FEBRUARY 1, 1962 NO. 3
BAMENDA BOYS BRIGADE, AFRICA " SOULS FOR JESUS" - GOD'S VOLUNTEERS BAPTJ:ST HERALD An American's Prayer for Baptists MISSION NEWS BAPTIST HERALD ATHER, today I am constrained to pray for my AN D NEEDS • • • CONTENTS F fellow Baptists in 110 countries of the world. My mind dwells on the contrast of their lot with BAPTIST WOR.LD ALLIANCE SUNDAY. Oui· churches will designate The Light Is Still Burning that of Baptists in this country-both in numbers their communion offering on Sun day, Volume 40 No. 3 and in resources. I am acutely conscious that these Feb. 4, for the work of the Baptist Baptist brethren of mine need my prayers and World Alliance. One-half of the desig In some of the darkest places of the world, the light of the Gospel February 1, 1962 those of others. May a great concert of petition nated offerings will go toward t he witness by faithful Baptists still shines brightly. Such encouraging go up to thy Throne of grace in their behalf. work of the Alliance and one-half news has been received recently from Bulgaria behind the Iron Cur As I study the map of Europe, my eyes become toward our r elief ministry through our * Fellowship Fund. The Bapt ist World tain and from China behind the Bamboo Curtain. It should strengthen Co,·er ------Luoma P hoto misty. I think of Portugal and her 21 Baptist 46 Alliance is providing needy Bapt ist us in our ministr y of prayer for our brethren of the faith on this Thc Face of Lincoln" churches with fewer than 2,000 members. Many a "An A merican's P rayer for Baptists" ------2 pastors in Eastern E urope with suits, church here at home has more than 2,000 members, Baptist World Alliance Sunday, February 4th. ul\'lissionary News and Needs" ------2 shoes and other clothing a nd m eeting E ditorial but I wonder whether our witness can match that s·om e of the dire needs of Baptists in The first Baptist churches in Bulgaria were established by Rus "'The Light Is Still Bur ning" ------3 of Portugal's heroic Christians. Pola nd. T his is a very worthy cause sian refugees in the 1880's. F or many years the Bulgarian Baptists "Suro nnd Steadfast!" Then there is Spain, with her 3,200 Baptists. that deserves your prayer ful attention Miss Lau ra E. Reddig ------4 received support from our Nor th American Baptist General Confer "Behold, I Come Quickly!" I pray especially for them as I reflect on the perse and gifts. Mrs. George W. L nng ------5 cution they have known. I think of Baptists thrown ence. In 1938 Dr. William Kuhn and the editor visited these Baptist " The l\1inislry of I nvitation" MISSION ARIES LE AVE FOR AF Mr. Herbert ,V. Bemdt ------6 into jails, of churches closed with government seals. R I CA. On J an. 5, 1962 Mrs. William churches in Sofia, Lorn, Ruse and Varna and spent a Sunday with the "Northem District Gleanings" Yet these Christians endure hardness as good sol H . Rentz and her children of Morris, gypsies in their beautiful Baptist church at Golinzi. A series of articles Jte\". William Sturhah n ------8 diers and are always refe rred to as a radiant group. Manitoba and Miss Tina Schmidt of "Souls for J esus" about these churches appeared in 1938 in the "Baptist Herald." But Mr. Dwight Enockson ------9 I n my church we suffer no persecution. Calgary, Alberta left Canada by pla ne ··observation s of Germany a nd England" There is F rance, with only one Baptist to ev for England a nd t he F ederal Republic since 1941 no regular reports have been received from our brethren Rev. E . P . Wah l ------I O ery 15,000 people. Do the Baptists there grow of Cameroon to resum e their mission in Bulgaria. At that time they n umbered only 672. A number of Bap 0 Ncw Church in Columbus'" a:-y service. Mrs. Rentz joined her hus Rev. Le Roy Schauer ------12 lonely at times, feeling themselves a despised mi tists and some evangelical leaders were also imprisoned. "\Ve. the \Vomcn'' nority? Here in our nation we have one Baptist to band at Soppo and Miss Schmidt is Mrs. H nrm Shen nnn ------I S every nine persons. Next in my mind is Italy, now stationed at Victoria, West Cam Now a visitor from Jugoslavia has brought with him an anony "From the Profcssor·s Desk" eroon. On J a n. 18 Rev. Milton Quiggle mous letter from Bulgaria which was recently published in " The Bap Dr. Ralph E . Powell ------13 having only 48 active pastors to serve her 75 Bap of Minneapolis, Minn., sailed by boat March of Events ------14 tist churches and 51 preaching stations. There from New Orleans, Louisiana, for West tist World." It reads : Bn11t ist Briefs ------U are more pastors than this in my local conference. What's H appen ing ------15 Cameroon, Africa. He is due to anive "Dear brethren in Christ J es us. We believers in J es us Christ THE SHA TTERE D WALL There is Germany, where Gerhard Oncken on Feb. 7 or 8 at Duala , West Africa. By SnUie L ee Bell lived, the pastor who "turned the world upside He will be a missionary teacher at t he and member s of the Baptist churches of Bulgaria, greet you all in CHAPTER T HREE ------16 usundn:r School Lessons" down." A hundred thousand Baptists are there, Baptist Teacher T raining Center at his ver y precious Name. The Lord has, in his unspeakable goodness Re~· . B. C. Schreiber ------17 and that number sounds large in comparison with Soppo. and love, kept his hand on us. Although we are small in numbers, we •'75th Church A nniversary. Wishek, N. D." Re,·. Cnrl R. Weisser ------18 the other countries. But I remember that this is MISSIONARY MEDICAL CONVEN keep the light burning which our Lord has lit in our hearts. Our Denomination in Action ------19 only one fifth the number of Baptists in F lorida. T ION. Dr. R. Schilke, general m ission Obituaries ------23 Behind the Iron Curtain in Communist Russia, ary secretary, took part in t he Mission "vVe r ejoice in our living Lord Jesus, who conquers death and No,·cmber Contributions ------23 an estimated 5,400 Baptist churches are filled to ary Medical Convention held under the hell, sin and Satan, and who leads us to victor y. F or the coming of the Baker Book House (Advertisement) ------2•1 overflowing several times a week as peasants and auspices of the Christian Medical So Kingdom of God, we continue to pray together with you and all true ciety at Wheaton, Ill., from Dec. 26 to middle class people, hungry for the Gospel, meet believers. Please r emember us in your prayers. * there to worship. Lord, be their staff and refuge ! 29. Among t he hundreds of mission aries-, physicians and leaders in at "United with you, through the love of Jesus Christ, until he Bi-weekly Publication of the It is difficult for us to realize that Baptist s tendance were Dr . Eugene R. Stock are a minority group in many parts of the world comes and we all be united with him. II Timothy 3 :12." The Scripture NORTH AMERICAN BAPTIST dale a nd Miss Delores Henne of our GENERAL CONFERENCE that there are only 110 Baptists in Israel, 19 in Cameroons Baptist Mission. Dr. W il reference reads : "Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jes us shall Ethiopia and 80 among the Moslem multitudes liam S. Boutwell, formerly a n interim suffer persecution." 7308 Madison St., Forest Park, Illinois of Egypt. The fellowship of the Baptist World missionary doctor in the Camer oons, Martin L. Lcuschner, D.D., E ditor Alliance stands like a light on the hill to give them was also a delegate to t he Convention. Similar repor ts are coming from behind the Bamboo Curtain in courage and determination. CH UR CH E XTENSI ON. T he total China. At the last r eport, before the curtain fell, there were 123,000 Bless these brethren of ours. Lord, keep them * of Church Extension Builders in our Baptists in mainland China. But Christian work continues in China THE BAPTlST HERALD Is a publ1catlon o! faithful. Make them evangelistic. Strengthen their churches is steadily growing. I n Feb U1e North American Baptist General Con despite the hindrances which the Communist government heaps in its ference with headquarters at 7308 Madison witness for the Gospel. ruary 1962 the appeal fo1· t he Church St. Forost Park. Illlnols. It also maintains Adapted from a Prayer by Mrs. John H. Maguire in Extension project in Columbus, Ne way. "The Baptist World" has stated that "stories which leak out an' active membership in the Associated "The Commis-sion" and from a BWA brochure by Rev. braska, (see page 12), will go out to through H ong Kong and Singapore bear testimony to the endurance Church Press. C. E. Bryant. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $3.50 a year to 2500 Builders. Thfa project is now of the Word which had been planted there years ago." any address in the United States or Canada known as the Redeemer Baptist -S3.00 a year for churches under the Club THE MASTER Church of Columbus with Rev. 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With Christ as their Captain, this Boys Brigade A n A frican horse boy in the grasslands teaches will go on for a bette r A frica of tomorrow . . . a tinieless truth to one of our missionaries .. .
Sure and Steadfast! Behold, I Come Quickly!
By Miss Laura E. Reddig, Missionary Nurse at the By Mrs. George W. Lang, Bamenda New Hope Settlement, West Cameroon. Missiona.ry at Ndu, West Cameroon, Africa.
Nine of the 15 boys of the Bamenda New Hope Settlement the Baptist Church Boys Brigade proudly wearing their n ew uniforms. the light strea . at Bamenda, W est through the Wirnd ing into the s anctuary n ows. group to organize and register, the ''C AN I GO, sah ? Ca n I go?" grown to number fifty-seven. Several get to our destina tion. Aga in I called The boys crowd aroun d the captain to ha ts boast a shiny "I." outside boys, having no Boys Brigade ''M OSES, he be far ?" I Be escor ted us d . ahead to t he horse boy : "Moses, he 0 "help" him select the fifteen lucky in their church, have joined t he Settle asked for about the t hird time. steep descent t h wn Ice Cream H ill, a F ounded twenty-five years before be far ?" to cross befo at was the last hurdle boys who will wear t he uniform and men t group. "No0 ma he no far. Small t ime we go Boy Scouts, and believed to be_ t he "No, ma," he called back patiently. represent the Bamenda New Hope Rev. Gilbert Schneider t hen t he mis reach! " replied t he horse boy. rnission hous re We could reach t he parent organization, the Boys Brigade "Sma ll t im e we go reach. W hen we go And what e ~est l ed in t he valley. Settlement Boys Brigade. When fifty st resses Christian living, pa rticipa tion sionary-ma nager at t h ~ Settlement, It was t he mont h of J a nuary. F our pass t his hill, we go see um." him a liar? N0 l\foses? Was I to call seven boys beg to be chosen, and there in church, Bible studies a nd "all that was the first Boys Brigade Chaplain. La ngs were on their way to t he mis are only fifteen uniforms to wear, some Now P as tor Philip Nshing holds tha t sion station a t Warwar in Mambila . An Encouraged, I looked at t he sma ll my quest '· ot a t a ll! His r eplies to leads toward true Christian manli were mostio ns of t·1me a n d d1' s t ance are due to be disappointed. But no boy ness." position. T wice weekly, the boys and unavoidably la te start from Ndu had hill a head of us. George, my husband, t hinks of objectin g to a three-hour and his horse were already disappear t hing, he wa~~~e rs t a nda b l e. For one In August 1957, the secre tary of t he their captains gather for their va r ied pushed our arrival at Mbamga to 3 :30 walk to the distant church where t he activities. Little boys sit on t he side P .M. instead of noon. We had come by ing a round t he side of it. know tha t. Bu~ to encour~ge me, _I Nigeria n Boys Brigade movement vis attitudes towar _more ba~1c a ll y, h is Bible Conference is being held or some ited the Cameroons an d conducted lines, anxiously waiting until they are Land Rover to Mbamga , which was as I thought of how wonderful it would other impor tant meetin g, if t he Boys ten years old. Older boys regret when fa r as t he motor road went. It was be to see light shining from the win simply d'fi f , d time a nd distance are leadershio training courses. T wo young wa tches andei ent rrom mm. e. T o h1m' , Brigade can take part in the program. men were chosen to represent the Set they pass sixteen a nd must leave t he necessary to t ravel the rema inder of dows of the m ission house. Soon we'd Ah, just to wear the uniform is a n compa ny. T heir week revolves a round the way e ither by foot or on horseback. he getting off t he horses, stretching tha t binding ~~~edome ters are i:ot all tlement church, Enoch, a staff m em s tra nge that it necessa ry. It 1s not honor! ber; and L ucas, one of t he pa tients. t heir BB meetings! So now here we were, jogging along our legs, eating supper. Nothing, but nothing, has captivated One Sunday morning the Boys B ri used to wall . should be so. To people Upon their return, they orga nized the on "J ack" a nd "Max," the mission at a tlrn· e tmg tnany miles a nd hours t he boys a t our leprosy set tlement as first company in the entire grasslands. gade took char ge of the church service. horses sent out from the station by t he D ARK .NESS AHEAD . • one ho , · · less ·s m uch as t he Boys Br igade. In school )1te rally "sm . u1 more or 1 From a group of sixteen, this has Bible passages were recited and t heir Goodma ns, our Warwar missionaries a t 'We were almost a round the hill. - a 11 bme"- soon! every day, t he girls can shar e in games, object, verse a nd motto were given. tha t time. T he horse boys had waited As I ponder d studies, sin ging, gardening. But Boys There! I looked for the light . ideas t he w e t hese differences in Then t he capta in presented nine boys pa t iently fo r us a nd now were showing And I saw- only darkness. Dark Brigade is strictly for boys! Girls, keep with awar ds in the form of stripes to rny mind . .. ~rahs Of Scripture came to us t he way to t he mission sta tion. stretches of hills a nd valleys . Not a . kl· e Old, I come quickly." away! wear on t heir unifor m sleeves. Three Q me y 't But th I had t hought that we surely would glimmer of light a nywhere ! ten hundred ose words were writ- a re sergeants, three are corporals, a nd About an hour la ter, we saw a light 232,000 BOYS t hree are lance-corporals! One of the be t here by t his time. A gla nce at my something \\~r of Years ago! Isn't t h e~e watch showed 6 :30 P .M. The air was - it was Missionary K enneth Good be quickly? ong there? H ow could it The world-wide organiza tion of t he boys, David Ta ta, was promoted to ma n coming to meet us wit h a lantern. Boys Brigade was founded in October, getting cool. Around us the brown hills officer, because of his outsta nding were fading to a dull gray. On we 1883 by Sir William A. Smith. He work, cha racter a nd abilities. H e will rode ! As darkness ca me, spots of red INSPIRED Woa n s fo rmed a company with t hirt y boys in now quali fy as a company leader, a nd No, t here's Glasgow, Scotland. Today this organi light began to glow from t he hills. upon his discharge from t he Set t le Neon signs in the grasslands ? No, just Those ar e wor no_thing wrong there! zation is found in n ations around t he ment, he will organize anot her Boys Spir it, spoken ds mspired by the H oly world, a nd boasts a membership of bush fi res ! The Africans were burning Brigade. the dry brown grass to prepare their thousand years by One to whom a over 232,000 boys. farms fo r planting season in Ma rch. day as a thou are as a day, _a nd one The object of t he Boys Brigade is : SERVING CHRIST ~nly foar the is no discrepa sana years. To him the re T hen the beginning of t he ra ins would "The advancement of Christ's kingdom T he secreta ry of t he Niger ia n Boys is t he trut h. ncy, The Word he speak s among boys, and t he promotion of ha b Brigade recently visited a t the Settle e nd the dry season. [orb, anb srrv~ It is we, who its of obedience, reverence, discipline, ment, a nd was very impressed with t he a re ofte ,., , hear tha t t ruth, who self-respect, a nd all t ha t tends toward strength, ent husiasm a nd qua lity of MORE QUESTIONS I,im in trutl; 11 » I O!lgt W • . d t stop-wa tches a n · e a re gea1_e . o true Christian manliness." our company. He showed colored slides During t he preceding t hree hours with all ,gour We punch ti d split-second t mung. T he motto is: "Sure an d Steadfast." of an outsta nding event in N igeria's of our r ide, we had been impressed by lives by the rne-clocks a nd pla n our Their verse is from H ebrews 6 :19. "We h istory, in which t he Boys Brigade t he beauty of the hills around us. Often It . t c 10 ck a nd calendar. have an anchor of the soul, both sure took a major role. Boys, in rela y heart: for con IS 0 US ti . there were large rocks on t he sides of come NOW 1at t his Word must and steadfast." T he emblem is a n an groups of three, made a spectacula r t he hills, like huge stone tears on a run of over a thousand miles, ta king ~ib.er l;ow ~reat "Behold I c : ore clearly t han ever: chor, with B. B. and Sure a nd S tead gia nt brown face. We hatl passed ' Ille Quickly!" fast inscribed on it. These emblems ar e messages from the Christia n churches through blackened a reas where the As da rkness . on t he membership pins and on the belt to the P rime Minister a t t he celebra fires had a lready done t heir work. t~in,S~ he ]\af h us, we need to ban~ ~es pa1r surround of the uniform. T he uniform is of dark tion of Nigeria's I ndependence on Oc a call to hope e remmded of them as blue, with a white haver-sack worn tober 1, 1960. The run started in Cala We had me t people on t he pat h bont for ,gou. again, BEH OLD Yes, we need to hear mommies with baskets or ba bies on from the shoulder. David Taia, Boys Brigade sergeant. w ho bar where Nigerians fi rst h eard t he I S AMUEL 12 :24. May w I • I COME QUICKLY! T he pill-box hat displays t he com Gospel. t heir backs; big men with their walk e 1ear t h has been promoted for his outstanding ing sticks ; w ide-eyed, star ing children. fear, but in a-\a ose words, not in pany's registration number prominent work al the New Hop e Settlement in The F irst Ba menda Boys Brigade hearts joyfully., , dness, a nd may our ly in front. Since ours is the very fi rst West Cameroon. (Con tinued on page 22 ) But now we were wearily eager to Lord J esus !" reply: "Even so, come, 4 BAPTIST HERALD Februa ry 1, 1962 5 The story of Home Bible Circles in Germany and of their B ible as well as the strengthening very informal. Generally the host or benefits of fellowship. hostess begins the evening. We should wmszwl influence for Christ npon many people ... . The Hannover churches, like all try not to let it last too long, even if churches, have the problem of people it runs well. We do have to work or go being on the edge of the church and its to school tomorrow. We should also activities. They are on t he church rolls, be careful that refreshments do not but they do riot take an active part take up a large part of the evening. in the work of the church. How can they be drawn more into the center AN ENTIBE BIBLE CHAPTER The Ministry of Invitation of the church? Here the Home Bible 3. Each week the group could study Circles helped by inviting them first a part or a whole chapter of a book of into their groups. The inactive mem bers have formed friendships with ac the Bible. In the discussion, the use of different translations is very helpful. By Mr. Herbert W. Berndt, a Seminary Senior Student who tive members. They are a lso now in an atmosphere where they can go forward It i:; also good if one person does a lit studied last year as an Exchange Student at the Baptist Seminary, in t heir Christian lives. The result is tle extra study beforehand on the back ground of the passage. The time of si a surprising number of members be Hamburg, Germany. ginning to realize their responsibilities lence should be long enough for each to t heir Lord and to his church. person to receive some though ts from his r eading. A LAYMEN'S l\IOVEl\IENT 4. The discussion should be practical. A third problem is, How does one We must ask ourselves again and reach out to those who stand outside of again, "What does God want to tell Christ and the church? An answer me here?" "What does he have to say SILENCE REIGNS in the er of t he Bible Circle. Frequently how to our church." "How do we put this room. Except for an occasional turn here was to invite non-Christians to e:'er, th~ e~e~ings a re under the 'direc the Bible Circles. There the power in practice?" ing of a page or the sound of a pencil of mcliv1dua l visitors. After sing ~ion of attraction of fellowship brought 5. At the close of the Bible study, writing on paper, there is absolute ing a song and being led in prayer we quiet. Are we in a library? No, we are them into contact with living Chris we pray together. The prayers should r~ad a ~ib_le passage together. If 'pos tians. Then it brought them through sitting in the living room of a home in sible, this 1s read from several differ be very short, perhaps only a sentence the city of H a nnover, Germany. On the ent t!·anslations. Then t here are about these Chr istia ns and t he study of God's in length, so that many can pray. We. sofa and on chairs forming a circle a re Word to a realization that they needed can always pray more t han once. Let 15 rrunutes of silence fo1· the gatherina CHURCH DOORS. HANNOVER vbout 15 people. Their only occupation of thoughts and medita tion on t h: J esus. The result for one year was a us pray specifically, too, not forgetting at the present is reading a book a nd The doors of this Lutheran church in total of 32 persons becom ing Christians to thank as well as to ask. pa~sage. Usually at t he same time we Hannover picture the course of the 2nd writing from time to time t hose write down some thoughts. The center a nd coming into the church through though ts which occur to them as they World War. Beginning al the lower left soon to invite a few on the edge of the To bPgin a Home Bible Circle is to o_f the e~eni n g is formed by the discus and traveling clockwise, the struggling the work of only these 17 groups. read. church. mark the beginning of a ministry of in sion which follows. In a n unforced ex nations and the ravages of war a re An interesting sidelight is that this vitation. It requires courage to begin, What is so spectacular about this change of thought, each person can shown. The right side of the door pictures work is not directed by a pastor. It It is best, however, to wait a while hut the Lord blesses courage with re small group of people? First, t hey are express those ideas which came to his the reconstruction after the war until g rew up as a laymen's movement with before non-Christians are invited. The peace is symbolized by a pair of b irds sults. One result may be that someone only one of 17 such groups meeting mrnd as he read. He also has the op in the church a nd it has remained t hat. Chl"istians should first get to know one will be able to say of our churches during each week. Second, they are portu~ity to throw out questions into nurturing their young and fighting off The leaders are themselves laymen, a nother well, so that the non-Chris t he discussion. the serpent of war. what Luke said of the church at Berea mostly members of t he Baptist church a lthough a pastor may choose to start tiu.ns come into a warm fellowship. (Acts 17 :11) : "These were more noble in Hannover. Third, they are a group "Again and again we have come to one, too. T he number in the group should not be than those in Thessalonica, in that they c f people who have been invited to more than ten to twelve. When a group the h ap~y ~ealizat i on t hat an individual their personal form of evangelism a nd What effect does this have on the received the word with all readiness of spend an evening looking at the Bible. the home atmosphere draw men. Sec regular services of the church? It is reaches 15, it should think of dividing has. an insight into the Word of God mind, and searched the scriptures They want to know what God has to w h1c~ he draw_s from his own perso1'al ondly, through meeting weekly in a continually stressed that these groups to form two groups. say to them. This is a H ausbibelkreis know.edge. This personal insight deep small group, a mutual, healthy help in are not meant to replace the service at 2. The schedule for t he evening daily, whether t hese things were so" or a Home Bible Circle. In some ways, ens the understanding of the state spiritual development is made possible. the church. These Circles actually in should be free and the atmosphere (Acts 17:11). it is similar to our Cottage P rayer ments of the Bible for a ll of us. It becomes natural to talk about crease attendance at regular worship Meetings, but, in other ways, it is Jesus Christ and about our experiences services and midweek services, because quite different. l\U SSIONARY OPPORTUNITY during the day. of a heightened spir itual interest and ''T "I would encourage a ll to form a a realization of the responsibilities of STORY OF THESE CffiCLES ° conclude the discussion the church membership. 1:ader on .the basis of previous pr~para Home Bible Circle, if the work is con Eberhard Donsbach, a student at the nected w ith a little interest a nd care. t10n_ mentions a nything else which ma CAN IT HAPPEN HERE? Baptist Seminary in Hamburg-Horn, b~ import~nt. Then a chain of praye~ It is then that we experience Jesus' tells about the group which his family with sp~c.ia l requests and reasons for statement: 'For where two or three a re The a nswer is Yes! When Christians formed. This group is one of the most t han_ksg1v111g binds us together in a gathered together in my name, t here realize t he need for spiritual growth successful Bible Circles. p~rticular way at the end of th a m I in the midst of them' (Matthew in ou1· churches, they will look for "For the past two years we have met n mg. e eve- 18:20)." methods which the Lord can bless. This each Tuesday evening in our home as "Af ter t he official closing of the - o - is one which he already has blessed a Home Bible Circle. When I say 'we,' study ~ nd prayer, we sit together for a This is the story of only one person's a nd will again. There are many mem I mean members of our church, who ~:;' rrunutes over some refreshments experiences. With varia tions it could bers staying on the edges of our live in the surrounding area, in addi be repeated again and again. churches, because no one has brought tion to personally invited outsiders. In h7s~ are d ve~~ of_ten the moment~ them in. There are even more who are w_t1hc 1 are ~c 1 s 1 ve m making contact the cleared living room we gather with wi new friends who have b . CHURCH ES IN HANNOVER outside the church who need to be
What is the nnpardonable sin, and easily imagine t hat cert ain extraordi can it be committed today'! narily unbelieving persons in modern history may have commjtted the un Several passages of Scripture speak pardonable sin (but we must be ex New Church in Columbus of a sin tha t cannot be forgiven, gen tremely ca reful in never assertin g that BY l\IRS. HARM SHERMAN erally called the sin or blasphemy such is the case with r espect to any against the Holy Spir it (Mat t. 12 :24- particular individual- God alone is By Rev. Le Roy Schauer, of Aplington, Iowa 32; Mark 3 :22-30; Luke 11 :15-20; 12 :10 Presiclent of the qualified to kn ow such matters and t o -some a uthorities list additional texts, make such decisions, and his mercy is Church Extension pastor at Columbus, Nebraska Woma.n's l\'.[issiona ry Union. as I John 5:16; II Tim. 3:8; Heb. 6:4- infinitely beyond our understanding ). 8 ; 10:26-31) . It is not difficult to think of godless WORLD DAY OF PRAYER There is a sense in which the use of char acters who have known about th e Congregation of the Redeemer Baptist Church, Columbus, the term "sin against the Holy Spir it" grace of God in Christ a nd µiho have Neb., with Rev. Le Roy Schauer, pastor, standing in front On F riday, March 9, 1962 we will _be may be too general, because there are of door. joining our though ts and praye rs with had opportunity to ex-perience a strong certain sins against the Holy Spirit conviction of the Holy Spirit , enough millions of Christia ns around the earth that are pardonable (Eph. 4 :30 ). The to make an honest denial of the Gospel in prayer. The theme for this year is unpardonable sin is a specific and de E NVELOPED by the produc unwearying in prayer ; to be cour work. "For God So Loved the World," and truth impossible, yet who have re ageous a nd creative in witnessing ; to Then seven months a fter the first cisive sin or state of sin which is re tive Pla tte Valley in the state of Ne the Scriptur e is John 3 :16. Two of t~ e lated to the official work of the Spirit. fused to repent and who have trampled braska, on U. S. Highway 30, lies the exalt Christ consistently in the home, service was held, we lost by death a women of our denomination have writ under their feet the very saving blood work and in the market-place; many strong supporting layman in the per It consists in the conscious, malicious city of Columbus. Here is another ten progra ms for this very import~t a nd wilful reject ion and slander ing of of J esus Ch1ist a nd have done despite city in which a new North American times to work only by mere shreds of son of Philip H. Prang. Along with day on our Woman's Missionary Um?n unto the Spirit of grace. (Heb. 10 :29). faith and hope; but, above all, to exper others, God had worked through him the testimony of the Spirit, and that Baptist church has had its birth. The calendar. Mrs. E . A. Hoffmann of P hil against clear evidence and man ifest Their conscience seems to be seared as primary dynam ic which has propelled ience the power of the Holy Spirit. Al to begin the new work in this indus w ith a hot iron. (I Tim. 4 :2). P aul adelphia, P a., has written the English conviction. the work here has been the presence ways the wonder is that God can use tr ial city of Columbus. It was the add program, a nd Mrs. Waldemar Laser of speaks of some whom God has given and power of God's Holy Spir it . It has just a few people fo r such a huma nly ed spiritual insight and vision of this Winnipeg, Ma nitoba, the Germa n. w_e over to a reprobate mind. (Rom. 1 :28). A DE PRAVED HEART mean t the loving, obedient, sacrificial impossible task. layman along with the others that de are grateful to these women for their response to the Great Commission by termined the course in those initial splendid contributions to make this Since the Spirit bea rs w itness t o J e A TENDE R CONSCIENCE GOD'S LE ADING weeks and months. sus Chr ist, it is a deliberate and per the members who pioneer the work. day of prayer a blessing. Copies of P eople who are distressed in their With this the re has had to be a coup A new church is born through the But God also shows his hand in the these progra ms have been mailed to verse attributing of Christ's deeds to midst of seeming set-back s. The lead the devil when it is evident that they souls for fear that they have committed ling of Holy Spirit driven a nd direc ted power of the Holy Spirit. It is not the preside nts of each society. the sin against the Holy Ghost should witnessing of Christ's Gospel to those made with human hands. The first ing of God in the purchase of la nd a re of God. And since it is t hrough the was a nother evidence. Through the La nguage, clima te, dress, place of work of the Holy Spir it tha t th e knowl be assured that their very concern for for whom he died. It h as not been a year was the laying of the important their soul's welfar e and their personal p~rson of William Lange we were able, worship, conditions may differ, but we edge of Christ a nd conviction of sin frantic attempt to assist denomina pa rt of the spiritual . household, the a re all one in Chr ist, whose death on relationship to God is sur e proof that It with the help of Church Extension, and r ighteousness come (J ohn 16 :7- tional survival. has been a work foundation. First services were held the Cross made it possible for us to they have not commjtted thi ~ sin ac based upon a deeply-rooted conviction in the P hilip Pra ng and Anna Brunken to purchase the excellent location for 14) , the wilful trampling down a nd the new church. A considera ble part of have everlasting life. Some women will crushing out of this conviction consti cording to all that has been said above. tha t we as Baptists have a distinctive, residences because no other meeting walk miles to come to this service, J ulius Mueller in his classic work, definable and important contribution this la nd was a gift by this layman. tutes that sin as unpa rdonable. Thus, place was' available. After the test of some with babies on their backs. Some T he D octrine of Sin, sta tes, "The way to make to the furtherance of the Gos those first two months we were a ble to The location is well situa ted in t he it is a sin which cannot be forgiven a nd nor th central part of the steadily grow will come by subway or a utomobile a fter which a change of heart is im of return to God is closed against no pel in this community. rent the Whitefoot Building which is for long dista nces. Many of the sick in one who does not close it against him partly ours. It has been an advantage ing city. More homes will a1i se in the possible, precisely because the only The challenge has been great. It has homes and hospitals will be praying as self." driven us as initial members "to our to have such a bu ilding for our meet immediate area as the months of the source by which conviction of sin and year progress. It is not a fast develop they listen to a prayer service over the r epenta nce can come has been blas Yet a tender conscience with r e- knees ma ny times to fi nd our course ing purposes throughout the week as radio. Whe rever we Jive or wherever spect to s in should always be main when it was lost in the m aze of dis well as on Sundays. This has served as ment but a steady one. The Whitefoot phemed- no source is anymore avail Building is two blocks from this build we worship in observing this day of able to br ing godly sorrow for sin tained and cultivated by prayer and couragements and perplexing conflicts. our cha pel, although so very limited in prayer, may we be aware of a world in the Word of God. Every persistent re space a nd facilities. But to the gr oup ing site. whereby the grace of God in Christ is We have only begun to cultivate some tension, a hungry world, h ungry for media ted. fusal to listen to God's voice and every of the graces a nd to utilize some of it was a sign of God's leading, since The city of Columbus has a popula tion of 12,800. A considerable pa rt of food, for freedom a nd peace. Perhaps it should not be thought of hardening of the heart a ga in s~ the con the strategy which the New Testa ment this new building, which had never T he enemy of our souls is very busy viction of the Spirit issues m a cor been rented, suddenly became availa ble the newer homes a re outside of the simply as one isolated sinful act but church, our model, used so effectively. a nd most intensely interested in get as the pervasive sta te of a dep '.aved responding loss of the a b!li_tf to listen This fi rst year has meant to become when all other doors were closed to the ( Cont inu ed on pag e 22) 1 ting the people of the Lord so busily heart radically ~ nd ~i n a lly set •against a nd to respond to the Sp1n t s prompt engaged in secular affairs that they God, a state which is the culminat ion ings. Insensitivity to or positive contra do not have time to engage in prayer. of a long ~ourse of self-ha r den ing and diction of God's clear, undeniable truth He knows very well tha t this is the self-depravrng. He who has committed is insidious. way to weaken them and to br ing them it is totally indiffe rent to his own J e remy Taylor describes the progress to defeat and discouragement. If he moral a nd spiritual condition a nd is of sin in the sinner thus: "F irst, it ca n succeed in keeping a child o( God actively a nd bitterly host ile to God. startles him, then it becomes pleasing, from prayer, he has gained a gr eat vic Such a person has ceased to be recep then delightful, then frequent , then tory. That prayer should have a la rge tive to divine infl uences wher eby his habitual then confirmed; then the m an part in the Christia n's life is abunda nt condition could be remedied. To him is impe~i te n t , then obstina te, then re ly clear from the many comma nds an d good seems evil and ev il seems good. solved never to repent, then da mned." encouragements to prayer found in Some scholars hold that this is a sin Perha ps the most clear a nd concise the Scriptures. that could be committed only during statement v.rith regard to blasphemy God never fails to answer prayer Chr ist's sojourn on ea r th, but the aga inst the Holy Spir it is found in In fervency implored ; Scr ipture passages cited above do not Plummer's commenta ry on Luk e : So let each need presented be support t his view, especially the texts "Constant a nd consummate opposition Before our gracious Lord. outs ide of the gospel records. The to the influence of t he Holy Spir it, committing of t his sin does not appear because of a deliberate preference of As in the past, we a re again asking to be limited to New Testament times. darkness to light, r ender r epentan ce you to ta ke a n offering on this day. and therefore forgiveness morally 5m The Whitefoot Building, Columbus. Neb. (left), in which the Redeemer Ba ptist Church is holding its present services 0 Land has Evidently this is a sin which can be been purchased a few blocks away (right) with the help of Mr. William Lange a nd the Church Ext · C ' tt f ·1 committed today, a nd indeed one can possible." posed new church building. ension ommi ee or l s pro- ( Continited on page 22) 12 F ebruary 1, 1962 13 BAPTIST HERALD Rev. Aa ron Buhler, pastor, spoke on ficers, • T he Christmas ca ntata, "Night of " t~ ,,te teach- the Star," with m usic by Bruce Carle "Songs of t he Bible." The Christmas ers \.. a_ Cl.ch itv h " ers and subst 11 e wors ip ton, was presented at the F leischmann program of the Sunday school present service ~ Ob ed on Sunday evening, Dec. 24, was h Id 1. · \V servea d ·ng t _fices were Memoria l Church, Philadelphia, Pa., on e 1' eek uri 5er· 8 to 12. MARCH Sunda y evening, Dec. 17, by the Youth entitled, "The Gates of Christmas." Dr. 1\1:. <\i:-e of Prayer Jatl· f th and Senior Choirs of the church. T he • On Sunday, Nov. 19, the Cent ral "Bapti~t l... a hornes froJ11 aito( t ~ ake_ er at lt l.euschner, e ~ 1 es . pe cantata was directed by Mrs. Alma Baptist Church, Edmonton, Alberta '. be J an. bll\~ el;'tjrald,'• was the "' ·s er~ce on from 1,996 to 25,976; Bra ~il , fro~ of Time, L ife a nd Fortune m agazines. Ziegenthaler. Rev. and Mrs. E. H . gan a new S unday school_ in. the K1!3;1" <:: • ·nd -e 1s pas- • Congo Bible Sold Out. The Congo P roduced by Wor ld W ide P ictures, Hoffma nn, pastor's family,_ held Open ney area of t he city. This 1s the dis tor of ti. lle day even1 "'cl1i-: 175,451 to 1,763,142; Costa Rica, fro95 • h c " · P aul F. zos Swahili Bible, in its entire edition of Hollywood motion pict ure company e n House for membe rs and fnends of the t rict where t he church has pur chased · 1~ 10,000 copies, has been a complete sell 842 to 16,157, a nd E cuador, from ~ Tf e tk hurch. Workers' to 4,341. - Cllmr ch N ews Ser vice. gaged in t he production of evangelistic church on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 17. property for a new church site. Mr. Eu- C on el' '''S . J'l out since Congo's independence Day. ~t)Ce t lndia n MiS51~e Calvary and other religious films, t he picture • The Grace Baptist Chur ch of K e The long-awaited Bible, t he first in the • K ansas City, Ka nsas.- "Decade. of was shown here udner auspices of ""as held at Swahili language, arrived in Congo in Decision," •a film h istory of the Billy lowna, British Columbia, has extended Youth for Christ. Narrated by Dave a call to R ev. R. L . K luttig of Edmon September, 1960, wher e orders were Graham Crusades of the past ~en yearf~ Garr oway, un til · recently t he tall, dispatched to outlying a reas. The Brit had its premiere in Au:er ton Alberta who has served as t he M~ mor1 al sa ndy-haired, soft-spoken sta r of "The pastor of the Germa n Zion Baptist ish a nd F oreign Bible Society is pre torium here Sa turday night (Octo Today Show" of N BC with its 6,000,000 paring a new edition tha t is a nxiously 14) before approximately 2,500 per sons, Church since 1956. He h as accepted t he daily viewers, the film r ekindles for a nticipa ted. including hundreds of teenagers. ~he call a nd announced t hat he would be what's happeni1:1 idea of ma king a documentary film the viewer s t hose inca ndescent mo gin his ministry in the Grace \ec . to 14. tad" attended Ceylonese missionaries they could meet York City until March 1st. This will Mee-yah-noh school. T he new school by th~ c011f Utive secre ~ he Indian Jl'll5t il,;ers in In religion by reducing food ra tions of our churches in the unstable world." count ry . Eve n so, only about 2.4 per nance of the Lord's Supper. dian a.' ~ s . own intere ieiJ.v Plans were laid fo r simultoneous revi cen t of t he people are evangelical mous donor for use in t he Fellowship Christian believers a nd destroying H all. This was dedicated a t the Wa tch • fti:\i Ss1on. Several Buddhist temples and images, ac va l crusades in 1962, a nd it was pro Christia ns. • On Christmas Day Mrs. Peter Geis Th~ l's also spoke. ..,e S unday N igh t service of t he church on Dec. ~1 cording to intelligence repor ts received posed further that a perma nent evan sle 1· of Rochester, N. Y., was called school ~ t v- e Temple gelistic team, comprised of a preacher, • Baptists l\Unister to R efugees in to he1· heavenly Home at the a ge of 83 with Dr. Louis R . Johnson, pastor, m B apti~tl-\Otte~t speaker a.at tl' P a., was on F or mosa. Since the early part of l\liami. Southern Baptists will intensify cha rge. Miss Ruby Salzma n, Cameroons June, t he Communists have cut food singer and instrumentalist, be organ years. She was baptized in 1907 by Rev. Mr. Ii ~~ on Dec. 31. rgJ'l• ? ark Illi ized. T he associa tion has a tent in efforts to give relief a nd resettlement Carl A. Daniel. On May 10, 1910 she missiona ry and a member of the nois,_ t~t- 01 d Ur ch, P ittsbUo91' f th~ de ra tions by one-third for those Chris to t he more than 100,000 Latin Ameri church brought an a ppropria te m es tia ns who are members of many de which they ca n conduct special evan was married to Rev. Peter Geissler, nom11) · 1~ B,. J ohns _of a.J1 ° ard. He gelistic ser vices. can refugees in M iami, Florida who two da ys afte r hls graduation from the sage. Cer tifica tes of Credit were also spok El As EARLY as 1875, people modern building stands. They too services were greatly enriched by A TEACHING GUIDE tradition of the elders. The Lord saw certain t ha n ever. The ever-present from Danzig, Russia settled near the united with the Danzig church. Due to greetings from former pastors a nd sons and daughters who are in special Date: February 11, 1962 t hrough t heir reasoning 'a nd denounced breaking of the sixth commandment r:resent city of Tyndall, S. Dak. These changes of population t he membership hangs over us like the sword of Damo of the churches, in 1930, voted to Christia n service and in surrounding Theme: CHRISTIAN FAMILY them for substituting man-made regu later settle rs could find no more free lations for the God-given moral law. cles and ma kes t his world a very sh aky change the name from Danzig Baptist churches. LIVING land in t hat area a nd were directed So exact were they in · carrying out and insecure place in w hich to live. into the North Da kota area. In this Church to the German Baptist Church On Wednesday, we climaxed our an Scripture: Exodus 20 :12 ; l\1a rk 7 :9-13; these traditions t hat the command The original commandment referred of Wishek, with headquarters in niversary with a Church Fellowship John 19:25-27 movement, there were about 15 fami ments of God were r elegated to second to t he violent, unauthorized murder of lies who settled south of the City of Wishek. This name held until 1949 supper. Mr. Ernest Herr was toast THE CENTRAL THOUGHT: Where ,place. any person. It did not prohibit the pun Wishek. Being accustomed to take time when it was changed to t he present master for the ceremonies of the eve there is Jove to God, there will be honor To free themselves from the obliga ishment of crime, nor did it prohibit to honor God, they felt strongly in need First Baptist Church of Wishek. ning. Around the abundantly laden in the home. tions which the fifth commandment in war. (Compare Exodus 21 :12-14 and of a place of worship. In 1886 a church In 1949 a beautiful edifice, 64 by 84 tables, a time of reminiscing was en INTRODUCTION: The first section volved, they dedica ted their worldly Deuteronomy 20 :1-4). To conquer by t he name of Da nzig was begun, feet was erected on the formerly built joyed. A number of the oldest members of the Commandments deals with our goods to t he temple in order to be ab Canaan, war was necessary for the using t he identical name of t he church basement at t he cost of $78,520.00, and spoke of the "Good Old Days." Recog relationship to God. He is to be given solved from supporting their parents. Israelites. The commandment con es in South Da kota and R ussia. The was dedicated on July 2, 1950. 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