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CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE JUNE 15, 1979

Sunday, June 17 FATHER’S DAY FATHER DESERVES A DAY

The so-called “special days” severe pressures involved in evidence of the effectiveness have become so numerous providing the necessities of of Christ’s partnership in our within modern times that many food, clothing, and shelter for business and professional slip by us without due the family have subjected lives. attention. Some have been modern man to an endurance The church also provides a commercialized; others have beyond his capacity. His means of grace to our been made the object of life-span is being shortened by Christian fathers who are special interest groups. This these pressures as evidenced seriously attempting to meet has resulted in an indifference by the rise in heart attacks their spiritual responsibilities on the part of the general and the increase of stress as head of a Christian public. diseases. household. This is an We should, however, consider The church recognizes the inescapable responsibility a deserving class of people vital role of the father in the both biblically and traditionally, and give them the honor and family unit in our society. He is and to meet it adequately Dad esteem they deserve on the not only the chief breadwinner needs special resources and special day designated for the family, but also the wisdom which come from God. “Father’s Day.” Dad really protector of the family and On this special day may our deserves a day to receive the biblically the spiritual head of fathers find special grace and just tributes and loving esteem the family. In the role of comfort and a renewed of the family. His lot in our provider, the church has a strength for their assignment. modern world is not an easy message of comfort for him. May we also, your loving one. The serious rise of Christ wants to become family, give you the love and inflation in our present involved as a Partner in the esteem you rightly deserve. □ economy, the fierce business affairs of his life. The competition in our modern testimonies of Christian business world, and the businessmen give abundant

by General Superintendent Charles H. Strickland

HERALD OF HOLINESS s B ob Com bs' ’ 1 prints for their sons and daughters to follow? r Some parents say: “We ’ IT will not influence our chil­ dren in making choices and decisions in the mat­ DESTROY f ter of religion.” I ask you, “ Why not?” The ads will! The newspapers will! Ra­ dio will! Neighbors will! The politicians will! A father may educate his children, give them a comfortable home, good by MORRIS CHALFANT clothing, and good food, Norwood, Ohio show them a good time, and love them. But if a father fails to bring his children up in the fear and nurture of the Lord and does not live for God be­ fore them, he is failing. Just as children are en­ titled to material support, ■ OUIS PASTEUR, the famous French scientist, they are entitled to a father’s moral support. Here is 1 J was busy in his lab one day when he learned where many fathers fail. his father was seriously ill. He left immediately by Many fathers fail to provide a family altar and train but arrived too late to see his father alive. Christian example in the home. Many boys and girls That night the great scientist wrote to his wife and have never heard their father pray. They have never children about his father: “ I owe everything to him. heard Father give a personal testimony to the saving When I was young, he kept me from bad company grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. They have never seen and instilled into me the habit of working and the Father read from the family Bible. Such children are example of the most loyal and best-filled life.” not being provided with the spiritual provisions Relatively few people knew of Pasteur’s father, a which Father should and could, by the grace of God, former sergeant in Napoleon’s army and later a tan­ give them. ner. But in words and actions, the elder Pasteur God give us men who realize that they exercise an said to young Louis, “ Walk with me.” influence on their children that is more weighty than And Louis said, “ I owe everything to him.” the influence of Sunday school teachers, pastors, or As parents we must remember that we are models anybody else in the world. for our children. The expression is trite but true: Men, you are going to have the kind of child that “ He’s a chip off the old block.” And if the block is you are as a man. Your influence is counting either good and sets a good example, chances are that the for God or against Him in the lives of your children. chip will live a good and useful life. The strength of this nation, the strength of your Being a real father is one of life’s greatest privi­ church, your community, your home is the strength leges, and one of humanity’s most serious responsi­ of Joshua’s commitment, when he said: “As for me bilities. It cannot be overestimated for importance. It and my house, we will serve the Lord.” is a trust which is anchored to eternity. The Christian home in America will regain its God blessed Abraham and heaped upon him the rightful godly backbone when Dad assumes the place highest honors “ because he will command his chil­ he too often has given up—as the spiritual head of the dren and household after him.” house! It’s strange but true, too, that when Dad as­ As Noah was commanded to build “ an ark to the sumes his biblical place, everything else falls in saving of his house,” so is every man charged with the place. heavy responsibility of bringing his house into the ark Remember, you’re the only father your children provided in Christ. will ever have, so you’d better be a good one! May Many successful fathers would be delighted to God be able to say of you, as He said of Abraham, have their children walk in their footsteps, and many “ For I know him, that he will command his children sons have followed their father into the same profes­ and his household after him, and they shall keep the sion or business with outstanding success. But far way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment . . .” more important than impressive footsteps for a son (Genesis 18:19). to follow is leaving kneeprints which will point chil­ Pull out your Bible on Father’s Day. Gather the dren toward the highest goals in time and eternity. family around. Read some verses. Ask the children There are many footprints made by fathers along and your wife what prayer requests they have, then life’s way, but how many professed Christian fathers voice them to God as you lift your family heaven­ are such men of prayer that they are leaving knee­ ward as the spiritual head of your home. □

JUNE 15. 1979 3 HERALD otffOLINESS JR. ML W.uu. eE.. McCUMBER, M c C U M B E R . Editor in Chi.Chief IVAN A. BEALS, Office Editor

Contributing V. H LEWIS • ORVILLE W JENKINS Editors: GEORGE COULTER • CHARLES H STRICKLAND EUGENE L. STOWE • WILLIAM M. GREATHOUSE General Superintendents, Church of the Nazarene

■ HREE BUILDERS had told the little congrega- JLtion they couldn’t build a church on their lot. In the first place, the shape was too irregular. Then IN THIS ISSUE it wasn’t big enough. And their building fund was just too small to get started. FATHER DESERVES A D A Y ...... 2 The property was in a choice location—in the mid­ General Superintendent Charles H. Strickland dle of a growing community and easily reached. But DON’T DESTROY YOUR SO N ...... - 3 He a godly influence Morris Chatfant the people were without a pastor, and they were very DAD BELIEVED ...... 4 discouraged. Ongoing results Mary E. I.alham The district superintendent asked my dad to WHAT IS TELEVISION DOING TO U S? ...... 6 preach to the small flock, to try to encourage them. Problem for purents Robert E. Maner MY GRANDFATHER’S KNEE ...... 8 They needed a A loving memory Jacqueline Giles boost. NOT DRUDGERY—JO Y ...... 9 On that first Patterns Betty Martin Sunday in the LATE TODDLERHOOD ...... 10 The Strong-Willed Child James Dobson little storefront building there LET MY LIFE SIN G ...... 11 Book Brief Reviewed by Kay Herman were only a few “THIS TOO WILL PASS!” ...... 12 people. Their Poem Alice Hansche Mortenson spirits were real­ FROM PAIN TO PARDON TO PEACE ...... 12 ly low. They were Deliverance Dorothy Pickett even talking of PORTRAIT OF OUR FATHER ...... 13 disbanding. But Pen Point Dallas Baggett my father re­ HOW TO HAVE A HAPPY HOM E ...... 14 Perspective C. D. Hansen minded them of ONE WITH G OD ...... 15 the limitless pow ­ Becoming a Whole Person Lyle P. Flintier er of our God. HOW DID THE EARLY CHURCH DO IT ? ...... 16 ‘ ‘ L e t ’ s w a it Proper priorities R. William Nelson awhile,” he said, BEYOND THE ISTHMUS, ACROSS THE TID E ...... 17 Poem Charles Hastings Smith THE EDITOR’S STANDPOINT ...... 18 W. E. M eCumber DON’T GO BY THE LAST GUIDEPOST!...... 20 Revival Don J. Gibson IN THE NEW S ...... 21 NEWS OF RELIGION ...... 30 ANSWER CORNER ...... 31 BY ALL MEANS ...... 34 Beyond My Highest Dream! Terry Curtis

Cover Photo: by H. Armstrong Roberts

Bible Quotations in this issue: Unidentified quotations are from the KJV, Quotations from the following translations are used by permission: (NASB) From the New American Standard Bible. © The Lockman Foundation, 1960, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975.

Volum e 68, N um ber 12 June 15, 1979 Whole Number 3280

HERALD OF HOLINESS (USPS 241 440) is pjb>>ined semimonthly by the Nazarene Publishing House. 2923 Troost Avenue, Kansas City, M0 64109. Editorial office at 6401 The Paseo. Kansas City. M0 64131 Subscription price $4 00 per year Address all correspondence concerning subscriptions to Nazarene Publishing House, P.O. Boi 5 2 7. Kansas City, MO 64141. Change of Address: Please send new address and old enclosing a recent address label it possible Allow six weeks for change Unsolicited manuscripts will not be returned unless accompanied by postage Second class postage paid at Kansas City. Mo litho m U S A ISSN 0018-0513 My father was always fired by what other people called “ impossible.” ... “ I believe it can be done,” he’d say. Dad Believec. by MARY E. LATHAM Kansas City, Missouri

“ and see what God wants us to do.” He knew the church wouldn’t fail. Not with the It wasn’t long until people began to rally. The lit­ assurance they had of God in control. And not with tle hall was too small. A larger place was rented. the courage and faith of the leader they had. Special services brought in more people. And God There were times when only faith and sheer de­ gave a revival. termination held the undertaking on course. But About that time the board began to take new none of the obstacles could erase the purpose of this interest in building. That’s when the report surfaced labor of love nor the vision for the future. about the impossibility of building on their lot. I remember hearing my dad say. "Someday this church will be the leading spiritual force in this “ Brother Latham, do you believe it can be done?” whole community.” they pled. To shorten the story, the beautiful little church be­ Now Dad’s avocation was architectural design and came a reality. It was the talk of the town. A large, building. He had given it up as a full-time profession metropolitan daily newspaper picked up a news tip to obey God’s call to the ministry. But he continued on the project. It was given a one-half page feature in to use his skills to design and build many churches. the religious news section. That much space for any Here was a new challenge. And my father was al­ church project, even a church with many times the ways fired by what other people called “ impossible.” membership, was almost unheard of. “ I believe it can be done,” Dad assured the church Of course the church membership didn’t stay board. small. It grew and grew. Their original space had to That was the spark which started a whole chain of be enlarged. They have built on, purchased adjacent events. People began to pray more, to give and to property, built on some more, and even completely cooperate. My father studied the lot and drew plans rebuilt. 1 have lost track of the number of times. for a beautiful little church. And many young pastors followed to invest in the There were some doubters in the congregation—a progress of the work. few who still said it couldn’t be done. But they were My dad’s prediction came true. Today that church in the minority. has become a leading spiritual influence in the com­ To secure permission to build, Dad personally took munity. It is listed with the top 10 on one of our de­ the plans and specifications to the building authori­ nomination’s strongest districts. ties. The high marks they gave his work added con­ Every time I read the reports of that church in the fidence. district paper, and hear of its strength and progress, Securing the loan was another hurdle some called I am thrilled. And I thank God for the rugged deter­ “impossible.” But that was another miracle story mination and faith of my preacher dad who thought filled with examples of extreme dedication and sacri­ it could be done. ficial giving. But my father represents thousands of men in our One man in the church used his insurance policy as beloved church, men who struggled in the face of collateral. His skeptical friends discouraged him— what looked like the impossible. Today we enjoy the told him how foolish it was. “What if the church fruits of the lives and work of those who dared to be­ fails?” they grumbled. lieve it could be done! □

JUNE 15, 1979 5 OR BETTER or worse, tele­ TV makes so much of this infor­ vision and Americans are mation available to so many. united in a marriage "till death do Wholesome family programs and usF part.” Ninety-five percent of Christian broadcasting are also a this nation’s homes have a TV, strong plus factor. There are posi­ 68 percent of them are color sets. tive factors beyond imagination in Many homes have several. a Billv Graham telecast. Other

some family-tvpe programs that source of news, TV is unexcelled. do teach positive values. The It has reduced the whole world to educational channels also provide a small village. There is so much beneficial viewing. to learn today. Knowledge doubled Allowing that all of this is true, between World War II and I960. It there are some very frightening doubled again between 1960 and facts on the other side of the 1970. This trend is accelerating. iedger. First of all. television con-

by ROBERT E. MANER Valdosta, Georgia sumes a disproportionate amount major networks are operated by read. Since watching television re­ of time. Estimates vary, but if we men. These men may blame the quires neither skill nor intelli­ take the lower figure of from four polls and pressure of advertisers, gence, it has not given comparable and a half to six hours a day, that but the fact is they still make the value. While home for her younger is still an enormous portion of a decisions. They choose what we sister’s graduation from high person’s life. By the time children have available to see, and conse­ school the other day, my older graduate from high school, they quently what we think. Their re­ daughter said to me, “ Daddy, I am have spent more time watching ply, that we can turn it off if we glad we did not have a television TV then they did in school. In don’t like it, is both true and false. set when I was small. I learned to fact, TV consumes more time than I can turn mine off but I can’t turn read. Now reading is so much anything else we do with the ex­ off the rest of society. And they pleasure to me.” ception of sleeping and working. are the ones being hurt, most of Television is here to stay, no Even if every program we them too addicted or lacking in matter what we say about it. The watched was of excellent quality self-control. pressure groups opposing sex and and taught high spiritual values, it Homosexuality is neither funny violence will, we hope, make some would still be doubtful that this is nor normal, yet we are fed a rather improvements. The argument that the best way to spend one-third of television will not cause people to one’s life. But the fact is, TV can­ react in kind will continue. This in not make such a boast of quality. For information spite of the fact that the same in­ Sex and violence seen constantly dustry tells manufacturers that are anything but programs of about the Church television will produce sales. How value. And to think of the vast of the Nazarene’s a 1-minute spot will do what a majority of the American people involvement in 20-minute program won’t do, they sitting in front of TV for hours never explain. It sounds like they nightly is frightening indeed. broadcast tele­ are trying to have it both ways. We can add to this a second vision . . . Advertisers spend $2.5 billion be­ charge. Television has a brain­ cause they believe TV does affect washing effect on our thinking. people. While sex and violence have been So the problem falls squarely in the focal points of the attack steady diet of this as a very natural the lap of Mom and Dad. They are against the industry, another dan­ alternative to normal God-in­ the only protection the home has ger goes seldom mentioned and tended sex within marriage. This from what is unchristian on TV. If almost unnoticed. Our favorite is pictured to young people as they will not protect their chil­ hero and heroine come into a room something we should accept with­ dren, they can’t expect society to and the first question is always, out question. We are even pictured do so. Unless there is discipline in “ Can I get you a drink?” We watch as cruel bigots for thinking less the home with the TV set, the out­ gallons of liquor consumed by the than good thoughts about it all. look is grim. M om and Dad, it is up to you. □ most delightful and attractive As is so often the case with every people, people we have come to social problem, the young are hurt identify with in their troubles. It the most. Old folks sitting in a is not long before we begin to find nursing home all day watching TV ourselves thinking, “ Well, maybe sets may find companionship not drinking is not so bad after all.” otherwise available to them. But The same can be said of pro­ when children sit all day slumped fanity. Language long since in front of a T V set, it is another dropped from the Christian vo­ matter entirely. Children used to cabulary is worming its way back run and play in the fields or parks, in through the TV tube. Granted they came home tired, ate their we are exposed to this kind of supper, did their homework and language on the job, but we do went to bed for a good night’s not have to bring it home with us. sleep. Some still do. But think of Paul Skiles of The third threat television the loss to millions who spend all brings is the loss of independent their free time in a half-dark room Nazar ene Com­ thought. Many millions of people just sitting and staring at what­ munications are allowing a few program direc­ ever happens to be on their sets brings you up to tors to dictate our national train of that day. thought. The sheer volume of TV Children used to spend their date in the July 1 is in itself very difficult to deal quiet time reading. While it is “ Herald. ” with. It is available in every home probably true that many read ma­ all day and most of the night— terial as valueless as the average sometimes all night. The three TV program, they were learning to

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HERALD OF HOI INFSS HOI OF HERALD H. Armstrong R obert n hc, n hs pswr as h hs ut need­ just has he days, postwar those in which, on I grandchild wanted it. I did not know that it was his his was favorite it that this know not because did I it. dollar— wanted last his grandchild spent lessly h ptwy o h ol rlgos ntuto ta 1 that instruction religious only the to pathway had the too he was it much when how later, years know not many and not until me did treat, I for done delightful food. child­ some of fried only was their days grease grandmother my bread bacon self-centered the in that the inthought I hood, and, dollar last snuggled close in his ample lap, are the only only the are lap, or ample hand, his his holding in spent I close times snuggled The had. ever you. thank say to late often remarked, he was the first one in the church church the in one first has the was grandmoth°r he my As remarked, life. entire often his in anyone to His flected open were child. any to pocketbook and open heart were and heart home and arms His me. eois fra lv htI ae rm childhood. from have I that love real of memories was always open; his table always set for whoever whoever for set always table door own his His again. He open; gave service. and always a gave, miss was then didn't and He tithed, opened. doors re­ the was when Christianity whose man a was He need. in without himself. How many things he might have have might he things many How himself. without matter doesn't it that reasoned have and knew, I than must who way. his always child, in he little been was, a he with often even have busy share, how to time matter had No in. dropped what else he was, he was perfect to me. He was very very was He me. to perfect was he feelings was, and he life else his what to more much wondered very have I was things. there such if know too young too was atd o hmef Il nvr nw nvr heard never I know— never I’ll himself. do to giving for having wanted while children, again his time to and good ­ time com money overly them was constant his was He who panion. grandmother, my to good church. She carries proudly a large, black umbrella to umbrella black grandfather large, a walking portly girl proudly her small carries a She with see I church. hand EYE, in ’S D ■ IN M hand Y M N The walk to church that we took so many times was was times many so took we that church to walk The The gentle love, however, was not reserved only for for only reserved not was however, love, gentle The pret ubn, go fte I ant a. I say. cannot I father good a husband, perfect A ff W W ff ' l l i f L» ^ » IL I '#}%'■ f o s 4 ti a er m mte, h hd idn e un­ her hidden had who mother, her. from my heads year, their a turned ithin W much so done had father darkened the door of no church for many years. many for alcoholic, and 13 church an of no age of the at died door the home long, left I darkened so hand. for own her by him and from happiness leaving me, that I was trying to forget him and his his and for him him forget to with trying angry was I was in teachings. I that to me, that education done know leaving he 1 hard-won a with could Now, that psychology, life. wrong my up mess everything almost did family that remained true to his grandfather’s ideals, ideals, grandfather’s his to true remained that family biggest. the child, a very to is am open I He . always also which forehead is lap of His balding me. a to and beautiful belt concern—a his and over love by ing with strong deep made eyes arms with and man work, big a hard is He void. the our childhood. Thus we found something missing missing full. something them thought found had we we though even Thus lives, our from childhood. our Lord! Over the pages of my grandpa’s big Bible, my my Bible, big grandpa’s my of pages the Over Lord! from- away afell too he with do, church. people the blessed young was many so as Roger but 91. age strong until and tall and faith proud his in walked who saint Nazarene ­ fold stomach the to even grandfather, my like man e ea atnig hrh frt yef ad then and myself, first church, attending began We from embered rem passage vaguely out scripture searched of we passage possession, after cherished most rm 3 o 1 ee oey n sd er fr e I me. for years sad and lonely were 31 to 13 From Four years ago, the Lord gave me someone to fill fill to someone me gave Lord the ago, years Four He too had such a man for a grandfather— a true true a grandfather— a for man a such had too He Praise His holy name, together we have found the the found have we together name, holy His Praise yJCULN GILES byJACQUELINE KNEE age g ra o h c n A MY , aska la A I know heaven is a richer richer a is heaven know I a loss to my world! When When world! what my to oh, loss but a it, for place ago. years be 21 to Jesus went with grandfather, word. the use him os o wo m grand­ the my as whom want, for sons of door the oth­ grandm to y M family apart. seemed fall our everyone of died, pillar the church, and then stood at at stood the then and from church, away turned er John Oullum, my dear dear my Oullum, John my husband Our home is now a Christian home and that 1 hope my Lord .Jesus is pleased with, and my our lives are full of peace. I am also very thankful to grandfather could be proud of. When the time comes say that my grandmother has gotten right with the for me to cross Jordan, it is my prayer that he will be L ord . too. there to lead me on to see Jesus, as he has so strongly My husband and I are prime example.^ of the seed and silently tried to lead me all these years. I am so of Christianity being planted deeply and firmly and thankful for my grandfather, John Sample Oullum, tenderly enough. We are now bearing fruit -fruit truly a name I praise the Lord for! □

by BETTY MARTIN Fort Walton Beach, Fla. not drudgery- While the car sped down the high­ way, the summer heat intensified. I looked at the five wigglv, squirming Cub Scouts surrounding me in a world o f n oise. The miles grew longer and I questioned myself. “Why did I agree to this? Surely there were other m s mothers not as weary as I.” In the last month I had survived two weeks as would not repeat what the boy before him had stated, director of vacation Bible school, one week as camp that he was from a family of 30 children. nurse at Boys’ and Girls' Camp, and a week at dis­ Somehow children usually come through times like trict assembly and camp meeting. “ Yes,” 1 assured this with flying colors. It is the parents who sweat it myself, “ I’m sure there were others who could have o u t . done this job.” With motherly pride I observed my son. I noticed Self-pity was getting heavier on my shoulder as he was more handsome than the ot her boys. I am sure the noise and vibration in the backseat intensified. none of the other mothers would have agreed, but But ahead, I sighted relief— our destination, the to me he was special. television station. While watching, I remembered the preparations, This was to be one of my nine-year-old son's big the long, hot trip, that had s e e m e d such drudgery. days. He and his friends had come to the capital city Why, this was not drudgery, this was joy. to appear on a live television program The main “ Oh, thank You, God.” 1 prayed. “Thank You for feature was to be a birthday party with candy, bub­ this little boy You gave to us. Help me remember to ble gum, all-dav suckers, birthday cake, and ice ta k e time to play with him, so he will feel close to me cream. It was a friend’s birthday, but he had antici- when he needs me to prav with him. If I am too busy pations of sharing. to do these little things with him. he may feel I am How a boy can leave home clean, but arrive with too busy for him to bring and share his problems. dirty hands and face and scuffed shoes, will forever Thank You again. God. for this precious boy. And be beyond mv comprehension. And with fiv e b o v s, by thank You for the lesson I learned today. Help me to the time vou have tucked m five shirttails. four have always see the jov in life c o m e ou t. A few years have elapsed since this incident. Suddenly it was 3:30 and air time. I had given my Last June 1 sat in the church sanctuary, surround son the usual last minute instructions: “ Be sure to ('d by candlelight. I watched the tall young man in say thank vou when they give you the treats; don't the white tuxedo with a white rosebud in his lapel. act up (at which he is a star); don't do this, etc., be His eyes were searching the back of the sanctuarv sure you do this, etc as the congregation stood and the organ saluted the The program had been in progress for some time bride with the “Wedding March.” and everything was fine. 1 began to relax. Down the aisle came a beautiful young woman, Suddenlv 1 noticed Sheriff Bill starting to inter­ dressed in white. She would soon be my son’s wife. view each bov To mv horror I saw my son’s mouth The soloist sang a nostalgic song referring to when full of the caramel candy he had earlier received. the bride was a little girl and the groom a little boy. I jumped up from mv seat in the observation room When did they grow up? I don't remember getting but it was soundproof; no doubt tor the benefit of older. The years just evaporated. parenfs like me. Coming back to 1 he present I thought, If she is for­ Then Sheriff Bill and my son were conversing. 1 tunate, one day she may be driving down a highway watched him on the television monitor, hoping lie in a world of noise, with five squirming Cub Scouts. When that happens, 1 hope she will be aware of the importance of doing things with her son. May they, too, know the joy of praying and sharing together. MUM I trust she too will realize that things that some times seem to he drudgery are joy. □

JUNE 15. 1979 Series from I ^ T ' t Iie sTRONG-willed child" Ua * by Dc James Dobson .... uW* ’4‘ - I | *s ^8

Late Toddlerhood Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of the “ter­ rible twos” is the tendency of kids to spill things, destroy things, eat horrible things, fall off things, flush things, kill things, and get into things. They also have a knack for doing embarrassing things, like sneezing on a nearby man at a lunch counter. During these toddler years, any unexplained silence of more than 30 seconds can throw an adult into a sudden state of panic. What mother has not had the thrill of opening the bedroom door, only to find Tony Tornado covered with lipstick from the top of his pink head to the carpet on which he stands? On the wall is his own artistic creation with a red handprint in the center, and throughout the room is the aroma of Chanel No. 5 with which he has anointed his baby brother. Wouldn’t it be interesting to hold a national con­ vention sometime, bringing together all the mothers who have experienced that exact trauma? When my daughter was two years of age, she was fascinated the first time she watched me shave in the morning. She stood captivated as I soaped my face and began using the razor. That should have been my first clue that something was up. The fol­ When his fingers emerged at the top they were lowing morning, Shirley came into the bathroom to covered with peanut butter, and Ryan didn’t recog­ find our dachshund, Siggie, sitting in his favorite nize them. The poor lad nearly bit off his index fin­ spot on the furry lid of the toilet seat. Danae had ger.) Because of his destructive inclination, Ryan covered his head with lather and was systematically heard the word “ mess” used repeatedly by his par­ shaving the hair from his shiny skull! Shirley ents. It became one of the most important words in screamed, “Danae!” which sent Siggie and his barber his vocabulary. One evening while taking a shower I scurrying for safety. It was a strange sight to see the left the door ajar and got some water on the floor. And frightened dog with nothing but ears sticking up on as you might expect, Ryan came thumping around the top of his bald head. the corner and stepped in it. He looked up at me and When Ryan was the same age, he had an incredible said in the gruffest voice he could manage, “Whuss ability to make messes. He could turn it over or spill all this mess in hyere?” it faster than any kid I’ve ever seen, especially at You must keep a sense of humor during the twos mealtime. (Once while eating a peanut butter sand­ and threes in order to preserve your own sanity. But wich he thrust his hand through the bottom side. you must also proceed with the task of instilling obedience and respect for authority. Thus, most of the comments written in the preceding article (about This article is one ot a series, abstracted from Dr. James Dob­ the young toddler) also apply to the child between 22 son's most recent best-selling book, The Strong-Willed Child and 36 months of age. Although the “older” toddler (Tyndale, 1978). The theme of this series is the discipline and training of more assertive boys and girls who are inclined to test is much different physically and emotionally than the limits of adult leadership. he was at 18 months, the tendency to test and chal­ Dr. James Dobson is Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics lenge parental authority is still very much in evi­ at the University of Southern California School of Medicine. He dence. In fact, when the young toddler consistently also serves on the attending staff for Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. He is the author of three prior books, Dare to Dis­ wins the early confrontations and conflicts, he be­ cipline, Hide or Seek, and What Wives Wish Their Husbands comes even more difficult to handle in the second and Knew About Women. third years. Then a lifelong disrespect for authority

HERALD OF HOLINESS often begins to settle into his young mind. There­ fore, I cannot overemphasize the importance of in­ stilling two distinct messages within your child before he is 48 months of age: (1) “ I love you more than you can possibly understand. You are precious to me and I thank God every day that He let me raise you!” (2) Book “Because I love you, I must teach you to obey me. That is the only way I can take care of you and pro­ tect you from things that might hurt you. Let’s read what the Bible tells us: ‘Children, obey your parents, for this is what God wants you to do’” (Ephesians Briefs 6 :1). Healthy parenthood can be boiled down to those two essential ingredients, love and control, operating in a system of checks and balances. Any concentra­ tion on love to the exclusion of control usually breeds Reviewed by disrespect and contempt. Conversely, an authori­ K A Y H E R M O N tarian and oppressive home atmosphere is deeply re­ Little Rock, Ark. sented by the child who feels unloved or even hated. To repeat, the objective for the toddler years is to LET MY LIFE SING strike a balance between mercy and justice, affection and authority, love and control. Do darkness, loneliness, emptiness, frustrations, and Specifically, how does one discipline a “ naughty” grief come into the life of a Christian wife who has two- or three-year old child? One possible approach been bereaved of her husband after 40 joy-filled is to require the child to sit on a chair and think about years? And can she cope? You will find the answers in this inspiring book written with pathos and also with what he has done. Most children of this age are burst­ humor. ing with energy, and absolutely hate to spend 10 dull minutes with their wiggly posteriors glued to a The author describes the death of her husband as, “The day my world came to an end." Raymond and chair. To some individuals, this form of punishment Audre had laughed, loved, worked, played, walked can be even more effective than a spanking, and is together, and sometimes cried together. The broken remembered longer. pieces did not seem to fit! To add to her sorrow, she Parents to whom I have made that recommenda­ had lost her teenaged daughter in an accident just 15 tion have often said, “ But what if he won’t stay in the months prior to her husband's death. chair?” The same question is asked with reference to God became the Master Architect! She found that He the child’s tendency to pop out of bed after being can make something good out of the devastation left tucked in at night. These are examples of the direct by the death of a loved one, and her sorrow was confrontations I have been describing. The parent turned into victory. She learned not to make a shrine who cannot require a toddler to stay on a chair or in out of her grief, but to give her sorrow back to Him; his bed is not yet in command of the child. There is then He would make something beautiful out of the no better time than now to change the relationship. stress situations of her life. And she found that her I would suggest that the youngster be placed in new world was not veiled in black as she feared it would be. Rather, it was curtained with beautiful bed and given a little speech, such as “Johnny, this tapestries woven by the hand of God. time Mommie means business. Are you listening to me? Do not get out of this bed. Do you understand She wrote, “Through all of the sorrow and memories runs the golden thread of Christ's redeeming love me?” When Johnny’s feet touch the floor, give him without which my world would be draped in deepest one swat on the legs with a small switch. Put the gloom.” Audre found out how to throw away the “I switch on his dresser where he can see it, and promise am a widow” crutch. And she learned how to be alone him one more stroke if he gets up again. Walk con­ and yet not dwell on the loneliness which can become fidently out of the room without further comment. If a poison and permeate the personality. he rebounds again, fulfill your promise and offer the Her secret: “ What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee." same warning if he doesn’t stay in bed. Repeat the □ episode until Johnny acknowledges that you are the boss. Then hug him, tell him you love him, and remind him how important it is for him to get his rest so that he won’t be sick, etc. Your purpose in this painful exercise (painful for both parties) is not only to keep little John in bed, but to confirm your leader­ fc ship in his mind. How fo Cope It is my opinion that too many American parents w he n Y our W orld Caves tn by Audre Pitts Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City lack the courage to win this kind of confrontation, To order, see page 23. and are off-balance and defensive ever after. Dr. { AUDRE PTTTS Benjamin Spock wrote in 1974, “Inability to be firm is, to my mind, the commonest problem of parents in America today.” I agree. □

JUNE 15, 1979 1 1 FROM 3A N TO PARDON TO by DOROTHY PICKETT PEACE Columbus. Indiana

E P T E M B E R 14, 1977, was the most painful and saddest day of my life. Two of the most impor­ tant things of my life took place that night. One, our Sson Tommy and two of my nephews died in a tragic accident. This was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to bear. Only someone who has lost a child knows how I felt. The second thing was that I promised God I would truly change my life and the life-style of my family if He would spare our older son, who was in the same accident. I don’t know if God heard my prayer or if Tim was just destined to live, but I know .1, ! Crandall Vail that I truly meant everything that I promised God that night. Tim being spared was the only thing that gave me the strength to live through the days and weeks that followed. The next week we went to the First Church of the ‘This Too Will Pass!” Nazarene, the same church where we had the funeral for our little boy. I immediately started changing the "This too will pass." things in my life that I knew would not be pleasing This well-known phrase to God. In October, during revival services, I went to M y dad would oft repeat the altar and asked God to save me from all my sins. To comfort me Then I started living by faith that God forgave me, though I was still in a state of shock, I just knew that When I was faced I couldn’t bear the guilt and burdens any longer. With problems or defeat; Determined to do what I could to grow spiritually, Or buffeted I spent the next few months reading God’s Word, By Sorrow's hand praying constantly, and being in church services Upon my earthly way. every time I possibly could. Slowly, there was a change taking place in my heart and mind. I didn’t "This too will pass, talk to many people during this time; I still had a lot M y child, look up, of hurt and guilt inside of me that wouldn’t let go. There'll be a better day!" At an indoor camp meeting in March, I went to the And so today altar to ask God to sanctify me. I knew that I wanted God to take my life and use it as He wanted to. Rev. When trials come, Flemming, my pastor, had said that we were sancti­ In memory I hear fied by faith, so on faith I claimed sanctification. I M y father's voice, had almost finished reading God’s Word through by "This too will pass, this time and a lot of things were becoming clearer M y child, do not fear." to me. March was a hard month to get through, be­ It has proven true— cause Tommy’s birthday was March 28, but God gave me strength. Each obstacle, During this time I was haunted by guilt over not In time has passed away, having brought my family up in the church. I prayed And soon I'll rise, many times for God to show me that Tommy was in God's hand in mine, heaven. Friends, family, and my minister told me To meet bright heaven's day! -ALICE HANSCHE MORTENSON Deliveronce Racine, Wis. “ . . . I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.” (Psalm 50:15)

HERALD OF HOLINESS that he was, but I needed to be assured by God. This also just as real. It was so real that I moved over to was my very earnest prayer—that somehow I would the middle of the bed to make room for Tommy to be shown that Tommy was safe in heaven with God. lay down beside me, as I did when he would get My husband Bob and I were attending pre-Easter scared and come in and get in bed with us. I could prayer and fasting services at noon on Wednesdays. feel him there just as really as I could feel the pres­ Wednesday, April 12, I learned that God speaks to ence of God in the room. I don’t know how long I lay you in that “ inner small voice,” because I heard Him there, but I did go back to sleep with those two won­ in my heart that day. I had been praying that God derful presences in the room with me. would help me to meet a $50.00 pledge I had made for The next morning I didn’t say anything about what the Church Bus Fund. I left church and on the way had happened; it was still too personal and precious back to work, I talked to God. He was asking for to share with anyone. Later while I was working that $1,000, which was 1/10 of the insurance money we re­ morning I was sitting at my desk thinking about ceived as a result of Tommy’s death. everything when I heard that “still small voice” I had just been telling God that I would do any­ again. It said very clearly, “ I did that for you.” Well, thing for Him and when He asked for this, I really when I heard that, I knew that God had very definite­ didn’t think twice about saying yes. The peace I ly answered the prayer I had prayed so long. Our son felt when I said yes to God is very hard to de­ was in heaven and He had given him back to me for scribe, but it just flowed through me, starting in my those precious moments last night. I had no more heart and going all the way down to my fingertips. I doubts about where he was, for I knew. I’ve never told God I was very willing to give Him the money if questioned our minister or anyone else again about He would help Bob to agree. Tommy, because I had heard directly from God con­ After I got back to work, I called Bob and told him cerning him. I also know that if I had not obeyed God what God had said and I asked him what he thought. in doing what He asked me to do, He wouldn’t have He said, “I knew we’d have to do something about given me something so much more precious than any that money sometime. There’s only two things I’d amount of money we have given Him. like to say. One, let’s donate the money in memory of This was a real turning point for me. God had tak­ Tommy; and two, thanks.” en away the guilt I had carried before. Of course, I That evening I had the check ready, and testified still knew I hadn’t done right before the accident, but to what God had done in our lives that day. My heart we cannot change the past, we can only live in the was more at peace than it had been in a long time, present. He did give me a deep-down peace in my and I didn’t have any trouble going to sleep that heart that night that I still have. I can’t be sorry that night. Sometime during the night I awoke instantly Tommy is in heaven, where he’ll always be safe and and completely from sleep. I could feel God’s pres­ will never know any more sickness or pain, because ence in that bedroom. Since He was there so near I I know my family and I will be able to see him again knew He would hear my prayers, so I just prayed and someday. For I now have the joy and assurance of prayed. And then, I felt another presence that was knowing I’m living as God wants me to live. □

NTS PORTRAIT OF OUR FATHER Jesus taught us to pray, “Our How then should we react to the peaceable fruit of righteous­ Father . . .” One, and perhaps this behavior on His part? We are ness (v. 11). unique, side of our Heavenly Fa­ not to despise chastening (v. 5); As His children, we are exhort­ ther’s personality is revealed in we are not to faint when rebuked ed to elevate the hands that hang Hebrews 12. Here we have a pic­ (v. 5); and we are to understand down (v. 12); encourage the ture of our Father dealing with that chastening is grievous, not weak-kneed, those near collapse His children: chastening (v. 6), re­ joyous (v. 11). (v. 12); and be exemplary Chris­ buking (v. 5), and scourging them Jesus was not joyous in Geth- tians by a straight walk (v. 13), liv­ (v. 6). semane. He sweat great drops of ing in peace with all men (v. 14), Is this the New Testament God? blood. He endured the Cross, and and obtaining the experience of Does He treat His children this despised the shame. So we, like holiness, which is our hope of way? Yes! our Master, have our days of dis­ seeing God (v. 14). Have you recently been chas­ Our permissive society does cipline. tened, rebuked, or scourged by not like discipline. But children What are the reasons for His our Father? As His child, you will and chastening go together. There dealing so with us? It is for our be. If you look deeply into His is reality in God’s dealing with His profit (v. 10). “He does not love to face, you will see, behind the children. He wants us to have in­ smite me; He smites me because discipline, the smile of love, kind­ struction for mental training and He loves m e.” It is so we might ness, and concern. □ chastening for moral develop­ become partakers of His holiness ment. (v. 10); and it is intended to yield —DALLAS BAGGETT Middletown, Ohio

JUNE 15, 1979 13 How to Have a HAPPY

by C. D. HANSEN HOME South Bend, Indiana

A mother asked her husband to baby­ sit while she went shopping. The fa­ ther happened to be a statistician and when she returned home he handed her this record: dried the children’s tears— 14 times tied their shoelaces— 16 times served drinks of water— 22 times toy balloons blown—3 per child average life of balloon— 12 seconds cautioned children not to cross the street—34 times number of Saturdays father will do this in the future—NONE Although we can sympathize with this poor father (most parents are happy to see the day end and the children put to bed so they can get some rest), there is an ironic note here. More often than we realize it, children are given attention so far as food, education, clothing, toys, money, and the like. But there is one thing missing—ourselves. Therefore, if the home is to be happy, parents should quickly learn that a home is more than four walls of plaster, wood, or' brick. And it is more than a room full of fine furniture or expensive decorations. Rather, a home is made happy by the people who live there and how much cannot be a successful mother if she is never home to they are willing to give of themselves in love, pa­ care for her family. Children will be better behaved if tience, forgiveness, and understanding. there is a mother to come home to, and a man will be Home building is big business! There are no easy a better husband if he has a wife to come home to. recipes for building a happy home. Although the Fourth, a home cannot exist without a family altar. Bible lays down solid principles, erecting the super­ While it does not have to be lengthy, it should be a structure is left to us. And erecting that super­ time when each family member can openly present structure requires some key elements. any problem and then collectively pray about it. First, God must be the supreme Head of the Children need the influence the family altar provides. family. If a home is to be successful, each family Fifth, a family needs meaningful recreation in the member has to recognize God as its Head. There home. Time spent together will help each family can be no true happiness without Christ. member become better acquainted and more under­ Second, the father should be the physical head of standing. the household. That does not mean he is a dictator Sixth, a family must worship together if the pro­ with everyone bowing to his whims. Rather, he is to ceeding elements are to fall into place. It is not just a give direction and leadership to the home in relation­ matter of needed religious instruction; it is a matter ship to God’s commands (Ephesians 5:25; 6:4). of influence. A child’s soul is infinitely more valuable Third, the mother is the heart of the home. There than his physical well-being. It is not enough to send is no higher honor than to be a mother, and a woman children to worship. It should be done as a family unit—teaching by precept and example. A person may be successful in his field of endeavor, but if he fails in building a home, he has failed in PERSPECTIVE_____ all of his life. □

by LYLE P. FLINNER Bethany, Okla. '- r \ God is the Spirit of infinite life and power that is back of all existence. He is Creator and Sustainer of all of the ONE natural and spiritual laws. In fact, He is the Creator and Sustainer of all of His creation—and that includes you! WITH GOD Did you ever realize as a Christian that you are ac­ tually “ in partnership with God” ? We often think of the biblical statement, “ With God all things are pos­ sible,” as meaning that God’s power is without limit. This new life is the life of God. Since God is the in­ finite Spirit of life, from whom all life comes, then While that is surely true, there is still another pos­ clearly our life is now continually flowing from this sible thought from these words. That is, “ In partner­ infinite source. ship with God all things are possible.” In that sense we become partakers of this omnipotent power. The As we look at the lives of individual Christians, it power that resurrected Christ is available for your is obvious that while all of us may have the same kind needs. of spiritual life, we do not all have the same degree of spiritual life. Some evidently find a way to open Too often we fail to recognize even a part of the im­ mensity of what it means to be in right relationship to up their lives to God so that more and more of His life flows into them, and they enter into deeper and deeper relationships to their Creator. We should all be concerned to have the ability to Becoming a identify clearly all of those things, ideas, or actions that would hinder the flow of God’s life into our lives. Whole Person On the other hand, we need to learn how to open the gates of our hearts more and more to God so that God. We think of it as erasing our guilt and giving us His life may flow into us unhindered. This is surely a a sense of forgiveness of sins but it is infinitely more part of the process that will eventually make us than that. Christlike. When you become a new creature in Christ, divine, POINT TO PONDER: What is hindering, and what eternal life is infused into your life. can I do to open the floodgates of my heart to God? □

JUNE 15. 1979 15 “Seek first His kingdom, and His righteousness; and aii these things shall be added to you.” (Matthew 6:33. NASB

AVE YOU ever wondered how the early Chris- . tians accomplished so much? Some months Hago, God impressed me with some thoughts on the subject. Those early brothers and sisters in Christ were no different than you or me, yet they accom­ plished so much. They had no air-conditioned cars, no paved “super slabs,” nothing but a Great Com­ mission in a primitive age of transportation. But these early Christians had a PR O M ISE. “ Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:1-3, NASB). Again in John’s Gospel, we hear Jesus saying, “ If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. And HOW I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever” (John 14: 15-16, N ASB ). Recorded in Acts by Luke we read, “ And gathering DID THE them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had prom­ ised” (Acts 1:4, NASB). Yes! They had a PROMISE. EARLY CHURCH The early Christians had a PO W ER . “ He who be­ lieves in Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go to the Father” (John 14:12, NASB). From Luke, DO IT? “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses . . .” (Acts 1:8, NASB). They had a power! You shall by R. WILLIAM NELSON be; not you may, or might, but rather you shall be. Canoga Park, California He gave them a power to do the will of the Father; not a weak battery-operated flashlight, but a beacon with an eternal source of supply (Isaiah 40:28-29). The early Christians had a PRESENCE. Paul spoke to the Galatians of a life that was not his own. “ I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered Himself up for me” (2:20, NASB).

HERALD OF HOLINESS It was the writer to the Hebrews who assured us who believe that we would never be left alone (He­ brews 13:5). God did not command them to go, and then leave them to themselves. God in His great BEYOND THE ISTHMUS, mercy gave them an eternal presence to go with ACROSS THE TIDE them. Praise God. for it has not changed for us! The early Christians had a PURPOSE. "Go there­ fore and make disciples of all nations. . . .” God gave I am going to a city to them an understanding of His divine will. They Where the twelve gates never close . were told to wait in -Jerusalem for the gift of the Holy Where the storm clouds never gather Spirit, then compelled from there with the message And the cold wind never blows. of salvation by trial, persecution, and restlessness. There the Tree of Life is blooming They had rest within, for they had Christ, but a restlessness also, for they carried the burden of work­ And I will be satisfied . . . ers for the kingdom of God. They purposed in their Just beyond the narrow isthmus . . . hearts to do the will of God; even Peter, James, -John, Over there across the tide. and Paul—very much human, but empowered with a Here, I'm often tried and tested purpose. And midnights detour my way . . . The early Christians had proper PRIORITIES. Having walked with the Master, seen the death, But I see the morning breaking burial, resurrection, and ascension of the Son of God, On His never-ending day. they began to understand the necessity of proper So I'll shoe my feet with gladness priorities. They entered into the school of disciple- And let His eye be my guide . . . ship. They submitted to the discipline of waiting in He'll escort me past the isthmus the Upper Room. They remembered the time of And bear me 'cross the tide. prayer in the life of t he Master, and they began to un­ derstand why it was so important. They began to un­ Often times I am discouraged derstand that before they could go, they had to stay. As the earth-gods vex me more . . . Certainly there were other things to be done, the chil­ But temptations will be ended dren, relatives, food, medicine, etc. But they waited! Over on the other shore. As we look back, we see the thrilling change in the So my faith looks to the mountains lives of the fearful few who had tied, for they became the frontiersmen of the faith. They had a PROMISE], Where His chariots will ride and they believed in it. They had a POWER, and Me up and above the isthmus . . . they became part of it. They had a PRESENCE], and Up above the restless tide. they learned to abide in Him. They had a PURPOSE, Do not doubt or scorn His coming, for Christ called them unto himself. And they had the discipline of setting PRIORITIES. They decided It is written in His laws, once for all to follow Jesus. I believe many of these And penned by His fiery finger priorities were sorted out in the Upper Room ex­ In the Book that has no flaws. perience between Ascension and Pentecost. The message erupts in splendor: How can we do the deeds of the early Christians? "He is coming for His bride ..." We have the same promise, power, presence, and We'll be caught up with His angels purpose. The thing that will determine our accom­ And be winged across the tide. plishments for God is the order of our priorities. In an age of inflation when the church is struggling more So, a few more days to labor —especially the smaller fellowships—we need to be With fleshly, decaying things . . . free from financial bondage. We cannot give more to Then with ecstasy we'll crown Him: the glory of God unless we first have had our desires "Lord of Lords and King of Kings." purified. When we are burdened with the concept that “ bigger is better,” we need to hear from God, We will gather near the rainbow and ask Him to reorder our priorities. When credit Where we ever will abide . . . buying is the creator of stress in our Christian homes, With the isthmus gone forever we need to learn the lessons of the Early Church. It And forever stilled the tide. was in the area of materialism that the Early Church was wounded (Acts 5). -CHARLES HASTINGS SMITH Our church has a great message, we serve a great Bethany, Okla. Master, we are blessed with a fruitful ministry. Satan can never touch us by taking away our promise, presence, power, or purpose. Satan can only get to us by the confusion of priorities. "But seek first His kingdom, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you” (Matthew 6:33, NASB). □ STANDPOINT

THE MEANING OF FATHERHOOD

As Father’s Day approaches, I have been thinking Jesus also prayed, “ Father, forgive them” (Luke 23: about the meaning of fatherhood. 34), a prayer from the Cross for those who caused One source for understanding the meaning of father­ His death. To be a true father is to bear a forgiving hood is the prayers which Jesus addressed to the spirit toward those who have sinned deeply and Father in heaven. damagingly against us. The Heavenly Father is not harsh and vengeful. He does not nurse grudges or He prayed, “ Father, glorify thy name” (John 12:28). plot retaliation. Rather, He takes the initiative in To be a true father is to ire concerned for the effecting reconciliation, and He bears himself the integrity of one’s name. In other words, to be a father cost of pardoning love. is to give priority to character, to be a man of your word. Earthly fathers should be like that, and teach their sons to be likewise. At the cost of pain and tears, a The context of this prayer makes it clear that God father should welcome the prodigal son or forgive the would glorify His name through the cross of Jesus. offending enemy. God had covenanted to provide salvation for the world, and this involved the death of Jesus as an Jesus prayed, “Father, keep them” (John 17:11, atoning sacrifice for sin. God could not spare His RSV), a petition for His disciples who faced the Son without destroying the integrity of His name. challenge of Christian lives in an anti-Christian Jesus would not ask, nor could the Father grant, world. A true father is concerned for the moral any easier course at the price of dishonor. protection of his children. He combines instruction No human father can give a nobler legacy to his and discipline to guard them from the forces of evil children than a name and character preserved in which tempt and threaten. honor. Father, teach us to be fathers! □

EVER SINCE BABEL

Everek Storms is the editor of Emphasis, a fine him and don’t want to know him. My God is Jesus holiness magazine published by a sister denomina­ Christ, who died to pardon and save a lost world.” tion. From his “Editor’s Notebook” I gleaned this item: A sign on some doors in Washington reads, Babel was a necessary judgment upon a united con­ “ General Services Administration, Regions 3, Public spiracy to defy God and exalt man in His place. By Buildings Service, Buildings Management Division, contrast, at Pentecost languages were unconfused, so Utility Room, Custodial.” That is the bureaucratic that every person heard the message of the gospel way of saying, “ Broom Closet” ! in his own language (Acts 2:4-11). God wills that the church communicate the gospel in the thought-forms According to Genesis 11:1-9, God confused the lan­ and language of those who are listening. guages of mankind when He disrupted the building of the tower of Babel. If time had permitted Him a Sometimes preachers get carried away with Babel more leisurely approach to the matter, He could have sounds. Adam Burnet, in his lectures on preaching, created a government agency and left the confusion tells of a seminary student who faced a crowd of of tongues to them! farmers to preach a message on faith. He began by telling them that “ faith is a transcendental quality of Sometimes scholars are as bad as bureaucrats. mental cognition.” Augustus Comte defined God as “the continuous resolutant of all the forces capable of voluntarily Those of us who preach, and all of us who witness, concurring in the universal perfectioning of the need to learn from Jesus how to adapt language and world.” illustration to the particular people we are address­ ing. Otherwise, we come off sounding like Lewis When Joseph Cook, a great Boston preacher, read Carroll’s “Jabberwocky.” □ that he cried, “That’s not my God! I don’t know

HERALD OF HOLINESS Holiness churches are not destroyed by outright denial of the doctrine. They are weakened and killed by quietly omitting the doctrine from their preaching and teaching.

A HOLINESS CHURCH

Our church was not created because there was a by quietly omitting the doctrine from their preaching shortage of denominations. There was an abundant and teaching. They are sapped and slain by a grow­ supply of them at the turn of the century, and there ing conformity to the world, in appearance and atti­ are plenty of them now. We were raised up as an tude, which is the inevitable consequence of de­ organized and widespread advocate of holiness of emphasizing the doctrine. heart and life. Our emphasis on the doctrine and experience of entire sanctification justified our When holiness churches lose their distinctive charac­ existence in the beginning, and only a continuing ter they move in one of two directions—into a harsh and loveless legalism, where law prevails over grace, emphasis on holiness can justify our continuing or into a lawlessness, where morality is scuttled in existence. If we are going to become just another the very name of love. denomination, the field is already overcrowded. Are we in danger of losing our distinctive identity? In your local church, what is the situation? Is the Is the message of entire sanctification, receivable now biblical, Wesleyan, evangelical doctrine of holiness by faith, being preached clearly and constantly in our regularly preached? Are people entering into the ex­ churches? Is a quality of life consistent with the perience and adorning the doctrine with holy lives? doctrine being urged upon our people? Are believers Is “ love out of a pure heart” the dominant feature seeking and finding that crisis experience of inward of congregational life? cleansing that facilitates the process of growth in In your own heart and life, what is the situation? Christlikeness? Have you been sanctified wholly? Are you living in Holiness churches are not destroyed by outright holy love? □ denial of the doctrine. They are weakened and killed

SUMMER SLUMP FOR EVANGELISTS

The summer is camp time on most of our districts. Some churches could add an evangelist to their staff There are children’s camps, youth camps, and family for the summer months, receiving as well as giving camps which take up much of the summer. valuable help. Add to the camps the matter of vacations, with so Local churches with evangelists on their membership many of our pastors and people away. Then add rolls could encourage them with practical expressions vacation Bible schools, with so many of our pastors of love— food, clothing, money—not as charity but as and people involved. It is not hard to understand compensation for their role in helping to keep the why so few local churches schedule revival meetings climate of evangelism alive in a movement which during the summer months. desperately needs it. Some of our evangelists could be well and wisely This creates a special and urgent problem for a group employed on district camp staffs. of our faithful ministers—the evangelists. Many of them have little or no income during the summer. More of them should be used for camp meeting Who of us could survive that? evangelists. As a preventive measure, our churches need to take Their living costs continue. Most of them are not a hard look at what they are paying evangelists. Too paid enough for revivals to allow them to put often the remuneration of evangelists lags far behind money ahead for the long summer drought. Part-time the inflationary spiral. If they are asked to serve at jobs are hard to pick up, for high school and college the compensation level of a decade ago, or even a year students rush for those available. It becomes a ago, this is really unfair. “ hurt and hope” situation for some choice people. Think about it. Pray about it. Do something to I am not wise enough to solve the problem, but encourage and support our evangelists during the surely something can be done. slack season. □

JUNE 15, 1979 19 by DON J. GIBSON Kansas City, Missouri

N EXPLORING the polar region, geologists know Would you be willing to pray, “ Wilt thou not re­ that it is imperative to have guideposts staked out vive us again,” and mean it bv a personal commit­ Iat intervals for those working the land in total dark­ ment of obedience and faith? ness. Men lose their way and tragedy strikes when The Church of the Nazarene, through the Depart­ they go beyond the last post. ment of Evangelism, is seeking to assist the local One of the important guideposts for the Church of church in public evangelism by sponsoring regional the Nazarene is REVIVAL! The church was born in GRASS R O O T S G A TH E R IN G S in the fall of 1979. that spirit and does its best work when we maintain The term “ grass roots” has been chosen because if a serious interest in renewing the spirit of revival. the Church of the Nazarene is to renew its soul-win­ Revival is a methodology. It is another word for ning stride, the push must come upward from the public evangelism. It is a series of protracted meet­ grass roots rather than be superimposed by a system ings based upon faith in God’s promise: “If my peo­ or program. Plan to attend the gathering on your ple, which are called by my name, shall humble zone; it is open to both clergy and laity. □ themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, DATES LOCATION KEYNOTE SPEAKER and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land” September 10-11 Mid-America Nazarene College Dr. Orville W. Jenkins (2 Chronicles 7:14). September 17-18 Olivet Nazarene College Dr. George Coulter Revival methodology needs leadership. The Holy September 24-25 Eastern Nazarene College Dr. V. H. Lewis Spirit is to be honored and given His rightful place as October 1-2 Trevecca Nazarene College Dr, Charles H. Strickland October 8-9 Mount Vernon Nazarene College Dr. William M. Greathouse the Convicter, Convincer, and drawing Spirit. The October 22-23 Northwest Nazarene College Dr William M Greathouse pastor is the human guide and leads his people November 5 6 Point Loma College Dr. Charles H Strickland prayerfully in preparation and fulfillment. The con­ November 26-27 Bethany Nazarene College Dr. Eugene L. Stowe gregation participates in prayer, inviting their friends, giving of their finances, and attending. The evangelist prepares himself for each meeting to fit the objective set by the leadership of the church in the power of the Spirit. GRASS ROOTS GATHERINGS Let me say a word about the evangelist. He or she CALLING THE CHURCH BACK TO THE BASICS should be gifted for this particular role. That is why PRAYER—VISITATION—REVIVAL it is important to consider calling a commissioned or This is not a seminar, clinic, or a workshop. It is a GATHERING where the Holy Spirit will inspire pastors, evangelists, leaders, registered evangelist for the revival. The full-time and laypersons in New Testament motivation for public evan­ evangelist should be supported in prayer and given gelism. adequate financial remuneration. The minimum amount recommended by the gen­ REGISTRATION FORM eral church is “ an amount equal to twice the pastor’s salary (including cash benefits), plus travel one way. Register now to attend the “Class Meetings” and have reserved The evangelist should be notified of this minimum seating. Registration cost is $15.00 per person. amount at the time the church calls him” (Manual). GATHERING YOU PLAN TO ATTEND ______(location) Revival is a spirit. In the broader sense of the NAME ______word, revival is more than methodology. It is a re­ ADDRESS ______. .. ______newing of our commitment “ to seek first the kingdom street c it y state of God and his righteousness.” It is the church being obediently open to the leadership of the Holy Spirit Please check: Minister .Staff ... Layperson and all He wants to do for us and through us. It is M A IL TO: Departm ent of Evangelism 6401 The Paseo more being than doing. It is the fulfillment of God’s Kansas City, M O 64131 abudant grace for salvation, entire sanctification, and spiritual growth in the lives of hungry believers!

20 HERALD OF HOLINESS BIBLE SOCIETY OFFERING Executive director of the Depart­ ment of Youth Ministries, Rev. Gary Henecke, announced that by April 30 the 1978-79 offering for the American Bible Society, with a little over one- half of the Nazarene churches in the United States participating, had reached the $46,000 mark, just under the 1977-78 figure. suing graduate studies there. He is With six weeks left in the counting period, it appears likely that a new ($)0 currently employed by Chicago First PEOPLE high will be reached in the denomina­ Church in Lemont, 111., as a minister tion’s giving to the work of the Bible of youth and senior adults. He is a AND PLACES Society. □ member of the Chicago Ministerial — NCN Association, the Wesleyan Theological Ronald Joseph Hy­ Society, and the Nazarene Multiple son has been selected Staff Fellowship. to the 1978 Outstanding INTERNATIONAL LAYMEN’S Young Men of America. In 1975 he married the former Bren­ CONFERENCE UPDATE This recognition is given da Stark of Rock Island, 111., who The daily devotional to young men who are received a B.A . in psychology in 1978 messages of Audrey .1. nominated by men’s civic organiza­ from Olivet. He and his wife are now W illiamson to the 1978 tions. alumni associations, chambers residinginOrlandPark.Ill. □ International Laymen’s of commerce, and colleges, on the Conference in San Diego basis of their service to others, pro­ are now in print under fessional excellence, civic and profes­ Rev. Libbie Yager was the title Toward His Imag sional recognition, and community ac­ honored as “Mother of Published by Nazarene Publishing tivities. the Year" by Owosso, House, the 51-page book is based upon Ronald is the son of Frank and Mich., First Church on Romans 5:2. the theme that Mrs. Delores Hyson of Wooster, Ohio. He Mother’s Day. Mrs. Ya­ Williamson used each morning during entered Olivet Nazarene College in ger, a Nazarene elder, the conference. The three key words 1972. While at Olivet he was elected has served as missionary to China, found in that passage were: “ Confi­ class president in 1972, 1973, and pastor on the Eastern Michigan Dis­ dently." "Joyfully,” and "Becoming.” 1975, and was elected to the Associat­ trict, house mother at the girls’ home NPH representative George Rice ed Student Government Council 1972- in Pilot Point, Tex., and local Sunday reports that Toward His Image broke 1976. school teacher for both teens and se­ all sales records at the West Texas He graduated from Olivet with a nior adults. She and her husband, District Assembly where 825 copies B .A . in biblical literature and is pur­ Bryon, reside in Owosso. □ were sold. Rice and sales trainee Stan Parker credit the author’s popularity as a communicator and Mother’s Day as factors contributing to the sales. In anticipation of 1982, the International Laym en’s Conference committee has appoint­ ed Vernon Lunn as chairman. Lunn, an ex­ ecutive vice-president with the Alexander Hamilton Insur­ ance Co. of Detroit, served in this capacity for the 1978 conference. At a recent meeting, the conference planning group voted to broaden the organization’s representation on the planning level. A site selection com­ mittee for the 1982 conference was appointed. High on the list of loca­ tions are Acapulco, Toronto, and San Diego. Pictured (I. to r.), Stephen, David, and Paul, the three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Members of the International Lay­ James H. Blakeman of Lexington, Ky., have gone Air Force. Stephen is a pilot men's Conference committee are How­ stationed at Reese Air Force Base, Lubbock, Tex. With a major in mathematics, ard Hamlin, Bud Tollie, Paul Spear, he graduated cum laude from Trevecca Nazarene College in 1977, on a four-year Otto Theel, M. A. (Bud) Lunn, Nor­ Air Force ROTC scholarship, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant at man M iller, Paul Skiles, Howard his graduation. He is being assigned to the Homestead Air Force Base, Miami, Smith, Wanda Knox, and Vernon Fla., as an F-4 Phantom Jet pilot. David and Paul are cadets at the United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. David is a junior with a major in aero­ Lunn. Kenneth S. Rice, executive di­ nautical engineering. Paul is a freshman. He is interested in engineering and rector of the Department of Adult computer science. All three were high school honor students. They were members Ministries for the church, represents of the Lexington, Ky., Lafayette Church. the sponsoring organization. □

JUNE 15, 1979 21 Friends church at Malone College in night, and 452 registered delegates Canton, Ohio. from across the nation. Other speakers in the convention The 1980 convention will be held in representing Olivet Nazarene College the third week of April at the Southern were Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Parrott, Mrs. Baptist Campgrounds in South Caro­ Beverly Lee, and Dr. Willis Snow- lina. barger. The convention went on record to The convention was the first to be commend the work of Christian col­ held on a college campus rather than a leges as the central focus of progress city hotel or convention center. They in their denominations today. originated in meetings on rural camp­ The 20 cooperating denominations grounds in 1867. have a combined membership of 5.5 Hermiz said the attendance sur­ million people. More than 30 colleges passed any previous meetings, with and Bible schools are affiliated with over 1,500 in attendance Wednesday the Christian Holiness Association. □

Nashville Bethel Church, was the scene for the recent dedication of little Russell Andrew Taylor. “ Rusty” begins the fourth generation of this Nazarene fam­ ily attending Bethel Church. Pictured (I. to r.) are: Mrs. Jean (Overstreet) Waller, grandmother; Mrs. Yvonne (Waller) Taylor, mother; holding Rusty, Pastor Gerald Parmer; and Andrew H. Overstreet, great-grandfather, who re­ cently celebrated his 81st birthday.

CHRISTIAN HOLINESS CONVENTION AT ONC The 111th annual convention of the Christian Holiness Association was held at Olivet Nazarene College April 17-19. Dr. Dennis Kinlaw, president of As- bury College, Wilmore, Ky., presided over the convention, which concen­ trated on the theme “ Holy Living—A Universal Language.” Dr. Kinlaw said that the 20 denomi­ nations and members of the associa­ tion seek to promote the concept of complete surrender to God in order to be of full service to mankind. The annual citation of merit was n o r i T o a r bestowed on Dr. Clarence Wiseman, retired as the 10th international com­ any Nazarenes and their friends are concerned about the mander of the Salvation Army. Mfinancial situation of their later years. They wonder: General Wiseman spoke to the 1,400 “Will 1 have enough to live on?” “Will my hard-earned people in the convention Thursday estate be conserved wisely?” “Will I be able to continue my night in Chalfant Hall. His message life-long joy of thankful giving?” was based on Philippians, chapter 1. HORIZONS reliable, confidential estate planning assistance can help you plan wisely for your financial future. Invest in The citation given General Wise­ your church while investing in your future as Mr. and Mrs. man by the CHA commended his 50 U llo m have done. Discover the joy of supporting God’s years of service as an officer of the Kingdom while you reap generous returns, tax benefits and Salvation Army, “epitomizing the the lasting satisfaction of being a laborer together with God. spirit and purpose of the organization in holy service to needy individuals.” Dr. W. E. McCumber, Kansas City, Life Income Gifts & Bequests CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Without obligation, please send a copy of Mo., editor of the Nazarene publica­ 6401 The Paseo your new folder “ Here's What People tion Herald of Holiness, spoke to the Kansas City, MO 64131 Say About HORIZONS.” convention Wednesday night. Attn: Robert W. Crew M r. The association honored its execu­ In Canada: Miss tive director, Dr. Thomas Hermiz of Church of the Nazarene Indianapolis, who is resigning to head Executive Board the OMS missionary program from P.O. Box 1946 Marion, Ind. St. Norbert Postal Station 7 ip Winnipeg, Manitoba Can Succeeding Hermiz is Rev. Darius R3V1L4 Tel Salter, pastor of the Evangelical

HERALD OF HOLINESS GENERAL BOARD MOVES TO retary of the Department of Church Jim Spruce, regional NYI represen­ ASSIST EVANGELISTS Schools. tative and pastor of Champaign, 111., In its January meeting, the General At the inception of the Division of First Church, awarded trophies to the Board heard Dr. Don Gibson, execu­ Christian Life, she became secretary Indianapolis District Quiz team and tive director of the Department of to Dr. Chester Galloway, executive their coach Dennis Apple. This was Evangelism, report that there are coordinator, the the following year to the 18th annual Regional Quiz for the 244 commissioned evangelists and 464 Dr. Richard Spindle, present execu­ zone. A plaque of appreciation was registered evangelists in the Church of tive coordinator. presented to host Dr. Leslie Parrott, the Nazarene. April 11, after 31 years of service, president of Olivet Nazarene College, A commissioned evangelist is an or­ Aletha Pittenger retired. An informal for his “ continued support of our mu­ dained minister who gives his major reception was held in her honor in the tual ministry to youth.” □ time to evangelism. General Board Building lobby. A registered evangelist is an or­ She plans eventually to return to dained or licensed minister who California to be near her three broth­ devotes a portion of his time to evan­ ers and her 90-year-old mother. She gelism. also has a sister, Mrs. Ellen Penn, There are also 130 commissioned missionary to the Republic of South and 178 registered song evangelists. Africa. □ Dr. Gibson further reported that the average annual income of a commis­ NYI TEENS AT OLIVET sioned evangelist in the church was With district Bible quizzers jump­ $8,500. A majority have to supplement ing to answer questions on the Gospel income with wives working; only 25 of John, and 350 teens com peting in percent of them are receiving minimal the music and speech finals, the cam­ benefit assistance from local church pus of Olivet Nazarene College was ONC President Dr. Leslie Parrott re­ and/or district. the throbbing setting for the Central ceives a plaque of appreciation from NYI The General Board adopted the fol­ Educational Zone NYI Quiz and Tal­ regional representative Rev. Jim lowing recommendations to meet this ent finals. Spruce. crisis: Commissioned or full-tim e Regis­ tered evangelists should be provided with the following benefits either by the local church and/or the district of which they are members: 1. Paid premium for hospitalization insurance. 2. Assistance for emergency (short­ term) salary continuance when regular schedule is interrupted by illness or accident. 3. Assistance to attend District As­ sembly, General Assembly, and other such conferences, such as the Grass District winners of the ONC Regional Quiz finals: the Indianapolis team, with Roots Gatherings, where the evange­ District Superintendent John Hay (I.) and coach Rev. Dennis Apple (r.). list is involved. 4. Name placed on the church let­ terhead and/or bulletin as the “ Minis­ ter of Extension, serving the Lord as a full-time evangelist.” □ —NCN Book Briefs coupon f See page 11 for description. ALETHA PITTENGER RETIRES Please s e n d ______copies of In October, 1944, Aletha Pittenger “v, >>> •£ ] LET MY LIFE SING of Chico, Calif., answered an ad in by Audre Pitts the Herald of Holiness for secretarial ' a t $1.50 each to: help at the Nazarene Publishing J,1 64 ppages a g QC ,/ Paper House in Kansas City. She joined the D a te ______1979 Department of Church Schools under R. R. Hodges. Then for 11 years she N a m e ______served under Dr. Norman Oke in CST Street ______and the Department of Church C it y ______Schools. State/Province ______Z ip __ In 1956, she became the secretary of CHECK or MONEY ORDER Enclosed $______Dr. Kenneth Rice in C S T . From 1959 to 1961 she was his secretary at O kla­ CHARGE (30-day) TO: □ Personal ...______other account homa City First Church. December, 1961, Aletha returned to Clip and Mail TODAY! headquarters, again as Dr. Rice’s sec­ NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE Post O ffice Box 527, Kansas City. Missouri 64141 retary, when he became executive sec­

• IllNF 1ft 1979 23 MAGAZINE RECOGNIZES Harper, Thomas Barnard, Chester O. director of the Department of World NAZARENE BOOK Galloway, Ronald F. Gray, Don M ission. He will succeed Rev. Bill Young in Christianity Today, in its M arch 2 Hughes, Kenneth S. Rice, J. Ottis the Department of Home Missions, “ Book Issue,” lists among the 25 Sayes, and F. Franklyn Wise. who has served during the past year choice evangelical books of 1978, E x ­ Written from the Wesleyan-Armin- as coordinator of racial minority mis­ ploring Christian Education, edited ian viewpoint, the book is intended to sions. The new assignment in Home by Drs. A. Elwood Sanner and A. F. meet the need for a comprehensive Missions relates to urban planning as Harper. college-level textbook on the subject of well as language missions and other The editor says, “This manual can Christian education. □ ethnic and racial minority missions. be useful to all Christians.” — NCN The new post also includes an assign­ Dr. A. Elwood Sanner is professor ment with inner cities as well as the of theology and chairman of the Phi- FRANKLIN COOK ACCEPTS cross-cultural work. □ losophy/Religion Department of HOME MISSIONS POST — NCN Northwest Nazarene College. The Department of Home Missions Christianity Today annually selects announced that Rev. Franklin Cook from am ong all the titles published in has accepted the position of Coordina­ one year in North America, 25 books tor of Urban Missions. which are intended to indicate the Cook has been on the staff of wide range of religious topics on which Trevecca Nazarene College for the evangelicals are writing which have past five years. In addition to his special merit. Exploring Christian Ed­ present post as director of public re­ ucation is the first from Nazarene lations and chairman of the Missions authors to receive this recognition. Department of the college, he has God, Man and Salvation was listed served as director of admissions, direc­ among the books on biblical theology tor of inter-cultural educational stud­ by the magazine in 1977. ies, director of church relations, and Exploring Christian Education was dean of extramural studies. Rev. Cook Dr. V. H. Lewis (I.) speaks to the assem­ a project of the Book Committee had previously served in International bly through an interpreter. which asked Dr. Sanner to head a Headquarters in Kansas City as ad­ group of eight authors including A. F. ministrative assistant to the executive MIDDLE EUROPEAN DISTRICT ASSEMBLY “The best is yet to be” expressed the attitude of expectancy which ran through the pastors’ reports delivered to the 18th assembly of the Middle European District held at Hanau March 9-11. Dr. V. H. Lewis was the presiding general superintendent. The reports showed healthy district development over the past year. Three new churches were started, including the first Church of the Nazarene in Switzerland. There was an 18 percent increase in budget giving, and a 20 percent increase in giving for all pur­ poses. The goal of 1,000 members and 1 million German marks approximate­ Presented by DR. ALBERT LOWN, Nazarene Enduring Word ly $500,000) by the 1980 General As­ Evangelist from Great Britain Lesson Commentary Cassette sembly was emphasized. Now teachers and students desiring another point of view as well as those with The proceedings of the assembly A NEW concept for studying were overshadowed by the absence of limited preparation time can have this your weekly Sunday school lessons concise presentation of the weekly Sunday the district superintendent, Richard school lessons from a well-known Bible Zanner. Dr. Zanner was in the hos­ scholar. pital recovering from an automobile These four 90-minute cassette tapes include accident, but he addressed the as­ an introduction by John B. Nielson, sembly by telephone from his hospital director of Adult Teaching, and a full quarter bed. of 22-minute (approximate) commen­ On the evening of March 9, a vale­ taries on each of the 13 lessons, inter­ dictory service was conducted for Rev. spersed with music by the “ Showers of Blessing" musicians. and Mrs. Kurt Schmidlin and family. The Schmidlins are the first mission­ Listen to it m the car or around the house; Order NOW for Use During ary family from the Middle European share it with your class during the lesson JUNE/JULY/AUGUST presentations. A meaningful ministry to District, and will be serving in Chile. the shut-in. sightless, and members of the NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE The closing service of the assembly Home Department. Post Office Box 527 was an ordination service, in which TAX-1301 Set of 4 tapes of Kansas City, Missouri 64141 Dr. Lewis ordained Raymond Brunet J/J/A quarter .... ONLY $11.95 and Erhard Muller to the Christian ministry. □ — T. Findlay, re p o rte r

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“D-Day" . .. a 24-hour music-media and month of June before beginning their “D- dram a-teaching experience in 24 cities Day" ministry the last of June. across the United States and Canada . . . will Discovery and Living Word will also be in­ involve the ministry of Discovery—-North Amer­ volved in local church services when not ica and Living Word. "D-Days" are sponsored scheduled in “D-Day" experiences. A few by the Department of Youth Ministries and remaining dates are available. If you are in­ one or more local/district NYI councils in each terested in having Discovery or Living Word in city. your local church, please contact: Mike Estep Discovery and Living Word were selected Departm ent of Youth Ministries from hundreds of applicants from Nazarene 6401 The Paseo colleges in the U.S. and Canada. Both groups Kansas City, MO 64131 will be involved in intense training during the (816) 333-7000 nesburg, South Africa. It was spon­ sored by the Church of the Nazarene. During the crusade, a man was prevented from committing suicide. At the close of the opening service a man, who had been a seeker at the altar, testified that he had come to the Jabulani Amphitheatre that night seeking for petrol so he could go to AVAILABLE IN his home, setting it afire and then killing himself. He stayed, instead, for BRAILLE the service and responded when the altar call was given. He went away a THE HABIT OF HAPPINESS \ \ changed man. By Randal Earl Denny The Jabulani Amphitheatre, which Copies of this latest release in Braille have is usually used for sporting and dra­ been sent to those whose names are on file. matic events, is located in the heart Complimentary copies will be sent upon \ of Soweto. Soweto houses over a mil­ request to others who would benefit from this lion Black South Africans. specialized ministry. The “Lifting Up Christ Crusade” HOLINESS EVANGEL, the Light of Life (published bi­ was a cooperative effort of the 17 monthly in Braille) will also be sent without charge to those Churches of the Nazarene in Soweto. on our Braille mailing list. During the two-week campaign, over 200 people were converted. Rev. Sam­ ■ I Other booklets in Braille: uel Dlamini from Swaziland was the crusade speaker. □ HOLY SPIRIT TODAY, THE-Martin LIFE LINES—Tidwell —Jim W. Smith, Mission Director. Republic of South Africa South HOW TO KEEP THE ON TIPTOE WITH LOVE-Seamands Field YOKE FITTING—Taylor THE POWER OF YOUR ATTITUDES-Parrott LIFE CAN HAVE MEANING WHY MILLIONS BELIEVE-Parrott Available from your FLASH FLOOD COSTLY TO NASHVILLE NAZARENES NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE • BOX 527, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64141 Rev. and Mrs. Louie Bustle lost more than $5,000 worth of equipment and personal property in a flash flood in Nashville, Tenn., May 3. They were visiting Mrs. Bustle’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. Koy Phillips. tion, attending one or more regular marriage enrichment events, and com ­ Following four and one-half inches pleting a three-day training retreat of rain, Mill Creek flooded near the held recently by the Department of home of Dr. and Mrs. Phillips, pouring Adult Ministries in Palm Springs, six feet of water into the one-story Calif. home. The Bustles, who had planned to leave for the Dominican Republic Marvin and Mildred have four on M ay 14, had everything packed grown children. They have a 34-year and it was all destroyed. The Phillips’ marriage to share with other couples, home is rented from Dr. Homer and are making themselves available Adams and, since the flood was ruled to lead Marriage Enrichment retreats. an act of God, none of it was covered Couples selected for provisional by insurance. status agree to be evaluated indepen­ Dr. Phillips is recovering from open- dently by the participants of at least heart surgery; he was carried to safety two retreats within a one-year period. and survived the ordeal amazingly Full certification is granted after one well. year of provisional status, if favorable evaluations are received by the Selec­ Rev. Louie Bustle plans now to Marvin and Mildred Kissee added to tion Committee in Kansas City. return on schedule, but without his marriage enrichment program. family or belongings, for the present. Church leaders interested in secur­ He does not know how they will recov­ CALIFORNIA COUPLE ing the services of Marvin and Mildred er the loss. Nashville First church gave SELECTED FOR MARRIAGE may contact them directly at (714) nearly $2,500 in the services Sunday, ENRICHMENT CERTIFICATION 397-3883, or through J. Paul and M ay 6. Marilyn Turner, Marriage and Marvin and Mildred Kissee of Wof­ Family Ministries, Church of the Another tragedy was related to the ford Heights, Calif., have been grant­ Nazarene, (816) 333-7000, Ext. 364. □ same storm. Dr. Ronald Gray’s library ed provisional certification by the de­ was destroyed and his furniture ruined nomination’s Marriage Enrichment by water and smoke when lightning Selection Committee in Kansas City. CRUSADE IN SOWETO struck the condominium next to his, The Kissees have met the commit­ A “ Lifting Up Christ Crusade” was setting the complex afire. □ tee’s requirements by making applica­ held March 12-25, in Soweto, Johan­ — NCN

26 HERALD OF HOLINESS way. AR 72032. Host Pastor: Harry Evans. NYI president: and Rev. Robert KNIen was re­ FOR M General Superintendent: Dr. V. H. Lewis. elected as chairman of the Board of Christian CHICAGO CENTRAL —July 13-14. College Life. Church of the Nazarene, Olivet and Bresee. SACRAMENTO THE RECORD Bourbonnais. IL 60914 Host Pastor: J. C. The 17th annual assembly of the Sacramento Baynum. General Superintendent: Dr. William District convened at Sacramento, Calif.. First M. Greathouse. Church. District Superintendent Walter M. Hub­ SOUTHWESTERN OHIO—July 13-14. Towne bard, completing the first year of an extended Boulevard Church of God, 3710 Towne Boule­ DISTRICT ASSEMBLY term, reported. vard. Middletown. OH 45042. Chairman: Presiding General Superintendent Orville W. INFORMATION Michael Hutchens. General Superintendent: Jenkins ordained Marion Laube Bitner, Glenn COLORADO —July 11-12. Denver First Church. Dr. Orville W. Jenkins. Edward Culbertson. Andrew Fay Grossman, and 3800 East Hampden. Englewood. CO 80110. CENTRAL OHIO—July 18-19. Columbus Camp­ Daniel Edward Pierce. Host Pastor: W. Donald Wellman. General ground. 2708 Morse Rd.. Columbus. OH Elders W ilbur Brannon, Harold McKellips. and Superintendent: Dr. Eugene L. Stowe. 43229. Host Pastor: Elbert R. Speckien. Gen­ Ray Sanders, and laymen Bud Anderson, John eral Superintendent: Dr. George Coulter. MICHIGAN—July 11-12. Indian Lake Nazarene Biggers. and Art Tallman were elected to the EASTERN MICHIGAN—July 18-19. Flint Central. Camp. Rte 4. Vicksburg. Ml 49097 Host: Advisory Board. 1261 W. Bristol Rd.. Flint. Ml 48507. Host Caretaker Gilbert Preston. General Super­ Reelected to their respective positions were Pastor: John Z. Andree. General Superin­ intendent: Dr. Charles H. Strickland. Esther Biggers. NWMS president; Ron Fox, NYI tendent: Dr. Charles H. Strickland. NORTH ARKANSAS—July 11-12. First Church president: and Byron Ford, chairman of the HOUSTON—July 18-19. Church of the Naza­ of the Nazarene. Scott & Faulkner St.. Con- Board of Christian Life. rene. 211 E. Stallings Dr., P. O. Box 952. Nacogdoches. TX 75961. Host Pastor: Melvin WASHINGTON PACIFIC Thompson. General Superintendent: Dr. V. H. Puyallup. Wash., church was the site of the Lew is. 36th annual assembly of the Washington Pacif­ ic District. District Superintendent Kenneth \ DISTRICT ASSEMBLY Vogt, completing the first year of an extended REPORTS term, reported. Paul Long and Dwain Zimmerman were or­ HAWAII PACIFIC Devotional dained by Presiding General Superintendent V. The 27th annual assembly was held at Hono­ H. Lew is. Messages lulu First Church. District Superintendent Virgil Elders elected to the Advisory Board were K. Grover, completing seven years, resigned, Winston Ketchum, Roy Litsey, and Steven and Darrell Teare was elected district superin­ Fletcher. Laymen elected were John Words­ te n d e n t. by Retirees worth, Larry Hull, and Curt Bottemiller. General Superintendent George Coulter or­ for Corleen Litsey was reelected as NWMS presi­ dained Herbert Kamada and Billy D. Ponder. dent; Larry Miller was elected NYI president; Church leaders, from lay- Elected to the Advisory Board were elders and Elvm Hicks was reelected chairman of the Jerry L. Appleby and Gaylord A. Rich: and people to general superin­ Board of Christian Life. laymen M. Kimber Moulton. Jr.. and Mr. Miyoji tendents, many still active F u ru sh o . CENTRAL CALIFORNIA in some area of the church Mrs. Nancy Kekoa was elected NWMS presi­ The 17th annual assembly of the Central but all officially retired, dent: Rev. Christopher Carver was reelected as California District convened in Fresno, Calif. will provide m any occasion s of inspirational reading. Each of these 91 page- length messages is intro duced with a scripture and personalized with a picture of the contributor. A 6 x 9” page allows for a larger, easy-to-read print.

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HERALD OF HOLINESS July 28 —Aug. 5 —WASHINGTON. Nazarene JIMMY T. SMITH from Excel. Ala., to Calera. Mrs. Roy (Anna May) Rogers, Mrs. Ediline Mc­ Campgrounds, North East, Md. Special work­ Ala. Gill, and Mrs. Bessie Clary; 10 grandchildren; ers: Stephen Manley. Richard Howard, and PAUL J. STEWART from Calera, Ala., to Ozark, and 19 great-grandchildren. Danny Steele. Roy E. Carnahan, district su­ Ala. JOHN E. (BUDDY) CERTAIN, JR., 20, died perintendent. DANIEL TENNYSON from Fort Clark & Wash­ Apr. 19 in Reedley, Calif., in a hit-and-run acci­ July 29—Aug. 5—NORTHWESTERN OHIO. Dis­ burn Mission, N.D., to Larimore. N. D. dent. Funeral services were conducted in Selma. trict Center, R.F.D. 2, St. Marys, OH 45885. ROBERT L. WALLS from New Matamoras, Ohio, Calif., by Revs. John Fabrin, George Carrier, Special workers. Guy Nees and Don Pfeifer; to Mentor, Ohio and David Scott. Survivors include his parents, Dave Blue Singers. James R. Blankenship, ROSS B. WILEY from Louisville (Ky.) Maryville Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Aragon; his father, John district superintendent. to student. Nazarene Bible College. Colorado Certain of Arizona: three brothers: and one sis­ July 29—Aug. 2—NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. Springs. Colo. ter. Bethany First Church, 6749 N.W. 39th Ex­ MARY EWBANK, 87, died May 2 in Bethany, pressway, Bethany, OK 73008. Special work­ Okla. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. ers: Dr. Eugene L. Stowe, and singer Keith MOVING MISSIONARIES Loran Forbes and Rev. Harold J. Franklin at the Showalter. Bill Burch, district superintendent. JOHN WILLIS ANDERSON. India, retired: 6355 Cedar Springs Church of the Nazarene. Fair- July 30—Aug. 5—CHICAGO CENTRAL. District N. Oak Ave, Temple City. CA 91780 view, Okla. She is survived by her son, Wilbur Center, Aroma Park, IL 60910. Special work­ LARRY BRYANT, Peru, Furlough Address: c/o Dean; one daughter, Verla Sharp; five grand­ ers: Paul Liddell and C Hastings Smith; song Mrs. Joyce Collins, 5001 Crysler St.. Indepen­ children; and one great-granddaughter. evangelists Bill and Terri Cobb. Forrest W. dence, MO 64055 IDA G. JOHNSON. 76, died Apr. 21 in Lari­ Nash, district superintendent. LEE EBY, Papua New Guinea. Field Address: more, N.D. Funeral services were conducted July 30—Aug. 5—INDIANAPOLIS. Indianapolis P.O. Box 376, Mount Hagen, W.H.P., Papua District Nazarene Campgrounds, Box 46, New G uinea by Rev. Charles Belzer. She is survived by one brother. Camby. IN 46113. Special workers: Ray ESTHER HOWARD. India. Field Address: RM Hance. Bob Hoots, and Jim and Rosemary Hospital. Washim. Akola District 444 505. MRS. CATHERINE ELIZABETH POPE. 79. Green. John F. Hay. district superintendent. Maharashtra. India died Apr. 8 in San Angelo, Tex. Funeral ser­ July 30 —Aug. 5 —NEW MEXICO. Nazarene KENNETH JONES, Peru, Field Address: Apar- vices were conducted by her pastor, Rev. Her­ Campground, Alto Route, Capitan, NM 88316. tado 4950, Miraflores. Lima 18, Peru, South bert Els. She is survived by her husband, Special workers: speakers Charles Millhuff A m erica P. O. (Shorty) Pope; 1 son, Clifford Meeks; 1 and Bill Draper; singers Wally and Ginger ALVIN ORCHARD. Samoa. Furlough Address: daughter, Mrs. Frank (Wanda) Hocking; 20 Laxson; and Ernest Armstrong, Bible teacher. c/o Mrs. Marguerite Henderson, 1405 E. 21st grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and 1 Harold W. Morris, district superintendent. Ave., Kansas City. MO 64116 great-great-grandchild. HAROLD RAY, Guatemala, Field Address: Apar- tado 143. Quezaltenango, Guatemala. Central MOVING MINISTERS Am erica. STANLEY STOREY, Honduras. Furlough Ad­ DICK ADKINS to Bessemer. Ala. dress: 1895 Sutter Ave., Simi Valley, CA WALLACE BELL, SR., to Excel. Ala. 93065 LARRY BETZ from student. Nazarene Bible STANLEY WILSON. Philippines, Furlough Ad­ College. Colorado Springs. Colo., to Wichita dress: 6477 Burkhart Rd.. Howell. Ml 48843 (Kans.) Trinity ROBERT CARTER to Louisville (Ky.) Maryville MARVIN E. CECIL, SR. from Hamlin. W.Va., to ANNOUNCEMENTS Large-Print Songbook Gap Mills. W.Va. William T. Fry, USAF Ret., plans to write a ROBERT J. DAVIDSON from G ilm an, III., to history of the Far East Church of the Nazarene, W ilm ington. III. located in western Tokyo near Yokota Air Base. JIMMY DuFRIEND from Verde Valley. Ariz., to Japan. Military personnel, missionaries, and associate. Yuma (Ariz.) First visitors who have attended the church are in­ T H € , MARK A. HARMON from student. Nazarene vited to write an account of their experiences. G O L D € H Theological Seminary. Kansas City. Mo., to Material submitted to Mr. Fry can be short or HYWN’ Avondale. Ariz. THE long, but should be typewritten, if possible. bodk KENNETH HAWN to Edinburgh, Ind. Accompanying photos will be appreciated. This GOLDEN ALVIN B. HAYES from Miami. Okla., to student, material should be mailed directly to Mr. Fry Nazarene Theological Seminary. Kansas City. at 535 Potter Dr., Colorado Springs. CO 80909 h y m n - Mo. Do not send materials to the “Herald of Holi­ KENNETH C HUMPHREYS from W alnut. III., ness. " b o o k to Tularosa. N.M. SHERMAN D. HUNTER from B loom ington (III ) Fairway Knolls to Roseville. Ill VITAL STATISTICS MILTON HUXMAN from Peoria (III.) First to MRS. MADELINE NEASE Some 143 all-time favorites clearly printed in Henryetta. Okla. Mrs. Madeline Nease. 85, died in Bethany, GARY W. JONES from staff. Eastern Nazarene Okla.. May 10. large type on 9 x 12” -size pages. College. Wollaston Mass., to Skowhegan, Me. She is the widow of Dr Floyd Nease who •ENJOYABLE for family sing-a longs RUSSELL McNINCH to Robertsdale, Ala. died in 1930 while president of Eastern Naza­ •IDEAL for those with specal visual needs VIRGIL E. MILBURN to Nowata. Okla. rene College Mrs. Nease continued to live in STANLEY MINGLEDORFF from Rome. Ga.. to Wollaston, Mass.. after his death and was as­ • EXCELLENT gift for older friends. Easy to Blairsville, Ga. sociated with the college for 30 years as regis­ hold! EDWIN MORSE from Odessa fTex.) Golder to trar, and then served for 7 years as foreign Heavy paper binding, attractive full-color Albertville. Ala. student advisor. cover. 128 pages. CARL J. MOOPF. from Tulsa (Okla.) Parkview, to Funeral services were held Tuesday after­ Sapulpa, Okla. noon, May 15, at the Quincy Wollaston Church, MB-381 $4.95 JAM ES D. L. MOORE fro m W agoner, Okla., Wollaston, Mass. Her son, Dr. Stephen Nease. to Cleveland. Okla. officiated, assisted by Rev. Russell F. Metcalfe, "MUSIC TO MAKE RUDOLPH MOORE from Rushville. Ind., to pastor of the church, and Dennis Scott, a son- Williamsburg, Ind. in-law of Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Nease. THE HEART S IN G " W ILLIAM S. MUIR from Crystal Lake, III., to Madeline Nease is survived by a son, Dr. Chicago (III.) Oak Park Stephen Nease. president of Nazarene Theo­ For a Full Ranee ALBERT R. PEMBLE from Arbor Vitae Wood­ logical Seminary in Kansas City. Mo.; a daugh­ ruff Wis.. to Verde Valley, Ariz. ter, Mrs. Helen Bradley of Bethany, Okla.; and of Sacred Music * J. D. PRESSLEY to Anniston, Ala. eight grandchildren. R ely on < i l l e n c r s DAVID C PINSON from Warsaw, Ohio, to Belle­ MUSICRE ATIONS vue. Ohio DEATHS BOBBY RADEBAUGH from Okemah. Okla., to ANNA MAY MOON CACKLER. 81, died March Music Division of the evangelism 11 in Manhattan Beach, Calif. Funeral services NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE ALVIN RATHBUN to Miami. Okla. were conducted by Rev. Charles Smith and Rev. E. S. RALPH to Indianapolis (Ind.) South Key­ Howard Greer in El Segundo, Calif. Interment Box 527, Kansas City, Missouri 64141 stone was in Oklahoma City, with a chapel service KARL RETTER from Oklahoma City (Okla.) Trin­ conducted by Rev. W. D. Dardon. She is su r­ ^Catalog available upon request. ity to Rochester (N.Y.) Trinity vived by 4 daughters, Mrs. Henry (Lucille) Israel.

JUNE 15, 1979 29 REV. ROBERT RAPALJE, 61, died Apr. 7 in Butler, Pa., where he pastored. Funeral ser­ vices were conducted by Dr. James Hunton and District Superintendent William Prince. Rev. SIEWS OF RELIGION Rapalje's ministry was in Massachusetts. New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, and included the building of six churches. He is survived by HEW SAYS EXCLUSIONS NOT STATUTORY. C E. Winslow, his wife. Frances Hunton Rapalje: two sons. Joseph and James; one daughter. Barbara director, Compatriots for Academic Freedom and the Patriotic Opin­ Shanahan; and one sister. ion Poll, was told by the Department of Health, Education, and Wel­ FLOSSIE FERN RICHARDSON. 82. died Apr. fare in Washington, D.C., that exclusion of voluntary prayer and the 19 in Muncie. Ind. Funeral services were con­ ducted by Rev. L. E. Hum rich. Rev. W alter B. “Creator” view of origins in public education is “not statutory, but Greek, and Dr. Bruce Taylor. She is survived is based upon relevant Supreme Court cases.” by her husband, Rev. Harold S. Richardson; Winslow, who was in Washington arguing that the Patriotic one daughter, Mrs. Kelly (Margaret) Cope; and Opinion Poll reveals 80 percent favor voluntary prayer and the inclu­ one granddaughter. sion of the “Creator" view of origins in public education, says there JULIA ETHEL SCROGGINS died Apr. 9 in Palmdale. Calif. Funeral services were conduct­ is no legal basis for the existing inequitable policy in the American ed by Rev. Larry Wylie and Rev. Bill Davis, system of education. He says he found favorable response among her grandson-in-law. Survivors include 3 sons. many legislators. □ Lloyd, Thurman, and Clifton; 2 daughters. Thel­ —NCN ma Hammer and Ollie Mae Williams: 11 grand­ children; and 9 great-grandchildren. OPPORTUNITY FOR CHRISTIAN WITNESS UNPRECEDENTED, REV. EDWARD C. SPRUILL, 76. died Nov. 8 in CHINESE BISHOP SAYS. Anglican Bishop K. H. Ting, head of the Apple Valley. Calif. A memorial service was conducted at the Apple Valley Church by Rev. Nanking Theological College, says that in China today “the oppor­ Donald O. Harrison. Funeral services were con­ tunity for Christian witness is unprecedented.” He made the state­ ducted at Rose Hills Cemetery by Chaplain Ross ment in a recent interview with the Rev. Eero Saarinen, a Finnish Barb. Rev. Spruill had pastored in California and Lutheran pastor, who was touring the People's Republic of China. A was chaplain of the Los Angeles County Fire Department for many years. Surviving are his report of the interview was released by the Information Service of wife, Mable; 1 son. Ed; 3 daughters. Jean. the Lutheran World Federation. Eilene. and Carol: 12 grandchildren: 4 great­ Bishop Ting said the theological college has now become the grandchildren; and 1 sister. Center for Religious Studies of Nanking University. "The opportunity EUGENE STEELE. 20. died Jan. 2 in Grand Bay. Ala., as a result of a home accident. for making a Christian witness among the intellectuals and academ­ Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Emily ics is quite unprecedented," he declared. “We are going to give Duncan at First Church, Grand Bay, Ala. He is lectures on Christianity to the students of philosophy and history. survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. And in May we are going to give a lecture to the whole university Steele; three brothers; and three sisters. MRS. LORA THOM PSO N, 79, died Apr. 16 in community on the subject: The Christian Reason for the Existence Indianapolis, Ind. Funeral services were con­ of God.” ducted by Rev. Earnest Garner and Rev. John Noting that he did not mean to imply “that our non-Christian Hay, district superintendent. Surviving are five friends are so very eager to listen to us,” Bishop Ting added that sons. Clarence, James. Willis, Walter, and Wil­ liam, Jr.; and two daughters, Alma Amhausen “for us to be part of the university gives us a tremendous opportunity and Rev. Lilly Bratcher. and responsibility to witness.” □

BIRTHS EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL TRAINING TO BE ENCOURAGED. to CLIVE AND GRACE BURROWS, Papua To encourage evangelical theological education in Europe, a Euro­ New Guinea, a boy, John Anton. Apr. 27 to REV. JAMES AND BRENDA (HECK) pean Evangelical Accreditation Association (EEAV) is to be founded CROWLEY, Roxana, III., a girl, Andrea Janae, on October 31, 1979. The decision was made during the second F e b .11 European Evangelical Accreditation Conference held recently in St. to REV. DAVID AND SARAH (HOLMES) CUR­ Chrischona, Switzerland, according to reports from the German TISS, West Chester, Ohio, a girl, Megan Eliza­ beth. March 20 Evangelical Alliance. to CHARLES L. (CHUCK) AND SHARON ANN The 32 participants represented a total of about 70 evangelical (BOYD) FRICKE, Little Rock. Ark., a boy, Justin theological training institutes in Europe. The Accreditation Associa­ Boyd, March 5 tion plans to work out uniform, internationally recognized final to MICHAEL AND BECKY HANCOCK. Dayton. Ohio, a boy, Brannon Montgomery. March 17 examinations at the different levels of studies, in English. French and German, which can be taken externally, by correspondence, or at the accredited schools. The EEAV intends to cooperate closely with similar evangelical accreditation associations in Asia and Africa, and hopes in this way “ Showers to obtain new impulses for missionary work and for the churches in of the Third World. □ Blessing91 COALITION FORMED TO FIGHT AGAINST DRAFT RESUMPTION. Some 20 organizations have formed a coalition to fight any efforts PROGRAM SCHEDULE to reactivate military conscription. Called the Committee Against Registration and the Draft (CARD), it will oppose several bills currently before Congress calling for June 24 renewal of registration, classification, and eventually induction “The Children and the Kingdom” through the Selective Service System. by YJ. E. McCumber Religious organizations involved in the effort include: the Friends July 1 Committee on National Legislation, the Office for Church in Society “Rulers Who Serve” of the United Church of Christ, the American Friends Service Com­ by W. E. McCumber mittee, the National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors, the Church of the Brethren, the Friends Peace Committee, and the Catholic Peace Fellowship. □

HERALD OF HOLINESS to THOMAS AND SUZANNE (DEBOARD) to DEAN AND JUDY (FAUL) WEIR, Flint, church. Their three boys and families attended, HOLBROOK, Hesperia. Calif., a girl, Christina M ich., a boy, Timothy Dean, March 15 with about 150 relatives and friends. They have (Tina) Luise. Apr. 26 to DAVID AND FLORIE (LANGLEY) WILCOX- seven grandchildren and three great-grand­ to JOEY AND PAULINE (JOHNSON) HOOP- SON. Yakima. Wash., a girl, Amy Jane. Apr. 24 children. ENGARDNER. Hollywood. Md.. a qirl, Stacie Jo. to BILL AND MARGARET WILLIAMS, Phoe­ MR. AND MRS. ORBAN McGONAGILL of the A pr. 18 nix, Ariz., a boy, Brett Ivan. Apr. 7 South Pasadena, Calif., Church, celebrated their to REV. ERNEST AND LINDA (ERNEST) LEW­ to LARRY AND SUSAN WRIGHT. Rhodesia, 50th wedding anniversary April 12. with a reded­ IS. Bridgew ater, Va.. a girl, Angela Lynn. Apr. a girl, Kathleen Lynn. May 7 ication wedding ceremony. Rev. C. F. Bellamy 10 officiated. to EUGENE AND KATHRYN (ENSMINGER) ADOPTION REV. AND MRS. LYLE POTTER celebrated LICKEY. Phoenix. Ariz.. a boy. Geoffrey Alan. by DAVID AND SHARON (KINSEY) ROWLEY. their 50th wedding anniversary June 3. Rev. Pot­ Oct. 14 G randview. Mo., a girl, Christina Marie, born ter took his first pastorate in 1933. The last to JONATHAN AND ROXIE (MULL) LYLE. June 3, 1975, adopted May 9, 1979. 25 years they spent in Sunday school evange­ Spring Hill, Mo., a girl, Yvonda Joann, M arch 10 lism, 17 of which they also represented the MARRIAGES to TRACY AND LYNN (JONES) MacCALLUM. Department of Church Schools in the field. He Las Cruces. N.M.. a girl, Sarah Lynn, A pr. 18 NANCY JEAN EARL and CARL ANTHONY is now semiretired, doing some writing, and RUSSE at Garfield Heights. Ohio, May 5 to MAURICE AND KAREN (SANFORD) serving on the staff at the Garden Grove, Calif., CINDYRAE VARIAN and KENNETH CLAYTON MOON. Bethany. Okla.. a girl, Anne Marie, church. SANZARI at Tucson, Ariz.. May 20 M arch 24 to REV. LARRY AND MARY (FORD) POWELL. ANNIVERSARIES DIRECTORIES Las Cruces. N.M., a boy, David Matthew, Apr. 8 EARL AND ALTA ETHERTON celebrated their BOARD OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS to JOE AND SUSAN (COPPLE) SHERMER. 50th wedding anniversary at the Lancaster. —Office: 6401 The Paseo. Kansas City. MO T exarkana. Tex., a girl, Heather Michelle. March Calif., Valley View Church, Lancaster, Calif.. 64131. Charles H. Strickland, Chairman; George 31 April 7. Family members representing five gen­ Coulter, Vice-chairman; William M. Greathouse, to DAN AND CONNIE SPIVEY. Henderson. erations were present. The celebration was Secretary; Orville W. Jenkins; V. H. Lewis; Ky.. a girl. Marion Ruth. Dec 22 hosted by their daughter. LaVon, and the Eugene L. Stowe.

Conducted by W. E. The Bible is unique, also, in effect. No other McCumber, “ sacred” literature has transformed human life, E ditor morally and spiritually, in the degree and extent to which the Bible has. Where its witness to God Please tell me what these abbreviations stand in Christ has been believed, sinners have been for: NEB, NIV, NASB, TLB? I see them reborn and sanctified and brought into per­ frequently in your magazine. sonal fellowship with God. Beyond the individual They stand for certain modern English transla­ sphere, the Bible has inspired more churches, tions of the Bible: NEB— New English Bible; schools, orphanages, and hospitals, and has in­ NIV— New International Version; NASB— New fluenced more legal and social reforms, than any other body of literature. American Standard Bible; TLB—The Living Bible. Others frequently used are KJV—King And the Bible has achieved these effects despite James Version; RSV—Revised Standard Version. massive, concerted, and persistent attacks upon □ it by those who have sought its destruction. No other literature has been so hated, vilified, and What part of this life will we remember in opposed as has the Bible. But it has triumphed heaven, and what part will we not? over all its enemies and will continue to tri­ umph. Revelation 21:4 encourages me to believe that we will remember nothing which would detract from In view of its contents, effects, and sheer sur­ vival the Bible has no peers and few, if any, the perfect holiness and pure pleasure of heaven, and everything which could be part of that competitors. As Robert Mounce has said, “The holiness and joy. Beyond this rather general claim of the Bible to divine origin is amply Lr statement, however. I cannot “ detail" an answer. justified by its historical influence." □ As for why I believe the Bible to be the Word of God—the Holy Spirit has sealed and applied its Why do you believe the Bible to be the Word of message to my own heart with saving power, thus God? Why aren’t the Koran, the Vedas, the Tao- authenticating its claims in response to my teh-king, or other sacred writings the Word of faith. God speaks to me, in order to save me, God? Is the Bible unique in any way that proves through His Word, the Bible. □ it to be the Word of God and thus the only true sacred literature in the world? Our church has recently organized a softball The Bible is certainly unique in content. Alone team and has entered a church league. This is of books, it bears witness to the one, true, living great except for the fact they have scheduled God who created all else that exists and who their practice sessions for Sunday afternoons. has acted in history to redeem mankind from sin and death. The Bible is based upon events, In light of Exodus 20:9, “Remember the sabbath not upon ideas, events in which God has revealed day, to keep it holy,” and the church’s general himself to man and has redeemed man from sin. rule against profaning the Lord’s Day, what do you think of this? These events culminate in, and radiate from, the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, who I think it will have a bad effect upon the spir­ claimed to be the Son of God and Savior of man­ itual condition of the church and lessen the kind in a sense that no other has been or can be. weight of its witness to the community. □

JUNE 15, 1979 31 preaching of Dr. B. G. Wiggs, dis­ bread. Dr. Lyle E. E ckley was used NEWS IF u , trict superintendent, and the singing of God, preaching the basics, and the of Rev. and Mrs. Don Ratliff o f N ash­ Spirit honored the truth. □ ville, Ind. □ — C. M arshall Bowes, pasto r EVANGELISM (S. —C laude D. W ilson, pastor West Chester, Ohio: M arch 17, the Marlette, Mieh.: The church had Pisgah Community Church pre­ Bartlesville, Okla.: Central Rev. George Grimm of Sisterville, sented the first in a series of SATUR­ Church received a boost in the revival W.Va., for revival. During the week­ DAY NIGHTS IN CINCINNATI effort provided by the Gary A bke days the Uplook Singers brought the (SNIC), with 2,800 people from all Family. In a Tuesday-over-Sunday special music. On the weekend Kim over the Tri-State area present to hear meeting, the attendance was better and Cindy Semran, The Sonrise Sing­ the Im perials sing in a Spiritual Out­ than at any time of late in such an ers, from Adrian, Mich., were the song reach Concert. The occasion was spon­ effort. Eight souls received definite evangelists. Sunday morning the Holy sored solely by the Pisgah Community spiritual help, which for us and our Spirit broke through and the altar and Church. At the close of the service, situation was a real victory. □ the front of the church was lined with nearly 40 teens and adults sought the —Spurgeon L. Hendrix, pastor people seeking God. □ Lord Jesus Christ around the altar for — C. L. Bugbee, pastor Houlka, Miss.: Pearson Chapel salvation. The Convention Center was recently closed a revival with retired packed and manv were turned awav. Fort Wayne, Ind.: Fairfield Evangelist A. E. Kelly, making the □ Church witnessed one of the best re­ 10th revival he has held in that — Gary T. Koch, p asto r vivals in the history of the church. church. It was among one of the Crowds were the best that many could greatest revivals the church has ex­ Saskatchewan, Canada: The M el- remember lor a long time. There were perienced. Each service was well at­ fort Church recently sponsored a Billy seekers every night. The meeting was tended with a number of seekers at Graham Associate Crusade in the preceeded by six weeks of cottage each altar service. □ Melfort Civic Auditorium. Dr. John prayer meetings, which were con­ — Oren Vance, pastor Wesley White was the evangelist and ducted in four areas of the city. Sev­ Mr. Homer James the song evangelist. Bloomington, Ind.: The Zion eral Sundays before the meeting be­ The crusade saw the auditorium filled Church has just completed a revival gan, the services were the scene of a to capacity and souls seeking the Lord of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. gracious outpouring of the Spirit. The in each service. This outreach to the Twenty-two persons sought and found last Sunday night before the meeting community is the biggest thing we’ve spiritual victory under the anointed we had a “love service,” breaking ever put on, and a tremendous impact was made for Christ. □ —Hugh Gorman, p a s to r and crusade director How is your supply? MANUAL CHURCH o f th e Speaker at Point Loma College revival, NAZARENE Rev. Jim Bond.

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by TERRY CURTIS DET0I1D H I HIGHEST DKM1! Bellaire, Texas

T’S REALLY exciting to watch God in action—to Here are a variety of examples of how all kinds . experience right before your own eyes His tremen­ and types of people are being won: dous Ephesians 3:20 promise—to actually see Him • frustrated over his stalled car, David Goss re­ I“do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or sponded to an invitation to come to church from one think . . .” of our members who stopped to help. Later, David It all started in December, 1966. I had just ar­ was saved and now serves as a “ standby” bus driver rived in Houston, Tex., to begin my first pastorate on Sundays. after serving six years in the associate ministry—full • a paraplegic neighbor led Wally and Barbara of dreams, plans, and ideals. Standing tall, trying to Villarreal to the Lord by acts of kindness. The Vil­ speak with a deep, convincing voice, I boldly stated, larreals have now opened their home for a weeknight “ I expect the Bellaire church to be different from the Bible study, endeavoring to reach their unsaved average church. We’re going to successfully win neighbors for God. souls and receive new members each month.” • since her own conversion, one housewife has seen her entire family saved within a year’s time—an The people were astonished. No one disagreed, but alcoholic husband, two teens, and a junior-age girl. no one really believed, and neither did I. I thought • elderly Mrs. Aday was won by her friendly and we would be “lucky” to succeed more than two or concerned beautician, and another lady was re­ three months. My real plan was that any month we sponsible for leading her grocery “ checkout” friend to did not receive new members, I would call the people the Lord. around the altar and pray for God’s forgiveness for • recent chemical engineer graduate, living alone not being the soul-winning church He wanted us to in Houston, Bob Collins was won by a fellow “ single” be. and co-worker at the Texaco Research Laboratory. This has never happened. There has been an excit­ • last month, Mrs. Eileen Beyer followed the ing 134 consecutive months of receiving new mem­ ambulance to the emergency ward and led her neigh­ bers into our fellowship (a total of 440 persons; 295 bor to the Lord before she died. are new Nazarenes). I confess, this is way beyond • Gaylon Patton is a product of faithful and per­ what I had asked the Lord for or even dreamed of in sistent calling by a bus captain. Now Gaylon himself my wildest imaginations. is one of the most successful soul-winning bus cap­ Behind the scenes, here are some of the reasons for tains of our church, with a real burden for people. this remarkable happening. The underlying cause for • only last Sunday, a man living within the this climate of evangelism is the tremendous blend shadow of the church was saved because of a friendly of pastor and people who share a clear vision of the “hello” as two of our men were walking across the true mission of the Bellaire church—“ to seek and to church property. Sensing a deeper need, they fur­ save” those who are lost. The informal revival at­ thered the conversation and led him to a saving mosphere of the Sunday services, effective “ through knowledge of Jesus right during the Sunday school the week” lay witnessing, and evangelistic cam­ hour. His brother-in-law was led to the Lord in the paigns, mixed with a sincere burden to reach our afternoon and both men gave thanks and praise area for Jesus seems to be the winning combination around the altar in the Sunday evening service. for “ making it happen” in Houston, Tex. • teens and children are also finding God in a very real and life-changing way. The Bellaire church is really excited. We are dreaming, thinking, and asking. With eager antici­ Dy pation we ask, “What will God do next that is ‘ex­ rr ceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think Save S me . . .’?” Our eyes are on the future! □

HERALD OF HOLINESS colleges and the Department of Edu­ cation and the Ministry) was held at Canadian Nazarene College in Winni­ peg, Manitoba, Canada. An enrollment o f almost 100, which is 90 percent of the pastors’ wives from three of the Canadian districts, was realized. The Canada Atlantic District Pictured (I. to r.) are the D. Min. graduates with their wives: Dr. and Mrs. Everett will attend WILCON on the ENC Baker, Dr. and Mrs. Isaac Baldeo, Dr. and Mrs. Ivan Beals, Dr. and Mrs. Ron Hun­ Zone. They came from as far as Mon­ ter, and Dr. and Mrs. George Rice. treal, Quebec, in the east; Victoria, British Columbia, in the west; and Jolley, Kelley Steve McCormick, Eric Whitehorse, Northwest Territories, in D. Morrison, David Brooks Moyer, the north. One minister’s wife traveled Thomas Preston Ponce, Michael L. 2,400 miles one way. Riley, David John Roberts, Mark L. Dr. Neil Wiseman was complimen­ Sanford, and John Eugene Turner. tary of the welcome given the Confer­ Fifteen received the degree of Mas­ ence by Canadian Nazarene College. ter of Religious Education, with mag- Although WILCON followed by two na cum laude honors going to Clair weeks a record attendance at the bi­ Allen Budd and cum laude to Howard annual Homecoming activities, still R. Culbertson, John Earl Seaman, and the campus and buildings were in Marcus Van Ameringen. “spic and span” readiness. □ Pictured is D r. Mendell Taylor (I. to r.) Three were granted Master of Arts —NCN receiving congratulations from Dr. (Missions) degrees: Stephen Nease. Ronda Gae Simmons Baldwin, John THREE NEW MEMBERS OF Isaiah Kariuki, and Linda Kay Mow- THE GENERAL BOARD NTS COMMENCEMENT ery. By a mail vote the General Board One hundred and one graduates re­ Five men received the degree of has selected three persons to fill va­ ceived their diplomas at the 34th com­ Doctor of Ministry. Presented, with cancies for the remainder of the quad- mencement exercises of Nazarene their wives, were: rennium. Theological Seminary, May 21, in the Everett Irvin Baker, Isaac Baldeo, Dr. Kenneth Pearsall auditorium of the Cleveland Chiro­ Ivan Anson Beals, Ronald Joseph has been elected to fill practic College (formerly Kansas City, Hunter, and George W. Rice. the vacancy representing Mo., First Church) at 8 p.m. In honor of his retirement, it was educational institutions Dr. Jesse Ziegler spoke in place of announced that Dr. Mendell Taylor caused by the election of Dr. David Hubbard, originally sched­ had been voted the designation of Pro­ Dr. Mark Moore to be uled but unable to come because of fessor Emeritus. The audience re­ executive director of the illness in the family. sponded with a standing ovation for Department of Education and the Dr. Ziegler has been associated with the last of the original faculty of the Ministry. the Association of Theological Schools seminary. □ Dr. Pearsall is president of North­ in the United States and Canada since —NCN west Nazarene College, Nampa, Ida. 1959. Since 1966 he has served as He had served previously on the Gen­ executive director. NAZARENE TELEVISION eral Board. He will serve on the de­ IN BRAZIL Dr. Ziegler earned his Ph.D. degree partments of Education and the Min­ from the Catholic University in psy- A 15-minute Portuguese language istry, and World Mission. chology-psychiatry. He is an ordained television special, VISAO NAZA- Dr. Forrest Whitlatch, minister in the Church of the Brethren RENA, was aired on Channel 6 in district superintendent and has served on its General Board, Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, Satur­ of the Iowa District, was and as pastor of several of its churches. day morning, M ay 5. elected to complete the Dr. Ziegler spoke on “The Necessity The program, which was produced term of Dr. Norman of Ministry.” Following his address, by Nazarene Communications at Bloom, who resigned to degrees were awarded as follows: Headquarters in Kansas City, fea­ accept the post of assis­ Seventy-eight received the Master tured a message by Rev. Jorge de Bar­ tant to the president of Olivet Naza­ of Divinity degree. The highest honor ros and music by Paul Skiles. It had rene College. of summa cum laude was earned by an estimated audience of 1 to 2 mil­ Dr. Whitlatch will serve on the de­ Dean Flemming and Dennis Lee lion. This is especially significant be­ partments of World Mission and Swift. cause it will open the door for the Youth Ministries. Magna cum laude honors went to: special to be aired on other stations Mr. Odie Page of Jorge Manuel de Silva Barros, Laurie throughout the area. Charlotte, N .C ., who is J. Braaten, M. Robert Fraser, Janie A. This is another of many break­ an air traffic control of­ Hamilton, Thomas John Laymon, Ed­ throughs being experienced by gospel ficial, was elected to 1 ' M ward W. Morrison, and Marcie Joyce broadcasting around the world, of serve as a lay member in \ ~ W illiam s. which the Church of the Nazarene has place of Dr. Homer The cum laude list included: Ben­ a vital part. □ Adams, who became jamin Etsuya Asahina, Lawrence W. —NCN president of Trevecca Nazarene Col­ Armbrust II, Thomas Edward Armi- lege in M arch. ger, Dennis Alan Cummings, Floyd CANADIAN WILCON Mr. Page will serve on the depart­ Timothy Cunningham, Stephen May 15-18, WILCON (Wives’ Lead­ ments of Education and the Ministry, Wayne Dillman, Mark Alan Harmon, ership Conference, a cooperative ven­ and Pensions and Benevolence. □ Robert Stanley Ingersol, Alvin Jay ture for ministers’ wives, between —NCN

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