and Mrs. David Whitteberry, Nazarene pas tors of Dunkirk, Indiana, died November 6. Grave judges the meat eater; and the meat Ask me a question about black or side services were held on November 9 with Dr. Paul eater looks at the vegetarian as if lie white, and see. C. Updike, district superintendent, officiating. Be sides his parents he is survived bv a brother, Stephen Ray; and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Not long ago a preacher said that the pope’s crown in Vatican City had James Niccum and Lawrence Whitteberry, of Lafay ette, Indiana. certain letters which if broken down were “666.” Will the Antichrist be one of the popes? Do you think it is possible for Christians to know him Announcements before the rapture? WEDDING BELLS This comes from the \iew that the could come again to receive His own Miss Mary Kathryn Schilling of Peoria, and Gerald words Serous Christi Iilii Dei were on unto himself. A. Stenger of Grover Hill, Ohio, were united in mar riage on November 24 in the C alva ry B aptist Church, the pope’s crown or miter. By picking This is based on what I believe to be Broadway, Ohio, with Rev. E. H. Stenger, father of out the letters from this motto which the consensus of New Testament teach the groom, and Nazarene pastor, officiating, assisted by Rev. Gerald Barlow . had numerical value in Latin (e.g., V as ing on the imminence or nearness of 5; C as 100, /. as 50, / as I. I) as 500- Christ’s return. I do not see how one Patricia Ann Dickey of Broseley, Missouri, and Harold G. Maxey of Piper City, Illinois, were united assigning the value 5 to I') . it is pos can honestly accept the words of Jesus, in marriage on October 6 in the Church of the Naz sible to come up with f>(><>. A great deal "Watch therefore, for ve know neither arene in Poplar B luff, M issouri, w ith Rev. 0. S. Free officiatinq. of ingenuity has been applied to this the day nor the hour wherein the Son BORN pioblem. and I am content to leave the of man cometh” (Matthew 25:13), and — to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lee Wade of Craiqs- results with those who delight in that at tile same time sav, “Yes. but we know ville, Virginia, a son, Eric Scott, on November 5. sort of thing. it won't be until after the great tribu — to Rev. and Mrs. Jim Tracy of Topeka, Kansas, The reformers were unanimous in a daughter, Lisa Annette, on October 11. lation, or after the appearance of Anti their belief that Antichrist will be one christ, or after the solidification of the •—to Richard and Bonnie Woods of Anchorage, Alaska, a daughter, Becky M axine, on Septem ber 26. of the popes. Opinion recently has fa European Common Market, or after the SPECIAL PRAYER IS REQUESTED vored a political identification. I per identification of the ten toes on Neb by a radio listener in Jamaica, "backslidden for sonally do not believe the Antichrist uchadnezzar’s statue, etc., etc.” I’m nearly a year . . . pra y fo r me to turn to a new 'ife"; will be known before the rapture, but sorry, you’ll just have to forgive me if by a Christian mother in Indiana for a son, who I have all respect for those who differ you have another theory. My chief needs the Lord badly— she is a widow and needs his help— that he may seek God with all his heart, at this point. I do not believe there is concern is that all of us shall be readv and also find a job. anv event which must occur before Jesus when He comes. Directories I know of a layman in our church who telephones the parsonage for a long, GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS Office 6401 The Paseo unnecessary conversation several times daily, at mealtimes and at night. The Kansas City, Missouri 64131 pastor and his wife are asked to account for how they spend each hour of the day. This has been going on for a long period of years. What would be HARDY C. POWERS your advice concerning this situation? G. B. WILLIAMSON I’m sure this represents an isolated person, explain the problems involved SAMUEL YOUNG and rare type of thing. Most laymen in tying up the telephone and the time are very considerate of their pastors, of the pastor and his wife, and ask that D. I. VANDERPOOL and respect the right of other persons calls be made only in case of special HUGH C. BENNER to a reasonable amount of privacy. My need. V, H. LEWIS advice would be to sit down with the
DECEMBER 25. 1963 • (881) 17 total came to $52,525,076, a 6.1 per cent increase-. of the New Seminary Trustees Religious World Lncxpireel terms on the Hoard of I rustees of Na/arene Theological Semi nary have been filled with the* selection “G uests to Remember” of Dr. Leonard Spangenberg. business President R eplies to I ndianapolis , I n d . (EP) — During the man of Waban, Massachusetts; and Dr. Ludwig Letter recent national convention of Christian W. 1). McGraw, superintendent of the Business Men's Committee here, the /n- President Lvndon Ii. Johnson re Oregon Pacific District, Portland. Ore- dianafyolis Xews published the following sponded recent 1\ to a letter written hv gon. editorial under the- heading of “Guests Dr. S. I Ludwig. repre-se*nting the ex Dr. Spangenberg fills the vacancy cie to Remember": ecutives of the Council of the Na/arene. atcd bv the resignation of Dr. Howard 'Indianapolis this week has been dig In a telegram. President Johnson said: llamliu. now a missionary-surgeon in nified by the presence of more than ‘Vour thoughtful expression of inter Africa. Dr. McGraw assumes the1 post 2.000 delegates to the- 2Gtli annual con- est was received with deep appreciation. held hv the late Dr. IV V. Seals of ve-ntion of the- Christian Business Men’s I shall cherish vour pravers and support Seattle-. ( ommittec International. in the days ahead. Sincerely, Lvndon B. It is e*ncouraging to think that this Johnson.” H erald to Have New Cover is a growing movement, in which hurt Dr. Ludwig's letter assured the Presi- executives see k to carry the ethics of dent of the church's interest and sj»irit Next week the Herald of Holiness will appear with a new cover format de Christianity into their association win ual concern. those who work with and for them, and signed bv Art Director Dave I.awlor. Thanksgiving Offering Ihe new cover scheme will continue into all their contacts from neighbori with a cover picture, but will also fea hood to director’s room. Running Ahead In addition to the outdoor rally ture' a smalle r second picture related to 00 Comparisons with last year's receipts Monument Circle Friday, and to ‘swap the content. Duotone process will be of the Thanksgiving Offering show this shop’ panel sessions, these business lead use-d extensively to heighten the- effec- year ahead by almost a quarter of a ers have- been appearing before Indian tive-ness of the* main picture, and the million dollars. Receipts to the eighth apolis luncheon clubs and other organi pictures will not be obstructed! bv the day after the offering this vear total zations. carrying out a message they have Herald insignia, for those* who may wish .$537,217, based on remittances from undertaken to spread as dedicated lay to elip them for scrapbook use. 3.571 (lunches. A random sampling of men. these churches indicates bigger offerings Nazarenes at the Bible Society “Those of our people who have lis this vear. Treasurers of local churches te ned have been impressed, and wil are urged to mail their checks to Dr. Mr. Paul Skiles. executive .secretary of carrv on to others the thought. Mon John Stockton immediately in order to the N.Y.P.S.. together with General Sec lav people should move up into thi have the amounts credited on this year's retary S. 1 . Ludwig and Rev . Don Peter front which seeks to further more-than general receipts. man of Walla Walla, Washington, First Sunday religion." Church, and member of the General Behind the Statistics N.Y.P.S. Council, attended the meeting D ocum ent from Russia The figures for the current year pub of the Advisory Council of the- American Tells Persecution lished in this issue of the Hr mid show Bible Society in New York City. a net increase in membership for the L o n d o n (EP) —A British tourist has Composed of representatives of the brought back from the Soviet Union a Church of the Nazarene of 7,027. bring fifty-five American Protestant denomi ing the worldwide membership to ovei document signed bv a group of “parish nations which contribute: to the work ioners and pilgrims of the Orthodox 100.000, more than doubled in the last of the- Bible Society, the Advisory Coun twenty years. The percentage increase churches throughout Russia,” and tell cil meets annually to consider reports ing of the ‘‘dreadful persecution” ol was 2.1 in net membership. and plan projects submitted bv mem W ording to a studv of the rcpoits Russian Orthodox believers in Byelo bets of the Society staff. russia and the Western Ukraine. The behind the statistics made bv the Na/a I he A.U.S. is undertaking to triple- the rcnc Information Service, the ten dis paper tells of the closing and destruc annual world-wide distribution of the tricts recording the largest percentage tion of churches and monasteries, the Scriptures by 1966. The slogan for net gains are Virginia, 5.11; Oregon Pa training of Communists to serve as the campaign is God's Word for a New cific. 5.22: South Carolina. 4.87; West priests, and various campaigns of perse Age." Virginia, 1.15; Michigan, 1.33; Colorado, e ution. 4.21; Philadelphia, 4.02; Illinois. 3.73; Georgia, 3.73; and I.os Angeles. 3.32. General Assembly Housing Bible Best Seller In addition, the following districts Information Next Week Flu- Bible* is still the best seller of al scored increases above the average for I he January 1 Herald of Holiness will time and the* King James Version is stil the denomination: Washington Pacific. carry a two-page spread giving full outselling all other translations by ; Florida, Southern California. Abilene, information about housing for the Gen margin of four to one. This was the Missouri, Alabama, and Northeastern eral Assembly and conventions in Port result of a survey of the 150 publisher Indiana. land. Oregon. June 18 to 26, 1961. attending the fourteenth annual con I he largest net gains were made bv Regularlv clecte-d delegate's have already ve-ntion of the Christian Booksellers As West Virginia, 3X0; Oregon Pacific. 351: received this information bv mail, but social ion. Publishers report good sale Southern California. 339; Los Angeles. the- office of Dr. S. T. Ludwig, general of The Xew English Bible, publishec 307; Michigan, 282; Illinois, 259; Florida, secretary, makes the data available to two years ago jointly by Oxford anc 249; Colorado. 228: Central Ohio, 200; those planning to visit Portland during Cambridge presses, which has sold mor< and Northeastern Indiana, 184. the assembly. Visitors and delegates are than 2,000,000 copies in the Unitec Per capita giving reached a new high urged to send their reservations direct States. Sales of the Revised Standarc during the year, rising to SI53.46. a gain to the Convention Bureau in Portland Version, now eleven years old, also art of $5.78 over the previous year. The to avoid loss of time. continuing brisk. (WRN)
18 (882) • HERALD OF HOLINESS The Falmouth. Michigan, ('hutch of the Nazarene, second oldest on the Michi gan District, honored Mrs. Maggie Van Haitsma (right) with a corsage ami a picture of C hrist in token of her fifty- three years of faithful set rice to the church as one of its charter members. Pastor Ch. Ray Reglin made the presenta tion. The occasion was the golden anni versary of the Michigan District as a district organization. Dr. and Mrs. Mark R. Moore (left), district superintendent and missionary president of the Chicago Central District, inspect the new station wagon presented to Dr. and Mrs. Ilouard Iiamtin (left) on the occasion of their departure for missionary service in Africa. The wagon will he out fitted with needed medical equipment for the work of the Hamlins, The car and its equipment was a missionary special for the district. A father and son from Kerala State in the southwest corner of India arc lutth enrolled in Olivet Nazarene College this year. The son, Mathew Stephen (left), age eighteen, is a sophomore in pre-medicine. The father, Stephen Mathew (right), age I(trty-three, is a senior majoring in the ology and planning to return to India to enter the field of evangelism. Dr. Ralph E. Perry, professor of practical theology at the college, is standing between. C harles P. Smith (right) shows his pastor. Rev. Orian C*. Burlison, a model of the latest Sidewinder missile. Dr. Smith, an alumnus of Pasadena C ollege and pres ently head of the Air to Aii Weapons Division at the China Lake Naval Ord nance Test Station in California, teas given an honorary doctor of science de gree by the college at the dedication of
its new science building. Dr. Smith is chairman of the church hoard in Ridge crest, California, the church of which Mr. Burlison is pastor. The recently dedicated sanctuary of the Church of the Nazarene in Bhupmington. California. Dr. Hardy C. Poicers, general superintendent, and District Superintend ent N. A. Hull participated in the cere mony with Pastor James A. Millard. The plant was completed at a cost of approxi mately $100,000. N O T E : In advertising some of these commentaries we do Mt unqualifiedly recommend or endorse everything that may be M in them. W e have selected these volumes because we believe ttfl they represent the best material available outside of our own less* helps. For emphasis on the doctrine of holiness and for author^ on any disputed point of the Bible or doctrinal exegesis, we rchl you to the "Bible School Journal” or other study helps of tf own publications. The commentaries listed here are merely reco» mended for use as collateral or additional material.
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