The Baptist Herald
A DENOMI NATIONAL MONTHLY V0°ICJ NG T H E INT ERESTS O F T H E GERMAN BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE'S AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS' UNIO N
Volur;ne One CLEVELAND, 0 ., FEBRUARY, 1923 Number Two
REV. G. A. S CHUL T E February, J 922 THE BAPTIST H:B:RALD r 3 What's Happening
Rev. H. G. Braun, Pastor at Irving affiliation remains with the Bethel Park, Chicago, has accepted the call of Church. has received 80 new members since the church at Pekin, I11., and will en Easter. The Baptist Herald The Young People's Society of tl:e ter upon his new pastorate in the early Miss Lydia Mindrup, daughter of Rev. part of February. Fleischmann Memol'ial Church in Phila delphia heartily invite you to the third and Mrs. F r. l\Iindrup of Buffalo Cen ''Resolved, that fancy work is, more ter, Ia., after an illness of several Stewardship and the Young People March 4: "Our Obligation Towards God's Owner- beneficial to girls than r eading." This annual Young People's Conference of the ship of Us." Atlantic Conference, to be held during months, died of heart failure, Jan. 1, a was the topic of a well-rendered de aged 23 years. Interment took place in HE Denominational Finan.ce Committee held. March 11: "The Hallowing of Our Whole Life." bate at one of the meetings of the the Lincoln Holidays, Feb. 10- 12 in meeting in Cle veland during the ~rs t week m clusive. As a very heavy registration is Shell Creek, Nebr. She was a devout T March 18 : "The Witness-bearing of the Saved." Young P eople's Society in Edmonton, Christian, active in the Lord's work. January., This committee. was appomted by the Alta .. before a large audience. The nega already assured, all who intend to be present are r equested to send in their Our sympathy is extended to the be Triennial Conference and is the success?r of th ~ March 25 : "The Consecration of Our Earthly Po::::- tive side was the winner. Music by the reaved circle. sessions." . church band added greatly. to the even names immediately to Mr. Reuben Bles Million Dollar Offering ~o mmitt ee. It is o?e o~ sing, 4826 "A" Street, Philadelphia, Pa. ing's enjoyment. Washington-Bloedow-Oregon our most important committees, for the reas?n tha" April 1: "Our Service for Our Victorious, Risen Young people of the Atlantic Confer 0 'ts shoulders falls the work of promoting the Lord." The Young People's Society of Kyle, ence will please take special notice of ROLA ND R IEPE upon 1 ,_ Texas, celebrated its anniver sary on the this announcement. During November and December liro. denominational budget adopte~ f~ r the presen. The Finance Committee requests the Council Evening of Thanksgiving day. The at F. A. Blocdow, the Associate Secretary thr e-year period to the next Tnenmal Conference. of the Young People's and Sunday School Workers' tendance was large. With Pres. Ernest Rev. 0 . E . Krueger of BurHngton, of our Young People's an I] 4 THE BAPTIST HERALD February, 1923 5 life, Ill. ing Baptist ·p apers in the formative time of it Park, Subscription lists and moneys are to be proof for that. A young chap wants to believe that The Book I believe in the Bible because it is the will be more likely that they will also be the r ead sent to the German Baptist P":blication Society, it is really good for him to suck cigar ettes and so o f Life Book of Life. All along the r oad it ers of denominational papers when they h ave 3804 Payne Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. he does believe. By what flights of imagination he hangs out th e red light danger signa ls. In some grown t o manhood and womanhood. The way to ALL "BOOSTERS" and agents are r equested concludes that the flippant fl apper will make the town in Kansas I saw at the railroa d cr ossing a mak e indiffer ent Baptists is to neglect our child to send in their subscription lists as promptly a;::; best kind of mother for his childten is beyond us, large red light swinging sign with the flash ing in ren with the great opport unity furnished by good possible. If one or two new subscribers are be but he does, just as Samson did centuries ago. I scription "Stop" and an electric bell signal. This denominational papers and helps in the Sunday hind-hand with their dollar, do not hold up all the "want" t o believe, I " do" believe. I would rather four-fold signal gave warning to the illit er at e, th e school. rest of the list because of these. Give every sub to be dead than give up my faith in the Bible. It foreigner, the deaf, th e blind, th e child. Only a scriber an early opportunity to get the first number . is just as true th at a man cannot believe contrary person both deaf and blind could run past SlJ Ch Editorial Jottings And th en glean t he fi eld once more. Go over th e to his will. "A man convinced against his will is a warning. The Bible marks the way of life so THE ARTICLE by Rev. Paul Wengel on list of prospects again and make another attempt. of th e same opinion still." The man who t ells you plain that "the way-faring men, though fools, shall "Fundament als in Young People's Work," ap If at first yo u don't succeed, try again in a differ he cannot believe in the Bible might as well be not err t her ein." If I use the Bible as a book of pearing in this issue, was first prepared for an ad ent way. If you need mor e sample co pies for dis honest and say : "I don't want to believe in the life I sh all have life and h ave it more abun dantly. dress at the Triennial Confer,ence in St, Paul. By tribution, notify Mr. Donner . Bible." The roots of his unbelief very frequently The H igh est The gr eatest difficulty in the use of reason of the protracted discussion on th e organi go back into his heart, not his intellect.· "The Bible Peak the Bible h as arisen from the error zation of the Young People's Union, it was crowd will separate. you from your sins, or your sins will of regarding it all on a dead level. At an exami ed out of the program. This happened to several Why I Believe in the Bible separate yo u from th e Bible." nation of a candidate for ordination I asked the other speakers. W e ar e glad to place our broth BY 0 . E. K RUEGER well-meaning embryonic prophet wh ether he Use a nd But now I hasten to add that my faith er's thoughts on this topic, somewhat condensed, HESE articles are to be entirely personal and thought the stories of the kings and th eir slaught before a still wider circle of interested folks. Abuse in the Bible, growing out of influence ers as of equal importance with the Sermon on t he T for that reason I am not to t urn to books on my and will, r ests on foundations entir ely satisfactory AN ESTEEMED brother makes the excellent shelves to fi nd out why gr eat thinkers believe in Mount. He snapped back : "I certainly do !" I to myself. I believe in the Bible because I am con hope h.e has learned a few things about .the Bible suggestion that it would be a fin e thing to get th e Bible. I am to state why I believe in "The ceited enough to assume that I know what it is for. "The Baptist Herald" into the hands of those of Book." And r eally befor e you read this sketch since then. Let us rather regard th e Bible as a Many people have lost faith in the Bible because mountain r ange. The clear est vision will be ob our former members who are now in English will you take pencil and paper and jot down thre ~ they were ignorant of its use and abused it. For speaking churches. We believe 'many of these or four of our strongest reasons for this very thing. tained on th e highest peak. Abraham h ad some a similar reason people h ave lost faith in husbands, very excellent qualities. He must have been the would be glad to have their attention directed to What would you say this minute to an inquirer who wives, friends, neighbors, churches, and other our new paper. It would be to them a valuable sought to strengthen his faith by yours, or to a highest' peak of his day. I marvel at th e way he things-they didn't know what they wer e for and faced his ungrateful nephew and offer ed him his connecting link with interests that must still be person wh o entirely denied the value of the Bible? abused them. A man wh o does not know the use dear to many, whose lot by force of circumstances Why do you believe in the Bible ?- that is more choice between the fertile valley and the barren of carbolic acid will not believe in it very long, if hills. Did you ever h ear of any such off er iii our is now cast outside of our immediate ranks. Our im portant to you than the fo undation of my faith . he imagines it was meant to mix with drinking However, if I can strengthen your belief by mine Christian age? Lot chose just a·s you and I would friends can perform a good service by sending water. A man thought a Ford car had been con choose. Abraham! what a man of faith ! But when such a sample copy with an invitation to subscribe. I am glad to r ender that service. ' structed to r ace with the Empire Express. A little we come to polygamy, slavery, war and some other Addresses of former members can be also sent t o A tm osph e r ic First of a.ll I ~m frank to confess rut cr amped his front wh eels and he made three Bro. Donner and a sample copy will be cheerfully things we may well forget Abraham and remem Pressure that I beheve m the Bible becau thrilling sunimer-saults. H e lost his F ord his faith ber Jesus. forwarded. Who else has a good suggestion for I have H:red in a Bible-atmosphere. We sim ~ ~ in th e Ford, and some oth er valuabies. The a wider circulation? cannot divest ourselves of this "atmospher· ~ Y coroner came to gather up the r emains. A business man in an Iowa town in preparing " B · th· l C m- a "semi-religious" speech during war days con MANY APPRECIATIVE words have come t o fl uentch~ · " re~ mg p u r ~ air purifies the blood fessed th at he h ad t o go to the attic to fin d a copy the editorial sanctum about the first number of brea mg poison gas" is always a r .· ' Not for Me dicine, No, the Bible is not a thing. Things that live . in the mud pbe can ous Astr on omy , Ge ology, e tc. book on medicine. It of the Bible that he might quote correctly. Al "The Baptist Herald". These gener ous tributes are ound to be mu dd y. I n 0 ma h a one mornin I d is not a book on Geology, nor a book on Astronomy. though he boasted hundred percent Americanism of r ecognition have not swelled our h ead but they fish for breakfast and t .g or ered cat- h e implied that the place for the Bible is the attic. , 0 my dismay f d · t Even its historical interest t akes a very subordinate have encouraged our heart. One of our semi.nary tasted like mud. It must have r ' oun i And when h e did use it he went down into the dark students in Rochester was inspired to put his com place. If I accept th e Bible as God's word and the had its being in " Old Mti ddy l\''.. ived,. moved, and universe as his work, I assume th ere can be no con valley of Old Testatnent blood days to back up his mendatory words into rhyme. It may be his first :i.issouri " w1·1 r I permitted the waiter to r eturn . · . 11:1gly tradiction and I further assume that as far as the blood-thirsty speech. As long as people insist that venture into th e realm of poetry. We will forgive You put the iron into the fire it to its habitat. the Bible is on a dead level it will lead them into him, because of the sincerity of his exuberant and heavens do declare the glory of God, their story int o the iron. The fellow w h :~~.th e fii:e Ruts itself is just as reli'able as the story of the Word. With th e wilderness of war and every other evil that benevolent spirit. Here it is : 1 destr oys progress. But the Bible is a r ange of overboard on the ground of h . ows his r eligion" God, words and works are in harmony. If I th en It's here/ It's here/ "The Herald," r eligion at home" has the misf av;ng had "too m uch acce_pt the proof of Geology that the process of mountains. Only on the highest peak will we get A splendid pap-er to read, reared in an atmosphere of ~~l~~ e of having been making th e ear th extended over millions of year s, the clearest visions. It brought me many surprises, atmospheric pressure of B.bl C sham. The It's full of good thoughts indeed. ig~ o ~ s I go back to my Bible and r eally fi nd that it never The Picture I believe in the Bible because it gives act that way. It is well 1 e- hristianity do es not It sttirred mty soul and emotions intended to give me any information on the length of Jesus me the picture of J esus. He is not Because it brought just what I need. your own en vironment"-b~~oa~g h to say, "Create of creation periods. W hen investigation showed out of date I His place is not in the attic ! He is May Jesus be always the center ment creates us In a . .t ter all our environ- so far above the carnag·e and carnality of a grovel · 1imi ed w f that the sun did not travel around the earth, Bible In alt the writings it brings, may .c h oose our atmosphere ay, o course, we students began to see that the writers of the Bible ing wor.ld that it is hardly aware of h is presence. And surely " The Herald" will enter that if we had been b . ' but we must admit ·used the language and conceptions of their age. It He is so far ahead of our time th at we ha ve a Into many homes with good things. orn m da k t My prayer is: "God bless 'The H er.ald' b reat h e d f rom our ve . r es Africa or had is just as holy a thing to study God's works as his sinking fear about ever overtaking him. Goethe And also the editor too, ~osph ere of infide lity ~ youth nothing but th e at words, if it be done r everently and for the purpose confessed there could be nothing beyond the su Yes, all who send in contributions, tians today. e would not be Bible-Chris- of thinking his thoughts after him. We need not blimity of the ethical cult ure of Christianity as And the friends who are i·eading them through." found in the Gospels. "If I wer e sentenced to Will Is And again I fear the results of such study. God said : "Let the earth bring for th the living creature." The pro prison," he said, "and had th e choice of only one ALL EDITORIAL correspondence and all ar- ~a st1r that I believe ~::\~ra~~ enough to a dmit 0 cess he used is for man to find out if he can. But book, it w.ould be the Bible." Indeed a good book ticles and reports intended for th e "Baptist Herald" : man can make h. e Ible because I want 1 the Bible is interested in the power back of cr ea ~o r the prisoner but also for people not in prison are to be addressed to the editor, Box 4, F orest wills to believe. Ch · f1self believe anything he it will h elp k eep ~hem out. ris ian Science is sufficient tion rather than in the process of creation. F ebruar y, 1923 7 6 THE BAPTIST HERALD For Bible Study The Sunday School The Tra ining of Sunday School on every class table, the card a rranged 4. It keeps the shut-ins and the shut outs in touch \vith the life and activities The Four Gospels- Mark wo rd law or lawyer. Mark inserts ma ny devotion to his work is described in 1: Workers in two colors--red and black, if pos words of explanation which would never 35. How oppor tunity for private de sible. The treasurer when collecting the of the church. Of the four Gospels, Mark has been Round Table Questions and Answers. 5. •rt e>..-tends the sphere of the church's perhaps least appreciated. Some have be needed or thought of in writing for votion was secured only by rising a collection envelopes should, by means of H.J. WEIHE a punch, record the class attendance on usefulness and provides spiritual over said, it is the least original of the four. J ews. H e expla ins J ewish places, 1: 5; great while before day. How he had at 1. Is the work of the Sunday School the bull's-eye. If it is a perfect class sight for those who are most likely to It rs the shortest. Many appear to re 13 : 3, J ewish customs, 7: 3, 4 ; 14: times no leisure to eat. 3: 30 ; 6 : 31. teacher more difficult today than it was a hole is punched right in the red cen be forgotten. gard it as a sort of abridgement of 12, J ewish facts, 11: 13; 12: 42; 15: Work succeeds work until the gospel 16, J ewish words, 3 : 7; 5: 41; 7: 11, 34. closes as it begins. 16: 20. former ly? ter hole, marked 100 percent. If the 6. It sends r ecruits into the active Matthew. However this is a mistaken Answer: It is more difficult in some class response is only 90 pe.rcent this is school. view. Ma rk's Gospel is the primitive The Gospel of d:e Ministry of Christ One cha racteristic wor d of Ma rk is respects. T he avcral?e Christian home recorded with a punched hole in the first 7. It calls forth and trains a corps of Gospel, the earliest form of the Gospel The Gospel of Mark contains the r e- the \~Ord "eutlms" rendered in the Auth. does less today for the religious nur circle, marked 90 percent. The same visitor s who carry cheer and strength history. Its date is about 65 A. D. Our . cord of our Savior's ministry in its simp Ver sion by the words "immediately" ture of children. Social life has be procedure is gone through \vith each to many homes, and who, through tact study will show that the second Gospel "straightway", "anon," "forthwith". ; lest form. J esus is presented in the 11 come more complex and offers a larger class, the percentage of attendance be and consecr ation, can keep the pastor in has a purpose and design, a beauty and midst of the intense activity of the life the Rev. Version it is uniformly translat variety of distractions. The children ing marked by the b ole punched in the touch with the needs of a large part of force t hat is all its own. In Matthew, to which his divine mission brought him. ed by "straightway." . It i~ Mark's key receive better day school instruction proper circle. At the end of an allotted the congregation and help to perform a Jesus is portrayed as the King Messiah. J\Iark makes prominent one chief featur r word. It occurs 40 tlmes m his gospel than formerly and are therefore more period, say a month, the "bull's-eye ministry far beyond anything he can ren In Mark, he is the Servant of Jehovah. o{ Jesus' mission-his blessed ser vice. about as many t imes as in all the r est apt to detect short-comings in the work cards" are collected and a prize or honor der singlehanded. The Author In Matthew, J esus tests I srael. In Mark, of the New Testament. of the Sunday School. n:ark is given to the class represented 8. It makes for sociability and streng The belief of the whole primitive he serves Israel. The ruling idea of the Another characteristic of Mark is the 2. How can we get a sufficient num by the most holes in the bull's-eye. To thens the spiritual bond between the chur ch, without dissenting opinion, is gospel is : " Divine power ministering to use of the word "began, beginning." ber of capable teachers? elaborate on the stunt the superintend church and the home. that the Mark whose name is associated men, at the same time attesting to The fi rst sentence in the book is the tit! Answer: Many ways of securing ent could have a large bull's-eye chalked The best evidence of the value of the with this Gospel, is the Mark, who ap Christ's claim as the Son of God." of the whole of it. " The beginning 0~ teachers have been tried, but there is on the blackboard or painted on a piece Home Department is its introduction. It pears in Aposolic history and epistles. A fitting motto for this Gospel might the ~os p e l of Jesus Christ, t he Son of really only one satisfactory method. It of canvas, on which small r ed dots could is like every other organization in this Mark is first mentioned in Acts 12: 12. be Acts 10: 38 or John 4: 34, or from is simply this: Train them! The best particular, it will not run itself. It is, God. 1: 1. See 4: 1; 5: 17; 6 : 7. 1 . be pinned signifying the Sunday's r ecord His Hebrew name was John; a Roman t he Gospel itself, Mark 10: 45. J esus is 45 ; 14: 65 ; 15: 18. ' . time to train them is before you need of classes, thus illustrated to the en perhaps, the one that will least run itself. surname, Marcus, was added to it. Mar shown doing what we are admonished them. tire school just how each Sunday is he• , Just because it offers tremendous oppor cus was not an apostle, though closely 4. It is the Gospel of Pictm·esquc 3. What can the pastor do to make to be. Rom. 12: 11. The symbol of this ne~s , the Gos_Pel. of vivid and minute de ing met in "percentage" r esponse as a tunities it imposes great obligations. associated with apostles. His mother's teacher-tr aining a success? -Augsburg Teacher. Gospel is the ox or sacrifi cial bullock, ~ai l. M~rk is rich in lifelike, interest whole. - Cla1·ence T. Hubbard. name was Mary. Her house in J erusa first at the plough of service, then at the Answer: It is the pastor's great lem was a prominent gathering place for ing ~n ------··~---- - =="-;-...,.-.,:::..:..._ 10 THE BAPTIST HERALD February, 1923 11 gradually rose, and subsided. The play told of the invitation, his joy was com church had been requested to do some A Bigger- Better Sunday School can supply, was omi tted, they became a Teacher Training Class at Kan· nation of refined liars. The Duke· of er's gaze was unconsciously fixed upon plete. In the small hours of the morn "White Cross" work for English institu G. w. PUST kakee, Illinois ing he had r eturned from his club-room. tions, but the pastor, Rev. P ., C. A. Men- • Wellington once said: "Education with one of the gallery occupants. H eads This is certainly · a noble aim. We were bowed as in prayer; here and there H er e his son's achievements had been ard, suggested that the Guild r emember out religion will surround us with clever A teacher training class at the Im do well, to adopt it as our sloga n. No manuel Church, composed of young handkerchiefs were raised to the eyes. discussed, and in · Balder's opinion duly ou~ own ir:istitutions. Accordingly, the devils." one who has g iven the matter any seri- . men and women, age 16-2Q, h as just Mr. Naumann did not bow his head, but celebr ated. Suddenly he was tremen Gmld decided to make their contribu In 1920, 15,000 murders were comitted dously proud Of his son's success, and tions to the Children's Home in St. J o ous thought, will doubt the importance in this country, many of the murderers completed a one year's course of study Norma noticed great tears rolling down of the Sunday School. It would well her father's cheeks. The last tone h ad seemed to appropriate the honor to him seph, Mich. never being apprehended. It has been with the end of December . Nearly all nigh be impossible to even faintly sug the members of the class are high school died away and t h e bow ceased moving self. He enjoyed the hearty handshakes In order that each child should re publicly stated by various judges f11 gest what that institution has to its students, eager, bright and attentive. in Sam's hand. Without the usual bow a nd jovial expressions of congratula c~ i ve what was desired most, it was de our courts, that about 70 percent of a ll tions, and felt unusually good-humored cided that each one should write a let credit. But we expect still greater children arraigned before them on Mr. Robert F. Jansen is the faithful he was leaving the platform; he had ut things in the future. Our Sunday terly forgotten it, and the a udience did toward his son, expr essing his elation ter to Santa Claus, making his or her charges of a criminal nature have not and efficient teacher . The class has and satisfaction in an exceptionally af Schools must extend their borders and attended Sunday School. These facts given 'much pleasure. The text book not expect it. A reverential silence en wa~ts and wishes known in this letter. strengthen their weak places. veloped the vast audience, no one stirred, f ectionate manner. Such demonstra This was done and the letters wer e for strongly emphasize the need of the in used was " T raining for Service" by Her What then is the outlook for a bigger bert Moninger. T he class sessions we1·e none gave the sign for applause. It re tions were rar e occurrences in the little warded to the church at Cincinnati. Some fluence which the Sunday School can Sunday School? The material, surely , held during the Sunday School hour. sembled the benediction after a sacrerl quiet home. He seldom spent an even wer~ rea.d to the Sunday School and supply. If this nation is to become a is avail able. There are many in our Mr. J ansen believes this to be the only service. Solemnly the headmaster arose, ing at home, for he had more important Ladies Aid Society and a l iberal sum of Christian nation in fact, and no~ tech matter s at heart. Politics and munici own midst thnt should be enrolled as nica ll y only, as at present, the Gospel logical time. and in one short sentence dismissed the n:oney wa~ voted toward t his cause. Be member s. Just study the statistics in audience. pal interests occupied every hour of his s i ~es me~tioning the work of the World leaven must be applied. Many of the At the close of the course, a r eview time. T he social democratic party had "Der Sendbote," of November 15th, and unreached multitude live in the neigh Norma, in company with her father Wide Guild of that church, we acknowl immediately an interesting situation is of nearly 200 questions was instituted and aunt , had r eturned, but on their way succeeded in electing him as their rep ed?e the gifts and work of the Sun borhood of our churches. Let us show and the pupils were a ble to answer most r esentative : now he reveled in his proper r evealed. There we find the member them that we care for their souls. neither h ad r eferred to the impressive shine Class, the Ladies Aid Society and ship of our nine conferences g iven se of them. The final written examina number of the program. Each seemed element. This event offered him an ex many individual donators. Our aim is not only a bigge1:; but tions were held and passed by the class cellent opportunity to gr atify his desire parately, as well as the member s enrolled anxious to a void touching on the hap An~ so it was possible for the boys also a better Sunday School. It is not with satisfactory results. Their stand for personal oratorical display to hero in our Sunday Schools. The compari penings of the evening which would r en ~nd girls to gather about a beautifully son is not unfavorable to our Sunday my present purpose to discuss in detail ing ranged from 82 to 91 per cent. der it impossible, not to betray a deep ically defend the rights of "the enslaved how such a result may be obtained. Every ecorated Christmas t r ee in the dining Schools. In fact, there are 964 more On December 31, g raduating exer emotion. Mr. Nauma nn immediately proletariat." Very soon, so he had re pastor, superintendent and teacher room on Saturday evening Dec. 23rd scholars, teachers and officers than cises were held in the Bible school. On 'vithdrew to the seclusion of his study, peatedl y assured his family and political It was · ' · should study some of the literature that h an impressive sight to see those there are member s in our churches. this occasion Mr. Jansen g ave the school but not to retire. Norma and her aunt friends, t he Golden Age would dawn, the points the way. Sunday School worker s appy faces, as the child1·en unwrap-· Looking at the situation from another and friends an outline of what the class spent long hours af tet their return in glorious r ealization of Socialistic ideas should not only study their Sunday P.ed t~;ir gifts, and one almost h ad to a ngle, however , we find that four con had been doing during the year ancl sympa thetic confidences, and, naturally, and platforms be no longer a dream 1 School lesson ; but r ead w idely on sub when the honest wo1·king man would a l s~ s~v~~b~i· tlhl rough th e paper on t he floor, ferences have a decidedly smaller en then presented each pupil with a cer Mr. Balder was their topic of conversa a Y ha d all been r emembered. rollment in their Sunday Schools than jects t hat deal with the art of teaching, receive his justly earned wages, and the It child nature etc. Where such is the tificate. Supt. J. F. Blatt and Pastor tion. cial woul.d be 1· mposs1"bl e to make spe- constitutes their church membership. C. F. Zummach followed wit h brief ap· The next morning Sa m received a let rich vampire would be forced to forfeit case, interesting discussions may be his clutch upon the weak and helpless cla mentw.n .0 f all t h e Sunday School One conference has a church member propriate addresses. ter , with the imprint of "F. Naumann, ship of 4461 as compared to 3484 in its heard in the monthly conferences of the victim. In order to h asten this millen i AtlS:~~ i c s~~i e b es and. church es, from the worker s, and there is no da nger of such Architect." F or a moment he t hought Dakota to the Pacific-from northern Sunday Schools, or 977 more church The class was begun with 10 mem that perhaps his name ha d been confused um, Ba lder had sadly neglected his own Sunday Schools "getting into a rut". ber s, only one dropping out during the gifts to o southern Texas, who sent members t han scholars, teachers and with t hat of his father's, for the latter business and ardently bla med the capi Then, too, the value of Sunda y School year. T wo member s, Lucille Ander son talists and the selfish government \vith who ur home, but we t hank all t hose officers combined. Another conference had but lately had some business con remembered W . has a church membership of 2728 and conventions should be realized. It is a t and Ellsworth J ansen, left the city nections with the cont r actor. But his its abnormally high taxes for the lament that had us. e are certa in such gatherings that we often feel our temporarily and could not finish t h e able state of affairs. Because of his joy of seen the . happiness and only 1898 in its Sunday Schools, or a name "Samuel" was distinctly written ou:o~o ina dequacy for our task; but it is there course. The n ames of t he seven who socialist ic propaganda Balder had lost f eel that all ys and g irls, you would difference of 830. Every church should upon the envelope. I n a t remor of ex also that we r eceive new inspira tion, completed the cour se a nd r eceived gra du many of his best patrons. while. your work was well worth have a larger Sunday School than con citement he sought his "Muet terchen ." a nd see visions, that lead us up and on. ation cer tificates are : Evelyn Seedorf, "If you get a chance, Sam, put in a stitutes its church membership, because She, too, was evidently surpr ised. With May the Lo d · Of course, much depends upon the E sther Salzman, Elsie H ennings, Irma good word for me with Mr. Nauma11n a denominat· r . continue to bless us as our children become members of the nervous fi ngers Sam br oke the seal, a nd Sunday School long before we accept teachers. They cannot be too well Jansen, Everett Seedor f, Harold Salz hastily removing t he enclosed note read: a nd if he offer s you some lucrative po~ -ing for our /ion ml the work we ar e do sition don't be fool enough to refuse. iome ess boys and girls. them into church membership. It is t rained for their task. We ha ve t rain man and Robert Blatt. ing and normal schools to prepare t each My dear Mr. Samuel Balder :- For the present, of course, we must t herefore, obvious that quite a number It is proposed to start another class J cl T he Lord's Jar ers for our public schools. Is it not It would g ive me much pleasure, if bow to the yoke of these magnates and u ge J · P Hobs f of those to be won ar e r eally in our own wit h the beginning of t he year. W " you would call a t my r esidence t his af leeches, but soon the t ime will come a Presbyte · · on, or many years camp. · equa lly or more important t hat we have congratulate Mr. J an sen and t he class of ternoon in regard to a personal matter . of the c :;~n felder and Chief Justice We should consider it our duty to win trained teacher s in our Sunday Schools? when we will make out the prescrip 0 0 1922 on their fine achievement a nd wish said · "Th · Appeals of Kentucky Surely, the truths taught are as worthy Hopin g tha t your time will permit a tions, a nd they will have to swallow · e r eason t h ' every member of those families that arc the new class a successful year. W e short visit, I am the bitter medicine." not tithe is that th at n;ost people do in some way linked to our church, as of thorough treatment as arit hmetic. trust many schools \\ 12. 13 T HE B APTIST HERALD February, 1923 The new building r eplaces the former one, destroyed by fire in October 1921. Mi SS i 0 n s-Homeand The foundation and basement is of con crete; the r est of the structure of dark Worldwide red tapestry brick \vith pleasing trim News from Siberia tions of the brethren . . Habarovsk. ' we Journeyed to ming of lime stone. The contractors were Bro. J. J . Wiens of our Russian Far sh?rt a time. Then we had throughout M. W. Stock and Sons, members of the East Mission in a r ecent letter writes "Our work was b . church. They have reason to be proud 1911 with 7 souls m this l ~rge district only 11 believers in at length about his last missionary tour ~n ~g~n ~abardvsk one village· tod h of their work. The total value of the in the Primorskaya province. We quote infancy until we a' u. remained in its 256 ' ay we ave a church of evangelists there t!Pointed one of our B .yiembers, scattered over 16 villages. new structu re is $50 000. The indeb (in translation ) parts of the infor ming esi es these 16 villages in which the tedness at the time of dedication was letter. The young people of the Central the church has 5 st ot. Years ago. Now gospel · ' 152 souls. The chU: ions and numbers h is preached ever y Sunday. by reported as $11 388. Of this amount Conference, who are supporting several 1 $7 000 ar e subscriptions in course of missionaries on this field, will be espe most of those of oc~ here,_a s Well as k~n~~rs, do~ens of our villages cher ish from the lack of suffers Y feelings toward us Our fi rst payment. The net debt was $4 388.09. cially interested to learn more of the ~reatly Un ~on, members had t . . work. mf5'. house. The consta ~ shu1 table meet ter t ·b . 0 pass through many b1t- About $2900 were r aised in cash and cahty and the stuff n. c. ange of lo ·11 ri u1 ations. While drivi ng from pledges dur ing the first three days of "My first goal by r iver steamer was ceiled houses serious!; the low. dedication. The members have sacri Nicolaevsk. The sight of this once beau h~1rd _ 1n ;:a:!e to vill~ge, some of the histor ic perous progress of th n icaps a Pros. of th w_ere pointed out to nie. Outside ficed and friends have helped nobly. tiful and busy commercial city at the room 't · · e work I s, I is impossible t . n such place e ~ l age of E katerinoslavka is the In the commodious basement are din mouth of the Amur river, was excep Sunday School and o arrange for tionally sad. Before our eyes there year; aw ere Bro. S. V. Petroff, three ing r oom, social r oom, kitchen, heating according to the pro;:~nf People's work ge!ist hgod whe~ he was traveling evan plant and men's and women's wash rooms. lay an indescribable heap of rui~ s , sur w~ had suitable qua c ass system. If r ounded by a lovely mountainchain ing kill ~ bto hide himself to 'escape be A new Moeller pipe organ occupies the Wlthout doubt, would re~s, ~Ur Work hidin e Y an outr aged mob. In this clothed in the deep dark green of var~ a short time. ou le itself with center behind the pulpit platform apd ious kinds of trees and grass. For a to befn place he submitted for 36 hours the choir space is to the left. A large circumference of about two American "From Habarovsk, I rode . and su ~ stung by mosquitoes and wasps balcony is in the r ear of the auditorium. square miles nothing can be seen but kaya. Evangelist N I K to VJasems. his life eri: hunger in order not to lose The edifice is impressive from the out first stationed here ~o ~nd usnezolf Was evidence of a satanic rage of destruction. member's . ow there is a church of 56 window was given by the school. Mr. side and practical in its arrangements ago. At that time th a half Years 1 Dedic ~tion at St. Joseph, Mich. In queer mixup lie the remains of burnt erected th ~ the viJla~e. They have Max Stock, former Supt., Miss Lottie and tasteful in its fittings inside. The ' ere was no ch Urch tree stumps, exploded stone walls and A.bout 3 ~~r own_ log chapel 20x28 feet. The closing day of 1922 and the first Hering, a former member and worker in Sunday School rooms flank the main au hundreds of burnt out blockhouses whose of Micha .1 rst distant from the village days of the new year were days of re the school, Miss Martha M. Troeck, a ditorium to the south and can be thrown chimneys are still standing. Amdng the aside froir:: vk~, there is a raised grave, joicing for the German Baptist' church formet missionary of the church, and together with it, making one room for debris you can see partly burnt tele 1920 one t e road. Here in March at St. Joseph, Mich., for they signalized Rev. A. P . Mihm made short addresses. special oecasions. Altogether the St . Jo phone apparatus, sewing machines so was shot bof our volunteer evangelist the dedication of their new house of The hearty singing of the school, es seph church is one of the most beautiful called . 'fire proof' safes, bath tubs,' au down to ht th~ red partisans, r obbed worship. The pastor, Rev. Thomas pecially the primary department, was a edifices we possess and among the top tomobiles and all kinds of iron utensils. Our breth s shirt and left lay dead. Stoeri presided at all the various serv prominent feature of the exercises. notcher s., We congratulate the church When we remember that during the de day and ~~n. heard about it the next and the pastor on the achievment of str uction of this city not less than 12,000 ices d~ring the days of dedication with The services on Sunday evening again under this I' ried the mutilated corpse tact and dignity. Prof. Lewis Kaiser of building and pray that the new house of people lost their lives, the word of Scrip ter, Bro I ittle hillock. Three days la filled the house. Prof. L. Kaiser preach Rochester Theological Seminary and the worship may become the birth-place of ture becomes clear to us: "Their feet sarne Pa;f vanolf was arrested by the ed in English on Hebrews 18: 8-"Tbe many precious. souls for the kingdom of editor of the "Baptist Her ald" were t~ e are swift to shed blood · destruction and because ~san_s and condemned to death Unchangeable Christ". The presenta God. A. P . M. misery are in their wa;s; and the way this verd~ his evangelistic wor k; but special guests and speakers _at the d1! tion of the large memorial windows on ferent services. Every seat. I~ ~he marn of peace they have not known" (Rom. through ~~! ~va.~ changed the next day the west and north sides of the church The B. Y. P. U. of Tacoma Wash., 3: 15-l't,. . and Ivanoff 1ns1stance of the villagers auditorium, gallery and a~Jommg Sun in honor of the Rahn family and of Rev. day school r oom was occupied _by a r ev submits the following annual r eport: "At present many of the r efugees other villa was enabled to escape to an- W. E. Grimm, the founder of the con Through the grace of God we have of that time have r eturned and nave ar " ge. erent and expectant congregation at the gregation, was made in fitting manner. The Lord h . service, Sunday morning, Dec. 31, when come to the end of another year and ranged for meager shelter in the cellars al! these . ath done great things in Monday night was Community night. with thankful hearts we look back up of their former proud homes, so that J. J . Wiens t h e s t rams. of the doxology· broke forthf II Which I . ".111ages. In the 5 villages, from the new organ and were grate u Y The capacity of the house was again on the past year. Although at times they have protection against rain and ly safe ~isited, one f eels himself entire tested. Alderman Arthur Preston things have not gone just as they might storms; however, seven-eights of the city on this entire field . now d taken up by the hundreds present. The all radiating joy ' gre te3zens of faces are conv· ow. Most of the inhabitants brought the congratulations on behalf have, we feel that God has been with us remains like the hand of the destroye1·s 1 . hb . g church at Benton Harbor Stepped from the traine t lme When r' as We B inc~d of the truth of the gospel ne1g orrn . f the day of the mayor, who was out of town, and and blessed our work. We come to left it. have Proclaim it, even if they had omitted their ser Vlces or th mg· ht . F• rom the depot a I 1 o' c1 ock at no~ Pt i sts the pastors of the Methodist and Luther gether every Sunday for prayer meet "We deemed it wise to organize a These Peo ~et taken the deciding step. in order to rejoice wit~ the rr:io t~r to the meeting place w'h was escorted h R . A p Mihm rea e an churches of St. J oseph and the pastor ing or p rogram. During the past year church of our faith in Nicolaevsk with as earth! P e ar e all very poor as far churc . ev. · Herman of Ben- of the English Baptist Church at Ben late hour, a full ho~se ;r~ despite the J we had eighteen prayer meetings lead by about 20 members. T~i s took place Au was waiting for the br0 d ungry sou)o nared fo Y goods go. The victuals !?re 84th Psalm and Rev. · Prof I,.aiser ton Harbor brought fraternal greetings I d · prayer. · " gust. 12, 1922. In spite of the difficult spent 4 days m. precious eaf of l'f1 e . r" ly of Po~t rne consisted almost exclus1ve ton Harbor e m d d'cation sermon and expressed the good wishes of their members of the B. Y. P . U. at which housing situation W(J were able to rent 11 the believers here, preache~ ~~vsh ip with eaten on) oes and cabbage . bread I have preached ~he Ge~ma~.. ; ~ the glory of people. Rev A. P. Mihm brought the de we were greatly blessed, land fifteen ~ cottage 20x20 ft. and so to supply the the cross in five meetings \VOrd of Was alw y seldom durinl? 'this visit. Tt from 1 Kmgs 8 · 11 0 the Lord " nominational greetings and emphasized literary, musical and social programs. httle church with a meeting place for ~ portunity to talk with a nu~n had op. But asidavs black and bitter and sticky. the Lord filled the house ?ft that the the value of a church to the community. Several lectures on Mormonism and the coming winter. fen excene~orn this poverty these brethf e:nment officials about our B:e:. of gov. 1 laying stress upon the poi~ ~~ of wor On Tuesday night, a Young People's 5piritualism were made very interest "On the return journey from Nicola ~Ve after tha~ d rivalled in evidences OS c1ples. A number of in ui;. ist Prin. new edifice was to b: a p ~ a place of Rally was held under the auspices of the ing by our pastor. Several times dur evsk, we made a side trip to Bogorodsk, walked over 60 werst in oqrd ing souls a l,e to do. eir tnanner, each as he wa ship, a place of the alter E. Y. P. U., Mr. Edward Doescher , er to ~e~chm~~r ing the past year we were able to fill where we also have a little church of to the message of peace T . r1 sten . . 'C an also . soul-winning actiVJty. . dedicatory president. After a short musical pro . . WO a d 1 our faith. The first members of this h a If years ago,_ not a trace of b . n a Jo1cinl?, th renoli; with a feelin~ of rf d. of a spec1a gram Rev. A. P. Mihm spoke in German out a Sunday evening in the absence of church were won by one of our volunteer nate rea mg on regation, Rev. here; now 105 m the six statio ehevcrs ~~,oo o hav~t Jhe Bibles to the v~lt1 ~cl l service by pastor and c hf still weak and on " The Young People Loyal to the our pastor. Once a month we go to the evangelists ~n 1_920 and now they num district! When we remind ou~s °f this Church," and Prof. L. Kaiser followed County Hospital to entertain the sick 66. This district is a very promis 1 heh~ ends WeJJ.nalJy arrived: ~Jl !ns to H. Schwendener, althoug utomobile acci ~er this fact, our hearts r ejoice an~e ves. of Withld, When I 0, what a JOY it riY'er affected by his recent a t and offer with an English address on "The Young by short addresses and singing. At our ~ng field, but we need a man to labor in God for the victories of the Gos Praise th the case crossed the Amu; es of dent, was a ble to. be . presenAfter a brie. f People and the Supreme Service of Soul annual rally this year, we gave the it. Th~ yolunteer worker was compelled 1 1 "F rom h ere we went on to thPe. ce? local chu s. The represen tat ~) re· the prayer of dedication. R J Her- winning." Br. H. Steiger led in prayer. cantata "Joseph and His Brothers," by fan;uhy reasons to move back to his tines district, in which Bro. o. Ae 0Io. ti~Ved ll'le as ~ch (B l agovestshen~e first congratulatory address by ev. · Pastor Stoeri conducted a final conse· home 1 city of Manchuria. Our f which was a change from past years. ~ ~he off labors. Polotina is a large · . van. ' fir e . . '.!'ears 1 they saw me fo.r t ed the cration service for and with the young local m1ss1onary committee would like to man the services closed. d School It was a success and everybody en about 60 werst distant from th~ 11 a~e! What Bibles t flowed as I distr1but 'fhosc ' . f the sun ay have him for Bogorodsk, but 0 0 people. On Wednesday night, the dedi appoin~ed roa?, hidden in the deep pr)meva{a1 b are so the poorest first. rnust At the meeting ~ Supt. J-1. Ewald joyed it. We are all very much in our means did not permit it. I was able !· immediately followmg, · 'tors and cation program ended with a banquet, ber1an forest. When Bro. Ivan ff Si. dlll thern rewhat better situatedd er to ts and v1s1 provided by the Ladies Aid Society, terested in the " Baptist Herald" and to hold meetings here 3 days and to greeted the gues b innings of the appointed on this field two yearso was h:dray the or a. srnan sum, jnd or flave with brief addresses by the older mem we wish it abundant success in the celebrate the Lord's Supper with the · up n expense I incurre . bel ex spoke of the early eg to the first half ago, no one surmised what and a to bers, recalling the early days of the coming year. church. Accompanied by the benedic- 0 r:nses. PJe~w about 200 gold ru thanks work with special referen~ool William take place through God's grace :V uld church. Theodora Wuttke, Secretm·y. lll so gif~~.r brothe~e conve¥ our heartt~is noble superintendent of the sc a 'memo1·ial · s and :!nsters for Schmidt, in whose honor r 14 THE BAP'fIST HERALD February, 1923 15 George August Schul.te when, in 1870, the Eastern C~nf_e re n ce Ts the re no lesson here fo r the youth a nd centra lizing ou 1· missionary in is not yet completed. 'Ne da 1·e not with kind of Baptists we expect our present a ppointed . him G ener~ ! i\I 1ss10nary in our churches to take to heart? I n terests, Bro. Schulte has ha d a la rger dr aw our ha nd from it. As he has gone PROFFESSOR ALBERT J . RAMAKER gener ation of Young P eople to be (Reisepred1 ger ) , the duties of t he new my judgment there is some da nger in share than any of his colaborers. Such before us in the past, so he is going be twenty-five or fifty yea rs from now. In a recent letter to the present writ position bei!1g to furt_he: the sma ller these days to relegate exper imenta l re a general society for carrying on the fore us now, a nd we must follow until er t he Editor of the "Bapt ist H erald" missionar y mterests w1thm the bo_unds Our primary object cannot be to t r ain ligion to t he r ea r a nd fi nd a substitute distinctively missionary work ha d been he himself calls us to halt. May our public speakers. There are plenty of remarked that fi ve pages of solid ~at of the Confer en·ce and more especially, In ~o r it in Christia n education. Let us on his hear t for many year s, but t he motto be: 'In the Master's name, F or ter in his paper would scarcely do JUS to seek new missionary contact!!. public and private schools of rhetoric this position he r emained fo1: two year~ , oeware of t his fallacy. They a re not obstacles he and a few other men en ward.'" tice to an adequate write-up of the ser a nd elocu'tion for that. T he number of laying thereby the foundation for his mutually exclusive but rather inclusive. countered wer e truly great. The " west t hose who are audacious enoug h to get Yices to the denomination of a ma!1 later and lar ger ser vices a s a G~n ~ra l Christian education with out a per sonal ern" bret hr en were suspicious tha t their Fund amentals in Young People 's · like Brother G. A. Schulte. The E di up before a big audience to give a stir Executive Secretar y of all our m1ss10n hold on a living Savior who is conscious liberty of action might be curta iled; Work ring address wit h much demonstration tor's j udgment is absolutely cor r~ct . ar y inter ests. ly a nd abidingly present in one's soul, t hey mistrusted the con t~ mplated ~o REV. P A UL W ENGEL It was dur ing his mission as "Reise has always been large enough . If we And still I shall content m~ sel~ w1t.h is but a broken shield in the deadly wa r operation with t he Amen ca n Baptist precl iger " that the church at Sebas top~l , It is not because t he term "Funda were educating political propagandists much smaller space, for my a nn. m ~h i s fare against temptation and sin. Home Mission Society; and g reatest of particular sketch is prima r ily . historical in the t hen "Wilds" of eastern Ontario mentals" is new that I have chosen it th is would be our chief emphasis; but all stumbling-blocks- they did not want we do not want to t r a in young people and only secondarily biographical. I a m was founded, a graphic descr iption of If there was among the many excel a " pope" to order them about. The pro in connection with my topic. It does which Bro. Schulte gives us in his "E r lent natural g ifts of our brother one seem that in the face of t he great di who a r e a ble only to make glorious and having our young people in m i1:1d .whose innerungen". Then followed hi.s long position for such a " General". Soc i~ty knowledge of the larger m1ss1onary which was more conspicious tha n the ver gence of opinion on this subject luxuriantly eloquent phrases at public pastorate of twenty-one years. with ~he wa s either voted down or entirely ig gatherings. We as Ger man Baptists movements in our Ger man churches, other s, it was h is ma rked ability to co nored from year to year . But per sis some other term could be used. I t is First Church in New Yor k City, which want to t rain youthful workers ; i. e. t hrough no fault of their own, is meager church under his wise and capable ordina te and organize, a nd not 'only t he not my a im to set up m yself as a judge tence and a good cause did win out in young people who will do something. a nd fragmentary, and this knowledg~ I leadership grew to be one of t he leading churches he ser ved but ch iefly the de of what is or is not objectively funda .. the end. We need a generation of German Bap would like to supplement. I would hke chur ches in our denomination. nomina tion at lar ge, were g reat ly bene It was t his organization, a fter it had mental in young people's work, I only them to feel t hat t hey too have a gener It does not fall within the purpose fitted by its exercise. It may be well to ";sh in all meelmess and lowliness of t ists who will do more than to sit in of t his a rticle to make any detailed been t ried out for nine year s a nd had the pews from habit, nodding a somno ous share in all God has wrought enter somewhat into detail here. Our not · brought forth a " mighty pope", heart to e:i·q>ress some thoughts based t hroug h their father s a nd m?thers. statement of hi s successes as a pastor splendidly orga nized denominat ional in upon experience, not t he experience of lent " Amen" to all t hat t he pastor is he was called upon to ser ve. At both which elected Bro. Schulte, a t t he Gen fer vently proclaiming. i\'loreover in the case of the subJect of and preacher of the two churches which ~e re st s of to-day, whereby a number of eral Conference in 1892, General E xecu an octogenarian, but the per sonal ex- · t his ske ~h there is no n_eed of _a ny ex places t here were confronting him diffi mdependent, incorporated societies are tive Secretary with t he understanding per ience of one whose memory need not We need worker s ! We need true ser tended r eference of a b10gr aphical na culties a nd di scouragements not usuall y mer ged in one holding organization that he should devote h is entire time to fail him in r ecalling incidents that were va nts of J esus Christ! We sha ll need t ure for Brother Schulte has left us a found in smaller communities; suffice it known among us a s the " Gener al Con the duties of his important office. He momentous in the development for Chris those who will not be afraid of making to say that 'none other tha n a st rong most excellent volume, completed shor tly ference" (Bundeskonfer enz) , ha ve a bit held this position for 24 years, a nd that tian service in h is life ; incidents t hat enemies of their wor ldly friends by tes and c~urageou s man of exceptionable before his dea th, in which he h.as s~c of histor y back of t hem which is not fact a lone vouches for his capa ble a nd a re not so very r emote. If we could t ifying to them. We need those who caliber, a n a ll-a round leader a n~ . or ceeded to incorporate some choice b 1 ~s generally known a nd under stood. T his efficient leadership in the affairs en but sum up t he per sonal experiences will lead a life consistent with their ganizer, a res?u.rceful and ~vange h zm g test imony! We need those who will of his own life's story. By the _way, _this pr eacher a sp1r1 t ual ma n with a clear organization was a matter of very slow t rusted to his keeping. To t his special of a ll our youth, we might a rrive more book, " Erinnerungen" (Memoirs) , 1s. a cut m e ss~ge for t he Chr istian lif~ , could growth and many were the obstacles that work he brought t he ripeness of long easily at some conclusion on the pla ns win other s for J esus Chr ist single-ha nd most valuable source book for the ~1 s have mea sured up to the exactmg du had to be r emoved. Our earliest be experience and t he r ar e tact of working for our own young people's work. ed, for t hat is the way it was done in tory of our German churches, covering ties of t hese two positions. ginnings wer e made in widely scat tered shoulder to shoulder , without f riction, The Young P eople's Society of· the t he most gloriously pr ogressive days of the missionary movements a mongst us In 1892 t he Gener al Confe ren~e elect localities, a nd t hey wer e lquite ij nde wit h many of our ablest men who repr e church even as the Sunday School is an t he Christia n E ra . Talk is cheap! But from the early sixties to the present ed Bro. Sch ulte _Ge n ern~ ~x ecutive Sec pendent of one a nother. Articula tion sented the local Conferences in the educational institution. The primary talk is cheapest when it is a sancti reta ry (Allgememer i\11 ss 1 on sse~retaer) day. Jt is written in his simple~ clear, of the many sma ll units into one body General Missionar y Committee. And he and fundamental aim should be to edu monious ca nt without hallowed sacri concise a nd sympathetic style wit h not of the Gener al i\'lissionary Society, he was wholl y out of the question for ma ny cate our young people. You will say, fiicial ser vice. Pe rmit t he eloquence of being the first Se~retary who could_ de was no "swivel-chair" E xecutive either, one note of " brag" in it--a r ema rkably vote all of his t ime to the combmed years. T wo local Conferences, one for for his sense of duty brought him in " Why tha t is as ancient as Methuselah. the heart tha t is overflowing with t he We have been informed of what we have love of J esus Christ to carry the day; accurate mental photograph of t he per missiona ry ac.tiv i tie~ . of o~r Germa n the eastern and another for the western personal contact with his pioneer breth sonality of our honored brother. section of ou r count ry, were the fi rst known." There are some of us who all other is mocker y. chur ches. T hi s pos 1 t~ o n of trust anJ r en 011 t he frontier in N orth Dakota Histor ically I would pla ce Bro. '.'G. usefulness he held unt il .March ·19,_ 1916, step. But t hese bodies, once established, and t he Canadian north-west a t a t ime shudder at that wor d "educate" as when It is well to have the topics of the when he was called to his reward m the A." wher e he would have placed him became self center ed in their missiona ry when, to t ra vel there, was full of hard thinking of a horrid nightma re. We B. Y. P . U. meetings so arranged t ha t 78th year of his life. He ha d then round have hear d it so much t hat we would self-one of the older men of the w~rk with no thought of furt her co-oper ships. Do we wonder at his intimate our young people must t hink and write ed out 53 years of continued and s1:1c a tion. _ The " Ea st" was separ a ted from be gla d to get rid of tha t dreadful ap on any given subject. That is good second gener ation of our German Bap cessful service as a Germa n Baptist knowledge of the needs of the entire tist Father s, a contemporary of Hasel lhe "West" by an imagina ry but very mission field? H e got that knowledge pa rition. " You can not educate men, men tal training, and a s t hese Y. P. i\'linister . women or children to be followers of huhn Bodenbender, Bickel, Gubelmann, Our brother's service to the denomi Potent dividing line. The first movement al! first ha nd. He wa s an E xecutive topics are usually of a biblical nature, J es us Christ," you say. You a1·e r ight! Sch a~ tr er a nd Grimmell, ar:id a f~t nation and to his Master ar e mat~ rs to obli terate tha t line was made in 1865 Secretary of whom the denomina tion a consider able. amount of Bible know other s who might be mentioned. e of record to which we can add no_thmg, by the forma tion of t he first Gener a l may be j ustly proud. But you can educate follower s of t he ledge may be acqui'red. It is well that knew per sonally all tl1:e founder s of but h is life belongs, even t hough 1t ha s Confer ence at Wilmot Ontario but the Lord to serve him better a nd surely t hat T her e was also a social side in Bro. the Christ ia n young people of today be our ear lier chur ches-Fleischmann, E sc~- ended to the denominat ion into whose recorcl.s of tha t Conler ence show tha t is j ustified, for that is what our Lord trained in the teaching of t he Scriptures, Gayer A ugust Rauschenbusc , 0 1 Sch ulte's make-up to which a short mann, ' · h I fold God had early led him. It is for _n ly 11 the matter of our denomina and Savior did with his disciples. for Baptist young people ought to know Schoemaker , Grimm and Henne · m- us to study t he life in order t hat we tional publications was a union of a ll of reference must be made. H e was a very T he rea lly vital question to answer migr ating from H annover, German~, companionable man who could ma ke their Bible at least a s well as t he i\'lo might understand some of t he greater our .forces planned and effected. The when we begin to educate is : " W hat with h is parents, bis brother~ and his friends and keep them. H e r a rely en hammedan knows his Koran. We should movements of our own history in which a t Rochester received some shall be the quality of t he product ?" . te . 18~0 t he Schulte family settled he has had so large a share ; and like S e mm~ r_y gaged in controversy, thereby showing educate Bible students, Bible lover s. SIS r in .., , . 858 h recogn i ~i o n, but it had a s yet no official T hat is about the first quest ion the in Buffalo N Y. where, in 1 , w en wise tha t we migh t ponder t he d~eper his good sense and his wider grasp of Anything tha t will make t he Book more he was t\~enty year s old, he was con religious convictions wh ich made his re co nn ect ~ o n with t he Conference. The ma nufacturer of any article will a sk attractive to our young people should Gener al Conference, in 1868, more tha n one side of a controverted himself. Is it to be a cheap or an ex verted and baptized, joinin.g t he Seconf ligious work a mong us so successful.' . s u cc~ed m g subject. His kindly smiling face, his be quickly carried out. Theology, the German Church in that city,_ a churc 1 In saying that Bro. Sc~ u l te 1s ~e~ 1g 1 - appo ~ nted the first "School Committee," pensive product? If it is to be an ex study of God, The World, l\Ia n, Sin a nd which has since become extinct. The but its only function was to exa mine hearty grasp of band brought cheer and pensi,·e product he will put into it the ous life centered in a conscious r eligious con fi dence to a ll who met him. Ther e Future Life a re most attr active. The missionary spirit in t his church at that exper ience, begun when he was . ab?ut and recommend lo the Semina r y at very best of ma teria l a nd workma nship knowledge of t he her eafter will for ever t ime was warmly aggr essive a n~ t he was no trace of the self-seeker or wire so t hat the fini shed product will be just twenty years old, w~ ~ re but aff~rmm g Ro ch este ~ young men from the churches puller in his conduct. T he high a nd use attract a mult itude of seekers. But success in winning converts except 1onal t ha t he was a Christian according to who decided to p1·epare themselves for what it r epresents. If it is to be a ly gratifying. Ile ha d j oined ~ church f ul office, to which he was for so long hear t he great a postle say, " Though I th examples in t he New T estament. the gospel minist ry. It was not until cheap product it must be put out on a understand a ll mysteries, and all know that was spiritually much ahv~ . . In tha t can be predicated of every 1877 a time successively elected, sought him, Ju~t ~h at an Educa t ional Societ y was mass production basis. The manufac ledge--and ha ve not love, it profiteth such an atmospher e it was not <;1 1ffiault really successful Christian li ~e th~ world and his brethern knowing him as t hey for him to hear t he i\'laster's vo!ce cal o~·g~nized and Placed under t he j uris t urer must save wherever he can on me nothing." "We know in part- we over . He does not tell us m his book did showed t heir unfailing confidence. ling for more laborers in his v meya~·d clictio ~ . of the General Confer ence. But material and la bor. H e will turn out a prophesy in pa rt"-he says. It is not and to r espond to the call, and he did t hat he was called to pass t h.rough surprismgly strange does it seem to uH i\'lay I be permitted, in closing t his . large number of a rticles t hat look fine coldblooded theologians t hat we wish to much doubt and unbelief before his con rapid sketch, to tra nslate and quote a respond. He entered our Sei;ninary 8:t lo-day to be told that t he formation of when they ar e new but a little wear educate. No ! Warm-hearted lover s of Rochester in 1860 a nd r emained until ver sion as have so many young men, a General Mis · few sentences from the concluding chap . s10nary Society was nol a nd tear will soon show forth the chea p the Chr ist who came to ser ve, do we 1863, when his own chur.ch per suaded nd t hi's ma y be due to his early Chris ter of his " Erinnerungen". They seem accompli shed until 1883. There a re of ness a nd defects of t he ma terials. T hat long for. Not inquisitor s on t he funda him to accept t heir una nimous call to training. But his personal to recall to our imagination the aged ~i a n a~c~p course yet other reasons for t his slow is just as true a bout mass production mentals of theology do we want, but become their pastor. It was a vent ure tance of the Lord J esus left an ab1d m.g servant of t he Lord a s he looked into some move and t he call was accepted ~rogress of bringing t ogether a ll of our in modern evangelistic campa igns as exper t pract icia ns in t he fundamentals impression on his life and _moreover, 1t ~ nteres t s , but spacial limits forbid giv t he future and desired to give us a a bout mass manufacture of Christians with much hesitancy, b1:1t it proved ~h e gave him t he message for his long serv mg them her e. of pr actical Christianity a s suggested ··ght thing to do, for his pastorate was parting counsel. " The Lord has given thr ough educa tion . We should know ice as preacher a nd pastor. us German Baptists a mission and this in t he Sermon on the Mount and in ~ost successful, last ing seven year s, In this larger movement of unifying to-day what k ind of Chr istians or what ot her par ts of the ew Testament. ,.______ 16 THE BAPTIST HERALD I am sure we do not want to create Smith, Extension Secretary of the 4: 05 P. M.-Teacher Training, Mr s. E. congregations of intellectual wonders! P.T.L. l\'.Ieier, Philadelphia Pa.* Possibly you have noticed that the most 5: 00 P. M.-Personal Soul W inning, 4 : 30 P. M.-Grading, Rev. H. R. intellectual congregations are those Walter l\Iarklein, Second Church Schroeder, Newark, N. J .* \vhose well-upholster ed pews are empty. Brooklyn.* 5 : 00 P. M.-The Test of a Good Sun The Lord deliver u s from any kind of 5: 30 P. M.-Adjournment. day School, Rev. Wm. Schoeffel, Baptists who are so intelligent that they 7: 30 P. M.-Missiona ry Stereopticon Hoboken. N . J. find no more food for their souls in a Lecture, Rev. Sumner R. Vinton, 5 : 30 P . M.-Adjournment. simple sermon. We, as German Bap D. D. (Dr. Vinton has become 7: 30 P . M.-Farewell and Consecration tists especially cannot use such highly famous through h is collection of Meeting. Sermon: The Uplifted educated folk who find it beneath them wonderful slides as well as for his Christ, Rev. R. K ubsch, Erie, Pa. to fellowship with the less tutored special gift to r ender a n inter est *All subjects that are followed by a star "Dutchman'', who also loves his Lord. ing lecture.) One of the oft u sed phrases of the shall r eceive 20 minutes for discussion. modern advertising world might well SUNDAY, Feb. 11, 1923 Rev. A. Bretschneider, Rev. ·Wm. be applied h ere. "Beware of substi 10: 30 A. M.-Sermon by Rev. G. Schneck. Schoeffel, Mrs. E . Meier, Rev. M. Herin~ tutes." There is a danger of substi 2: 30 P. M.-Sunday School Session. er, John Luebeck, Frank Arnold, Rev. tuting secondary t hings for one of pri The Art of Story Telling, illus 1-'aul Wengel, Committee. mary importance. Lead the young Chris trated by Miss Edna Atz, Newark, tians on to do some personal work, let Miss Charlotte Drews, Brooklyn, Devotional Prayer Topics them get the inspiration out of their Miss J osephine Neuschaefer, New FEBRUARY personal evangelistic efforb. Indide~ ark. 4. What is the Chief Value of a Bap tally this will be a sure test for Chris 3: 16 P. M.-Election of officers and tist Young People's Union or So tian discipleship. Those who are not other business. (Ever y society is ciety? 1 Tim. 6 : 11-16. (Baptist founded on the Rock will soon drop off, r equired to elect one member of Young People's Day.) while the others will begin to study its delegation on the nominating 11. Lessons from the Psalms. (2) The their Bibles without coercion; they will committee. This committee shall Testimony Psalm. Ps. 145: 1-12. come closer to Christ and in many cases meet between 5 : 30 and 6: 00 P. (Consecration Meeting .) will hear and obey the call for definite M. on Saturday.) 18. Stewardship of Substance,. Gen. Christian service. The most direct and 4: 9; Mal. 3 : 10. best r oad to the mission fields at home 4: 00 P. M.-Roll Call of Societies. (Each delegation should be r eady 25. Missionary Meeting. Negro Men and ab1·oad is via personal evangelism and Women of Achievement. Heb. in t he local church and community. to respond with a hymn or parody , confining itself to the singing of 12: 1, 2. I am not opposed to education, but I one stanza only.) am in favor of the right kind of educa Man-Making tion. The Young People's Society is 4: 30 P. M.- Address : Prof. Edward We are all blind imtil we see a post graduate school of practical edu B. Pollard, Crozer Theological That in the human plan cation in Christian service. There is Seminary. Nothing is worth the 'making if where young people should learn the 5: 30 P. M.-Adjournment. I t does not make the man. value and practice of per sonal work. We 7: 30 P. M.-Address: 'rhe Service Sta Why build these cities glorious Baptists did not find our phenomenal tion of the Church, H . T heo. If man unbuilded goes? gr owth in a theology that found people Sorg, Newark, N. J. Address: In vain we build the work unless waiting with open arms to receive it. Der Ruf zum Dien ste, Rev. R. No! We Baptists grew on the 1 plus l Kubsch, E rie, P a. The builder also grows. · basis of persistent personal christian MONDAY, Feb. 12, 1923 Rev. a nd Mrs. Geo. J. Geis of our work. That is what young people of Baptist Mission at Capiz, Philippine 9: 00 A. M.- Devotion. today must learn. No stone should r e Islands, arrived on furlough in the home main unturned to bring about aggres 9 : 16 A. M.-Missions, Rev. W. J . Zir land, landing at Seattle on the 18th of sive teaching in that direction. Make bes, Brooklyn.* December. On the 19th they star ted the Youn g People's Society the practi 9: 46 A. M.-Stewardship, H arry Rei- for Philadelphia to attend the wedding . cal service corps . of the church and you sen, Hoboken, N. J.* • of their son Alfred to Miss Kathrine have always a live Young People's So 10 : 15 A. M.- The Social Life, Frank Ar Rowland, youngest daughter of the late ciety. nold, Brooklyn.* Dr. A. J. Rowla nd of the American Bap Tentative Program 10: 45 A. M.- The Devotional Life of t he tist Publication Society, which took place Dec. 23r d. Bro. Geis a nd wife do OF THE THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF Society, J . P. Maeder J r . Harlem N . Y.* ' ' ' not plan to remain in the United States THE GERMAN BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE'S longer than next autumn. Their former U NION-ATLANTIC BRANCH 11 : 15 A. M-Adjournment .* field in Burma desir es their future serv at the Fleischmann Memorial Church, 11: 15 to 11: 45- A special conference ices as well as the Philippines. Mean Phila., Pa. Feb. 10, 11 and 12, 1923 of a ll elected or appointed work while they a r e making their home in Conference Text: "I do not say that ers including the presidents and Rochester, N. Y. sec1·etar ies of each society or their I have already won the race or have representatives. Rev. F . H. Willkens, of the Bethel already reached tke goal. Bu t I am Church, Buffalo, was one of the mem pressing on, striving to lay hold of the 2 : 00 to 5: 30- Sunday School Confer bers of the faculty at the Baptist Older p1·ize for which also Christ has laid ence, Rev. A. Bretschneider pre Boys' Winter Conference held at Cook hold of me." (Phil. 3; 12. Weymouth) siding ; Our Objectives, present Academy, Montour Fall;, N. Y., Dec. ed by the Chairman. . SATURDAY, F eb. 10, 1923. 26-31, 1922. Mr. Willkens was in 2: 25 P . M.-Enrollment and Follow-Up, s tru~tor in Fourfold Life. Evangelistic Conference on 'Y. P. Objectives. Wm. Schmidt, Newark, N . J.* ser vices were held in the Bethel Church 4: 00 P. M.-Singing a nd Devotion. 2: 50 P. M.-Worship, Mr. H. Wid nearly all through the month of J ru1u 4: 16 P. M.-Announcements and Ap meier, Philadelphia, Pa.* ary. Rev. H. F. Sch ade of Kitchener pointment of Committees. conducted a Bible conference and evan 3: 16 P. M.- Missions, Mrs. A. Wagner, 4: 30 P. M.- P ocket Testament League gelistic services from Jan. 7- 14, and Rally; Rally Song (Learn it by Brooklyn, N. Y.* Rev. D. Haemel, our denominational heart) ; Address: Winning the 3: 40 P. M.- Evangelization, Rev. M. evangelist, h eld meetings from Jan. 17. World with the Bible, S. Leroy Heringer, Meriden, Conn.* - 31.