The Baptist Herald
A l) ENOMINATIONAL PAPER VOICING TH E INTERESTS OF THE Gli.RMAN BAPTIST 'YOUNG PEOPLE'S AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS' UNION Volume Eleven CLEVELAND, 0 ., NOVEMBER 15, 1933 Number Twenty-two
A Thanksgiving Prayer
0 God, we humbly pray To thee this glad Thanksgiving Day, The time that has been set apart To speak from overflowing heart Of thy great love.
We thank thee for thy watchful care O'er u s, thy children, everywhere: For health, for food, a nd needs supplied All has been give n, naught denied From thy great store.
Nor would we scorn our grief and pain, For as the sunshine follows rain, So joy with sorrow ever goes, And e ven the most lovely rose Must have its thorn.
Keep us from sin: we w ould not have Sin k ept from u s, though we are weak, But ask thee for the stren gth to rise Above, to where a nobler prize Is ours to win.
Help us, that when at last we know Our work is finished here below We then may go prepared to be Forever in eternity With thee. Amen. C. A. Lufborrow in "Classmate." 3 2 THI ~ BA P'J'I:-:T H e:HALD November 15, 1933 What's Happening The Baptist Herald Mr. Louis B. Berndt, a graduate of the dearth of new appointments for gospel, the last seventeen years being this vear's class of the German Depa1·t worker s. May God soon again open spent with tJ1e Bethany ChUTch. m:mt. of our seminary in Rochester, has was no room for him in their little minds. These were doors for these consecrated young wo These have been years of progress 111 Where Are the Nine? become the new pastor of our church at. men! the organization and spirit of every de completely filled with self . . It is d epressing t o think Sheboygan, Wis., succeeding the Rev. Enw ARO s. LEWI S Rev. Rudolph A. Klein, pastor of the partment and sixty-seven members have how often this scene is r e-enacted in human life all Wm. Schweitzer. Mt. Zion Bapti s~ . Church, Geary Co., been. added torthe church by baptism .. NE clay, as J esus was passing through Samaria ar ound us ; yes, even in our own lives. Few of us Rev. Albert Knopf, pastor of the F irst Kans., had the pnvrlege of bapt izing five His long a11d successful pastorate is 0 on the way to J enisalem, he met a group of are wholly imbued with selfishness, it may be hoped; Church of Dickinson County, Elm:i, boys of the j unior age in Lyons Creek due to the fact t hat he coulcl enter into but a good many are selfish, mor e or less. Gratitude Kans., has resigned to take effect with o.n Oct. I: They wer e converted at spe the feelings a nd circumstancrn of ~is lepers. They recognized him, and believed in him, the end of the year . Bro. Knopf has no cial meetings held last Spring, conducted ' people. His kindly interest in t he sp 1 ~· and cried out to him to take pity on t hem. His heart is a great vir tue and an exacting one. H ow m any other .church in view at present and by Rev. G. A. Lang of Lorraine, Kans. itual progress and general welfare of h•s was touched with their woe and he told them to go people are thankful enough for their blessings'? Am awaits the leading of the Lord. All of the boys are related to minister's congregation made him a t r ue shepherd and show themselves to the priests. This was done I thankful enough for mine? families. Foul" are nephew:; to Rev. O. Rev. J ohn Koschel, formerly pastor at for his fl ock. that the priests might pass them as cleansed of their Brenner .. One is also a grandson of Rev. New L eipzig, N. Dak., is now the pastor C. Tiemann, another a gr andson of leprosy and break the ban which separated t hem HE thankless man is a solitar y. He who lives of the church at Mcintosh, S. Dak. H e F. O rdination Se rvice a t Stafford, Rev. O. Zeckser . Another is relat ed from their fellow men. In full confidence, appar began his new charge t he first of Octo to T for himself lives within himself. He is a pris Mrs. E. Fromm and Mrs. R. A. Klein Kansas ber. He reports a revival at the Annen ently, they started for the priests, and as they went oner of the most unfortunate kind. Every time he minister's wives. We hope the{ The 19th day of October, 1933, was OM tal station of his church with over thirty b~th they were cleansed. stifles impulses to thankfulness or sympathy or will gr ow up to_ honor t heir ancestry and of special interest and delight for the conversions. to be workers in the kingdom of God. members of our church at Stafford, Ka11s. And now an odd thing ha ppened. One of the ch arity he is placing another padlock on bis prison Dr. F . W. Simoleit, Missionary Direc . Sh eldon Beise, one of our German Bap It was the day when t heir new pastor , men, as he felt the healing tides coursing through door . And this bondage is fatal in its outcome. tor of our Cameroon Missionary Society tist boy~ from. the Minnet rista, Minn., Alfred Weisser, was ordained for the his body, felt a refresh ment of spirit as well. Ab The Christian spirit is essentially a th ankfu l from Neu-Ruppin, Germany, will speak church, 1:; making a mark· these days in Christian ministry. . r uptly he turned about, ran back, praising God with at a Missionary Mass Meeting at t he A large numb ~ r of delegates nn cl vis spirit. To cultivate this we offer praises and pr ayers ; Wes te~n Conference (The Big Ten) foot a loud voice, a nd fell on his face at th e feet of J esus. First Church, Chica.go, Pa ulina and Su ball history. The "Chicago Tribune'" itors assembled for the occasion. The we pause a moment before every meal to think of perior Sts., on Sunday, November 19, at refers to him as "the hard-hitting sopho large attendance was made possible thanking him h ear tily for what he had done for Him who gives us our daily bread; we observe p ub 3 P. M. All a.re inviter!. m o ~· e f~ I -back of the Minnesota State partly by the assoc:ation which prece ~ e d him. The gratitude of this poor man must have lic a nd private worship; and we celebrate Th anks t he ordination services. The associa tion "Baptist Herald" Posters with explan University team,. who is already bein" touched the heart of the Master, but it emphasized met at the Bison church, and delegat •!s giving days. atory letter have been mailed to all heralded as a fittmg addition to a gre t the painful contrast between him and the other and visitor s were asked to go directly b:icsters on the list of the bu3iness m an line of Gop~er line smashers, which i~ All this must be as grateful to God as it is profit from Bison to Stafford. All of our Ger lepers. Sadly a nd sternly the Master said, "Were age1-, Mr. H. P. Donner. If any have no'.:. cluded Joestrng, Nagurski and Mander s ' not all the ten leper s clea nsed? And where are the able to ourselves. received them or if there are changes Sheldon, who hails from Mound M"in · man Baptist churches were rep1·esented with one or two delega tes besid e~ t he since last £all in the name of the b :i ost~ r , is known to many who attended th~ ~ sse~ ~ nine? Is this foreigner th e only one to come back pastors. There were 30 delegates 111 at please notify Rev. A. P. Mihm, B:ix li, bl!es at Mound with him and who watched and thank God for his healing?" . Thanksgiving Thoughts Forest Park, Ill., and copies will be for with mteres t his growi ng athl etic prow ~e ndanc e besides many visitors, i n ch~d warded at once. ess from year to year. mg also members of t he English Baptist ANY ar e· blessed in this world, but few are T he verb " thank" is derived from the same root Church of Stafford. as the verb "think." This is no accident; the two Rev. David Zimmerman, who has been The Editor of the "Baptist Herald" T he Rev. H. C. E lema of t he English M thankful. Grntitude cannot be weighed or pastor of the First Baptist Chur.ch of spent fom· days, Oct. 19-22, fol lowing Baptist Church of Stafford was asked to measu1·ed, and there is no precise determination of words have very much in common. Thankfulness Arnprior, Ontario, Canada , for the pa; t the Sunday School Convention at Wh 1"te have par t in the Council. He gave the its quantity. But, j udging from what we see ans:l grows out of thoughtfulness. Thankfulness is a three and a half y ears, presented his r es Butte, S. Dak., with Rev. F. Trautncr charge ,to the church in the evening serv habit. The th ankful man is in the habit of consider artd became acquainted with th . "d hear, the measure of thanksgiving for God's goo1l ignation to the church on Sunday, Oct. • fi e w1 ;·- ice. Bro. W ei!'ser is a member of th:! ing; the thankless man rushes on, so eager to se 22. Bro. Zimmerman has accepted the sp~ ea c1 eld of a typ:cal Western cir blessings is all too meager. We are thinking of 1933 g raduating class of our seminary cure the next thing in sight that he fails to be grate call of the Union Baptist Church of Ar cu it preacher, wheve the a utomobil h . at Rochester. W e wish Brother and ourselves too much ; and t he moment we get what supplanted the earlier mearis of e as nold, Pa. He and Mrs. Zimmerman plan t" h · 1oco1110- Sister vVeisset· much happiness and suc- we want we are inclined to seize it a nd to forget ful for that which already has come to him. to begin work in their new fi eld of ac ion, t e horse. Bro Tra utnc . . . L . l 1ives 111 cess in the Loni's work. REPORTER. the Giver. t ivity about November 15. en:imon ai:id preaches at t hree stat" . T h ere are b lessings in our lives that we never -viz. at Bison, about 45 miles th t0n ~, Miss Alethea Kose, missionary worker t H tr sou wes c, Is it not our heavenly Father alone that we for recognize. A man in a London street was once asked at € thn gelrh, about 26 miles west, a nd get in receiving benefits, but our human friends also. and director of religious education at a a sc 00 ouse about 25 miles north TheBapt istHer ald by a sad-looking stranger, "Did you thank God for the Bethel Church, Detroit, Mich ., has 10 When we stop to think about it, it is passing strange wetsht.. ~ ~ has been acquired at Bison, Pub!is hcd semi-monthly by the your reason this m orning?" "No," he replied, as received a furlough for a ye,ar and is a rivmg 1 ittle county-seat town, and it GER MA N flAPTIST PUBLTCATION SOCIETY that ingratitude is so common, or even that it should tonish ed at such a questioi1. "Then go right down using t his period to pursue fur.th\•r 1s hoped to start building a church edi ever occur. There is no more flagran t illustration of studies at the Univer sity of Chicago, fice in the Spring. We p1·eached at two 3734 Payne Avenue Clevelafld, Ohio on your knees and thank him now," said the stran looking forward to a Master's degree in week-day evening services and at three Rev. A. P. Mihm, Editor the evil of selfi shness than the readiness with which ger earnestly. "I have lost mine!" Religious Education. Miss Kose is do services on Sunday. The Mi ~s i on f es "The Baptist H erald" is a cl enominational we can dismiss our benefactors from our mind when miciled at the Women's Baptist Mission tival on Sunday afternoon fi ll ed th" periodical devoted to the i n t ~ re~ts of the German we have their gifts ·within our grasp. Every good Thanksgiving is one of the qualities in which a r y Training School on Vernon Av<'., church at White Bulle. The offe rin ~ l!:1 ptist Young P eople's nnd Siinclay School gift calls for thanks, and if this call is not heard 1t there can be no excess. Paul invites Christians to where by invitation she has become a \\'orkers 1 Union at t he s ubscription price or wafs ove~·f.~?3. Bro. Trautner is ------b THE BAPTIST HERALD November 15, 1933 7 Sunda y S choo l C onvention in Thanksgiving W h ite Butte, S. Dak. .-\:\:\ \V i;~:TWURTH S~IAllT The 12th Western SundaY School Cu 11 - We t hank Thee, Lord, for all Thy gifts ; 1·ention of t he Dakotas and ·Montana w i1~ Our praise to Thee we sing; fo'or blessings in t he year agone, a real succ:e,5. It was on Oct. 17-18, wh• n And what the new may bring. it had its scs!'ion aL White But t?, S. Oak. God gan! us 1·ery fa vorable weath=r \Ve thank Thee, Lord, for all our joy ; a nd thf'reforle's and Sun canilidate was unanimously recommended ated with him and helped make his School was heir! at the West Side Bap which was enjoyed by all. A hearty demption." da y School Worker s' Union of Detroit, for ordination. work successful. tist Church, the early part of the sum v~t~ Mich., heard at six o'clock on October 2-J Mrs. Neumann has been a very active mer , under t he ver y effi cient Jeader::h:p of thanks was given them for t heir ve i· On Wednesday morning Bro. B. Auch T he meeting for the purpose of ordina • g-oorl ent-1ta inmen t. Y at t he Second Church and such a r~ worker in the Beginne·r's Dept. of our of our pastor, Rev. J. H. Pankrat z. from t he New Leipzig ch urch Jed the tion was opened at 7.30 o'clock on th e devotiona l hou r. Rev. F . Trautner de sponse to t he call! It was well wor th evening of the same day. Rev. F. A. Sunday school and will be greatly missed. About 40 pupils we re enrolled and the Mr. E. A. Hasse, pre ~ id e nt of the Y. P. & S. S. Work ~ rs ' Union made a liver ed an address on: " The Success of while for a sumptuous dinner was wait Bloedow P'reached the ordination se1111on As young people we r egret to have average attendance was very good. Rev. ing. from John 15 :16. Rev. John Kepl offer ed Bro. Neumann leave our midst because Mr. P a nkratz taught the Inter mediate announcement concerning the 'No ve.mbe~· a Bible School Teacher in the Sunday a~d Pehruary meetings to come. The School." Following t h is Rev. A . P . Mihm When our appetites were satis fi ed we t he ordination prayer 'vith the laying of his active work among u s. His gr€at group, Miss Ruth Black t he Junior!', sang several choruses. Our president, PlO.grai;i of the Thanksgiving tmetin ~ spoke on "The Teaching Task of the on of hands, after which Bro. Bloedow est concern was that of winning young Mrs. L. W. Jones the Beginne rs a nd Mr. E d. Straus, then int roduced our P rima ries with Miss Esther Stucrnw r which is to be held in the Wh"t A ~ . Church." In the after noon Bro. Mihm welcomed Rev. Bibelheimer to the ranks people for Christ. Ch h . I e ve. newly elected first vice-president, Migs of t he ministry. Bro. N eumann preached his f arewell as pia nist. Many scripture p assages and urc , 11< to be a pantomim:!. Th . F 1 gave a lecture on "The Art of Question r ua ry meetinr:- w ill be held at N etf el ing-." A lso in the evening he preached Mamie Kose, who most capably presided Rev. J. K epl addressed the Southey sermon Sunday evening, Oct. 22. H is :-; ongs were memor ized and a t the close as toastmistress. She succeeded l\Ir. of four weeks of instruction a fin e pro ham church a nd will be a pat.· t? ing- a very interesting sermon on "Not De and Serath churches, asking tnem to g ive cha llenge to us is t he same t hat t he O u o 1c one Harry Harfst who resigned because he Apostle Paul put to the church of Corinth gram was rendered by the pup ils. ur sp2aker for the evening was R ' V. spis ing these Little Ones." We are ve ry their whole-hearted support to their new Wm. L. Schoeffel, pastor of the Wh ~t · is prepa ring for special service for our pastor, to pray for him, to love him and long ago, " Watch ye, stand fast in the E nclosed you wi ll fin d a snap.shot 1 thankful to our beloved B rother MiJ1m i\Iaster. We felt honored to have t he Ave. Baptist Chu1ch. His text e that he counted it wor th while to visit at a ll times to try to under stand each faith, quit you like men, be strong. Let of the group, and a lso one of our Sun J ·12 "I · · was 1~a m pastors of t he "Vercinigung" with us and · · s it nothing to you h · our rat her sma ll convention. May thl' other . a ll your t hings be done w it h charity" rium for the evening ser vice, and Mr. loves his Lord enough to go where he is Esther Stuermer , standing, is t he d ir~c . . ev.sm tn R . • Norman Boehm presided as chairman. N at1onalism in China 1 R . uss1a. pect from Its Teacher s ?" Rev. O. Loh se Rev. G . Neumann Leaves Portland Rent. GLADYS G. T ESCHNER, Reporter. tor a nd t he two ladies on either side of India ! Europe pre p a r~ d f evolution in spoke on : "The Passion of t he Master Mr . J. Ciassen led us in a new type of her are the pianists. . or war! Oi . We, the Young People's Socie ty of t he 0 Teacher.'" Mu ~ i ca l number s we re given song service. This consisted in the sing Surprise Party for Pastor Rev. H. C. Baum held evangelistic wn count ry in an unu3ua1 de r . n ing of our old German chorals, which F irst German Baptist Church, Portla nd. (economica l, moral, spiritual) T~e ess1on during the day and evening by t he dif Oreg., g athered with the church W ed The Avon, S. Dak:, B. Y. P. U. h a d meetings for a week in August whi ch men of the world, modern sci. . great ferent churches. had been translated by Rev. Paul Wen were a gr eat blessing ·and spiritual uplift gel. Mrs. Elsie Knack favored us with nesday evening, Oct. 18, for a farewell the pleasure of surprising t heir pastor, philosophers are baffled. . ent1 st.., and Rev. B . Schlipf, on his fifty-eight h birth to al l. T wo men wer e converted and At. the evening service the church a voca l solo. T he big treat of the eve so ci~l for our assist ant pastor and his family. Rev. Gerhard Neuma nn, w'ho day. About thirty member s wer e p res baptiz!!d a ncl one lady joined our ranks The only hope for the . . was fi lled to its capacity a n hour before ning was when Rev. Otto E. Kru eg ~ r of Christ. That is the is J esus ent to celebrate the anniversary with from a nother church. ch~~ ll d t ~ i e .b?ginn ing. This hou1· was u sed in Pittsburgh, Pa., spoke to us on "What was al so our Sunday sch ool superinten young people today W h enge to the dent, has accepted a call to t he Salt their pastor. Bro. Pankratz a nd his family a t·e si nging by the audience and by the chil Shall I Do Wit h 1\Iy Life?" We feel world needs-a S · · e a ve Wha t t he C~· eek , Oreg., Baptist Church. wher e he The socia l was begun by t he president, working hard to build up our small . 1 a v1or, wonderful . dren who sang a number of choruse!". sure that what we heard will not be so wi ll take up his duties about Nov. 1. Nor man R. Ba ngert, wh o congratuJal-ed church. T he attendance a nd interest in c p es of wor ld brotherhood I prm ~~a n y hearty. testimonies were given by easily forgotten. We sincerely apprr our rank~ e Pass by Ul' wald 1, Regina 3, Yorkton 1. After the moderator had introduced Neumann h as been t he teacher fo1· the rep1·esentative pay a visit 24 times a hl"1tinn Ho11:-.t'. h•c\ 111 prayer Clm ~t nnt\ \I\ hl ~ ('\nwch~l\d bl' l o~' l\ l 111 the candidate, Rev. A. Bibelheimer, th<' past year. presented l1im with a travel- year . M. lluy, c- s. '11'('. 8 THE BAPTIST HERALD November 15, 1933 9 by " the everlastin'' and other oa ths, to "Certainly not. And I hope he hasn't tomon ow, a t any r ate. Nat won't ~t but it was easy to see; the man she prom KEZIAH COFFIN deliver ·that money to hi s New York been told. He's getting well fast now, here until T hursday, and I may be able ised to marry and thought was dea d, is owners safe, necessary expenses deducted but he mustn't be worried , or back h e"ll to fi n e! another nurse by that time. And alive. She's a gir l of her word- she JOSEPH C. LINCOLN of course, untouched. go again. We must see Mrs. Coffin .. Ke wha t shall I say to him," motioning to· promised him a nd she promised her dy ziah is our main h ol d. T hat woman has (Copyright by D. Appleton and Company) For seven weeks t he crazy nondescript wa r d t he oth er r oom, "I don't know.'' ing uncle- and she'll malTy him. And slopped across the ocean. Fair winds got more sense than all the r est of us " Must you say a nything? Just say then what will become of J ohn E llery? (Continuation) A hundred miles they sailed in t.he helped her and, a t last, she entered the put together." that I have been ca lle d away for a few He'll go downhill so fast that a ship·s Chapter XIX longboat and, at last, the second island harbor of Nukahiva, over twelve hun But it was Grace, not Keziah, who days on-on some business. Don't tell anchor wouldn't hold him. If he doesn't was sighted. They landed and found opened the shanty door in answer to their him. Don't tell h im t he t ruth, doctor, die I'll have to send him somewhere, and In which a r ecepti on is called off dred miles awa y. And t here--"Ham to their consternation and surprise, t hat mond's luck,., the sailor s call ed it- was knock. She was pale and greeted them now. H e is too wea k and I am afraid-., the REgular church will lose the minister Far out on the Pacific coast there are it, too, was uninhabited. The former a United Sbates man-of -war lying at calmly, but it was evident that her calm She stopped and turned away. T he we've fought so har d for ." two small islands, perhaps a hundred residents had grown tired of their iso anchor , the fi rst American vessel t o touch ness was t he r esult of sheer will power. doctor watched her pityingly. " Yes," concurred Zebedee, "and them miles distant from one another . The first lation and, a t r acling vessel having that lit tle French settlement for five "Won't you come in, doctor ?" she Danielses will run the shebang and the of these is uninhabited. On the other is " Cheer up," h e said. "At .any rate, touched there, had seized the opportunity years. T he boat they built was aban asked. "Good afternoon, Captain Mayo.'' this is only for a little while. When the rest of ns'll have to sing small, I t ell a little colony of E nglish-speaking peo to depart for Tahiti. Their houses were doned and t he survivors of the " Sea Dr. Parker entered t he building, but captain knows, if he's the man I take you ." ple, half-breed descendants of native empty, their cattle, goats and fowl Mist '' wer e taken abor cl the man-of-war Captain Zeb r ema ined outside, stammer him for , he'll- - " "So we've come to you, Keziah," went women and the surviver s of a crew from roamed in the woods-, ; nd the fruit ~vil d a nd carried to Tahiti. ing t hat h e cal'lated he'd better stay She wh ir led like a fl ash. " You 'r e not on t he doctor. "Do you see any salva a British vessel cast away t here in the was rottmg on the trees. In its way the From Tahiti Captain Nat took pas where he could k eep a n eye on his hor se. going to tell him?" she cried. " No, no ! tion?'' latter part of the eighteent h century. li~tle i sl~n d was an Eveless E dm , fl owing sage on a F r ench ba rk for Honolulu. This was such .a t rnnsparent excuse that You mustn't. You m ust p romise me you " Yes, I do." On t he first of these islands, the w'. th milk 1:nd . honey i but to Captain it would ha ve been fun ny a t any other smaller one, the "Sea Mist" had been H er e, after a month's wait, he fo und op won't. P romise." "You do? Where?" ~a~'.~ consc1e.ntious skipper with r espon por t unity to leave for N ew YoTk on an time. No one smiled, howevei·. wrecked. Ddven out of her course by a Sib1ht1es ~o his owners, it was a prison "Somebody'll t ell him. Telling t hings ''In Nat H ammond. If he knows Grace American ship, the " Sta rs a nd Stripes.'" "Is- is Mrs. Coffin - er -Keziah is T r umet's specialty." typhoon, she staggered through day from wh~ ch he determined to es.cape. doesn't want to marry him, do you sup after day and night after night of ter And finally, after being a way from home aboard?" the captain asked. " T hen you must stop it. No one must pose he'll hol d her to her promise? ' Then, as 1f to make escape impossible a "No, she isn't. She went to the pa r rific wind and stor m until, at last, there sudden gale came up and the l ongb~a t for two years, h e wa lked into the office tell him-no one except me. I shall tell "I don 't know. I'm not so sure. Men was promise of fair weather . Captain was smashed by the surf. of his New York owners, deposited their sonage a few hours ago. Mr. Ellis him, of course. H e must hear it from me don't give up gir ls like that so easy. I brought t he mail and t here was a letter Nat, nearly worn out from anxiety, care, " I guess that settles it," ruefully ob gold on a table, a nd cheerfully obse rved. and not from a nyone else. H e would woul dn't-by George, I wouldn't! And and the loss of sleep, had gone to his ''Well, he re I am." in it for her. She said it was impor tant think I was disloyal an d ungrateful-and she won't tell him the whole truth, I'm r.erved the second mate, another Cape and that she must go home to see about statercom and the first mate was in Codder, from Hyannis. "Cal'late we'll That was t he yarn whi ch T rumet was I am ! I have been! But I was-I couldn't af raid. She'll pretend to be glad- hang charge. I t was three o'clock, the wind to hear later on. It fill ed columns of t he some t hing3. She'll be back pretty soon, help it. You know, doctor, you kn0 10 THE RA PTIST HERALD November 15, 1933 11 were busy. Trumet had a new hero now. morning when Noah Ellis, the light in Baypor t wi th the rest, awaiting the Hymn of Tha n k sgiving the room, had r isen to his feet a.nd was Farewell Service for Rev. C. A . On Wednesday the Boston papers printed keeper, jogged down the lane. stage which was br inging Trumct's lat J OHN H . GURNEY saying something.· It sounded like, "Just Daniel " 'l\Iornin', 'Bish," hailed Noah, pull est celebrity f rom Sandwich. a moment. Bro. Stoeri, I think ther e is a exerpt.s from Captain Hammond's story. Lord of the harvest ! Thee we hail; The member!' of the Second Ger man and these prelimina ry accounts ar oused ing up his horse. ''What's the matter ? "Herc she comes!" s hou t.ed Ezra Sim gentleman here who would like to say You look bluer'n a spiled mack'rel. Thine ancient promise doth not fail; a few words to you and the other mem Baptist Church and a goodly number of the admiration of every citizen. It was p ro mon,s the postmaster. " Rig ht on time. The va rying seasons haste their roun d, representatives of other churches of Chi posed to give him a reception. E lkanah What·s the l'OW? Brea kfast disagree too.'' bers.'' What in the world? Another with you?" With goodness all our years arc crowned; Deacon, her etofore concealed in a back cago and vicinity gather ed on October 2 was the moving spirit in the prepara Suro enough ! A cloud of dust in the · Ou r thanks we pay for a farewell service in honor of our tions. Cap tain Nat, so they lea rned by "Naw," replied Kyan shortly. " Where distance, rising on the spring wind, and room of the church, now very solemnly This holy day; walked to the front of the church. Our departing pastor, Rev. C. A. Daniel, and telegraphing, would arrive on the noon you bound. all i·igged up in you r shore the rattle of rapidly turning wh eels. The duds ?.. Oh, let ou r hearts in tune be found ! pas tor was too surp rised to say a word his sister , Mrs. Sophie Bell. This was train Thursdav. His was not to be a r€ception committ ee p repa r ed for action. in the nature of a social gathering and prosaic by stage all the wa y " Bound to Ba yport, to see Nat Ha m -:-he was dumbfounded. Were they tr y prog r~ss Captain E !ka nah descended from the If spring doth wake the song of mi r th ; was held in the lower part of the church. from Sandwich. A special carriage, mond land," was the cheerful answer. ing. to r.un the prayermeeting for him? carriage a nd moved in stately dign ity The choi r and young people furnished drawn by the Daniels span and escorted ·•r ai n't had a day off I don't know when If summer warms the fruitful ear th ; Wait, this Deacon was sa ying something. to the front of the post-ollice platform. When winter sweeps the na ked plain, music suita·bJe for the occasion. Rev. by other vehicles, was to meet the coach a nd I thought I'd take one. Be gr ea t '·Hum-ha !" he bark ad. turning to hi,; That something was to th e effect t hat Theo. W. Dons from the Oak Par k at Bayp ort and bring him to Tru:net in November 15, 193:3 :l.3 12 'THE BA PTIST HERALD disposes of its combatants by the assim forth with n new dedication to the Christ A Song of Thanks weve unessential to the cause of the in the collective life." In answer to ilative process. andt his enterprise. For eyes to see this a utumn world, Kingdom. The result? Retrenchment Ghandi's criticism that we Jack humility The following morning we had an echo And lips to sing its beauty; year after year, until there is not much What Can Non-Christian Religions Give when sp eaking of our Christian exper Us? meeting of the conference in our chapel For feet to take the happy trail lef t to retrench. Disintegration of de ience J ones says: "Christia n experience service. I wish a ll our readers might nominational unity is inevitable as the Of winter's waiting duty; is an obtainment, not an attainmen t." The question was raised by one of the have heard the testimonies of our boys. cause has bound it together g~eat. "."~ich Because it represen ts a gift of God~ theological students, whether then. '~as Each was captivated by something that sllps mto oblivion. When denominations For light of home and love of friends gr ace to man. rather tha n something that anything of value in the non:Chr1st:an fitted into his Christian problem: Broth lose their faith in a common task they And wholesome joy of Jiving; man achieved through his own effort, it anything which is not present m Christ er R. testified: "The conference helped lose the cord that binds them to~ther · For grace to know my good estate, is very fitting that we shall speak a bout ianity at least in germ. In other word;, me to a new appreciation of the great they have no f11rther incentive to cul t.i~ Thanksgiving ! it, especially since that will lead others do th ~ non-Christias religions have a ny ness a nd significance of Christ. He is - Youth's Companion. vate their wider fellowship. Well , some thing to contribute towar? Christiai:iity? the " Kern und Stern. Am:gang und Ende, lhing has to be done. to share in the same spiritual enrich ment. J ones said: "I cannot thmk of a single meines Glaubens und Hoffens," and The Missionary Conference at lack in Christ to be supplemented by non learning to know him better is my deep "The Missionary Enterprise Must Either For the preacher, teache r a.nd mis:;ion Rochester Be Supported or Interred" Christian r eligions. Christ rules the de est desire a nd firmest r esolution." Broth ary he warns that p eople quickly detect veloping process. The progress of the er K. testified: "I was impressed that Four Young Candidates baptized by Prof. A. A. Schade Not that the labors of the past century the difference between "verbal a nd vital Rev. R. Kaiser, Parkston, S. Dak. would be lost-that would not be the case race is toward Christ, not away . from so often. we should sacrifice our f am1s Rocheste1· is a sort of a Mecca to whicll advice." For those people who think him. J esus is the key to the universe. and friends, leave our country and offer Chri.st ianity has taken such firm ro:>t i~ ample of Love" by Rev. G. W. Pust. Very the saints and sages of many lands make that other people's religion is as good He r eveals what God is like, and what everything except our very inmost self." f~re1gn l and~ that it will not only sur instructive discussions followed all of their pilgrimagas. Here we are privileg for them as ours is for us he warns: man ought to be like." . Brother F. testified that he was str ength ~ 1 ve ,. but thrive even if Westers support "If we can't give the gospel to all the these papers. ed to listen to the educators, scientists, 1s w1thdr.awn. '.!'he non-Christian lands The question of the incari:iat1on. 1esur ened in his devotion to the gospel through missionaries and" evangelists who have world, we can't keep it ourselves; unless r ection. atonement, and miracles could the test of Christianity which was made The devotional meetings were led by are. prov_ided 'With Christian leadership it is univenal, it is not true ; unless ; t the brethren A. A. Voigt, Rev. J . Rei the ear of t he world. On October 7-9 we which will . carry on. But unless the not fail to be r aised. So many stumble by Dr. J ones in the most difficult fields, were honored and privileged by a visit is valid to the world, it will dry u p on over these. It was point?d out that J cs~ s and that he found it to work, and also chert a nd L. F. Jacobs. Also the "Quiet mc vem~n.t 1s supp.orted, ~h e wise guid our own hands." Hour" at noon was very profitable. Rev. 0f the missionary conference team which , ance which Amencan nussionaries a made such an impression through ~11 s that man's constitution can be steeled by 30 in numerical str ength, is invading Dealing with the test which comes to higher being, that man .c~uld not thmk Christianity to endure the hardships B. Schlipf Jed the latter. He gave some lend in the development of the missi: ~ fine talks on "The Goodness of God," some 29 cities from Nebraska to the ary institutions which have been bu~t the missionary, he said : " Give us p eo of him otherwise than d1vrn e. It ' "'.c uld which Christ ian service r equires. Christ eastern seaboard. On this team are out 1 ple whose wings a re not so tender, tha.t have been, str ange, had he not arisen. proves to be sufficient for all our deeJY'..st Rom. 2 : 4; "The Fellowship of the Be up by sacrificial service, and which a liever \\ith God,'" 1 J ohn 1 :3, and "Fa standing missionaries, mission secretar t?ey will break on the toughness of the One would exp: ct miracles f1:om su?h ~ s needs. rend"Bring the native population an ine:~ ther, g lorify thy N ame," J ohn 12 :28. ies, and native Christian leaders from timable service will have to be cl .d situation." In a nswer to a Columbia pro he is. A higher type of mamfestat1on 1s foreign lands. The purpose of the con Th t · h ose · fess?r. w~ o was quoted as saying t~at to be expected from this higher type of The South Dakota Association The reports from the churches were :is e r ~ ~l mbp danf~ '!1arch of Clirist·s King- being. J esus can-ies the miracles. a nd ferences is to call upon the s leeping d om w1 e e m1tely impeded. All over Cl1r1st1am ty had failed to exert any in The South Dakota Association held it;; usual. A fine ingathering of souls was Christians to awaken, rub the sand out the country there are Christians h fluence in China, he said: "China is now the resurrection. Wer e they r eporter! annual meeting with the church at Tyn reported. The financial situation seems of another they would be incredible, from of their eyes and see what is happening .s ay : "Tha t must not be." These miwss- o at the crossroads. She will make a mom dall, S. Dak., September 20-24. A goodly to r emain the same. All churches are to the cherished foreign missionary en ionary conferences will help thous d entous choice. Only two alterna tives are him they seem natural. Then came these number of visitors had come. The open provided with ministers. Rev. W. H. terprise of the last 125 years, which is who are halting between two o p i ni oi::n t ~ before her: Christianity or Communism. sig nificant statements : "If he's a man, ing address by Rev. E. Gutsche was in Buenning took up his new charg·e with I the outsanding achievement of Christian come to ~ new, wholehearted dedication E ghty-five per cent of the p w ple who and only a ma n, then I'm not a man. line with the conven tion theme: "God is the church at Cor ona. We we.re glad to ity since the Reformation. S:nce many t~ ~h e asf· s 1 gn m e n~ of Christ to "Make dis a r~ wo.rking for the good of Chii:a ~re challenge any man to exper iment with Love.'' According to J ohn 13 :34 he ell.1:end the hand of welcome to him as co of the r eaders of " The Baptist Herald" c1p es o a 1 1 nat·ons," not lettinl? u · doing it from the Christian motive. J esus a nd hold him in low estate." pointed out: "The love above us, the worker in our association. Rev. A. Stel do not live in t hese centers and therefore our effo1ts till He comes. P 111 Professor Hocking's (Chairma n of thr As to the atonement : " When love love \\ithin us, a nd the love a round us." ter is going to leave Delm:>nt and has cannot hear these speakers. and since Layma n's Commission) famous question: meets sin, a cross of pain is f ormed. The Other sermons given were more of the accepted the call from the church at The Outstanding Apostle of Christianity infinite love of God and the sin of man P levna, Mont. The convention took no they have meant so much to the Christ "' Is Christia nity a way, the best way, l)f evangelistic type. Rev. W. H. Buenning meet in the cross. God suffers becau«e ian folk of Rochester . it se _ I 15 14 November 15, 1983 Life's Orchestra P. Wahl led t his church in n most suc Bro. Broeder left t he nexL morning for Afro-English cessful manner, but, you know how it his field of se1·vice. l\Iay he who "walk ~ PAUL GEBAUER ELEANOR A. HOFFMAN goes- folks in P ortland heard about him among the candlesticks, and carries the ·•Excuse my idiot. l\Iy idiot and your Life is like a n orchestra, and enticed him to pack up his goods and seven stars in his i;ght hand," bless this idiot no be de same," said E timbe With instruments so fine. return to his native good old U. S. A. newly formed pastoral r elationship! Each one has a p:ace to fill Ngale, the new catechist of L~komba But this congregation, even though ~RTH UR A. SCHADE. In God's program, divine. Church, t o the small congregation of :iuffering from the depression like all West-Coast-Africans at the close of other churches, decided it could not af Ordination of John P . Kuehl a t his first sermon and sat dow11. What \Ve must all play together, ford to handicap its spiritual life by get 'I. pow-owerful ending of an otherwise T::> m ak~ the song worth while, ting along without a minister, and so it Boston, Mass. We must keep our instruments in tun ~· :>;:iod speech. Ngale, having only slightly proceeded to cast about for a minister ( A belated report, furnished at the With a bright and cheery smile. tasted of t he while man's world-language to take up the work. Somehow ·thev request of t he Editor) tried to show himself wort hy of his new learned of ou r Brother J ohn Broedz1:, ·lunge by employing a word which he No matter what our color be, who originally hails from North Dakota, Pursuant to a call issued by the First No matter what our i·ace. German Baptist Church of Boston, Mass., -nay have heard only once : idiom, and but who has spent seven years in faith just slipt a bit putting his wisdom to If we'd all play happily, ful study in Rochester, and who gained a Chur.ch Council met on June 30 a t 2.30 This world would be a better place. P. M., for the purpose of considering work. Anti like him slip so many of t he esteem of all who know him by his our Africans, youth especially, when ex fa ithful personality and by his diligent the advisability of setting apart Brother 50th Church Anniver::ary John P. Kuehl to the gospel ministry. pressing themse·ves in a tongue more s cholar~hip. They called him, and he than foreign to them. They do in t he Foumban Palace Plum Creek, S. Oak., Church gladly accepted. A roll call showed that there wer e 30 run· of the years-true to t heir lingu On Wednesday, Oct. 4, Lhe Plum Creek Now it is not so simple a matter for delegates present from 13 churches of istic gifts-master English in theory, "A[ama.-lt's two young t rees planted A Dictation in History: l:laptist Church celebrated the 50th An an American to cross the international the Boston West Baptist Association but practically it remains for ma ny noth in t he middle of a town and round it (That you may have more sympathy niver sary of its beginning. The church boundry line and take up a position in (English) as well as a r epresentative ing more a foreign vehicle, all too stran;?e with a smnll fence. E very ending of the with our Africans we copy a few lines edifice was beautifully deco1·ated with the land of our Northern neighbor. from the German Baptist Church of New in construction and t rend of t hought . month the people of t hat town should of dictation, for which the headmaster fl owers and a large anniversary sign. Canada also has more workers than jobs, Haven, Conn. For your benefit we collected at random kill a goat and cook food and eat it be of V ictoria Government School is r e The weathc,r was very nice, making it and she feels that her first duty is to· Brother Kuehl was then asked to give some of the Afro-English products on for e their god. And they began to wor sponsible. 17 scholars of the Standar d possible for many friends and former word her own citizens. But she was a statement of his Christian experience. our way t hrough government and mission . Keziah Coffin As Noah Ellis and his passenger (Continued from page 10) Announcing t urned into the lighthouse lane another hasset a nd not after. Naturally , we to the velticle turned out of it. s'pcse he got off there. Pretty good joke "Who was that?" queried Kyan. on o!d Daniels, I call it. Serve him " Looked like one of the livery stable d ght, figgerin ' to take a passenger away Baptist Herald horses to me." from me. He! he !" " 'Twa'n't. 'Twas Thankful Payne's .. But you do know more, now don't and t hat was her carriage, too. It's gct you? T zll a feller- come! I clon't like Boosters tin' so dar k I couldn't see who was d:riv J<::lkanah any better'n you do.'' in' it, but 'twas a man, anyhow." "Well," t he driver 's voice d1·opped still the 1934 Campaign Kyan seemed to be pondering. "I won lower. '·Well," he whispered, " I did hear der,'' he sa id s lowly, "I wonder if that t his much, though don't tell none of As this campaign ap cousin of hers from Sandwich is here them: A chap I know was on the train visitin'. That Caleb Pratt, seems to m :! a nd he said he see Cap'n Nat get off the proaches and our boosters all his name is." C"a·rs at Cohasset Narrows depot and over the country are planning "Don't know. Why?" t here was a woman with him." their share in it, the Publica "Notltin', nothin'. I just wondered, "A woman ? A w0111w11? What wo that was all. That might explain why man?" tion House wants to inject she let me--·• " Blessed if I know ! And he didn't ~ome additional enthusiasm "Hey?" nuther. So long ! Git dap!" mto the endeavor. "Nothin'. Good night, Noah. I'm The r eception committee a nd its escort much obliged to you for takin' me over, drove slowly back to Trumet. 'I'he Dan even if t here wa'n t no reception." iels following was di sgusted and dis THIS YEAR'S PRIZE Trumet spent t hat evening wondering appointerl. Captain Elkanah had figured what had become of Nat Ham.m.on