Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet

Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today Church of the Nazarene

4-1-1976

Herald of Holiness Volume 65 Number 07 (1976)

John A. Knight (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 Knight, John A. (Editor), "Herald of Holiness Volume 65 Number 07 (1976)" (1976). Herald of Holiness/ Holiness Today. 1185. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh/1185

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]. H e p q L D

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE / APRIL 1 —General Superintendent Eugene L. Stowe

The Cross—God’s Ultimate Answer

F THIS ANNUAL TREK to Calvary is to be a three-volume “ Theology of the Cross” to . more than just a sentimental journey, we gratify their intellectual insistence, they Imust survey the Cross with an eye to its real brand Calvary as foolishness. significance. The facts of the matter are, both God’s Corinthian Christians were reminded by intervention and interpretation are clearly Paul that this sacred symbol was “unto the illustrated in the atoning death of the Sav­ Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks iour. Believing is seeing! “To those who have foolishness” (1 Corinthians 1:23b). heard his call, Jews and Greeks alike, The former were looking for a sign and the [Christ is] the power of God and the wisdom latter were seeking wisdom. James S. Stew­ of God” (1 Corinthians 1:24, NEB). art identifies these as the two fundamental At the Cross God’s intervening omni­ demands which men make on God. potence was convincingly demonstrated as Christ dealt a deathblow to sin, hell, and the In all ages those who seek signs are ask­ grave. There is no greater power than this. ing for divine intervention. They want God to At Calvary Jesus convincingly interpreted do something supernatural that will demon­ His Father’s grand design for the salvation strate His power. Healing miracles have al­ of lost men. His last words of compassion, ways attracted crowds of those who are commitment, and forgiveness are classic looking for the spectacular. To these the in their spiritual wisdom. Cross is often irrelevant or embarrassing. Hymn writer Thomas Kelly exalts the true Rather than strength it depicts weakness. meaning of the Cross in these poetic words: Instead of victory it seems to depict defeat. The crucifixion of Jesus says to them, “Your The Cross! it takes our guilt away; God is dead!” It holds the fainting spirit up; Just as persistent is the demand for wis­ It cheers with hope the gloomy day, dom — divine interpretation. There will al­ And sweetens every bitter cup. ways be the “Greeks” who demand a The balm of life, the cure of woe, rational explanation for everything that their The measure and the pledge of love, God does. Anything less than this is un­ The sinner’s refuge here below, satisfactory. When our Lord does not supply The angel’s theme in heaven above. □

HERALD OF HOLINESS The Man

_ _ _ _ / v g a ' n S t ~ ^ Others By W. E. McCUMBER Eastern Nazarene College Quincy, Mass.

had become “ hypocrites”—pretenders who bent the law to their own advantage, preening in self-righ­ teousness while condemning, exploiting, and despis­ ing others. They kept rules, but broke people! They made long prayers “ for a pretense” while devouring widows’ houses.” They tithed even their herb gardens, but did not observe “justice, mercy, and faithfulness.” They championed abstract law while caring nothing for suffering people, as their persistent opposition to our Lord’s sabbath healings makes plain. They were outwardly righteous and inwardly cor­ rupt. Like a cup washed on one side and dirty on the other. Like a whitewashed tomb, spotless in outward appearance, but filled with putrefaction. Jesus was firmly and passionately against such IETRICH BONHOEFFER, martyred German men, men who were conservative, religious, zealous; theologian, called Jesus “the Man for oth­ but cold, greedy, and loveless. ers.” The phrase became popular, especially withIt seems to me that our very commitments as a Dthe radical theologians who wanted to “ secularize” church expose us to the peril of becoming “scribes Christianity. Some of them used it as if no other and Pharisees, hypocrites.” description of Jesus were valid or permissible. We are committed to orthodoxy in our creed, bas­ But Jesus also is the M an against others. In the ing our convictions of what is true upon the uncom­ Gospel of Matthew we hear Him saying, “ Woe to you, promised authority of the Scriptures. scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ...” A severe We are committed to behavior patterns that are set denunciation of these men follows (23:13-36). Indeed, forth in “general” and “special” rules which decry the “woes” in Matthew 23 equal in number the worldliness and demand that we be “ separatists.” “blesseds” in M atthew 5! Jesus is as strongly against This is good, so long as our com mitm ents incline us some as He is for others. to judge ourselves, not others; to humble our hearts, Why is Jesus against these men? Not because they not become inflated with self-righteous pride. This were scribes and Pharisees per se. is good if our separation is for as well as from the The scribes had a long and honorable tradition as world, preparing us to serve the world in love, evinc­ students and teachers of the Law of Moses, a tradi­ ing a Christlikeness in compassionate ministry to tion which stemmed from Ezra, who led a national “ the least, the lost, and the last.” reform by reading and expounding God’s Word. The If our devotion to the Bible and to holy standards office of the scribes was enhanced by the glory of the makes us the constant recipients of judgment and instrument that called it into being! grace, filling us with humility and love, then Christ The Pharisees had a long and revered history also, will be for us. He is not against the Scriptures or the dating from the intertestamental period. In times of highest morality inculcated by them. But if our devo­ moral laxity they had been the “separatists” who tion to creed and rules becomes a conscience-salving loyally and scrupulously adhered to G od’s law. Theirs evasion of our responsibility to live for others, then had been an inspiring patriotism with a needed con­ Christ will be against us! servative influence. Shall He say to us “blessed” or “woe”? The an­ Jesus was against them precisely because they had swer depends upon whether we are loving or legal­ betrayed their heritage and distorted the law. They istic. □

APRIL 1, 1976 3 JOHN A. KNIGHT, Editor in Chief IVAN A. BEALS, Office Editor Contributing Editors: FAITH * LEARNI V. H. LEWIS • EUGENE L. STOWE EDWARD LAWLOR • ORVILLE W. JENKINS GEORGE COULTER • CHARLES H. STRICKLAND IN A General Superintendents, Church of the Nazarene SECULAR U IN THIS ISSUE By LESLIE PARROTT Olivet Nazarene College ARTICLES Kankakee, III. THE CROSS—GOD’S ULTIMATE ANSWER ...... 2 General Superintendent Eugene L. Stowe THE MAN AGAINST OTHERS ...... 3 What Jesus denounces W. E. McCumber FAITH AND LEARNING IN A SECULAR WORLD ...... 4 I HE MISSION of a Nazarene college is not sim- Give glory to God Leslie Parrott X ply a balanced budget, new and bigger build­ OUR TREASURED HERITAGE OF ings, or more and better departments. Our mission is NAZARENE HIGHER EDUCATION ...... 6 quality education which takes into full account the Dreams, toil, sacrifice Edward S. Mann heritage of our Christian faith and relates it to life in LORD, COULD WE TALK FOR A W HILE? ...... 8 a radically changing world. The divine Teacher Bonnie Monson My mental picture of education in a Nazarene col­ FREEDOM OF CHOICE ...... 9 lege consists of two mighty rivers, each turbulent and Faith chooses right Kenneth H. Pearsall strong, flowing unrelentingly through many genera­ THE “LOW COST” OF EDUCATION ...... 10 tions of history called Western civilization. These Cheaper than ignorance Donald Irwin two mighty rivers which came together to form West­ PRO FIT ...... 10 Poem Charles D. Mosher ern civilization are the secular culture of Greece and Rome on the one hand, and the Hebrew and Chris­ RIGHTFUL OWNERSHIP ...... 11 Everything belongs to God Ivan A. Beals tian religious heritage on the other. Our mission is to comprehend truth in the secular THE THREE TENSES OF SALVATION ...... 12 Rightly dividing the Word A. R. G. Deasley traditions of the Greek and Roman liberal arts, while SPEAKING THE TRUTH ...... 13 teaching full appreciation for truth in our Hebrew- Helps to holy living Gerard Reed Christian heritage. The tendency in many classrooms THIS IS WHAT LENT MEANS TO M E ...... 14 is to appreciate one or the other of these rivers of Alice Mortenson knowledge, but not both. LET US BE LIKE TREES .,...... 15 The society of the Greeks and Romans gradually Poem Jerry D. Hull came to agree on those arts which were peculiarly IN THE BOOKSTALL ...... 15 appropriate to the education of its ruling classes. C. Neil Strait These arts which spawned the academic disciplines EDITORIALS ...... 16 of the modern university are basically secular, deep- John A. Knight rooted in this world’s concerns. SARAH AND JONATHAN EDWARDS ...... 18 Classroom lectures in this secular tradition em­ A Christian woman’s world Aarlie Hull phasize the strength and shrewdness of man. They strive to explain the nature of man in evolutionary STANDING FEATURES terms. Glory to man takes full precedence over glory NEWS OF RELIGION ...... 34 to God. ANSWER CORNER ...... 35 In more recent times another dimension has grown out of secular education. From this educational per­ BY ALL MEANS ...... 38 The Power of Personal Testimony Robert L. Chason spective there are no absolutes outside the science laboratory, and even there the relativity of Einstein has superseded the older Newtonian physics. Moral Bible quotations in this issue: Unidentified quotations are from KJV. and spiritual values are seen as being relative, and From the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyrighted 1946 and 1952. ethical views as little more than personal opinion. From the New International Version, copyright 1973 by the New York Bible Society In­ ternational. Used by permission. (NIV) As Nazarenes face the challenge of secular educa­ tion at all levels—junior high, high school, college— Cover: By Fred Sieb there are at least three options: (1) Deny the con­ tribution of the arts and sciences. However, rejecting the contributions of the Greeks and Romans to West­ ern civilization and ruling them out of the classroom Volum e 65, N um ber 7 April 1 , 1976 Whole Number 3203 H E R A L D O F H O L IN E S S , 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City, Mo. 64131. Published semimonthly by the Nazarene Publish­ is not the Nazarene answer to secular education with­ ing House, M A. Lunn, Manager, 2923 Troost Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 64109. Editorial Office at 6401 The Paseo. Kansas City, Mo 64131. Subscription price, 54 00 per year m advance Second-class postage paid at Kansas City. Mo Address correspon out values. dence concerning subscriptions to: Nazarene Publishing House, P.O. Box 527, Kansas City, Mo. 64141. Change of address: Please send new address and old, enclosing a recent address label if possible. Allow six weeks for change Unsolicited manu scripts will not be returned unless accompanied by postage. Opinions expressed in signed articles are those of the authocs, and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Church of the Nazarene. Printed in U.S.A, the world of both natural science and the social sci­ ences. John Wesley hammered out his theology on the three anvils of Scripture, reason, and human experi­ ence. He was asked one day what he would do if he found a fact of faith in the Bible that met the de­ mands of reason but did not pass the test of human experience. He replied that he would go back to the Bible and start reading again. Faith is not trustworthy until it has been tested and confirmed by human experience. Education with a Christian heritage must take in the full gamut of God’s truth wherever it exists. Otherwise our errors are no less than those of the secularist who has denied the great values of the Judeo-Christian contribution to civilization. In a . d . 203, when Demetrius was the bishop of Alexandria, he placed a young man by the name of Origen in charge of education in the diocese. Doubt­ less the bishop had no intention of starting an intel­ This response would only result in a new dark age lectual revolution, since that is not the sort of thing of education whose main purpose would be the teach­ that bishops ordinarily do. But the man and the mo­ ing of religious acts and ceremonies. Then a new ment in history had arrived. medieval scholasticism would emerge for the trans­ The time was at hand when the church, still mission of dogma unexamined in the milieu of human preaching the Word of God in all the power of its affairs. This kind of educational perspective would divine simplicity, had to move onward and outward smack more of catechetical instruction t han it would into the complex world of human affairs where the of openness to all truth as G od’s truth. claims of the gospel would have to be explained to the Nazarene colleges do not respond to secular ed­ satisfaction of the Greek philosophers and Roman ucation by turning their hacks on the arts and sci­ scholars. ences. Nazarene colleges are liberal arts colleges in Origen tells of this exciting intellectual experience. the fullest and best sense of the term. “ When I devoted myself to the Word, and the report (2) Christianize the curriculum. This, too, has of my proficiency went abroad, there came to me limitations. W hen an attempt is made to Christianize adherents of the various schools of thought, and men the curriculum, logic must be adjusted to fit theology conversant with Greek learning, particularly with and history’s timetable, and the dimensions of the philosophy. It seemed therefore necessary that I universe must be remeasured to conform with some­ should examine the doctrines of the schools and see one’s interpretation of Genesis. what the philosophers had said concerning the Zealous Christians have always been tempted at truth.” In these words Origen describes the beginning two extremes in education: either to manipulate their of the full-scale historic encounter between Chris­ data into Christian shape, or to ignore liberal arts in tianity and the ancient world of thought which was favor of the contemplative life of the separatist com­ begun by Paul with the philosophers on Mars Hill munity where the facts of faith are studied without and by John with the Gnostics at Ephesus. the uncomfortable intrusions of the facts of life. To Christian education must learn to explain the truth read Christ into the writings of Plato or to wrench in Christian faith as well as the truth in the arts and Platonism out of the parables is unfair to Christ and sciences. God’s truth is truth wherever it is found. to Plato. Antagonism, separatism, or even a closed mind is not (3) There is a third approach to education without faith’s answer to learning. It is not the fear of truth, values that is truer to our Christian heritage than but knowing truth which sets men free. either the rejection of the arts and sciences or the Nazarene colleges are not called to destroy the Christianizing of the curriculum, and that is to ac­ social institutions of our Western world—though per­ cept the contributions of our Graeco-Roman heritage haps they can correct some of their ills. Neither are in the liberal arts while we give full attention to the they called to question the great facts of faith which towering strength of our Judeo-Christian heritage. are central to life in Christ. Students and faculty are How these “ two rivers” are related and integrated, not called to reorganize organized religion—though of course, is the work of scholars. they do want to keep it vital by God’s Spirit. Christ crucified and risen was proclaimed without Our purpose is to perpetuate the ideals and prior­ apology by Paul to the philosophers of Athens and ities of Christian holiness. We are called to be spe­ to the practical politicians from Caesar’s household cialists in teaching the liberal arts while maintaining in Rome. The Hebrew-Christian tradition need not a full appreciation for our Christian heritage. We are be threatened by the culture of Greece and Rome. called to transmit learning through the ministry of And neither do the Greeks and Romans have to be teaching and to develop in ourselves and our stu­ converted to be understood and appreciated. All dents a life-style which proves the transforming pow­ the facts of faith in our Christian heritage must face er of Christian love and purity. □

APRIL 1 , 1 976 5 O u r T r e o f

sas City, which college

WARD S. MANN Executive Secretary Department of Education and the Ministry

N MY WAY HOME from the Eighteenth Gen­ Orton Wiley? How could a college fail to produce eral Assembly, I visited St. Simon’s Island off preachers, teachers, missionaries, and other church Othe coast of Georgia. It was there that John andleaders when the faculty members and administra­ Charles Wesley ministered while on their missionary tive officers were so obviously sold on what they were journey to America. The results of their labors are doing that the students were caught by the contagion still evident, for I spent the night at the Methodist of their selfless dedication? Retreat Center, Epworth-by-the-Sea. At the entrance The faculty members and administrative officers to the conference grounds is a modest sign which of all our colleges not only performed heroically in states simply, “A man named Wesley passed this carrying out their educational assignments; they also way.” carried the heavy end of the financial load for the first There are 11 Nazarene institutions of higher educa­ half century of our denominational history. Too little tion on the North American continent where similar has been said about this aspect of Nazarene higher signs could be erected. Such signs naming the found­ education. Suffice it to say it has been a miracle of ers would list only a small number of the dedicated sacrifice. men and women who through the years have made In undertaking the support of 12 educational in­ lasting contributions to Nazarene higher education. stitutions, the Church of the Nazarene has assumed These names would include James B. Chapman, a staggering load for a denomination its size. The H. Orton Wiley, S. S. White, Bertha Munro, Olive delegates at the 1964 General Assembly, of course, Winchester, A. B. Mackey, and a host of others who had no way of knowing that the establishment of a saw that the future of the Church of the Nazarene Bible college and two liberal arts colleges would could best be assured by the establishment of strong coincide with a downswing in the national economy educational institutions. and that these newborn institutions would be experi­ Those who founded our colleges were possessed of encing the travail of birth at a time when other col­ great faith and unsurpassed courage. They dreamed leges were in their death throes. and toiled and sacrificed. They made no small plans. Neither did they know that the period to follow They envisioned not only training schools but col­ would be characterized by widespread restlessness on leges—strong colleges of arts and sciences— and even college and university campuses which would also designated some of their fledgling institutions as make its appearance at Nazarene colleges. Yet, universities. Our founders insisted that “ all branches despite reports of campus turmoil frequently over­ of learning” should be taught, that “the very best stated, Nazarenes continued to pour money each year scholarship” should be emphasized, that their col­ into their educational institutions. leges should be “ thoroughly equipped.” They pledged The total support which Nazarenes gave to higher that their campuses should be centers for holiness education in the fiscal year 1974-75 was $5,982,267. evangelism. This is an increase of over $2 million annually during Above all, our early leaders loved the church and the quadrennium, and represents per capita giving of the educational institutions which they fostered. $13.22. The total invested in Nazarene higher educa­ There have been those who have loved Nazarene col­ tion during the quadrennium amounts to $20,980,945. leges more than life itself. The product of such devo­ Is it worth it? tion is bound to endure. Those parents whose son or daughter was one of How could colleges possibly fail in their mission the thousands of college students who experienced when presided over in their early years by intellectual spiritual and intellectual growth during this period and spiritual giants like James B. Chapman or H. believe it was! And overwhelming evidence testifies

6 HERALD OF HOLINESS that from a purely unemotional, practical viewpoint are worthy of the investment of our lives in this this generous outlay of funds was a sound investment place.” for the future of the Church of the Nazarene. It is, unquestionably, this student-faculty rela­ We are all aware that our colleges and seminary tionship which has contributed much to the achieve­ have provided hundreds of well-trained men and ment of the ideal learning situation, and which has women for the mission fields, thousands more for the made it possible to have high standards of intel­ ministry in the homeland, and many thousands of lectual attainment irrespective of inadequate build­ devoted laymen who are active in places of respon­ ings or facilities. The success of our alumni in sibility throughout the world. It is most significant graduate schools, the percentage of doctor’s degrees that 82 percent of today’s church leaders are alumni on our faculties, and the respect accorded our col­ of Nazarene institutions of higher education. leges by present-day educators, all attest to a campus This leads me to make an observation which can climate for learning which is the sine qua non for any neither be proved nor disproved, but which I sincere­ college which proposes to be responsible in fulfilling ly believe. its obligations to its students. To allow inferior schol­ It is this . . . arship in a Nazarene college would be to perpetrate I believe that the tremendous emphasis on higher a fraud. education which has characterized our movement Another indispensable ingredient of our campus from its earliest days is the key to the sound, steady climate is our spiritual emphasis. It has been, and growth of our church during the 67 years o f its his­ still is, our most powerful influence. The warm Chris­ tory. There are many other factors, of course. The tian atmosphere which has pervaded our campuses doctrine we espouse cannot be surpassed. We have has been chiefly responsible for the changed atti­ come along at a period in history when there was an tudes, changed goals, and changed lives which Naza­ obvious spiritual vacuum into which we have moved. rene colleges have always produced. And it must be And we have been blessed with excellent leadership, remembered that from the beginning we have accept­ most of which has been generated by our own in­ ed the evangelistic risk of admitting students who sistence on quality education. make no Christian profession. But God has helped From the very beginning, our colleges have pro­ us! duced people with imagination, conceptual skills, Those closest to the college scene will tell you that historical and cultural perspective, a capacity for there is a greater degree of evangelistic activity on effective communication, and intellectual flexibility. our college campuses now than ever in the history of Qur graduates have learned how to work hard, have our institutions. Every campus is characterized by had tough minds, good intellects, and sound judg­ genuine concern and is alive with various programs ment. A dd to this a thorough grounding in theology of outreach. Last year approximately 1,000 students and philosophy, and an atmosphere of holy piety, volunteered for the summer outreach programs at and leaders have been born for the Church of the home and abroad under the Departments of Youth, Nazarene. Home Missions, and World Missions. It is a rather long route, but time is an essential One reason for my optimism with regard to Naza­ factor in normal maturation. There is no satisfactory rene colleges is the fact that every campus, every substitute—no shortcut. It is also an arduous process, year, feels the effect of a genuine movement of the but it produces a product which is geared for what­ Holy Spirit. If all Nazarene churches had as whole­ ever is arduous. some and effective revival efforts every year as those Furthermore, our denomination at the outset de­ which occur on our college campuses, our total cided to provide educational opportunity for both church would be immensely strengthened. ministry and laity. This was a momentous decision. It is gratifying to be able to report to you today and It meant larger campuses, a more comprehensive affirm the health of this segment of our Zion. Naza­ curriculum, a greater number of buildings, and more rene colleges are doing well financially, educational­ costly equipment. ly, and spiritually. But today, everywhere you go, you will find laymen 1. All institutions are budgeting with extreme educated in our own colleges who have literally care, and budget-watching has become a deadly seri­ buttressed our churches in increasing numbers year ous year-round activity. This factor, coupled with after year. The respect in which they are held by the the generous support of our constituency, has en­ business and professional world has often paved the abled some of our institutions to make remarkable way for the establishment and development of Naza­ progress in recent years. rene churches. Friendships which have developed at Nazarene col­ 2. Nazarene colleges are now respected and even leges have endured and have led in later years to envied by the educational world. Our graduates are strong bonds of fellowship and understanding among continuing to provide leadership not only for our both ministry and laity. This is a part of both the church, but also for our nation. heritage and the genius of our church. 3. The spiritual impact of our colleges continues One of the finest features of our educational enter­ to be both vital and effective. The revival echoes prise has been the environment which we have been from our campuses this year have been positively able to engender on our campuses. The relationship thrilling! which has existed between faculty and student is It is particularly encouraging to be able to report particularly precious. a warm attitude in general on the part of the college The example faculty members have set as Chris­ campus toward the general church. The relationship tian scholars has been a priceless blessing to our col­ which has always existed between our church and our leges and our church. Their attitude has said to their colleges has been most precious. It has also been an students, “ W e really believe in you. W e think you indispensable partnership. Our colleges cannot exist

APRIL 1, 1976 without the support of the church. Nor can the One day he stood on the platform church grow and prosper without our colleges. During a college chapel service I believe all of us agree with the vision of one of the And looked into a sea of faces, most loyal Nazarenes I have ever known. Friendly faces, He was a layman . . . Reverent faces, Just a layman . . . The eager faces of youth . . . But he loved God and the church. Untried youth . . . He did not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, Youth looking to the future, Nor stand in the way of sinners, Open to a call, Nor sit in the seat of the scornful; Seeking earnestly careers of service; And, Youth looking forward to the Of course, Establishment of homes, God prospered him. Stable homes, Christian homes. He was a generous man— A tither— No one knows Yes, and more than a tither. All that went through his mind He gave liberally to God’s work. As he stood there that day; His favorite interests were But, at the conclusion Missions . . . He was heard to say, And Nazarene colleges. “I see it all now . . . He believed both endeavors What they ought to be, Necessary Our church can go on To the ongoing of the church. For a thousand years. ” □

Jtstd, Ctuid %t& f e

By BONNIE MONSON Red Bluff, Calif. % t a \ N M e i

to superimpose “creative” ability on Your students sit here after a partic­ just to impress a supervisor. ularly dreadful day at I find in You . . . relief from the turmoil, strength in ischool. The teacher, the my weakness and ineffectiveness, wisdom in my grop­ children, and even I am ing understanding, love in my unlove . . . warmth in glad to hear the dismissal my “screechy” voice. bell. Lord, teach me Thy ways! I can’t help but muse over You speak softly and with almighty wisdom. You the difficulty and seeming can make Your students draw Your conclusions from helplessness in my heart. I our daily work. see troubled, confused chil­ Your assignments are never more than we can dren . . . unsure of their complete (1 Corinthians 10:13). You give us plenty of assignments, forgetting time to study. instructions, not equal to the When it comes to exams . . . You never grade with task . . . malice or unchangeable will, but quietly You exam­ I look around and find one child at the utter point ine our intent. of frustration, unable to cope with her arithmetic. And when we don’t quite measure up to Your stan­ Another child staring blankly out the window, escap­ dards . . . Your reproof is never given without a pat of ing from the pressure of responsibility . . . and still encouragement . You suggest no pathway without also another tries to see words his mind jumbles in con­ giving direction. fusion . . . When it comes to the end of a lesson, You never Others are caught up in the competitive fretfulness forget us, nor dismiss us . . . We are in Your thoughts created by an unthinking instructor. Then there’s and care forever. that “special” child, dull, plodding, slow at every Because You are the Divine Pedagogue You are, task . . . there’s just no time for him; this life is set at Your teaching touches us with permanent wisdom a different pace than he can function in. and unfailing sureness. Lord, I’m glad You are my Teacher. May I be Your student forever. Always Your dis­ You never have an ego problem. Nor do You need ciple—ever learning. n

HERALD OF HOLINESS T IHESEhe THREE WORDS are , scso uniquely American that they describe a whole way of life— but their meaning is often over­ looked and unappreciated. IEDOM Freedom to choose a way of life. Freedom to choose a vocation. Freedom to choose a religion and church. Freedom to choose an edu­ HOICE cation . . . friends . . . a life’s mate. Alexander Solzhenitsyn, in one of his recent articles entitled By KENNETH H. PEARSALL “Wake Up, W ake U p,” has said: Northwest Nazarene College “We in the Soviet Union are born Nampa, Ida. slaves. You in America are bom free. I have traveled through your country, and I am convinced that the American heartland is healthy, strong, and broad in its outlook. Have you ever wondered what And when one sees your free and happened to the 55 men? Only a independent life, all the dangers few were to survive long. Five were which I talk about seem imag­ captured and tortured before they inary.” died. Twelve had their homes loot­ Each day we make hundreds of ed or destroyed by the enemy. choices and think very little about None of the 55 died in the Revolu­ any of them. Some are major; most are minor. All tionary War from hardship or bullets. are choices. Every individual is responsible for the Carter Braxton, the wealthy planter and trader, choices he makes. lost all of his ships. To pay his debt he sold his home The Book of God contains many examples of indi­ and all of his property. He died in rags. viduals who made poor choices: Thomas McKean, of Delaware, was so harassed . . . Adam chose the forbidden fruit and lost the he was forced to move his family five times in as favor of God. many months. He served in Congress without pay; . . . Esau chose the mess of pottage and lost his his family went into hiding and lived in poverty. birthright. John Hart, from New Jersey, was driven from his .. . Demas chose the pleasures of the world and lost wife’s bedside. For more than a year he lived in for­ his soul. ests and caves. After the war he returned home to The Word of God also speaks of others whose find his wife dead, his children gone, and his prop­ choices at the time seemed to be poor ones. But in the erty worthless. He died soon after of exhaustion and a long run these choices were seen to be good. We read: broken heart. “By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to Choices determine the course of our lives and to a be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose large extent the future of our offspring, families, to be mistreated along with the people of God rather churches, communities, and country. Are we made of than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time” the same kind of stuff as our forefathers? Do we pos­ (Hebrews 11:24-25, N IV). sess the courage to stand for God, righteousness, and “By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet goodness, while others fall for anything? Are we ready seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By to put our lives on the line, if necessary, for freedom? his faith he condemned the world and became heir of Solzhenitsyn’s words are a challenge to all who the righteousness that comes by faith” (Hebrews must choose: “The leadership of your country will 11:7, NIV). have to bear a burden greater than ever before. Your In the history of our own country there were those leaders will need profound intuition, spiritual fore­ who made decisions to provide and preserve the free­ sight, high qualities of mind and soul. May God grant dom to choose. The 55 men who pledged their lives that you will have at the helm personalities as great away overlooked the price of their decision. Signing as those who created your country. Those men never the Declaration of Independence, they wrote: “For lost sight of their moral bearings. They did not laugh the support of this declaration with a firm reliance at the absolute nature of the concept of ‘good and on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually evil.’ Their policies were checked against a moral pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our com pass.” sacred honor.” During the turbulent sixties one of our students at What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were Northwest Nazarene College was faced with a diffi­ well-to-do farmers, well educated, and with means. cult decision. After much thought and prayer, he They were not wild-eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians, but said, “I will follow Christ wherever He leads.” He soft-spoken men of good character and financial graduated in 1965, little realizing what that choice security who were willing to put their lives on the line would mean in 1975. He is in a jail today for preach­ for freedom. ing the gospel. □

APRIL 1 , 1976 9 A college education, from a Christian perspective, helps one better understand himself in the light of Bible studies, psychology, and history. He learns about society and the world in which he lives. He dis­ rue ^ covers his talents and learns skills and techniques which prepare him for living as well as earning a livelihood. I admit that one doesn’t have to go to a Christian “ IOW COST” college to find God’s will for his life. However, during the last two decades, I have seen hundreds of stu­ dents on several of our Nazarene campuses seek and 01 ^ find God’s wonderful will for their lives. A college education trains and prepares a person in a manner that enables him to fulfill that calling. Money and material possessions alone are not to be compared EDUCATION, with the inner assurance and abiding joy of a devoted servant of God. By DONALD IRWIN I was converted on the last day of my senior year in Eastern Nazarene College high school. Immediately, I sensed a guiding influ­ Quincy, Mass. ence in my life in the direction of a Christian college. No other member of our family had ever been to college. However, my Christian parents shared the conviction that this is what I should do, and began to I HE PRICE WE PAY for education is but a small make the financial adjustments. A percentage of the cost of ignorance. This idea During the four years of college, some wonderful was proposed by Thomas Jefferson, one of the archi­ things happened to me. At the fall revival I entered tects of our democracy. He insisted on “ the diffusion into the experience of entire sanctification. Through of knowledge among the people.” The case for public four years of good preaching and Bible studies, I education in the United States won. Within 200 years learned doctrinal, ethical, and practical aspects of we have become the world’s leading nation in the the life of holiness. A sudden impression during my advancement of medical technology, scientific knowl­ freshman year that God wanted me to be a minister edge, and education. gradually crystallized into a lifelong conviction very As a nation, we have progressed from blood-letting real to me yet today. The academic training, the to heart transplants, from horse and buggy to super­ Christian atmosphere, the helpful association with sonic jets, from quill pens to electronic typewriters, faculty and students helped me become established from log cabins to skyscrapers. The quality of our in my faith and in my calling. national life, as well as the growth of our national There were many bonuses not offered in the college wealth, is a direct result of our great educational catalogue. At college I met the person who became system. my lifelong companion and wife. It was while a stu­ Those who have traveled the underdeveloped areas dent that I joined the Church of the Nazarene and of the world would generally agree that nations pay received a license to preach. a tremendous price for the ignorance of their people. My story is far from being spectacular or unusual. I have visited Indian tribes in Central America who It is repeated hundreds of times every year on each of exist without the benefit of a written language, our Nazarene campuses. Only the details are slightly schools, modern technology, or even simple medical different. items. These people pay every day and in every area My parents made financial sacrifices and I had to of their life for this lack of knowledge. work in order to pay the cost of a college education. This same principle applies to individuals as well When I think of all that I might have missed by not as to nations. A few years ago, it was reported that a going to college, I realize it was the investment of a college graduate earned 53 percent more money dur­ lifetime. □ ing his lifetime than a high school graduate. Some people have reason to question this in view of in­ creased cost of college education and the high rate of unemployment. In a recent survey, researchers at S ------\ Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that PROFIT four-year college graduates now earn an average of 40 percent more than high school graduates. It is still Profit gained true. Higher education doesn’t cost—it pays great at the expense of honor rewards. is justly defined However, to make more money is in itself not a suf­ as poverty. ficient reason for a college education. This is too materialistic. Money and financial success are not -CHARLES D. MOSHER Christian objectives. A life of usefulness and service Delaware, Ohio to God are both Christian and self-fulfilling. 2 _ / i n UP=D A l nF= Mf~ll Ir\!F=:c=;c^ / - \ l L WE POSSESS has been entrusted to counts of this kind of stealing. They involve A. JL us by God. Most people place great burglary, purse-snatching, shoplifting, and importance upon material goods and spiritual armed robbery. Some of it is called petty thiev­ gifts. But the manner in which we view and use ery; but if the value is great, it is classified these things should be in accordance with the grand larceny. will of God at work in our lives. The size of the thing stolen is not the impor­ What does any believer have in his hands but tant issue. The tragedy occurs when people suc­ what has been divinely placed there in tempo­ cumb to the evil trend to take another’s posses­ rary trust? God is the real Owner of all things. sion to satisfy their selfish desires. It is never a Thus, what one may call his own is only pos­ minor misdemeanor. Material gain is their god sessed because God has made him overseer. —no matter at whose expense. There are items one might claim belong to Then there are those who steal intangible him fully—by purchase, by inheritance, or by values. Many abstain from stealing material virtue of having made it. Certainly, to possess possessions who become guilty of stealing some­ something implies ownership, for the thing pos­ one’s reputation. This is no less an offense. As sessed is at the disposal of the possessor. But Shakespeare put it: unless the ownership is legal, it is not valid. Who steals my purse steals trash . . . The Bible views whatever one has and holds But he who filches from my good name as God-given possessions to use. A Christian Robs me of that which not enriches him, realizes, going beyond human legal terms, ev­ And makes me poor indeed. erything he has clear title over remains God’s But there is an insidious third type of steal­ property. One thus possesses things throughout ing which directly defrauds God. It is as precise his life as a lessee who is caretaker of a trust. an act against the Giver as assuming illegal And there is coming a day when he must give possession. One might ask: “ How does a man an account of his stewardship. literally steal from God?” A person who only thinks of getting ahead in The prophet Malachi clarifies the issue. The this life feels compelled to grab all he can, no divine question is: “ Will a man rob God? Yet ye matter who holds it. Legal ownership is of little have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we concern. Man’s fallen nature impulsively re­ robbed thee? In tithes and offerings” (3:8). sorts to thievery, both in relation to God and to This is not only cheating God of what He others. deserves, but it is misappropriating goods He In the eighth commandment, God thus de­ has given one as His steward. Because God has clares, “ Thou shalt not steal” (Exodus 20:15). given life and its attending blessings, a person No one is to take by stealth or force that which can do no less than faithfully give in return. belongs to another. So the Word gives guidance Each must give himself, the talents and re­ to a proper understanding of ownership. If we sources God has entrusted him to use, to divine reverence God, we will also respect the respon­ service. sibility of others as holders of divine property. The only cure for stealing is giving—giving To take what is not legally ours is one thing. God priority in our lives—giving tithes and But going against God’s order in snatching His offerings as He has instructed us. Any anxiety property intensifies the seriousness of the deed. about property or profit-sharing or getting our Stealing is not simply a transgression against just due ought to be satisfied when we remem­ another individual’s rights. It is selfishly seiz­ ber: “ No good thing will he withhold from them ing what really belongs to God. that walk uprightly” (Psalm 84:11). □ There are two commonly recognized ways of stealing. The first is to take objects of material By IVAN A. BEALS value. The daily news reports are filled with ac­ Kansas City, Mo. “See what love the Father has given us that we THE THREE TENSES should be called children of God!” (RSV). (1) Few people are more pathetic than the home­ OF SALVATION less, those who have nowhere to go and no sense of be­ The story is told of a famous nineteenth-century longing. The world into which Christ came was New Testament scholar who was traveling in a train haunted by a sense of spiritual homelessness. The old when he was approached by a young Salvationist and pagan gods were no longer credible. There was, in the asked, “ Are you saved?” To which the scholar replied words of Gilbert Murray, “ an intensifying of certain (in Greek, of course): “Do you mean: have I been spiritual emotions: an increase of sensitiveness, a saved, am I being saved, or shall I be saved?” failure of nerve.” The story is probably apocryphal (it was been told Into this scene of lostness Jesus came with good of too many different people not to be suspect); but news. “ To all who received him,” writes John in his the point is well taken. For the New Testament does Gospel, “ who believed in his name, he gave power to speak of salvation in three tenses. becom e children o f G od” (John 1:12, R SV ). It is in Sometimes it describes salvation as a past event. this experience that he finds joy in present salvation. So Paul says to the Christians in Ephesus: “ By grace If John’s first tense is the present, his second is the you have been saved” (2:8, RSV)—referring to the future: what we shall be. “ It does not yet appear what time when they received God’s saving grace by faith. we shall be, but we know that when he appears we It also speaks o f salvation as a present experience: shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.” not merely as the continued holding on to something (2) In contrast to any who profess to be fully in­ received in the past, but as the operation and effect­ formed about every detail of the shape of the life to ing within us from day to day of the saving power of come, John confesses that there are some things he God. “The word of the cross,” Paul writes to the Co­ does not know. He does claim, however, to know one rinthians, “ is folly to those who are perishing, but to item of surpassing importance: that when Christ ap­ us who are being saved [i.e. in the advancing stream pears we shall be like Him, for His presence will of God’s salvation] it is the power of God” (1 Corin­ transform us. thians 1:18, RSV). The possibility of men becoming like Christ is the And besides, salvation is also a future hope. Jesus great magnetic power of the Christian faith. Voltaire said: “He who endures to the end will be saved” confessed that this was the one thing which almost (Mark 13:13, RSV); and Paul, counselling the Roman made a Christian of him: “ Once I met a man who re­ Christians against spiritual sloth, reminded them minded me of Jesus Christ; once I met John Fletcher that “ salvation is nearer to us now than when we first of Madeley.” It is God’s design that we should be like believed” (Romans 13:11, RSV). Him: “ Those whom he foreknew he also predestined The First Epistle of John contains a passage which to be conformed to the image of his Son” (Romans presents an interesting variation on this theme. In 8:29, RSV). chapter 3:2-3, the author writes the well-known If we are following Him now, we are becoming in­ words: “Beloved, we are God’s children now; it does creasingly like Him: “We all, with unveiled face, not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure” (RSV). John’s first tense is the present: what we are. “ We are God’s children now.” There is an air of breathless By A. R. G. DEASLEY wonder about this, as though it is too good to be true. Canadian Nazarene College

12 HERALD OF HOLINESS into his likeness from one degree of glory to another” purity. It is possible to have a perfect heart. (2 Corinthians 3:18, RSV). When we see Him, we “ Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” shall be perfectly like Him: He himself will make (Matthew 5:8, RSV). The measure of purity open to us so. us now is that of Christ himself: “ as he is pure.” From the present and the future John now comes to Not that we can purify ourselves. But the New his third tense: what we should be. “Everyone who Testament frequently speaks in this way—2 Corin­ thus hopes in him [i.e. everyone who has this hope thians 7:1 is another instance—to emphasize our re­ fixed on Jesus] purifies himself as he is pure” (RSV). sponsibility to utilize all the means and resources of Expectation leads to aspiration; hope to holiness. grace that God has provided for the effecting of sal­ There is an important distinction to be noted here. vation. And what John says here is that the man who While the perfect likeness o f Christ is beyond us here takes the hope of heaven seriously will take seriously (see 1 Corinthians 15:49), the perfect purity of Christ the obligation of holiness too. What we are, and what is within our grasp. The perfect likeness of Christ we shall be, should incite us to what we should be. would require physical and mental perfection— Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart, things that are obviously beyond our reach. Come quickly from above; But if perfect understanding and perfect perfor­ Write Thy new name upon my heart, mance are beyond us now, that is not true of perfect Thy new, best name of love. □

that speaks,” Martin Gray says, “a simple, clear voice that too often he stifles. For it is a demanding Soeakino th voice, strict as a straight line.” If one hears and heeds his inner voice, his life counts for good. “It is the in­ visible power of will and thought,” Gray continues, “ that permits us to seize life in both hands. And that is why we must be attentive to our thought: live by it, and live by the spirit.” Despite widespread disinterest in truth, we deeply By GERARD REED need it, for “ truth is the food of the soul,” said Augus­ Mid-America Nazarene College tine. Our inner selves cry out for what is real, and Olathe, Kans. accompanying that hunger is a delicate gauge which enables us to discern what is true. But the hunger ' WHAT YOU SAY be simply ‘Yes,’ or ‘No,’” can be appeased with phoney substitutes, pleasur­ Jesus said (Matthew 5:37, RSV). Thereby He able diversions, and devitalized half-truths. And the burged His disciples to speak clearly and truthfully,gauge can be warped, bent, or broken. Thus amaz­ for nothing so sharply separates the kingdoms of God ingly few persons actually grasp and dare to proclaim and Satan as the issue of truth. Where Christ reigns, the truth. truth prevails; where the father of lies reigns, deceit Lack of data or understanding may separate us prevails. from facts. But sinfulness—pride and fear—separate Truth is vital because “ words and the Word are an us from truthfulness. Truth is nice as long as it helps unsuspected force” (A Book of Life, Seabury, 1975). us; but when it makes us uncomfortable, we may try Honest words enhance and preserve life; lies distort to evade it. Since truth ultimately transcends man, and destroy it. Just as belief in a lie led to Adam’s proud men prefer distortions which make them fall and death for all, so associated tragedies take superior to any truth which humbles their minds. place when truth is trampled. European Jews died In Man’s Search for Himself, Rollo May says, while too few refuted racist lies. American Indians “The reason we do not see truth is not that we have died because deceit bought riches and self-satisfac­ not read enough books or do not have enough aca­ tion for invading Europeans. Nature dies as pollution demic degrees, but that we do not have enough cour­ ravages her, but few speak or listen to truth. Life and age.” To find truth, it seems one needs the humility truth are as yoked as death and deceit. and courage only perfect love affords. Deceit characterizes sinful man. Politicians and If Jesus is Truth, and we love God with all our bureaucrats find it easy to sacrifice truth to expedi­ mind as well as our heart and soul, we must pay the ency and “ national interest.” Journalists frequently price to discern and walk in the light of truth. What­ seem more drawn to the sensational rather than to ever our intellectual gifts, sanctified believers have a accuracy in reporting news. Some educators teach great task: to find and obey truth. Doing so may youngsters how to exploit nature and “ succeed” in separate one from the mass of mankind, which pre­ life rather than how to live truly. Slanted advertise­ fers darkness to light, but it unites him with the One ments blatantly distort truth to sell their wares. Even whose truth never changes. □ churchmen may be tempted to compromise truth in order to stretch statistics, appease the hierarchy, or pacify parishioners. N o wonder Henry Luce once said, “The most dangerous fault in American life to­ day is the lack of interest in truth.” kelpsli toll lining Yet the brave man, the honest man, seeks truth. “Everyone knows that there is within him a voice

APRIL 1 , 1976 By ALICE MORTENSON Racine, Wis. this is what Christ wants us to deny our­ selves, it is true. He says in Mat­ thew 16:24, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” 1 ent It isn’t too difficult to fulfill the first half of this command for a short period of time, according to means to our own specifications, but what about the second part? Are we willing to take up our cross no matter what it might involve? Are we willing to follow Him no matter where He might lead, knowing that it isn’t just for a few short weeks during Lent, but as long as we live? This is real commitment! Lent brings to my soul the sense of a holy hush and seems to bid me “ walk softly” and to seek a closer communion with Him, recalling the days of His suffering. So as I read the story again from His Word, I seem to be with Him there in the Garden as He prays, “Not my will, but thine.” I see the great drops of blood, and I share with Him the human disappointment when He goes to Peter, James, and John, and finds them sleeping. But He under­ Paul M. Schrock stands. They are so human and so weary. Had I been there, I’m afraid OME OF US haven’t gotten over celebrating I, too, would have been found asleep. Christmas yet! And I hope we never will. That As I read on, I am with Him again as the soldiers is—spiritually. However, the season is over but therecome with their lanterns, staves, and swords to ar­ Sare still tangible evidences here and there in ourrest Him, and feel with Him the hurt and indignity homes—like the huge basket of greeting cards from of the betrayal kiss of Judas, and share in the anger far and near that stands waiting for “ time” so I can of the tempestuous Peter as he swings his sword at read them over again and relive some of the joyous the unsuspecting Malchus, cutting off his right ear. moments of that beautiful season, and feel anew the And I am amazed again at the compassionate touch glow of the reality of Jesus’ miraculous birth. that gently replaces the ear, and wonder how Mal­ And now Lent is upon us, and we are sobered by chus can ever be the same. the thought of its implications. Yet isn’t that what My heart follows Him into Pilate’s hall to share Christmas is all about? Isn’t that the real reason He with Him the scoffs, the spittle, and the stripes, and came? Born to die, to be rejected and smitten of men; I cringe as I hear the rabble’s cry, “ Crucify Him! to be led “ as a lamb to the slaughter.” God in human Crucify Him!” And I want to cry out, “ Oh, no!” as flesh to be nailed to the Cross, a sacrificial atone­ they press the torturous crown upon His brow. Amid ment for the sins of the whole world; to die that we it all I hear the cock crow and see His reproving but might have eternal life. tender glance at the remorseful Peter. As we enter this season, there isn’t the feeling of Then I try to walk beside Him up Calvary’s hill and urgency and rush of material preparation such as almost envy Simon of Cyrene, who is privileged to there is about Christmas, but more of a quietude and share that heavy burden with Him, and wonder if spiritual preparation and a deep inner longing to be something special hasn’t taken place in Simon’s more closely identified with Him. heart this day. We reach the summit, and above the Some try to express that longing by giving up ringing of the hammers as they pound the nails into certain pleasures or abstaining from certain favorite His hands and feet, I hear His deep, gentle voice foods during Lent. That is all right, and no doubt a imploring, “ Father, forgive them; for they know not fine measure of discipline—good for the body and what they do.” His concern? Not for himself, but good for the soul. But if it is done mechanically, I others. doubt if there is much, if any, spiritual merit in it. Then I behold Him hanging there between earth It goes far deeper than that. and sky and shudder at the darkness, more agonizing

1 4 HERALD OF HOLINESS than any physical suffering, as the weight of the sins of the entire world falls upon His innocent shoulders, LET US BE LIKE and, for a moment, even His Heavenly Father turns His face away, and Jesus cries out, “ My God, my TREES God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (a thought on Psalm 1) Then the words from His lips, “ It is finished,” fall like a quiet benediction as we realize that God’s The righteous are like trees. marvelous plan of salvation has been completed. The wicked are compared to chaff. And we are so thankful! Jesus had all the hosts of T rees—tall, heaven at His com m and and “ could have called stately, ten thousand angels” to come and smite His enemies beautiful and deliver Him from the Cross; but He chose to die, are admired, a willing sacrifice, that we might live! prevent erosion, This is what Lent means to me—trying to identify provide shade. myself with Him in His sufferings, thanking Him for Chaff—broken, taking my place and dying in my stead; and showing wind-driven, my gratitude by trying, in His strength, to live a life minute particles pleasing to Him; searching my heart for any signs of are useless, disloyalty to Him; sharing my faith with others; and cause one to itch rejoicing in the knowledge of the Resurrection, with­ and to sneeze. out which all that went before would have been in vain. Trees and righteousness both exalt a nation. And the story is still incomplete. The best is yet to Wickedness, like rotting chaff, causes decay. come! For this Jesus—born, crucified, buried, risen The wicked shall perish. again, ascended on high, and now seated at His Fa­ The righteous shall prosper and be known ther’s right hand interceding for us—is coming back of God. again! W ould that I could shout it from the house­ LET US BE LIKE TREES. tops so that every man, woman, and child might turn -JERRY D. HULL to Him and believe. For Christ, is the only Hope that Trevecca Nazarene College can brighten our troubled world today! Nashville, Tenn. This is what Lent means to me. □

IN THE BOOKSTALL

By C. NEIL STRAIT Racine. Wis.

Are You There, God? Success Is a Moving Target Jane Brewington Robert A. Raines Beacon Hill Press ol Kansas City, 1975, $1.00 Word Books, 1975, $5.95 Here is a fascinating book, well written, with a tremen­ Here is one of Robert Raines's better books, and most dous perspective on life. I especially like the realism with of them are worth your time. But in this one he seems to which Jane shares. It is long overdue in evangelical litera­ touch the heartbeat of life— especially the American ture. We are seeing more of it, and this is the type we dream— in a particularly powerful way. need. Dr. Raines, until recent months pastor of the First Com­ Miss Brewington pulls no punches. Yet she has a munity Church, Columbus, Ohio, writes from an experi­ healthy view regarding the ups and downs of life. And enced background and deals in this book with the prob­ while she writes as a single person, her thoughts are for lems and potentials of life. I especially like the emphasis everyone. on the power of God to create newness in the most dis­ You won’t read here very long without becoming aware torted or disturbed life. He says: “ . . . the good news is of the daily attention of God. And, here, she has accom­ that there is resident in each of us the creative energy of plished what many theologians fail to do in volumes. rebirth.” Later he says, “So the question is, ‘What’s dying Pages 22 and 23 are worth the book, for here Jane de­ in us?’ The answer will give us the clue as to what is being scribes her moment of commitment and the final joy of born in us” (p. 20). surrender when, as she puts it— “I wasn’t any longer The book, from the stated premise above, is then an really an I, I was a We. And it sure felt good.” attempt to focus on the rebirth— rebirth of the self, of The single person will especially profit from Miss Brew- values, of realness. ington’s assessment of the unmarried life. Again, frank­ The final three chapters deal with the behavioral side of ness and wisdom are characteristic of her writing. Christian living. Raines is writing something here that the This book is to be on the missionary reading list for the evangelical Christian needs to read. □ coming year, and that is a wise choice. □

APRIL 1, 1376 SPEAKING By JOHN A. KNIGHT

We Were Never Their Age It is no news to any of us that these are inflationary times. Consequently, there is the necessity for exper­ In speaking of today’s youth, Robert H. Shaffer has tise and efficiency on our campuses. But “ economiz­ said, “It is not enough to say to young people, ‘When ing at any cost” can have no place in Nazarene higher I was your age . . .’ We were never their age.” education, since the costs must frequently be mea­ Television, communication media, improved sured in terms of human and spiritual fulfillment. transportation systems, the staggering knowledge ex­ Who can say it is too costly to educate the Esther plosion have all contributed to the young a keen Carson Winanses, the Sidney Knoxes, the Hugh C. awareness of the world around them unknown to Benners? earlier youth. An Ohio College Association Task Force issued a It is commonplace to observe that too much knowl­ statement years ago which in some ways applies to edge exists for one person to attempt to cover even a Nazarene colleges: “ The efficiency of a college must small area of one field. For this reason the effective be measured not by the production of scholarship (in teacher now is not one who imparts knowledge so the technical sense of the word), not by the produc­ much; he is one who stimulates each student to be­ tion of mere efficiency in some line of labor; but by com e a learner all his life. the production of wide outlook, broad sympathies, Therefore, says Shaffer, “We must view students deep purposes, high devotion to truth and righteous­ not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be ness, the power to think, thoroughness, insight, pa­ lit.” tience, fidelity, courage— [by the production] in a This perspective is not alien to the philosophy of word, of character, of manhood. education which undergirds and guides Nazarene col­ “Not the politician but the statesman, not the leges. We have always felt that learning takes place scholar but the servant of humanity, not the overlord best in an atmosphere which inspires the individual but the hero and martyr—these are the highest pro­ to his highest potential. And it is our conviction that duct and the real test of the efficiency of a college” one comes to his fullest possibilities only in Christ. (quoted in the Ohio College Association Highlights, Nazarene educational institutions exist not for the March, 1974). purpose of dispensing factual knowledge alone, im­ We believe this is achieved only as the student portant as this still may be; but for the purpose of comes to know Christ as Lord of his life, as he grows forming Christian character. While our colleges, like and matures in the Christian graces. This remains every other educational enterprise today, are called the predominant reason for the existence of our col­ upon to manage their financial affairs with prudence leges. and wisdom, to be accountable to their constituents Yet we must acknowledge that things are not as in all administrative matters—these things are only they once were. Our youth have been brought face-to- means to the attainment of their ultimate goals, face with the realities and absurdities of a sinful age namely, to minister to their students and to equip in graphic ways not imagined by us when we were them for service “ in Jesus’ name.” their age. Because this is true, “ we were never their Obviously, a special kind of faculty person is re­ age.” quired for the accomplishment of this task. One must This calls for understanding of the 10,000 students be prepared spiritually as well as academically; prop­ on our campuses, who are exhibiting a spiritual sensi­ erly related to Christ and distinguished by a whole­ tivity and seriousness of purpose that elicits our ad­ some attitude toward the supporting church. miration. It calls for a deepened appreciation of the Nazarene colleges now, as always, are staffed by com m itted faculties and staffs who are rendering people whose dedication inspires and “ lights” their faithful service in this important area of Kingdom students. work.

HERALD OF HOLINESS “Not the politician but the statesman, not the scholar but the servant of humanity, not the overlord but the hero and martyr- these are the highest product and the real test of the efficiency of a college

It is sometimes said that Christian colleges histori­ prior to the Easter celebration. Ash Wednesday in­ cally have left their sponsoring denominations. A augurates it with a prayerful mood, which in free careful study might show that first the churches iso­ churches gains universal significance in the World lated themselves from the colleges, failed to stay Day of Prayer on the first Friday in Lent. close to them, and to give them the financial and There are special 40-day periods recorded in the Bi­ prayerful support they deserved. ble. Moses fasted and prayed in the mountain, during April 25 is Nazarene College Day. It is a good time which time he was given the Ten Commandments; to renew our commitment to Christian higher educa­ Elijah withdrew to the cave in the side of Mount Hor- tion; to include all of our colleges in our prayers; to eb; Jesus overcame the temptations of Satan follow­ fulfill our financial obligations to them. And a per­ ing His extended period of prayer in the wilderness. sonal word of encouragement to students and faculty Acknowledging the spiritual significance of these members whom we know would not be out of order. □ and other similar events—which included fasting and prayer, self-denial and self-discipline—the early leaders of the Christian Church called upon the peo­ ple to set aside the 40 days preceding Easter— (plus 6 Sundays)—for meditation on Christ’s life and teach­ Lent: ings and identification with His sufferings. Ritual or Remembrance These days are primarily a time of soul prepara­ tion. Originally they were the occasion for training The observance of Lent is not universal. Where it is new converts in the fulfilling of obligations which observed, there is no uniformity. Nor is the obser­ they assumed in Christian baptism. But the “old- vance obligatory. With regard to it, Paul’s words are timers” have need of this as well. Therefore we can appropriate: “ One man esteemeth one day above an­ ask ourselves with profit, What can be set aside in or­ other: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every der that we may render more enlightened, faithful, man be fully persuaded in his own mind” (Romans and obedient service to Christ? 14:5). Lent is not a time for om itting that which is sinful However, the observance of some Christian anni­ —sin is never to be indulged. Rather, it is a time for versaries may have value if they accord with the putting first things first, for reevaluating and rear­ Scriptures and human needs. By these periods and ranging priorities which may have become dislocated practices, events in the life of Christ are brought to amid the pressures of modem life. mind, and their significance for daily Christian living Lent observance need not be mere ritual. It can be are highlighted. They are a means of uniting in spirit a meaningful remembrance. Its spiritual benefits are the millions of Christians in every part of the world dependent in some measure on the spirit and attitude who make up the body of Christ. o f the worshipper. There are those who are inclined to speak lightly of Archbishop Soderblom has reminded us that one of Lent, to view it as a superstitious practice bom in the the most awful things about Jesus’ death “ is that it dark ages of the church. It is easy to reason that there was brought about by men who were following or be­ can be no spiritual value in refraining from doing lieved themselves to be following good and honorable what one ought not to be doing the rest of the year. reasons for their actions . . .” Whatever enables us to The conclusion is valid if the observance goes no fur­ see ourselves, our deepest motivations and aspira­ ther than the superficial “ leaving o ff’ of a particular tions, in the light of the Cross, has spiritual signifi­ personal enjoyment. cance. Self-denial for its own sake has no merit. Indeed it The Lenten season is observed properly when the may even be dangerous, for it masks as being a reli­ Church lifts up her voice, calling men to repentance gious act when it is nothing more than self-culture and Christians to a radical giving up of their right or and self-preoccupation. Christ’s kind of self-denial claim to themselves. Only when these injunctions are always has the view of serving others. obeyed is Christ’s Easter victory over sin appropri­ As is well known, Lent refers to the 40-day period ated for daily living. □

APRIL 1 , 1976 1 / The women were consistently considered “great readers” or “highly intelligent,” although girls were not sent to college then. Members of the family wrote 135 books, edited 18 journals and periodicals. They had sent 100 missionaries overseas, and scores had entered the ministry. Elisabeth Dodds's book Marriage to a Difficult Man (The Westminster Press) is about the Ed­ wardses. I read it with great interest because I won­ dered what it was about this couple that would spawn the beginning of generations of productive, successful people. Here are a few observations I made from the re­ search of Elisabeth Dodds. Jonathan and Sarah loved each other, and they acted like it. He was the head of the household, and she nurtured and preserved that position for him. In return he gave to her a place of high honor and esteem. He relied on her advice and practical wis­ dom. She sat next to him at the dinner table, and many afternoons they rode together in the hills or along the river, talking and sharing their innermost selves. At night when the children were in bed, the Edwardses routinely had a time of devotions for just SARAH AND the two of them. JONATHAN EDWARDS In Puritan times, disciplinary roles were uncom­ plicated. The Edwardses believed that until a child Anyone who has taken American Literature 101 will obey his parents, he can never be brought to knows Jonathan Edwards. Puritan preacher Ed­ obey God. So, at a very early age, it was their rule to wards is most famous for his sermon “Sinners in “resist the first, as well as every subsequent exhibi­ the Hands of an Angry God.” In that sermon he tion of temper and disobedience in the child.” shakes his unconverted listeners “over the pit of Sarah had the ability to make her children regard hell” and in fiery language and vivid imagery depicts and obey her cheerfully without loud, angry words the eternal consequences of unconfessed sin. or heavy blows. Both parents based their disci­ But Jonathan Edwards was more than a hellfire pline on the assumption that they, as parents, knew and brimstone Puritan evangelist. He is widely ac­ best. They always supported each other, and key to knowledged as a genius, scholar, and philosopher their success was the fact that Sarah “constantly — the first American philosopher, and some think and earnestly prayed and bore them on her heart the greatest. before God . . . and that even before they were In 1727, Jonathan Edwards married Sarah Pierre- born.” pont. Their marriage produced 11 children. In 1900, The household routine included jobs for everyone some 1,400 of their descendants were traced, and and a steady, dependable time of prayer and Scrip­ it was established that up to that point their mar­ ture reading before breakfast and again after sup­ riage had produced: per. 13 college presidents Jonathan Edwards carefully planned for an hour 65 professors each day to spend with the children. They knew tha! 100 lawyers and a dean of an outstanding law during that time they would have their father’s full school attention, and they counted on it. 30 judges The Edwardses also made it a point to single out 66 physicians and a dean of a medical school individual children to get to know them separately 80 holders of public office, including: and closely. Jonathan often took one of them with 3 United States senators him when he traveled (which was often). mayors of 3 large cities Jonathan Edwards’ philosophy of the family was governors of 3 states probably best articulated in one of his sermons: a vice-president of the United States “Every family ought to be . . . a little church, con­ a controller of the United States Treasury secrated to Christ and wholly influenced and gov­ Almost all the men among their descendants erned by His rules. And family education and order had college degrees, and many had completed are some of the chief means of grace. If these fail, graduate work in a time when this was unusual. all other means are like to prove ineffectual.” □

HERALD OF HOLINESS In all branches ©f knowledge. Cod helping us. we purpose |« teach men and women that they may be at their best advantage for Cod.

P. F. BRESEE. Founder. Church of the Nazarene Graduates Attest te the Fact that NAZARENE COLLEGES l Bring Together the Highest in Education with the Deepest in Spirituality. S iwifiiii If. Stephen W. N e a s e ______[KKSSSSRJtS K X K X l IETHANY NAZARENE COLLEGE lethany, Oklahoma 73008

Dr. Hugh Rae - BRITISH ISLES NAZARENE COLLEGE Manchester M 20 8GU, England

Hr. Ronald Gray______CANADIAN NAZARENE COLLEGE Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2P7, Canada

Jr.Dr. DcDon Irw in ------[ASTERN NAZARENE COLLEGE pincy, Massachusetts 02170

Dr. Curtis S m ith ------MID-AMERICA NAZARENE COLLEGE blathe, Kansas 66061

Dr. L. Guy N e e s . MOUNT VERNON NAZARENE COLLEGE Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050

Jr. Leonard S. O liv e r______Nazar ene b i b l e c o l l e g e Colorado Springs, Colorado 80930

Dr. William G reatho use______NAZARENE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Kansas City, Missouri 64131

Dr. Kenneth H. P e a rs a ll------NORTHWEST NAZARENE COLLEGE Nampa, Idaho 83651

Dr. Leslie P a rro tt______BLIVET NAZARENE COLLEGE kankakee, Illin o is 60901

Dr. W. Shelburne Brow n _____ POINT LOMA COLLEGE Dan Diego, C alifornia 92106

)r. Mark R. M o o re ______IREVECCA NAZARENE COLLEGE lashville, Tennessee 37210 Enrich Yourself WITH T H E S E and You DASIC Libraru' RESOURCE OOKS

BEACON BIBLE COMMENTARY A master reference work on the entire Bible written by 40 recognized con­ temporary Wesleyan-Arminian Bible scholars. Approximately 6,500 pages. Individual Volumes, $ 7 .9 5 10-Volume Set, $ 7 4 .9 5 ADAM CLARKE’S COMMENTARY One-Volume Edition Abridged by Ralph Earle Skillfully condensed, yet maintaining the spiritual insights of this historic six-volume set. 1,356 pages. $ 1 4 .9 5 EXPLORING THE NEW TESTAMENT Ralph Earle, Editor Valuable, fingertip reference material presenting a basic foundation for understanding New Testament [ truths. 467 pages. $ 4 .9 5

2-Volume “ Exploring” Set, $ 8 .9 5 EXPLORING THE OLD ESTAMENT W. T. Purkiser, Editor Contemporary and comprehensive study of the Old Testa­ ment: its content, its history, and its message. 472 pages. $ 4 .9 5

REACON BIBLE EXPOSITIONS 12 volumes of rich devotional thoughts and truths from the New Testament in the Wesleyan tradition. Includes complete King James text. Handy S'A x 7W ' page size. Volumes now ready . . . W riter 1 M atthew W. E. McCumber 3 Luke Reuben Welch 6 Romans Wm. M. Greathouse 11 Hebrews, James. 1 & 2 Peter W. T. Purkiser Each, $ 4 .9 , SCHEDULED FOR 1976: Volumes 7 (Corinthians) and 5 (Acts)

Order the complete set NOW. You will receive all volumes now ready. LAST VOLUME FREE Other volumes will be mailed and billed automatically as published. SUBSCRIPTION OFFER VOLUME 12 will be sent FREE. Available from Your NAZARENE PUBLISH! Post O ffice Box 527. Kansas City. Missouri 64141 dered from the Nazarene Publishing House for 50c per copy. T > “PROSPECTORS”CONTEST church IN L IN C O L N The Lincoln (Neb.) First Church conducted an interesting Sunday schools school contest from November 9 to D ecem ber 7, 1975, im m ediately fol­ By Melton Wienecke lowing “ Reach Out and Touch.” Each week Blaine Proffitt, Sunday school superintendent, made nine calls to The two graduates of Samoa Nazarene prospects, giving them two “ gold nug­ Bible College are (I. to r.) Rev. Timoteo HAPPENINGS^ gets” each. Anyone from the church and Rev. Aliiao Osooso. that called later that week could pick up a nugget, and if the prospect at­ SAMOA NAZARENE BIBLE NEW BIBLE MEMORIZATION tended Sunday school, the caller COLLEGE HOLDS FIRST TOOL AVAILABLE would receive another nugget. At the GRADUATION CEREMONY end of four weeks, two young people, The Word to Live Apia, Western Samoa, was the site Karen Beals and Kelly Robinson, were By, a Bible memori­ THE of the first graduation ceremony in the zation device pre­ WORD tied with 16 nuggets each, and Kyle To 1.IVE Bv Beals had 14 nuggets. short history of Samoa Nazarene Bible pared by the Depart­ College. A Bible Memory Rank The winners were flown to Kansas ment of Church for Teeiu> und A dulls Although SNBC has only held City, where they visited the Nazarene Schools, is now avail­ classes for two years, two transfer Publishing House, the International able for use with students completed their three-year Headquarters, the Nazarene Theologi­ teens and adults. course and graduated recently with cal Seminary, and Mid-America Naz­ Pocket-sized for easy the certificate in ministerial studies. arene College. They are shown below reference, it contains Both students testified of the spiritual visiting the Department of Church 39 pages with scrip­ progress they had made during their Schools. □ ture verses and references, signals, stay at the college. and mnemonics. There are 30 catego­ Samoa Nazarene Bible College of­ ries with two verses of scripture in fers the three-year course in minis­ each, using both the Old and New terial studies, along with a one-year Testaments. certificate for Christian workers. A John B. Nielson, adult curriculum one-year secretarial certificate was editor, offered the following sugges­ started this year, and a one-year music tions for its use: gifts to teachers, to certificate is planned in the near fu­ pupils, to new Nazarenes, to parents ture. at child’s dedication; as a family wor­ The college opened with the purpose ship aid; in church and bus ministry of training Samoan-speaking people visitation; as a memory project with in their own language and culture. recognition at completion of each lev­ Already there are five well-trained Sa­ el; as a travel game; for personal devo­ Mrs. Blaine Proffitt, Karen Beals, Kelly moan faculty members. tions. Robinson, Kyle Beals, and Blaine Prof­ Both graduating seniors assumed The Word to Live By may be or­ fitt visit Kansas City. full-time pastorates on the Samoa District. □ — Jerry L. Appleby, P resident

YOUTH LEADERS

S o F or discussion outlines JUNE JULY L. %> / AUGUST Q u a rte r

Rev. Roy L. Fralin, associate pastor and •To be ordered on your June—J u ly - CST director of the Portuguese Church August quarter Church Literature Supplies of the Nazarene, New Bedford, Mass., Order Blank. Contact your C.L.S. ordering presented three Christian Service Train­ secretary AT ONCE before the APRIL 10, ing awards in a recent service to Mrs. 1976, cash-discount deadline. Eva Kellick. Mrs. Kellick received the Churchmanship award, the Certified NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE Teacher award, and the Certified Sun­ day School Administration award. She is a member of the church and directs an outreach Sunday school in her neighbor­ hood. Rev. Manuel Chavier is the pastor.

APRIL 1 , ISTB 23 Northeastern Indiana District Bread winners in the B read subscription contest art pictured (I. to r .): Dale Hawkins, NEI literature director; Mrs. Rhonda Hawkins, and Beth Zurcher, Berne, Ind.; Charlene Wallace, Hartford City, Ind.; and Darlem Younger, Redkey, Ind., during their tour of NPH. A fourth winner, Becky Davis from Fort Wayne Trinity Church, was unable to make the trip.

0 * 0 th e C eleb ra tion / fat is! H o r b

EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 18 Recognize • special guests all visitors persons making most contacts members bringing largest number departments and classes with greatest increase

HE IS LORD” PLAQUE Distinctive! Hand-inscribed message on an artistically burnt parchment is mounted on richly grained, handcrafted wood. Complete with decorative ring hanger. 3 x 3 Packaged in a see-through envelope. M-716 $1.50; 6 for $8.25

HE IS LORD” BOOKMARK A “ Quality" marker. Cross and crown design and wording is woven in colorful, fade-proof yarn and laminated in a durable, transparent plastic for a lifetime of use. Complemented by a brightly colored tassel. 1 % x 534". BM-716 45c; 12 for $4.95; 50 for $20.00

Recognize EVERYONE present on this Easter Sunday morning. Finest pencil imprinted with “ He is Lord” theme, “HE IS LORD in assorted colors. 1W long. Inexpensive and for quantity purchase. PENCIL PE-60 Package of 20 for $1.50; 5 pkgs. for

NAZARENE PUBLISHING Post Office Box 527, Kansas City, Missouri NOTE: For other appropriate award items, see special Easter supplies flyer sent to all pastors. Congressman Elizardu Uriza Leal (r.) from Guatemala, is a professor in peda­ gogy and administration at the universi­ ty and was in Kansas City as a member of the Committee of Education for Latin America. In addition to his educational duties, he is a Nazarene Sunday school Primaries and juniors from Joplin, Mo., First Church traveled to Kansas City by bus teacher. Rev. Ronald Denton of the Latin and toured the publishing house. They were accompanied by their Sunday school Division escorted him on a tour of the teachers; Sunday school superintendent, Gary L. M artin; and Pastor George Pren­ publishing house and also served as tice. interpreter.

Chesley Lew is (I.), layman from Fort NPH Spirit of ’76 NHES (Noon Hour Enrichment Series). Employees entertained oth­ Worth, Tex., and a member of the Minis- er employees with a patriotic songfest. Shown (I. to r.) are: Marion Snyder, visual art terial Pension Review Board, has fre­ department, as Betsy Ross; with Ron Bryan, music department tenor and tricorn- quently visited Kansas City, but he hatted patriot; Betty MacPherson, music department soprano; and Lee Moseley, never has had time to tour NPH. During music department baritone, making up an enthusiastic trio. They sang various musi­ his last visit, he took time to look over cal combinations such as: “ Battle Hymn of the Republic,” “ America, the Beauti­ the operation. Arch Edwards is explain­ ful,” “ The Star-spangled Banner,” “ God Bless America.” Proofreader John James, ing the electronic typesetting operation. in colorful red and white, played the piano.

BENNER MEMORIAL ORGAN The dedication service was closed heard singing like that in my life.” DEDICATED AT NTS by singing “Victory in Jesus,” which Mrs. Eleanor Whitsett, concert or­ A new three-manual Rodgers 990 or­ had been a signature song for Dr. Ben­ ganist and music professor at Bethany gan has been installed in the chapel of ner, with the Seminary Singers. God’s Nazarene College, presented a concert the Nazarene Theological Seminary in presence was m anifested—tears on the new organ again Sunday eve­ Kansas City. flowed, and hands were raised in testi­ ning, February 15. She also conducted It was dedicated to the memory of mony. With tears in his eyes, a non- a workshop in church organ music Fri­ the late Dr. Hugh C. Benner, general Nazarene visitor said, “I have never day evening. Mrs. Whitsett, long-time superintendent emeritus of the Kansas City resident, received her Church of the Nazarene, first presi­ Master of Music degree from the Uni­ dent and founder of the seminary, at versity of Missouri at Kansas City. special service Friday morning, Feb­ The new organ is the largest of its ruary 13. kind in the Kansas City area. It is In addition to a brief dedication cer­ claimed by its makers to be equivalent emony, the chapel hour was a musical to a 62-rank pipe organ. The multi­ service featuring both classical and channel tone production system has 51 gospel organ solos by Eleanor Whit- speakers. The console is equipped with sett. The gospel selections included a a stereo input/output system, making medley of songs by Nazarene compos­ it possible to practice on the organ ers, concluding with two by Dr. Ben­ with earphones, to record and broad­ ner. Gary Moore assisted in two vo­ cast by direct line, and to play prere­ cal solos, and Jean Parker played the corded tape background through the piano for an instrumental duet ar­ speaker system. □ ranged by Mrs. Whitsett. Dwight Up- —Paul R. Orjala haus directed the Seminary Singers in a song.

APRIL 1 , 1 976 25 hurst, professor emeritus of the Uni­ versity of Chicago, the last phase of life is the time for “integration,” for “ putting it all together,” for looking to the future. Related to this, Dr. Pet­ erson suggested, must be the prepara­ tion for dying. Dr. Cole, in his approach to min­ istry with the aging, dealt with ways of affirming the meaning of life, cele­ brating the fullness of life through continued usefulness, and equipping the congregation for participation and service. Rev. Shrout narrated a slide pre­ sentation featuring Nazarene Senior Adult Retreats held last fall at Glori- Dr. Elbert Cole addressing the seminar A discussion group eta, N.M., and Montreat, N.C. Also on the program were Mr. John S E M IN A R O N Featured speakers were Dr. James Powell, of the National Retired Teach­ SENIOR ADULT MINISTRY Peterson, nationally known author, ers Association and American Associ­ “What has the church meant to educator, and director of the Ethel ation of Retired Persons; Mr. Joseph me? What can I as a senior adult do Percy Andrus Gerontology Center; Dr. Scanlon, director of Shepherd Center; for my church? How can the church Elbert Cole, pastor of the Central and Dr. Roy Swim, member of the improve the quality of its ministry to United Methodist Church of Kansas staff of Kansas City First Church. and with senior adults?’’ City and founder of Shepherd Center, Dr. Swim opened the session on These are some of the questions an ecumenical, multipurpose facility Thursday morning with a devotional which 55 older adults, pastors of with national recognition; and Rev. based on 2 Timothy 4:7 and 8. Mr. churches on the Kansas City District, Melvin Shrout, director of Senior Powell told of the services offered by and seminary students attempted to Adult Ministries for the Church of the the Church Relations Division of the answer in group discussions during a Nazarene. NRTA-AARP, and Mr. Scanlon ex­ seminar on senior adult ministry held Dr. Peterson emphasized the scope plained the 17 services sponsored by at the Nazarene Theological Seminary of the problem by pointing to the rapid Shepherd Center and designed to help on January 28 and 29. increase in the num ber o f those 65 people remain in their own homes. □ This seminar was part of a two- and older, now comprising nearly 11 week interterm course on senior adult percent of the population. The church ministry taught at the seminary by has responsibility to help people find Dr. Ruth Uphaus. It was financed meaning and purpose in later life and under a grant awarded through the to make use of the rich resource they State Office of Aging and the Missouri offer. Older people need to be stimu­ Association for Social Welfare to those lated physically and mentally, as well institutions of higher education which as spiritually, and to achieve the “up­ provide educational opportunities for ward look.” In addition to physical older persons and for training individ­ care, they, like all human beings, uals to work with and for older per­ need love. sons. According to Dr. Robert Havig-

CHAPLAIN ADMINISTERS OATH TO SEMINARIAN Chaplain (Maj.) Kenneth Hendrick, NEW IDEAS EVERY QUARTER USAR, administers the oath of office to Herbert C. Spain, Jr., who was re­ FOR THE SS SUPERINTENDENT cently commissioned as a second lieu­ tenant in the Staff Specialists Branch Sunday School of the U. S. Army Reserve Chaplain Superintendent's training program. Resource Packet Upon completion of graduate re­ quirements at Nazarene Theological Helps for building attendance Seminary, Rev. Spain will make for­ Ideas for vitalizing visitation mal application to enter active duty as an army chaplain. Plans for enlisting workers Chaplain Hendrick is on the faculty Guidelines for teachers' meetings at Olivet Nazarene College, Kanka­ Suggestions for teachers' training kee, 111. Rev. Spain’s wife, Martha, looks on Order EVERY QUARTER on the Church Literature- as the oath is taken. She is an em­ Supplies Order Blank or direct from your ployee at the International Center in the Department of Youth. □ NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE —Department of Youth Informational Services

26 HERALD OF HOLINESS Blessing”

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

By Dr. Ted E. M a rtin

“Where Shall We Raise the Cross?” April 4 “They Shouted and He Cried” April 11

UNIVERSITY MEMORIAL During this period he served as dean by the Biological Sciences Depart­ TO DR. C L Y D E F IS H E R of educational services and curriculum ment faculty, the department head, The new Life Science Building at planning, dean of the college, and, and the acting dean of science and California Polytechnic State Univer­ from 1961 until his death, dean of the mathematics. sity, San Luis Obispo, has been desig­ School of Science and Mathematics. A memorial scholarship fund has nated to be the Clyde P. Fisher In addition to his deanship position, been established at Cal Poly to pro­ Science Hall. Dr. Fisher was acting vice-president vide financial assitance to deserving The designation was approved by for academic affairs from December, students specializing in those areas of the Board of Trustees of the California 1973, to July, 1974. education which were close to Dean State University and Colleges and He was the holder of degrees from Fisher’s own vocational interests. □ was announced by Trustees’ Chair­ the University of Oklahoma and the man Robert A. Hornby and Chancel­ University of Southern California. lor Glenn S. Dumke. Construction is scheduled to begin Dr. Fisher, who died this year on Clyde P. Fisher Science last October 25, was Cal Hall. The $6.25 million structure will Poly’s dean of science include 19 laboratories for the biologi­ and mathematics. (His cal sciences, 3 lecture classrooms, and obituary was in the Jan- ^ 41 faculty office spaces with related uary 1 issue of the H er­ A administrative and clerical support ald.) areas. President Robert E. Kennedy of Cal Designed to include 74,000 square Poly, who recommended the naming feet of floor space on a 1.2-acre site, action, described Dean Fisher as “a the new structure will accommodate man who spent the majority of his life 729 full-time students—524 in lecture contributing to the development of areas and 205 in laboratory areas. Cal Poly and the School of Science It will be located near the present and Mathematics.” Science and Science North buildings Born in Oklahom a in August, 1920, in the northeast portion of the Cal Dr. Fisher joined the university’s Poly campus. mathematics department in 1947 and President Kennedy said the recom­ began various administrative assign­ mendation to name the building in ments in 1956. memory of Dr. Fisher was supported

MILLIONS BELIEVE B y Leslie Parrott

In affirming that Easter as a fact of faith is no accident, Dr. Parrott presents five timely reasons for believing in and cele­ brating the Resurrection. Its trans­ forming power meets the needs of the sinful, the disappointed, the doubter yet today. Mini 314 x 5” pocket size. 20 pages. Colorful cover. Package of 5 for $1.00; 10 pkgs. for $8.50; 20 pkgs. for $15 .0 0 An Excellent "Giveaway" During Rev. Merv Goins (r.), assistant to the president at Olivet Nazarene College; and Mr. the Lenten-Easter Season Charles M cD onough, district director o f Com m onwealth F.dison Com pany, tour the new library and learning resource center. Mr. McDonough has just presented anoth­ er cheek to the college, which sets a record for Kankakee community giving of over Order A T ONCE! $275,000. Rev. Goins reported that over $1 million will be given by the educational zone Nazarene churches, a $500,000 federal grant has been received, and a grant for NAZARENE $250,000 from the Kresge Foundation was awarded to underwrite the finances for this PUBLISHING HOUSE project. The library is being used this semester and will be dedicated in May, 1976. P.O. Box 527, Kansas City, Missouri 64141 NEWS OF CHURCHES On January 12-14, there were 35 pastors from the Sacramento District who registered for the Refresher Soul- winning Clinic conducted by Dr. Don­ ald Gibson. This refresher clinic is a follow-up on three simultaneous clin­ ics conducted last year in which all the pastors and associates of the dis­ trict were involved. The Arden Church in Sacramento, Calif., hosted the clinic. Some 48 gospel presentations were made, and 18 people received the Lord Total group registered at Nazarene Bible College of South Africa, including first-, as their Saviour. Some of these were second-, and third-year students, and lecturers H. Brown, J. Jarrett, and A. Calitz. leads provided by the various churches, and others were found as a result of SOUTH AFRICAN men in preparation for the ministry. the salvation survey. □ BIBLE COLLEGE OPENING Enrollment has been affected by the The Huntington Park Church, for­ The opening week of registration fact that a number of young men have merly Queensborough Church, of and spiritual challenge as well as the been called for military service and Shreveport, La., completed their re­ commencement of classes was Janu­ have been unable to secure temporary location program under the leadership ary 26-30. exemption to continue with their of Pastor D. M. Duke, with Dr. O. W. The highlight of the week was the training. Jenkins dedicating the new facilities series of Holiness Convention mes­ For example, there is a second-year on October 19, 1975. sages by Rev. Jerry Jennings of Potch- student who is an officer in the forces The congregation, under the leader­ efstroom, giving fresh insights to the and who has been called up for three ship of Rev. Jack McClung, purchased life of holiness. The series concluded to six months’ duty on the border of five acres of choice land in West with an altar service which extended Angola. Shreveport in 1969, and then the old until the noon hour on Friday morn­ The situation in the country gives church buildings were sold and work ing. cause for considerable concern, and begun on the new buildings in October The students were gripped by the the situation may be more grave than of 1974, with architect Allan Kelly and presence of Christ, the challenge of our many realize. A National Day of Hu­ contractor Woodrow Berry in charge, task and commission as a holiness miliation and Prayer was called early both members of the local church. church in South Africa, as well as with in January. All the churches around The building of contemporary de­ a fresh anointing leading to spiritual the country were filled at noon on that sign has 11,000 square feet, consisting victory in their lives during this week. day as many gathered for special in­ of a centrally located sanctuary and Eight new students are enrolled, one tercession and prayer for the country. overflow space, with a combined seat­ of whom is a part-time student doing The fact that many young men have ing capacity of 400. The educational preparatory work in completing ma­ already been killed fighting in Angola facilities surrounding the sanctuary triculation requirements for entry to has sobered all of the country and has consist of 15 teaching spaces, accom­ the ministers’ course of study. Of these given an awareness of the seriousness modating approximately 250 persons. eight new students, three are prospec­ of the situation which the Bible Col­ The exterior features tan brick, with tive ministers. lege faces. □ bronze glass and fascia, a white fiber­ There are three second-year stu­ — David Whitelaw. superintendent ot glass spire, gold reflective glass win­ dents and two third-year students, the South Africa District dow with a cross in it, and a large two third-year students both being covered main entrance. ministers in preparation for the full­ The building and land is appraised time ministry on our district. Of the at $350,000. □ second-year students, two are young

Pictured are new students at Nazarene Bible College of South Africa. Front row (I. to r.) are: Mr. and Mrs. Tony Wood­ cock from Bulawayo, Rhodesia; Miss Brenda Samson, Horison Church, R.S.A.; Mrs. Mieke Alexander and her The Sacramento District, with Dr. Kenneth Vogt, superintendent, sponsored a husband, Noel Alexander, behind her, multimethod evangelism clinic, using three different methods of presenting the both from Horison Church. Back row (I. gospel. Twenty-five pastors, two laymen, two evangelists (Dick Martin and John to r.) are: Greg Brown, son of Rev. Har­ Hicks), and a missionary (Phil Hopkins of El Salvador) were enrolled. Dr. Don old Brown, Horison; Neil Cramond, Hor­ Gibson, executive secretary of the Department of Evangelism, reported that this is ison; and Wernard Broodryk from Dur­ the first time the department has participated in a multimethod clinic. ban Morningside.

28 HERALD OF HOLINESS gifts and awards for making Baby Day a Special Day

BABY D A Y -M A Y 2, 1976

iParents appreciate having their The Little recognized and honored, To help you reach BIBLE ay2, Baby Day, can mean much your church. You will find in- into the homes :ing program suggestions in of new babies ly Days in the Church, No. 2. le Mrs. Ruth Gibson, Depart- A Cradle Roll and it of Church Schools, 6401 bPaseo, Kansas City, Mo. 64131, Nursery Packet ) ^additional ideas and program s. FIRST STEPS TOWARD GOD fiY DAYS IN T H E Two years’ supply for that baby on your Cradle Roll URCH NO. 2 or in your Nursery Department. This attractive, toes and Joy Latham have compiled poems, 9 x 12" kit helps workers make the initial contact and regular quarterly visits during the baby’s first US, and music honoring babies and mothers, two years. To be used in the same manner for babies prearranged programs, plus suggestions for enrolled in the Nursery Department. It is designed inactivities. 32 pages. Paper. to bring the home into close contact with the church. 75c Packets cannot be broken. A FREE brochure is available. 8Y TESTAMENT CR-1100 Each $2.50; 10 or more, Each, $2.25 dally meaningful as the child's “ first Bible." jgality New Testament bound in a washable CRADLE ROLL-NURSERYCHART mid with Baby Jesus frontispiece. Presenta- A wall chart that will be of interest to the entire lage. Size, 2ft x W . (NEL) church! When a baby is enrolled, a colorfully de­ tM Baby Blue signed card is mounted in a die-cut setting on the W l Baby Pink Each, $3.00 chart. Transfer to the Nursery Department is indi­ cated when a church seal is pasted on the card. LITTLE B IB L E Includes 10 cards for boys, 10 for girls, and 20 j* your preschooler the feel of carrying his church seals. Chart size, 17 x 24", with tin strips lie Bible. Contains scripture from every book top and bottom. If you have more than 20 babies, me. White. Size, 2ysx3'/4". order a chart for each age-group. L Each, 29c; 12 for $3.19 CR-200 “Our Babies” chart $1.95 CR-200CS Extra set of name cards and seals TH C H A R T P kg .o f 20,75c jfol and interesting way to keep record of Is growth. Great for parents with new babies CONGRATULATIONS FOLDER hlome. An effective “ first contact” in a new home. Inside Pkg.of 3/$1.00 is a message to the parents and place for the name, church, pastor, and Cradle Roll visitor. Full-color 1Y FEEDING SPOON design. Size, 3 x 5", with envelope. I rhodium plate with beautiful design and CR-300 Package of 24 1pkg.,$2.50 jn.The rim and letters, “ Jesus Loves M e,” of nare raised in gold against a black back- CRADLE ROLL CALENDAR p. finest quality. Boxed. (MCB) An appropriate “second packet” to be used in $1.35 homes where there are two children on the Cradle Roll. Twenty-four full-color Frances Hook reproduc­ IBY SHOE B A N K tions with a scripture, meditation on child training, fitful pearl plastic with poem: "Two little feet and prayer come in a spiral binding. Cradle Roll (tin His ways;" and text: Luke 18:16. Excel- workers use the occasion of monthly calls to turn |br showers, church nurseries, and Cradle a page and from time to time, add seals. Suitable kRemovable diskonthe bottom. 414" long. (CS) for table or wall. “ How to Use” folder and record III Blue card included. 24 pages, 9 x 9”. Ilf Pink Each, 49c; 12for$5.39 CR-1200 Each, $2.95 Place your order AT ONCE! NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE Post Office Box 527, Kansas City, Missouri 64141 “THEOLOGIAN IN IZE RESIDENCE” AT NTS Dr. Mildred Wyn- koop, head of the De­ The partment of Missiology and Human Resources of Trevecca Nazarene EASTER College, Nashville, will become theologian in Story residence next September at Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City. M a n y appropriate uses . . . Dr. Wynkoop, who has taught the Youth Group • Worship Service • Social Function • Prayer Meeting past 10 years at TNC, was previously ® Family Devotions • SS Classes chairperson of the Department of The­ ology at Western Evangelical Semi­ nary, president at Japan Theological LAST DAYS OF JESUS' LIFE Seminary, and acting head of the De­ 2 Full-Color Filmstrips partment of Religion and Philosophy Jesus Lives! at TN C . Jesus Is Not Afraid Women come to the tomb, find Jesus' body She holds the Th.D. degree from Jesus returns to Jerusalem and receives a gone, and are told that He is alive. Later, He Northern Baptist Theological Semi­ joyous welcome. A tew days later, after ob­ appears to the disciples. Finally, on a moun­ nary; the M.S. from the University of serving the Passover supper with His disciples, tain, Jesus tells them, “Lo, I am with you Oregon; the M.Div. from Western He is arrested. 37 frames, 7 minutes. alway.” 36 frames, 9 minutes. Evangelical Seminary; and the Th.B. from Pasadena College. • Simplified story suitable for young children Kit includes 2 filmstrips, record, Dr. Wynkoop has authored six • Spiritual impact meaningful to all adults and guide. VA-53K $19.35 books, including the widely known Theology of Love, published in 1973. Her Foundations of Wesley an-Armin- STORI-STRIPS A complete teaching unit! ian Theology has been translated into Each Bible Album contains one 18-20-picture Stori- Spanish and Japanese. Her most re­ Strip, narration, and background information. cent book is entitled Satanism in America Today, published in 1974. VA-20J Children Sing for Jesus I At BUM A recent past president of the Wes­ VA-88 Jesus Enter Jerusalem leyan Theological Society, Dr. Wyn­ VA-89 Jesus Institutes the Lord’s Supper VA-90 Jesus Betrayed in Gethsemane koop is regarded by many to be the VA-91 Jesus Tried Before Caiaphas most distinguished woman theologian VA-92 Jesus Tried Before Pilate in the holiness movement for genera­ VA-93 Jesus Crucified and Buried tions. VA-94 Jesus Rises from the Dead She previously was visiting profes­ VA-95 On the Way to Emmaus sor at N T S in 1967. □ VA-96 Thomas Sees Jesus VA-97 Jesus Goes Up to Heaven Each, $2.00

NOTE: For information on a SPECIAL ATTACHMENT for showing Stori-Strips on your 35-mm. filmstrip and/or slide projector, see page 200N in our 1976 "MASTER BUYING GUIDE.”

SHOW'N TELL Audiovisuals make it happen! Individual Canon Bible Programs include 15- picture film key and 7” record in album. VA-609 Jesus Triumphantly Enters Jeru­ salem VA-641 Jesus Goes to Calvary VA-652 The Last Supper VA-610 Jesus Is Alive Again VA-160 Jesus Ascends to Heaven Each, $2.95

The Kahului church on the island of PHONOVIEWER Maui, Hawaii, after becoming a self- For presenting Show'N Tell. See our LATEST supporting church in January, 1975, has “ Master Buying Guide” for details. EX-725 $54.95 raised more than $10,000 for a new build­ ing. The church celebrated the ground­ breaking for the new extension building on Sunday, February 15. The ground­ breaking was done by Mrs. Chiyo Seki, ORDER NOW! 87 years old, and Mrs. Ishi Kobayashi, 78 years old. Rev. Samuel Chiang is the NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE pastor. Post Office Box 527, Kansas City, Missouri 64141 singing with the children were also a daily occurrence. Several Barbadian meals were prepared and served at the site by members and pastors from several churches. Still there was time to do shopping, to go sight-seeing, to dine in a res­ taurant overlooking the ocean, and to enjoy the clear waters along the sandy beaches. □

CENTRAL OHIO DISTRICT Dr. Paul Gamertsfelder, who is the MISSIONS WORK CRUSADE Central Ohio Men in Missions coordi­ The fifth Men in Missions project nator, and a General Council member for the Central Ohio District becam e of the NWMS. a reality N ovem ber 2, when 21 men The team members were housed in and women departed for Barbados in the 11-room Nazarene District Center the British West Indies for 14 days. just outside of Bridgetown, Barbados. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Fry observed The work crusade, consisting of 14 Here the meals were prepared and their sixtieth wedding anniversary De­ men and 7 women representing 13 served by the women members of the cember 29, at their home in El Cajon, churches, flew 2,776 miles by jet from team. Calif. They were married in the bride’s Columbus, Ohio, to Barbados via M i­ The Barbadians were friendly and home in eastern Colorado by Rev. T. A. Mercer. The Frys have a son, Clifford, ami, Fla., and Kingston, Jamaica. hospitable. Their church services were and a daughter, Ruth Hammell, who also They were met by Rev. Clyde Green- filled with enthusiastic participation, attend the El Cajon church. idge, district superintendent of the 33 hand clapping, and energetic singing Nazarene churches on the island. to the beat of tambourine music. The purpose of the work crusade Witnessing opportunities were un­ NEWS OF CHURCHES was to replace the termite-infested ending. Both ministers and laymen The Rising Sun, Md., church had walls of the Hillaby Church with participated in church services by a ground breaking for their future mul­ cement blocks, to install new windows preaching, singing, testifying, and tipurpose building Decem ber 21, 1975. and doors, to reverse the direction of praying. Butterfly pins and crocheted The congregation recently finished the seating arrangement, and to con­ carnation mementos were given to the paying for 12.7 acres of land on which struct a concrete speaker’s platform. local women in six different churches. the church will be built. Pastor Rich­ Three members of the team labored Numerous nationals were won to ard A. Moore and members of the at the Hall Road Church. Their pur­ Christ as a result of altar services and building committee participated in pose was to replace the electrical sys­ the presentation of the gospel on the the ceremony. They are: Mr. and Mrs. tem, to install new windows, and to streets. Charles Irwin, Mr. Gene Cox, Mr. and prepare the sanctuary floor for the Scores of nationals, members and Mrs. Ernest Durham, Mr. Will Elli­ pouring o f cem ent . nonmembers, worked side by side with son, Mr. Ralph Spotts, Mr. John The Men in Missions Work Crusade the Work Crusaders on the construc­ Chambers, and Mrs. Betty Jean was planned, coordinated, and led by tion of the church. Games and group Campbell. □

New Nameplate

Presenting a check for $1,500 to Presi­ NOW AVAILABLE - dent Donald Irwin (I.) of Eastern Naza­ rene College, is Richard Shea, district Attractive walnut-grained Formica with deeply engraved white letters. sales representative for Cities Service Will not fade, peel, tarnish, lose luster. C om plete with holes and w ood- Oil Company. As a part of the Cities Ser­ metal screws for mounting. 2 x 8”. vice Aid to Education program , the SI-980 $1.75 check is an unrestricted gift for the co l­ lege and represents an increased contri­ Identify Your NEW Sunday School Department bution from the com pany. Order AT ONCE! NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE Post Office Box 527, Kansas Citv. Missouri 64141 Pictured at the opening lecture of the series this year were (I. to r.) Rev. Paul Stubbs; Dr. J. Robert Mangum, who has served on the General Board for 24 years; Wanda Knox; Dr. Kenneth H. Pearsall; and Dr. T. E. Mangum, in whose honor the lectures are sponsored. the series. Missionaries from various MISSIONARY LECTURES parts of the world are brought to the A T N N C NNC campus to speak in chapel and Mrs. Nancy K. Swift, president of The annual Mangum Missionary to be available for individual and NWMS of Upland, Calif., First Church, Lectures were presented in February small-group conferences. accepts a cello from Mr. and Mrs. Walter at Northwest Nazarene College by The lectures were instituted by the Rieder (r.), also of Upland. The instru­ ment will be given to the Nazarene Semi­ Wanda Knox, executive secretary of children of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. nary in San Jose, Costa Rica, for sem­ the NWMS and former missionary to Mangum, Sr., of Nampa, Ida., in hon­ inary student Sixto Cajina. His own cello New Guinea; and Rev. Paul Stubbs, or of their parents. Now in their thirti­ was lost during the 1972 Managua, Nica­ missionary to Korea. eth year, the lectures continue to be ragua, earthquake. The Rieders had met Faculty members and students re­ one of the highlights of winter term Cajina while visiting the seminary last marked on the inspirational nature of each year. □ April. DISTRICT ASSEMBLY NORMAN A. CLAYTON from Fessenden, N.D., SCHEDULE to Rapid City, S.D. (Prior to General Assembly) F. GRANT CROSS from Pontiac (Mich.) First to Richfield, Mich. V. H. LEW IS FRANK L. DABNEY from Taft, Calif., to White- North American Indian April 22-23 fish, Mont. Central Latin American April 29-30 SHERMAN L. DRAWDY from Belle Glade, Fla., San Antonio S. Oliver, general NWMS presi­ May 5-6 to Vicksburg (Miss.) Calvary Southern California May 19-20 EUGENE HARMON from Sardinia, Ohio, to dent, is shown with NARF member Ber­ Arizona May 27-28 Greenfield, Ohio nard M cArdle (W B 0 P L T ) and part of Nevada-Utah June 3-4 the missions class at NBC who partici­ LONNIE HINTON to Jackson (Miss.) Northside GEORGE COULTER VERNON E. HURLES from Lake Wales, Fla., to pated in a m a teu r ra d io m iss io n a ry Middletown, Ohio contact. Sacramento April 14-15 Central California April 23-24 SIDNEY E. JACKSON to Saskatoon, Saskatche­ West Texas April 28-29 wan, Canada NBC MISSIONS CLASS North Florida May 13-14 LARRY W. JAMES from McCune, Kans., to Lam ar, Mo. COMMUNICATES WITH Southern Florida May 19-20 Rocky Mountain May 27-28 DAN JUSTICE from Dayton (Ohio) Fort McKinley MISSIONARIES VIA Canada West June 3-4 to Wren (Ohio) Countryside AMATEUR RADIO ROBERT LEFFEL from Long Beach (Calif.) Bix- EDWARD LAWLOR by Knolls to Bartlesville (Okla.) First More than 60 students in two m is­ Washington April 21-22 LOUIS O. McMAHON to Watseka, III. sions classes at the Nazarene Bible New York April 30— May 1 SAMUEL MACKETY to Minneapolis (Minn.) Na­ College in Colorado Springs had the Philadelphia May 5-6 tive American opportunity o f learning different as­ British Isles North May 17-18 WM. E. MAYES, SR., from Russell, Ky., to New British Isles South May 22-24 Boston (Ohio) Portsmouth pects of the mission field firsthand. Canada Atlantic May 28-29 SAM NESMITH to Gladewater, Tex. Missionaries Marvin Buell EUGENE L. STOW E TORVAL W. NILSEN from Los Angeles (Calif.) Riverside Dr. to Baldwin Park, Caiif. (KZ5QQ) in the Canal Zone and Bill Washington Pacific April 21-22 ARK NOEL from Oklahoma City Meridian Park Porter (KP4ALC) in Puerto Rico kept Northwest April 28-29 to St. Mary's, Ohio Idaho-Oregon May 6-7 a schedule with the NBC amateur ra­ ALBERT PEMBLE from Whitefish, Mont., to Oregon Pacific May 14-15 dio station operated by Bernard evangelism Alaska May 27-28 McArdle (W B 0 P L T ). CHESLEY E. PERKINS, JR., from Stockdale, Canada Pacific June 4-5 The radio communication was made Pa., to Pittsburgh (Pa.) Lincoln Place ORVILLE W. JENKINS JOHN H. POPE to Mt. Hermon, Tenn. at the request of Mrs. L. S. Oliver, Hawaii April 22-23 LARRY POWELL from Vermillion, S.D., to Las teacher of the class. She says, “The Western Latin American May 5-6 Cruces, N.M. purpose of conducting the class from Los Angeles May 14-15 WILLIAM SELVIDGE to West Lafayette, Ind. the radio room was to give future pas­ New Mexico May 19-20 WILLIAM SEVER from Kailua (Oahu) Hawaii to Northeast Oklahoma June 2-3 Greensboro (N.C.) Rolling Roads tors the experience of talking directly RICHARD E. SHRADER from Los Angeles North with active missionaries in their own CHARLES H. STRICKLAND Valley to Pasadena (Calif.) Central field. Experience has shown that this Canada Central May 6-7 EUGENE SMITH from evangelism to Myrtle Mississippi May 13-14 exposure brings missions out o f the Beach, S.C. Alabam a May 19-20 PAUL SOTO to Somerton, Ariz. textbook for the student and makes it (Central) Florida May 25-26 GLENN W. SPAULDING from St. Charles, III., to areal, live situation.” Eastern Latin American May 28-29 Andover (Ohio) Cherry Valley Both missionaries and Bernard are M aine June 2-3 LARRY STEVELY to Cincinnati (Ohio) Northern members o f the Nazarene Am ateur Hills DONALD TEAGUE from associate, Ft. Worth Radio Fellowship (NARF), an organi­ MOVING MINISTERS (Tex.) River Oaks, to Perryton, Tex. zation comprised of members of the RALPH AHLEMANN from Woodbridge, Va„ to Church o f the Nazarene or one o f its Williamsburg, Va. ANNOUNCEMENT auxiliaries such as the Sunday School. JERRY BAKER to Charlotte (N.C.) First LEE BAKER from Marlette, Mich., to Sterling The Covington, Ky., Eastside Church will cel­ NARF uses the medium of radio to Heights (Mich.) First ebrate its thirty-fifth anniversary Sunday, May provide two-way, worldwide, person- EDWARD BEATTY to Hoopeston (III.) Westside 16. All who have had a part in the history of the to-person communication between VICTOR J. BERG from Butte, Mont., to Wheat­ church are invited to help celebrate. Address all correspondence to: Rev. Norman K. Phillips, missionaries and headquarters, or land, Wyo. BERTHA BOYD to Kaibeto, Ariz. 4915 Church St., Covington, Ky. 41015. with their friends and relatives back NORLYN BROUGH from Honolulu (Hawaii) First home. □ to Temple City, Calif. VITAL STATISTICS DEATH EVELYN AXTELL CLICK, died Jan. 1 at Card- ington, Ohio. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Glenn Flannery and Pastor G. W. Wil­ 1 son. She is survived by two sons, Douglas and Jay T.; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fleet W. A r TWO Axtell; three sisters; and one brother. H e ts Horb MRS. EFFIE B. COLLINS, 88, died Feb. 15 at Albuquerque, N.M. She was a charter member A r . J a » r of the Nazarene denomination when it was or­ JHLFOR -ML Wl ganized in 1908. She is survived by 6 children, Let s ALL Laura Collins, Ruth Roberts, Lula Daudet, Lou­ Million ONE ise Sadler, Pauline Peek, and Jessie Browning; Celebrate 11 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; and 2 sisters. Six in HARRY C. FRUEHLING, 78, died Jan. 28 at EASTER WILL Iowa City, la. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Victor R. Clark. Survivors include: his wife, Mae; daughter, Mrs. Arlene Fowler; 3 sons, April 18.1976 GET IT Wayne, Max, and Rev. R. Dale; 11 grandchil­ dren; 1 great-grandson; 1 brother; and 3 sisters. Contact your pastor for MRS. A. T. (CLONIA) LEWIS, 64, died Jan. 28 76 at Cleburne, Tex. She is survived by her hus­ special promotional aids DONE! band, Theodore; her mother, Mrs. Fought; 3

APRIL 1 , 1 9 7 6 33 sons, Quincy, Jerry, and Alvin, Jr.; a daughter, Joy Cook; 12 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchil­ dren; 1 brother; and 7 sisters. Funeral services were conducted by Revs. W. Earl Harris and Jam es S. Davenport. HARRY McCABE, SR., 84, died Dec. 5 at North Ridgeville, Ohio. Funeral services were NEWS conducted by Rev. John Congalton in Bellaire, Ohio. Surviving are: 5 sons, Harry, Jr., Wilbur, Bill, Jerry, and Walter; 5 daughters, Hilda Kal- dor, Bernadine Hendershot, June Glatzer, Mar- cey Dennison, and Donna Evarts; 28 grand­ OF RELIGION children; and 25 great-grandchildren. MRS. BLANCHE HURST MODIE, 88, died Feb. 9 at Norwalk, Calif. Funeral services were conducted by Paster Dean Shaw. She is sur­ WILL NOT RECRUIT MISSIONARIES AS AGENTS, THE CIA RE­ vived by two daughters, Mrs. John (Geraldine) PORTS. American church workers and journalists will no longer be Thiessen and Mrs. Willimae Cook; five grand­ recruited as agents by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), accord­ children; and seven great-grandchildren. ing to a statement issued by the agency. MRS. PAULINE OETINGER, 74, died Dec. 9 at In announcing the policy change, the CIA indicated that it would Fairfield, Calif. She is survived by her son Lewis; and grandchildren Karen and Mattheyv. accept information voluntarily offered by clergy or reporters. DAISY A. REIMER, 70, died Feb. 3 at W hite- Churches and missionary agencies have raised strong objections fish, Mont. Funeral services were conducted by to CIA use of their personnel for intelligence purposes. □ Revs. Bloye Bickle and Ronald Meyers. Surviv­ ors include: son, Bruce; 5 daughters, Mrs. Ron­ PRESIDENT FORD SAYS HE SUPPORTS NONDENOMINATIONAL ald (Clarice) Cooley, Mrs. Dayton (Pauline) Hill, SCHOOL PRAYER. President Ford told a pr#ss conference in Dur­ Mrs. Paul (Martha) Cullen, Mrs. Orville (Joan) ham, N.H., that he supports the idea of a constitutional amendment Good, and Mrs. Harry (Lorna) Bowers, Jr.; 29 grandchildren; and 8 great-grandchildren. that would restore nondenominational prayers in public schools. REV. C. E. SHAW, 88, died Feb. 6 at Brooklyn, His statement came two days after a federal district judge struck N.Y. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. down a New Hampshire law permitting voluntary prayer in public Oliver Deal and assisted by Revs. I. B. Middler schools. and Fred Hughes. He is survived by his second Mr. Ford's comment was a reaffirmation of the position he has wife, Mrs. Essie B.; two daughters, Rev. Stella M. held on school prayer since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1963 ruling that Hughes and Mrs. Martha Swordfager; two grandsons; and three great-grandchildren. called public school prayer unconstitutional. He called the high court REV. ORA J. TURNER, 87, died Jan. 6 at ruling “ most unfortunate” and “regrettable.” Clearwater, Fla. Funeral services were con­ Three years ago, when he was a Republican congressman from ducted by Revs. Howard Hill and Paul Park. She Michigan and minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, pastored Churches of the Nazarene in Evans­ Mr. Ford had said in a message to his constituents; “To say that chil­ ville, Muncie, Hammond, New Castle, and Indi­ dren cannot voluntarily participate in giving thanks to their Creator in anapolis, Ind., and Rochester, N.Y. MRS. JEAN (BARNES) TURPEL, died Jan. 24 a public school is, in effect, a ban on one facet of religious freedom.” at Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. Funeral services □ were conducted by Rev. Gilroy, assisted by Revs. Robert F. Woods and Delbert Wise. She BIBLE PUBLISHED IN 29 NEW LANGUAGES DURING 1975, SOCI­ is survived by one son, Gerald Barnes; one ETY REPORTS. The Bible, or portions of it, were published for the daughter, Marie, wife of Rev. Verbal Williams; first time in 29 additional languages last year, according to the annual five grandchildren; and six stepchildren. Scripture language count of the American Bible Society. BIRTHS The newcomers bring the total number of languages and dialects to MIKE AND CAROL (LOEBER) BENEDICK, into which at least one Bible book has been published to 1,577, Nampa, Ida., a boy, Timothy Michael, Feb. 2 roughly half of the estimated number of languages and dialects in the to REV. STEPHEN AND CAROL (KIGHTLING- world, according to an ABS spokesman. ER) BRINGARDNER, M ankato, Minn., a girl, Complete Bibles appeared for the first time in three more lan­ Kirsten Cheree, Feb. 2 to RANDALL AND ROBINETTE CRAKER, guages last year: Indonesian, Kikaonde (spoken in Zambia and Kansas City, Mo., a boy, Michael Gilbert, Feb. 11 Zaire), and Oluluyia (Kenya). A 1973 translation into Byelorussian to JIMMY AND EWILDA MORRIS, Houlka, (spoken in the Soviet Union) is also newly reported. Miss., a girl, Kimberly Jealene, Dec. 30 The Bible has recovered its position as the world’s most trans­ to HARRY AND JUDY (WILLM) PALMER, lated work. Several years ago it lost out to the works of Marx, Engels, Bentonville, Ark., a boy, David Wayne, Feb. 20 to LLOYD AND SHERYLE (SHEETS) PRES­ and Lenin. □ TON, Hays, Kans., a boy, Brian John, Feb. 3 to TEX AARON AND DEBBY (SHELDON) MOON “MUST BE RICHEST MAN.” The teachings of the Rev. Sun PUESCHEL, Huntington Park, Calif., a boy, Carl Myung Moon, self-styled “ new Messiah," indicate that the Korean W alter, Dec. 14 prophet must become the richest and most powerful man in the world to ROD AND KATHY (GRIFFIN) SUTTER, to achieve God’s will. Hays, Kans., a girl, Michelle Kay, Jan. 11 A document prepared by Moon’s Unification church stated that ADOPTED all creation yearns to submit to the man. Even the money in other by RUFUS AND SUSAN (VAN HORN) FOR­ people’s pockets is “crying” because it wants to be blessed by Moon, REST, Blytheville, A rk., a girl, Rachei Suzanne, his fanatical followers are told. Feb. 12 The cultist is being subjected to increasing scrutiny in the press and in Congress. Sen. Robert Dole, Kansas Republican, has asked DIRECTORIES the IRS to audit the church. □ BOARD OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS— Office: 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City, Mo. 64131. ISRAELI SCHOLAR SAYS PIUS XII SAVED JEWS FROM NAZIS. A Eugene L. Stowe, Chairman; Orville W. Jenkins, leading Israeli scholar has claimed that the late Pope Pius XII saved Vice-chairman; Charles H. Strickland, Secre­ between 700,000 and 860,000 Jews from extermination at the hands tary; George Coulter, Edward Lawlor, V. H. of the Nazis during World War II, according to a West German news Lewis. report broadcast by the Vatican Radio. Dr. Pinchas Lapide, a scholar General Superintendents Emeritus. D. I Van- of the Scriptures and authority on Christian-Jewish relations now do­ derpool, 11424 N. 37th PI., Phoenix, Ariz. 85028; G. B. Williamson, 2835 Avondale Dr., Colorado ing research in West Germany, said that documentation he has col­ Springs, Colo. 80917; Samuel Young, 5639 W. lected allowed him to affirm that Pius XII intervened on more than a 92nd PI., O verland Park, Kans. 66207. dozen occasions for the Jewish people. This view is contrary to opin­ ions expressed by many others on this subject. □

34 HERALD OF HOLINESS the answer corner Conducted by John A. Knight, Editor

■ In a recent Communion service the pastor invited everyone present to partake of the elements. Very small children were served. On another occasion all those who were “thankful” were invited to the table. Are these practices consistent with the position of the church that this Supper is for those who have “with true repentance forsaken their sins, and have believed in Christ unto salva­ tion”? We believe that this sacram ent is for ers whatever their denomination. essary, most of us would be excluded. believers, disciples o f the Lord. H ow ­ One must not become judgmental or John Wesley felt that the Lord’s ever, it is not always clear as to whom harsh at this point. While this ordi­ Supper can be a “converting” ordi­ this may include. God alone is the fi­ nance o f the Church is a holy thing, we nance. That is, the Spirit of the Lord nal Judge. must not become exclusive with it or may use it, where one comes in peni­ Some churches will not permit to treat it as though it were something we tence and faith, to deliver one from take of the eucharistic elements those possessed. It is Christ’s gift to His sin’s bondage. who are not members of their church. Church. Some ministers have invited the un­ The Church of the Nazarene, on the Jesus said, “ Allow the little children saved to the altar to be saved prior to other hand, practices “open Commu­ to come to M e.” If full understanding the invitation to the table of the Lord. nion”—that is, it welcomes all believ­ of the miracle of salvation were nec­ □

I Several years ago I was a witness in a court case involving an automobile accident. No one was killed in the accident. On the stand I hurriedly, but deliberately, gave wrong information. I im now convicted of my sin. To whom shall I confess my wrong? How can I rectify my misdeed? Confess your sin to Jesus. He alone yourself. Claim Christ as your Sav­ more harm than good would come is our Saviour. His Spirit has brought iour. The past of your life is buried from such an action; that is, unless your conviction. Now believe the forever in “ the sea of God’s forgetful­ others would be hurt now and God divine promise, “ If we confess our sins, ness.” Now forget it yourself, and would not be glorified. But do not he is faithful and just to forgive us our walk day by day with the Lord. rationalize away any opportunity to sins, and to cleanse us from all un­ If you have hurt someone by your make amends. righteousness” (1 John 1:9). C onfes­ testimony, go to them and ask their If the persons involved are now un­ sion always involves the forsaking of forgiveness. Tell them you are now a known or unavailable to you, then rely our sins— in this case, being untruth­ Christian and are trying to straighten upon God’s mercy, for He offers you ful. up your wrongdoings. Do this unless His forgiveness. □ Since God forgives you, forgive

I I have heard it said that Satan is in heaven. Scriptures which were used to support this are Luke 10:18 and Revelation 2:13. Is this what these verses are saying? Luke 10:18 says: “ I beheld Satan as ning. dwellest, even where Satan’s seat lightning fall from heaven.” These He saw the final defeat of Satan and [throne] is . . .” Throughout the Reve­ words of Jesus are a metaphorical ex­ the ultimate victory of righteousness. lation heaven and hell are set over pression to indicate the suddenness The battle between good and evil was against one another. As God has His and certainty of Satan’s fall. fought by the principals, not by their throne, so Satan has his. One of two interpretations are gen­ subordinates; and in Christ’s sight, Some have thought the “throne” erally given: (1) The verse refers to the the victory was already determined. here refers to the infamous idolatry effect on Satan’s kingdom o f the Because of His victory His disciples practiced at Pergamum, particularly preaching of the 70 disciples; or (2) it would be victorious in the minor is­ the worship of Dionysius and Aphro­ refers to the fall of Satan and his an­ sues. dite. The city was the center of emper­ gels from heaven and his being cast in­ Jesus may have had more than one or worship for Asia. to hell. (Earlier commentators held meaning. He could have been saying, Others have thought it suggests the this latter view.) It is no surprise that the devils are judgments rendered against the Chris­ The context should be kept in mind. subject to you, since I beheld their tians which ended in persecution—for Jesus had sent His disciples on a mis­ prince fall. Pergamum was a great judicial center. sion, and they had returned rejoicing Also He may have been warning the We simply do not know for certain. that the devils were subject to them. disciples of pride: Do not be puffed up The Jews felt that where the Law Jesus’ statement was both reminis­ because devils are subject to you. Cer­ was not studied, there Satan dwelt. cent and prophetic. Satan had already tainly this is consistent with Paul’s He departed where a Jewish syna­ suffered som e setbacks, notably in the admonition to Timothy in describing a gogue or academy was established. temptation of Jesus. Jesus was now bishop: “ Not a novice, lest being lifted We do well to remember that God’s looking forward to Satan’s final de­ up with pride he fall into the condem­ kingdom exists wherever His will is feat. While the disciples were dwelling nation of the devil” (1 Timothy 3:6). done. Satan’s kingdom is present on the fact that certain spirits of evil Revelation 2:13 records the message whenever his will is carried out. Satan had been driven out of men, Jesus had given to the church at Pergamum: “ I has his throne where he reigns as king beheld the king o f darkness falling know thy works, and where thou —where he is obeyed. □ from his throne like a flash of light­

APRIL 1 , 1076 35 NAZARENES RALLY BEHIND responses to the appeal. In addition to return is available to help the baby YOUNG CHURCHES the 251 pledges o f prayer were 51 church grow and develop into a fully pledges of monthly gifts. self-sustaining, spiritually mature Two hundred fifty-one persons are As of February 26, the total number church. praying today for young Nazarene of gifts was $27,063.40. During the past quadrennium, the churches who need those prayers in or­ Deposits totaled $165,888.61—ap­ Department of Home Missions took der to survive. proximately half as much in three the lead in holding a series of church And more and more Nazarenes are months as was deposited in all of 1974. growth conferences in different sec­ putting their finances to the task of There were 84 requests for informa­ tions of the United States and Canada reaching the lost through organizing tion on how to include the General with the purpose of stimulating this new churches. Church Loan Fund in wills, 120 re­ type of outreach. They are among the growing num­ quests for information about trusts, One of the most dramatic records of ber of persons who have responded to and 431 requests for deposit informa­ church growth was recorded in Flori­ an appeal last December for support tion. □ da, where the three districts formed by of the denomination’s General Church the division of the old Florida District Loan Fund which provides financing organized a total of 17 new churches for needy home mission churches. 195 NEW CHURCHES during the quadrennium and 43 dur­ Nearly three months after the ap­ SIGNAL NAZARENE ing the past 12 years. peal, the responses continue to come CHURCH GROWTH New York and Virginia districts or­ in daily to the Department of Home Organization o f 195 new churches o f ganized 10 new churches each during Missions’ Division of Church Exten­ the Nazarene in the quadrennium the same period of time. sion. which ended D ecem ber 31 signaled a The South African European Dis­ On February 26, there had been 891 turnaround in church growth. trict reported five new churches to For six successive quadrennia, the lead the home mission districts in denomination had organized progres­ church growth during the quadren­ sively fewer churches each four-year nium . period, reaching a low of 180 for 1968- Leading Districts 72. (In Number o l New Churches) Dr. R. W. Hum, home missions ex­ (Central) Florida ...... 11 ecutive secretary, says that one reason New York ...... 10 for the increased number of new Virginia ...... 10 churches is that more established J o p lin ...... 6 churches are launching “ ba­ South Arkansas ...... 6 by” churches. North Carolina ...... 5 There were at least 35 “mother” South Africa ...... 5 Beverly Johnston, left, and Shirley churches last quadrennium. Southern California ...... 5 Dean of the Home Missions office opened Most mother churches retain their most of the letters which came in re­ Southwestern O h io ...... 5 ties to the baby church through the sponse to an appeal for deposits and gifts to help young Nazarene churches. In first three to five years of infancy. Dur­ spite of the response, the need continues ing this time, the mother church in­ TWENTY-FIVE LARGEST as more young churches struggle to cludes attendance and financial sta­ 1975 THANKSGIVING reach their communities for Christ. tistics with her own report and in OFFERINGS 1. Denver First $46,218.85 2. Olathe, Kans., C ollege 17,145.54 3. Pleasant View. Wash. 16,958.58 4. K ankakee. III., C ollege 16,592.71 5. Nashville First 13.003.70 6. Long Beach, Calif., First 12,000.00 7. Ashland, K y„ First 11,421.18 Marvelous time and work savers that have proven their worth over the past 30 years. 8. Oskaloosa, la., First 10,480.61 Compiled by GRACE RAMQUIST who gathers material from many 9. Eugene, Ore., First 10,400.00 sources and writers to provide an outstanding selection of recitations, 10. S ublette, Kans. 10,387.49 exercises, readings, plays and songs for every age-group. And with no 11. Kansas City First 10,098.00 duplication! 12. Arlington, Va., Calvary 10,073.00 13. Pasadena, Calif., Bresee 10,000.00 14. Pekin, III., First 8,784.69 15. Wichita, Kans., First 8,600.00 16. Chattanooga, Tenn., First 8,248.20 17. B eaverton, Ore. 8,150.00 18. Ottawa, III., First 8,137.92 19. Clovis, N.M., First 7,870.00 20. Seymour, Ind., First 7,254.37 21. P ortland, Ore., First 7,241.00 MP-2 Baby Days in the Church No. 2 75c MP-107 Children's Day and Rally Day No. 7 75c 22. Charleston, W.Va.. Davis Creek 7,155.46 MP-304 Mother's Day and Father's Day No. 4 75c MP-501 Promotion Day Program Builder 75c 23. Indianapolis W estside 7,000.00 MP-305 Mother's Day and Father's Day No. 5 75c MP-601 Special Events in the Church 75c 24. Flint, M ich., C entral 6,826.50 MP-106 Children’s Day and Rally Day No. 6 75c MP-701 Young People's Program Builder 75c 25. Little Rock, A rk., First 6,788.64

MP-202 Missionary Program Builder No. 2 75c These Thanksgiving Offering statis­ tics were released recently by Dr. Earl NOTE: For a complete listing, consult the latest copy C. Wolf, executive director of the Gen­ of our "Master Buying Guide. ” eral Stewardship Commission. They NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE are 1975 Thanksgiving Offering statis­ Kansas City tics only and do not represent total giving to the General Budget or ap­ proved specials. □ GENERAL ASSEMBLY INFORMATION Nazarenes planning to attend the General As­ which the arrangement office receives most in­ sembly and Conventions June 17-25 in Dallas quiries. You may want to clip, punch, and put this probably saved the center insert of the January data in your General Assembly notebook for 15 Herald of Holiness. Here is supplemental reference. housing data and information on other topics for

SUPPLEMENTAL port, where you will arrive if you fly to is poor or outstanding, you may wish HOUSING INFORMATION General Assembly. Newest and largest to adjust the amounts accordingly. Many inquiries have come concern­ airport on earth, it covers more than 17,600 acres, and features four termi­ Airlines: ing housing in extended Dallas areas. Skycaps—35c per bag The following listings are for motels nal modules, a computer-controlled luggage transport system, and an who have committed rooms to Naza­ Hotels: Bellhops—50c to $1.00 per bag carried rene General Assembly. You may use enormous range of shops and services. to your room. Tip 25c for small extra the regular form from the January 15 Like Dallas, it’s big, busy, and beauti­ ful. service. Herald o f Holiness for requesting these Climate. As they say, the only thing Chambermaids—$1.00 per day, a bit facilities as well as those “ closer in” more if two persons occupy the room. facilities on the original form. sure about the weather is that it’s sure to change. The average daily high for (Usually left in an envelope on bu­ NAME OCCUPANCY June is 92 degrees; the low is 72 de­ reau.) No tipping to m otel cham ber­ Single Double grees. The heat in Dallas probably maids. Rodeway—Love Field $11.50 $14.00 won’t bother you, though, since every­ Doorm en—25c to hail a cab Rodeway—North Central $13.00 $15.50 thing from Convention Halls to stores Restaurants: La Quinta—North Central $14.50 $17.00 to the rental car you may want are Hatcheck girls—25c per person la Quinta-Red Bird $10.00 $11.00 equipped with air conditioning. Waiters—15-20 percent of meal price La Quinta—Airport $15.00 $17.00 Clothing. Dallas people dress in before tax La Quinta—Regal Row $15.00 $16.50 good taste, but very simply. Light fab­ M a it r e d ’hotel—$2.00-$3.00 in la Quinta—W illow Creek $15.50 $17.00 rics for summertime are sure to be La Quinta-East $13.00 $15.50 smaller cities; $5.00-$10.00 in larger most comfortable for all General As­ cities, depending on size of your party. Days Inn—Abrams sembly travelers. Tip when you leave. Days Inn—Arlington RATES for all Days Additional information on the Gen­ Waiter captain—Leave 20-30 percent Days Inn—Airport East Inns: $10.88 for a eral Assembly will appear in the May of the check to the waiter who will Days Inn-Camp Wisdom single: $3.00 for each 1 issue. □ share it; or specify on the check the Days Inn—Garland additional adult: $1.00 — B. Edgar Johnson, General Secretary Days Inn—Hutchins amounts you wish each to receive. for each child under Days Inn—Forest Lane B usboys—No tip. The waiter pays 18 Days Inn—Valley View him out of his own tips. TIPS ON TIPPING Days Inn—Texas Stadium Taxicabs: Legend has it that tipping origi­ Cab driver— 15-20 percent of the fare nated in eighteenth-century England, WHAT IS DALLAS LIKE? when an innkeeper set out a little slot­ Sundry Services: Well, it’s hom e to N eim an-M arcus ted box labeled “To Insure Prompt­ Coffee shops—10c at counter or table and Titche’s, two of the most imagina­ ness.” Guests dropped coins in the box when check is less than 50c; 15-20c tive stores anywhere in America. It’s if they wished speedy attention. In when check is 50c to $1.00 the site o f an enorm ous Convention time the abbreviated phrase, and the Barbers— 15-20 percent Center complex. And it’s your gateway practice, spread around the globe. Hairdressei— 15 percent at salons; to the “ metroplex” area that stretches That old standard, the 10 percent where services are split, usually 15 from Dallas to Fort Worth with a bun­ tip, has gone the way of the three-cent percent to stylist, plus 5 percent to dle of attractions— including a Texas- postage stamp. When inquiries on tip­ shampooer. size theme park called Six Flags over ping are made in the convention man­ Washroom attendants— 25c Texas. agement business, the following prac­ Shoeshine boy— 15-20c Biggest “ metroplex” attraction, tices are given as general guidelines on . . . and whenver in doubt, tip 15 though, is the Dallas/Fort Worth Air­ tipping for the 1976 traveler. If service percent. □

COLLEGES PROVIDE OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY TRAVELERS Thousands of delegates and visitors Mount Vernon, Ohio; Northwest Naz­ college stops coming from the north, driving to Dallas this June for the arene College, Nampa, Ida.; Olivet west, and east, or a first college stop General Assembly may enjoy the hos­ Nazarene College, Kankakee, 111.; after General Assembly. It is 470 miles pitality of our Nazarene colleges, see Point Loma College, San Diego; and to Dallas from Olathe, Kans., and 210 one or more of our campuses, and save Trevecca Nazarene College, Nash­ miles to Dallas from Bethany, Okla. dollars at the same time. They are lo­ ville. If you plan your trip to General As­ cated as follows: Bethany Nazarene The cost is $3.00 per person (plus sembly so you can stop by our colleges, College, Bethany, Okla.; Canadian bed linens) per night in dormitory you should write the colleges giving Nazarene College, Winnipeg, Manito­ twin-bedded rooms with bath facilities the following information: your name ba, Canada; Eastern Nazarene Col­ nearby. and address, date of arrival, length of lege, Wollaston, Mass.; Mid-America Mid-America or Bethany Nazarene stay, and number in your party. All Nazarene College, Olathe, Kans.; College would be the most logical last reservations should be in by May 1. □ Mount V ern on N a za ren e C olleg e,

APRIL 1 , 1376 37 "BY ALL MEANS... SAVE SOME"

The Pdwer of Personal Testimony

OR THREE YEARS I had failed to He was looking for feeling instead of faith, reach Troy with the gospel. I had and had been disappointed. Fpreached to him service after service, but I read and quoted several promises from he had not responded. We had worked and the Bible, including 1 John 1:9: “ If we con­ prayed for him in numerous revivals, but fess our sins, he is faithful and just to for­ still he remained lost. give us our sins, and to cleanse us from all Troy was a good, moral man and came to unrighteousness. ’ ’ church almost every Sunday. He was mar­ I asked him if he were willing to confess ried to a fine Christian lady in our church. his sins and then believe God to forgive He lived such an upright life that some him, no matter what the feeling was. He might have judged him to be a Christian. said he was willing. We knelt together and Yet he didn’t profess to be one. prayed. Soon victory came. During our district assembly I became I encouraged him to testify to his wife unusually burdened for Troy. I determined that evening and then to give his testimony that at the first opportunity I would talk to in church after his release from the hos­ him personally about Christ and salvation. pital. On returning home, I found that he was He did testify to his wife that same eve­ in a nearby hospital for a checkup. I decid­ ning. When he came to church the next ed to visit him the next day before I went Sunday morning, he gave a radiant wit­ to work at my part-time job. Deeply aware ness to God’s saving grace. All rejoiced at of my need for the Holy Spirit to go before what God had done. me and prepare the way, I spent most of We had failed to reach Troy for a number the night in prayer. of years because no one went to him pri­ When I arrived at the hospital, I found vately to lead him personally to the Sav­ him in a ward, but fortunately he was the iour. I learned that there are some persons only patient in that ward. We visited for a who will never be reached in a public few minutes, and then I asked him about service at church, but who can be reached his relationship with the Lord. by someone who will be an instrument of He said: “ Brother Chason, I’ve gone to the Holy Spirit. □ the altar in the past before you became our pastor, but I didn’t feel any different.” I —ROBERT L. CHASON immediately knew what his problem was. Marks ville, La.

HERALD OF HOLINESS ministry to evangelism and church planting. He feels the spiritual hunger matches the desperate physical hun­ ger, and both are areas of much- needed ministry. □ —NIS

LOST AND FOUND— DISCOVERY PLAYERS 1976 The Department of Youth has an­ nounced the membership in their summer ministries groups, Discovery Players and Lost and Found for the summer of 1976. Both groups will be­ gin the summer with training in Dal­ las, during early June, and will begin their tours following General Assem­ ETHEL LUCAS MEMORIAL bly. HOSPITAL NATIONALIZED between the elders. One young man Discovery Players is forming to The South African governm ent has was converted during the assembly share this summer for the first time recently designated the area in which business session. ever. The membership is: Acomhoek is located as a national Spontaneous prayer groups in­ Name Hometown homeland for the Shangaan tribe. The creased the spirit of revival, although Julie Battjes Dearborn, Mich. Ethel Lucas Memorial Hospital and they slowed the conducting of busi­ Joey Condon Hollywood, Fla. the nurses’ training college will be ness. Dr. Johnson said, “ It was like a Stephen Hicks Edmonds, Wash. nationalized under the Gazankulu page from the Book of Acts as the Holy Layne Mclnturff Warren, Pa. government. Spirit moved among the people.” Bruce Moore Nampa, Ida. The Church o f the Nazarene will When the matter of the district Bette Moore Nampa, Ida. receive compensation for their capital superintendent attending the General Steve Nease Oklahoma City investment in the institutions, accord­ Assembly was presented, people sacri- Dean Nelson Minneapolis Steve Pennington Nashville ing to Dr. Jerald Johnson, executive ficially and joyously pledged the mon­ Hardy Ulmet Louisville, Ky. secretary of the Department of World ey to send him. □ Missions. —NIS For the seventh consecutive sum­ The South African governm ent has mer, Lost and Found will be sharing requested that the team o f Nazarene HUNGER FUND TO INDIA music and drama ministry throughout doctors and nurses stay on at the hos­ Missionary Bronell the United States. Membership in the pital and continue operating the Greer is opening the new group this summer is: nurses’ training college as well. The Bombay City District for Name Hometown church will be free to carry on its full the Church of the Naza- Don Bird Sublette, Kans. program of evangelization at the hos­ rene in India. He says Rena Burkhart Denver pital, government officials stated. □ that in his 30 years in Jan Clifton San Jose, Calif. Paul Coleman Flint, Mich. —NIS India he has never seen the hunger Diane Crisp New Castle, Ind. need so crucial. REVIVAL IN INDIA Dean Flemming Louisville, Ohio The Department of World Missions Steve Jahn Willamina, Ore. Dr. Johnson reports a revival spirit has sent $5,000 from the Hunger Fund Terry Langford Lakeland, Fla. in India at the district assem bly which for immediate help. Rev. Greer is set­ Bob Loeber Connell, Wash. began with a time of reconciliation ting up a program to relate the hunger Steve Merki Alliance, Ohio Detta Sams Selah, Wash. Jan Schlosser Reynoldsburg, Ohio Ann Spoon Goulds, Fla. UPDATE ON GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE Craig Stevens Ridgecrest, Calif. RECONSTRUCTION FUND Mark Uerkvitz San Diego The Department of World Mis­ $5,000; and the Southern Califor­ Both Discovery Players and Lost sions reports $60,000 received nia District has committed itself to and Found will be premiering the new toward the Guatemala Earthquake the rebuilding of at least five NYPS theme musical in Dallas Satur­ Reconstruction Fund as of March churches. day evening, June 19, at the General 12. Rev. James Hudson of the De­ Convention along with a mass youth In addition, the Washington Pa­ partment of World Missions says choir and wind ensemble (brass and cific District has pledged $25,000 that government approval has woodwinds). The new musical will be for the rebuilding of the church in been received to begin rebuilding part of their repertoires,for the sum­ Rabinal; the Santa Ana Edinger the church buildings immediately. mer tours. Street Church on the Southern He reports that money is coming For information concerning schedul­ California District, $5,000 to re­ in, but that the need is urgent in ing or group membership, please build the church in Zone 5 of view of the “green light” from the write: Lane Zachary, 6401 The Paseo, Guatemala City; Wichita, Kans., Guatemalan government. □ Kansas City, Mo. 64131. □ Linwood Church has pledged —NIS — Youth Department Informational Services

APRIL 1 , 197B 39 PUBLICITY SUPPLII Promote Your VBS Early with These Pie

PO STER For bulletin boards, classrooms, or any conspicuous place. 16 x 12". V-107S| 25c; 12 for $2.00 DODGER For mass distribution to passersby or inserted in mailings and bulletins. 5 Packaged in 100s. V-2076 $2.00 P O S TC A R D For invitations and last-minute reminders. 5 ^ x 3V4” . Package of 25.1 1 pkg., 75c; 4 pkgs., $2.50 DOORKNOB HANGER For leaving on the doorknob when no one is home. x H " i of 100. V-4076 $2.75 FOLLOW-UP CARD For contacting new children and adults after VBS and inviting^ church. bVi x 3V4". Package of 25 V-5076 1 pkg., 75c; 4 pkgs., $2.50 N A M E TA G Perfect for the first day of VBS, and every day. Punched and strung wear to identify pupils, teachers, and visitors. Size, 2V* x 2%” . Package of 100. V-176NT I VB S C A P Encourage perfect attendance with this interest builder. The hat can bed correlation with the 1976 VBS contest, with each team wearing a different color hat. Ordff| each child. V-9655 Pkg. of 50/$5.95 • A-1946 Seals Book of 160, 59c OFFERING ENVELOPE Use every day of the school to help children realize their stHj responsibilities. Even adults can contribute toward the expenses. Large currency size ia picture. Easy-opening tab device with space for name. Size, 3 x 6V4” . Package of 100. H $2.75 BA NN ER Brand-new for 1976. In front of your church this colorfully designed, sihj banner will catch the eye of those passing by. Theme is printed with weatherproof inksonpiT material (w ill not tear). 10 x 3 feet. V-368 $8.95 WITH IMPRINT, $11.95. (Allow two weeks for delivery—include im print information I dates and time only.) WOODEN RANNER FRAME Use to mount all VBS banners. Hardware included.! $6.50 BACKGROUND DISPLAY Build maximum interest with this colorful, 28 1 56"| Start six weeks before your VBS begins by displaying to one of the departments each SuM them all the Sunday before VBS. Use during the closing program. V-676 $4.5.0 BALLOON Adds excitement to the publicity decorations, and even a parade, somethings always enjoys taking home. Assorted bright colors. Inflation size: approx. 9” dia. Packaged! V-576 $3.00 B U T T O N Giving away the buttons will help create enthusiasm in your VBS program. Thedl will love the buttons, and the buttons will help spread the news about the VBS program!) church. Colorful, pin-style, metal button. Vi' diameter. Package of 50. V-276 $2.25 B U LLE TIN This special bulletin has full-color front cover. Inside two pages are blanki nouncements, worship service programs, or for the closing VBS program. High-grade mimal shipped flat to facilitate printing. Size, 8% x 11” ; folded, 5V£ x 8 ^ " . Package of 100. M T $3.50 P E N C IL Always a popular item and an important tool. Luster-finished. Imprinted: “Vacal School." Durable eraser, 714" long. Assorted colors. Packaged in 20s. V-5S 1 pk(.,$l.%ii $6.00

ORDER 2 MONTHS BEFORE YOUR VBS BEGINS u M L NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE if //’ /<\ B4jx^527, Kansas City, M issouri 64141