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Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today Church of the Nazarene 3-25-1959 Herald of Holiness Volume 48 Number 04 (1959) Stephen S. White (Editor) Nazarene Publishing House Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Christianity Commons, History of Christianity Commons, Missions and World Christianity Commons, and the Practical Theology Commons Recommended Citation White, Stephen S. (Editor), "Herald of Holiness Volume 48 Number 04 (1959)" (1959). Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today. 893. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh/893 This Journal Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Church of the Nazarene at Digital Commons @ Olivet. It has been accepted for inclusion in Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Olivet. For more information, please contact [email protected]. HOLINESSHerald of March 25. I'J^O X: ' M l ; “ r i o t o f a , W o j r General Superintendent Benner No element in the teachings of Jesus Christ is more clear than the call to separation from the world. In a day when this line ol demarcation, in so many groups, has become blurred, if not completely obliterated, it is in order to declare with certainty and vigor the continuing validity ol this basic Christian truth and standard for life. Jesus said to His disciples, “If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but 1 have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you” (John 15:19). This same theme is repeated again and again by the New Testament writers. The passing of the centuries has changed neither Jesus Christ nor the spirit ol the world. 1 his diametric opposition continues. It has been the uniform testimony of devout, serious, spiritual Christians of every period that as they have drawn closer to God, as they have sought earnestly His full will, the consciousness of this truth has become more keen. The ministry of the Holy Spirit never leads toward carelessness at this point, but always toward greater carefulness. Growth in divine grace docs not increase indifference to this issue, but makes the individual evei more sensitive and alert to it. “Not of the world” involves the inner heart life. To exemplify the attitudes of Jesus becomes the deep concern and highest goal of the sanctified. That perfect love may rule the personality becomes the consuming desire. There is a constant vigilance against the worldly elements of pride, envy, self-will, legal ism, carnal self-assertion, and vindictive self-defense. "Love, joy, peace, long- suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance"-these are the normal fruitage of the sanctified life. But "not of the world” also affects the outward life. True Christian modesty, scriptural restraint in attire and adornment, basic simplicity in living, and con sistent courtesy characterize those who are “hid with Christ in God.” It is not enough to say, “God looketh on the heart,” and therefore appearance is no issue: for it is just as true that “man looketh on the outward appearance.” “Not of the world” then is constitutional in the teachings of Jesus. "Not of the world” is basic in scriptural holiness. Thus “not of the world" is funda mental in the spiritual and moral concepts of the Church of the Na/arene. So it has been. So it is now. And by the help of God, so it ever shall be! Amen! I’rcscn'c me. () Cod: for in thee do I put my trust. The Lord is the jkruhitffairness portion of mine inheritance and of my J1 fr—' rup: tliou maintainest nix lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant Evangelist H. D. Burson of Houston. March 25. 1959 places: yea. I have a goodly heritage I'cxas. died in his sleep on the night of Vol. 48. No. 4 Whole Number 244S (Psalms 16:1-6). March ">. He was in a revival meeting with Oakland Church, Topeka. Kansas, and liad preachcd that evening. I \ot ol the World.” ( .cnenil Superintendent lien nr r ."> I here Are Sermons in Stone. Rev. (u n is 1’, Cook. pastor of our \itrtnan II. Oke Are You l ir<t ( I i i i k I i in Camden. Tennessee, has I An Old Testament Dulles. lieen elected to the office of vice- In a Time of Waiting? Albert /. /.own president of the Camden Ministerial i> Oppressed l» the Mysterv of By GRACE V. WATKINS \ssociation. Circumstances. Chaplain John I', nonnelly “You won't be able to work for a Rev. \\\ I). Ferguson has resigned as Add to Y o u r Faith, (.race year," the doctor said, “possibly longer pastor of the church in I.awrenee to Cain than that." accept the call to pastor Quindaro K At Eastern Nazarene College. “You mean I won’t be able to do Church, Kansas City, Kansas. Robert It'. Helfrich anything?" Dismay filled my heart. I’arson to Person “Oh. I didn't say that,” the doctor Rev. Kenneth T. Meredith lias re !) News in Picture replied. “A year of waiting can be the signed as pastor of Kansas Citv North 1(1 Salvation Through Sacrificial most enriching year of your life." Church. Missouri, to accept the call to l ove. !’ a n g e I i v t It upert "W hat do you mean?" I asked. pastor the church in I.awrenee, Kansas. Cravens Me put a gentle hand 011 my shoulder. Caravans Pa\! / v/r A'. Potter "Quietness doesn't mean inactivity. The Rev. Modic M. Schoonovcr has re II lie Is Coming! Melza II. Quirt times of life are the times to drink signed as pastor of Countryside Church, It rail'll deep of inspiration and prepare to serve Ccnterview. to accept the call to Kansas I-' Editorials, S. S. White more fully. Many fine and wonderful Citv North Church. Missouri. l'i Thought for the Day, Herlha people have gone through a year like M u n in the one you're facing." Rev. J. C. Wallace, pastor of First 17 The Question Rox, S'. S. White “It can be like that for me?” Church in Charleston, West Virginia, The doctor nodded. “If you're will has been selected to bring the message ing to dedicate this year to spiritual in the city-wide Faster sunrise service: Next Week . enrichment, at the end of that time your this service is sponsored by the fity Articles and pictures with spe capacity to serve humanity will be vastly Ministerial Association. cial emphasis on “Christian increased—far more than it would be bv E ducation” a year of work." He paused, then asked. "Have you ever climbed a m oun HERALD OF HOLINESS: Stephen S. W hite, tain?” Editor in Chief; Velma I. Knight, Office Ed itor. Contributing Editors: Hardy C. Powers, I shook my head. G. B. Williamson, Samuel Young, 0. I. V.in- “Men who climb mountains." he told derpool, Hugh C. Benner, General Superin I FEEL LIKE PRAYING tendents, Church of the Nazarene. Published me, "know that the nearer thev get to every Wednesday by the NAZARENE PUB the top. the more they discard. If it's LISHING HOUSE, M. Ltmn, Manager, 2923 By ILA 11. MONDAY Troost Avenue, Bo* 527, Kansas City 41, a very high peak, by the time they reach Missouri. Subscription price, SI.50 per the summit, they have little but their year, in advance. Second-class postage paid II hf'n sky and sea arc blue as robin eggs, own selves.” II hen cool grass beckons untlcrneath at Kansas City, Missouri. Printed in U.S.A. "They get rid of nonessentials,” I a tree, offered. II hen peace blankets the world in silken "Yes,” the doctor answered. “But swath, when they reach the crest, the view is And I’m in tunc with all -and all sublime, so sublime and inspiring that with me— Remember, C o d will judge us, not bv nothing else matters. At the crest they great results, but according to our faith- don't strive or struggle or work. Thev When sad things conic: a bird's winged IUlncss.—Selected. just look. I.ooking at those vast dis flight is stilled. tances. being in the company of those When fall sends bright leaves whisper In this world of constant change, main ■nighty fastnesses does something to ing to the ground. situations arise which alter our lives and them. When they come down, they are II ben tragedy strikes, spreading all the make continual adjustment nccessarv. new men better prepared to serve than earth Personal adjustment to our circum they have ever been before.” With darkness and no ctnnfort can be stances and maintenance of our spiritual The doctor smiled a farsccing smile. found . equilibrium during change can be ac "Something like that ran happen to complished only by a daily tuning of you." In all iiv/v.v—whether joy in' sadness our wills to the will of Cod and a de And it did. Now. looking back, I am comes. term ination not to let an upset routine grateful for the year when I couldn't If feet seem light -or beatry on life's keep us from family and private devo work. For it was truly the most enrich sod, tions. May we resolve to keep the fires ing year of my life. In those long Quiet 1 feel like f raying . for lie under of Cod burning on the altars of heart times 011 the mountain peak of deeper stands.