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Herald of Holiness Volume 58, Number 42

W. T. Purkiser (Editor) Nazarene Publishing House

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KEEPING SPIRITUALLY FIT (See page 3.)

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE The Case for the Organized Church (See page 5.)

B raver Tomorrow I shall be braver tomotrtow Because of the trial' todayl For trouble surmounted brings courage and strength some unaccountable way. I shall be kinder tomorrow I'm sure, Because of the careless retort Of someone who loves me, but just did not think How an ungentle answer can hurt.

I shall be stronger tomorrow, because I have prayed that my spirit may grow Above all the hurtful and rankling $ Yes, I shall be stronger, I know.

Lord, teach me to use all the burdens of life As stepping-stones upward to Thee. Then, seen in the light of the heavenly dawn, How blest that tomorrow will be!

Kathryn Blackburn Peck General Superintendent Young

Commitment Is Personal

Y the ordinary standards of our century answered them, “We ought to obey God rather B it would be difficult to describe the lead­ than men. And we are his witnesses of these ing disciples of as extraordinary men. things” (Acts 5:29b, 32a). (It could be easy to wonder why He called But what of our twentieth-century witness? so many fishermen.) He seems to have taken Surely we need to improve our techniques in those available, and especially those who had this sacred business. But the heart of the been devoted followers of . matter lies in true motivation and absolute But the subsequent record of the centuries confirms His choices, and we are forced to commitment. In Paul’s Roman letter he ex­ acknowledge that those first apostles rendered horts, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by extraordinary service. Their faith and mis­ the mercies of God, that ye present your sion have survived and prevailed. It was not bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto an accident that so many of the original 12 God, which is your reasonable service” (12:1). sealed their witness with their blood, not only Paul had made such a commitment himself testifying to the nature of the world’s opposi­ and his life demonstrated it. tion, but confirming the validity and virility Genuine commitment is always personal of their own faith. and costly. It must be voluntary. The true Jesus himself had laid the issues clearly on motivation for such a commitment is Calvary; the line in His challenge, “If any man will nothing less will do. William James warned come after me, let him deny himself, and take us at the turn of this century, “Lives based up his cross daily, and follow me” (Luke 9:23). on having are less free than lives based either The record indicates that His chosen band on doing or on being.” Jesus stated it simply, “forsook all, and followed him.” In turn, He “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye rested His own mission and the world’s re­ shall be free indeed” (John 8:36). But this demption on their fidelity and word and upon freedom came through obedient faith. “Then the subsequent followers who believed their said Jesus to those Jews which believed on word. him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye The irrepressible witness of those first- my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the generation is easy to detect in the truth, and the truth shall make you free” record of the Book of Acts. In one instance (8:31-32). Only then do we actually discount when the authorities castigated them for the cost and find the radiance of an inner continuing to teach in Jesus’ name, Peter glow. □ HE experience of holiness does not consti­ Sin’s process must be halted. The source of tute one a spiritual superman. But it does moral infection must be removed. Rebellion must render one a normally healthy Christian. be stamped out. THoliness is spiritual health. The work of sanc­ There is both a negative and a positive aspect tification wrought by the Holy Spirit is the means to the cure. Man must cease to commit sin. But whereby the soul is cleansed from certain moral he must also learn to do righteously. Holiness impurities which render the person spiritually issues in righteousness. The old carnal nature sickly, weak, anemic, impotent, and frail. In this must not only be destroyed, but a new nature of condition he is the frequent victim of spiritual holiness must be implanted. This lapses because his resistance to temptation is fee­ nature of holiness is activated by ble and in the face of trial he wilts. His entire the indwelling Holy Spirit. spiritual constitution is weak because of carnal To one who has gone through infection. the experience of deliverance Carnality is poison to the soul, so that no de­ from sin now comes the pro­ gree of spiritual robustness can develop so long nouncement, “Behold, thou art as it is present in the spiritual system. made whole: sin no more.” This This vicious spiritual infection cannot be coun­ is an unspeakably glorious release teracted by any spiritual exercise howsoever from the tyranny of carnal pres­ vigorously and regularly practiced. It is totally sures. It marks the advent o^ new and glorious immune to any humanly devised specific by liberty—a life more abundant. Now such a one which to neutralize it. Radical surgery adminis­ can sing: tered by the Holy Spirit is the only cure. Well of water, ever springing, “The carnal mind is enmity against God. It is Bread of life, so full and free, not subject unto the law of God, neither indeed Untold wealth that never faileth, can be” (:7). It cannot be reduced to My Redeemer is to me. inertia or paralysis. Its resistance to human spe­ But a word of caution must be sounded lest the cifics is total. The body of sin must be destroyed sanctified soul fall victim of the peril of a false (:6). presumption. Two trips to the altar will not fur­ God is perennially at war with sin. He makes nish a through ticket to heaven. That the ex­ no allowance for it to any degree. Sin is rebellion, perience of sanctification will guarantee final per­ treason, sedition against the holiness of God. Car­ severance is by no means true. No delusion could nality issues in sin. .“When lust hath conceived, carry with it a greater peril. it bringeth forth sin.” We must ever keep in mind that holiness

“Take time and trouble to keep yourself spiritually fit” (I Timothy 4:7, Phillips). mo SPIRITUALLY m

• By Ernest E. Grosse Hanover, Pa. Toward a Better Understanding

ECAUSE of the confusion and misunder­ the endorsement of the Department of Edu­ B standing, and some division of loyalties, cation and General Board, and without an arising from the promotion of a new college assigned territory and an endorsement by the or group of colleges within our connection, General Assembly, constitutes an infringe­ the Board of General Superintendents issues ment upon the rights and assignments of our the following statement and pronouncement: duly authorized colleges and educational in­ The Board of General Superintendents does stitutions, and is contrary to our accepted not approve or endorse (directly or indirectly) church practices. the organization of the John Wesley Educa­ The solicitation of funds for the proposed tional and Development Foundation or its John Wesley Foundation (or college[s]), even project(s). on a personal or by-mail solicitation and After careful investigation, we are con­ without the approval of the proper authorities, vinced that no authorization or endorsement is clearly in violation of the Manual provision of the above Foundation was given by the and rule concerning the prohibition of finan­ local church board or by the district superin­ cial appeals beyond the bounds of the local tendent or District Advisory Board of the church (Manual, Par. 177). immediate area of our church involved. We We trust that the above summary will assist are also reasonably sure that neither the zone in clearing up much of the confusion that has college president nor the executive secretary overtaken some of our people in this matter of the Department of Education has given and will also assist all of us in avoiding fur­ endorsement or approval of the above Foun­ ther division of loyalties that would hinder dation or its proposed college(s). the work of God among us. The charter of incorporation of John Wesley BOARD OF GENERAL Educational and Development Foundation it­ SUPERINTENDENTS self clearly states that the intention and scope religiously of said corporation is to “provide V. H. LEWIS, Chairman instruction in and promotion of interdenomi­ EDWARD LAWLOR, Secretary national Christianity.” GEORGE COULTER The promotion of the proposed John Wesley ORVILLE W. JENKINS College (or chain of John Wesley colleges) EUGENE L. STOWE within the operations of our church without SAMUEL YOUNG

is not a mystical injection which Growth and development are es­ unaware of the direction in which operates automatically with un­ sential. “Till we all come . . . un­ the current is taking us. Samson wavering constancy,. It is one thing to a perfect man, unto the measure “wist not that the Lord was de­ to attain spiritual health, but it is of the stature of the fulness of parted from him.” quite another thing to keep spirit­ .” Spiritual appetite wanes. A dim­ ually fit. There is real peril in the as­ inution of spiritual energy follows. We must ever keep in mind sumption that all is well, that dan­ The service of Christ and the that our holiness is God’s holiness. ger is past and security is assured. church once done with eagerness Holiness is a matter of relationship, Taking too much for granted, the now becomes burdensome. Love not a spiritual abstraction. All re­ profession continues while the soul for God and His Word grows faint. sources of life are in Him. Hence weakens and the light that was in Doubts arise and questions which that spiritual relationship makes him grows dim and finally dark­ the spiritually-minded man should possible a life of victory—freedom ens. To each of us comes the warn­ have ignored. from sin. But only so long as we ing which we do well to heed: Let’s face the matter in all hon­ abide in Him. “The branch can­ “Therefore we ought to give the esty. Is there a growing antipathy not bear fruit of itself, except it more earnest heed to the things or a tacit aversion to the general abide in the vine.” St. Paul ad­ which we have heard, lest at any and special rules of the church as monishes (Galatians 5:16), “Walk time we should let them slip [‘we expressed in our Manual? Is there in the Spirit, and ye shall not ful­ drift away from them,’ RV]” (He­ an increasing inclination to down­ fil the lust of the flesh.” brews 2:Jl). grade the importance of regular This new spiritual life must be Drifting is effortless, often un­ church attendance, Sunday school, nourished, exercised, expressed. conscious. We can be perilously (Continued on page 12) 4 • HERALD OF HOLINESS IT IS possible to become so facinated with spin­ ning wheels and meshing gears that we disregard the importance of output. On the other hand, many churches could accomplish far more if they were better organized, if the gears were better meshed, and if more attention was given to lubrication.

THE CASE FOR THE ORGANIZED CHURCH

By J. J. Steele Coffeyville, Kans.

any are saying that organ­ church. Only those who give turn. The machine worked quietly, ized churches are failing themselves to the work of the efficiently, perfectly, without fric­ M to reach this generation. church have a moral right to point tion or grinding. But it produced There is some justification for the out her flaws. nothing. It had no purpose what­ charge, and there is some reason Granted that it is possible to soever except to operate. for the revolt of our times against become so preoccupied with On the other hand, many sectarianism and the ecclesiastical church mechanics and denomina­ churches could accomplish far “establishment. ” tional promotion that we miss the more if they were better organized, But care should be taken that point of our existence, we can, if the gears were better meshed, we are not drawn into the trend on the other hand, slip into loose and if more attention was given of rebellion and disrespect so prev­ thinking about organizational im­ to lubrication. alent and lose our regard for the portance. While some have erred in or­ value of organization and church It is possible to become so fasci­ ganizational overemphasis, to slip leadership. nated with spinning wheels and into the error of thinking that the The most articulate critics of the meshing gears that we disregard only thing needed is soulwinning organized church are those who the importance of output. Church­ evangelism which brings a multi­ know and care little about it. In­ es can become like the interesting tude to Christ is to err in the op­ dependent preachers who denounce machine shown on national tele­ posite direction. A great many the church from radio and pulpit vision a few years ago. When souls have been lost, left in a are completely dependent for sup­ power was turned on, big wheels, worse state than before conversion, port on Christians who were won little wheels, and wheels within because of this error. to the Lord through the organized wheels by the dozen began to Sensational reports of great

Volume 58, Number 42 OCTOBER 15, 1969 Whole Number 2999 HERALD OF HOLINESS, 6401 The P»eo, Kinsat City, Mo. 64131. Published every Wednesday by the Nazarene Publithing House, M. A. Lunn, Manager, 2923 Troost Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 64109. W. T. PURKISER, Editor In Chief Subscription price, $3.00 per year in advance. Second-class postage GEORGE L. SMITH, Office Editor paid at Kansas City, Mo. Address correspondence concerning sub­ PHILLIP BLAIR, Staff Artist scriptions to: Nazarene Publishing House, P.O. Box 527, Kansas City, Contributing Editors: Mo. 64141. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Please send new address and old, SAMUEL YOUNG EDWARD LAWLOR enclosing a recent address label if possible. Allow six weeks for V. H. LEWIS EUGENE L. STOWE change. Unsolicited manuscripts will not be returned unless accom­ GEORGE COULTER ORVILLE W. JENKINS panied by postage. Opinions expressed In signed articles are those General Superintendents of the authors, and do not.necessarily represent the official position Church of the Nazarene of the Church of the Nazarene. Printed In U.S.A. Cover photo, David S. Strickler OCTOBER 15, 1969 • 5 spiritual movements outside the ing revivals, I found the account Some say George Whitefield was organized church are often mis­ was true. a greater preacher than John Wes­ leading and frustrating. But where were the converts? ley. Few men up to modern times Nearly 50 years ago a dear Surely somewhere there would be preached to more people or won brother, now in heaven, came to centers of holy fire. Thank God more to Christ than he. But he the little Rocky Mountain school for the few we did find, but only never organized his converts and the writer attended. He was a a few. No churches had been or­ little is known of his work today. missionary to the Ozarks and he ganized and no leaders qualified John Wesley also preached to fired us all by the glowing reports for the task. Most of the converts multitudes, and won thousands to of the great meetings he had con­ had drifted into a state that made Christ. He organized his converts ducted back in the hills. Many it harder to reach them than be­ into societies. Leaders were chos­ hundreds had been brought to the fore. en from among the converts and Lord in brush arbors, schoolhous­ Our brother admitted before his trained. Standards and programs es, and country churches. I was so death, and after he had joined the were set up. Wesley devoted his consumed with longing to go to Church of the Nazarene, that he life to supervising, training, culti­ that same country and preach to had failed to conserve most of his vating those societies into the the great crowds I could hardly work and tragic consequences fol­ greatest evangelizing movement stay in school. lowed this failure. The criterion of since . A few years later I did go to success in any soul-winning effort Moderation in organization will that country and to those com­ is not only how many converts we avoid the trap of mere institution­ munities. When I inquired of the win to Christ but how many we alism that makes the church an people about our brother and his bring into fruitful Christian living end in itself. When the organized reported mass meetings and sweep­ in Christ. (Continued on page 12)

the persons we are. Life is not rich by what we Embracing the Unbelievable possess but by what we are, what we believe, ome of us remember when some things were what we think, and how we relate to God and to impossible. We accepted the world of our others. This ambition to become must originate in Schildhood as a fully grown environment. When a the homes where children spend their early years. neighbor bought an automobile, such as automo­ Some homes encourage the idea that getting a biles were, we made guesses about how long it job, making money, getting on your own are more would take him to return to his dependable horse important than self-development. Others are and buggy. Space exploration was limited to the homes where it is a foregone conclusion that the daredevil man who rode skyward in the smoke - children will go to college, that they will make of filled balloon at the county fair. Today’s common­ themselves the best. place things were not dreamed of by the most fan­ Children need to be taught from the start the ciful dreamer. Christian concept of worship, of service, and of In those days hard work was part of the human self-giving. They should be given a fierce inde­ dream. Every boy was born within reach of pendence regarding moral values. They should greatness. Men from log cabins were en route become pioneers at heart. They should be made to greatness. Saving money was the way to get aware of their own potential and taught to dream what you wanted, and staying out of debt was big dreams of their own becoming. the way to get ahead. There have been some The home climate should be conducive of the changes made. growth of great ideas and great ideals. It should Today there is no limit to the human dream of produce an environment in which people embrace invention, creation, and performance. The size of their mornings eagerly. They should welcome the what we construct? is limited only by the dimen­ day regardless of the weather and go their task sions and daring of our dreaming. We set our without asking if it is pleasant. The home should limits by the size of our faith. have good books, lofty music, constructive con­ Today’s problem, however, stems from the fact versation, and noble guests. that we are more concerned about the things we Our children will follow us, equal us, and sur­ can make than about the persons we can become. pass us in embracing the impossible. We must be We limit our living, our personal success, and sure they learn to aspire in becoming more than our true fulfillment to the spiritual dimensions of merely in doing. SO THIS IS LIFE

By Milo L. Arnold Colorado Springs

6 • HERALD OF HOLINESS • By Paul Culbertson Pasadena, Calif. On Giving and ReceivingAppreciation

THE Apostle Paul was a man who knew the plastered. What are some practical guidelines in value of expressing appreciation. An ex­ the cultivation of the art? Consider these: ample is found in the closing verses of. his -1. Be sincere. Be simple. Be genuine. Don’t letter to the Christians in Rome. He writes: overdo it. Flattery is as painful and ineffective in “I want this letter to introduce to you , human relationships as sarcasm or destructive our sister, a deaconess of the Church at Cen- criticism. “Let love be without dissimulation,” chreae. Please give her a Christian welcome, and was the advice of the Apostle Paul. any assistance with her work that she may need. 2. Seek to enhance the other person’s unique­ She has herself been of great assistance to many, ness as an individual. To compare a person with not excluding myself. Shake hands for me with another, even though that other person may . They have not only worked be famous, may not be perceived as a commen­ with me for Christ, but they have faced death for dation. Seek to reinforce another person’s identi­ my sake. Not only I, but all the Gentile churches, ty and individuality. owe them a great debt. Give my love to the little church that meets in their house. . . . Remember 3. If a person is noted for some special talent, ability, or skill, express appreciation for some me to Tryphena and Tryphosa, who work so hard less obvious aspect of his personality or life. Tos­ for the Lord, and to my dear Persis who has also canini once said of Judith Anderson, “She didn’t done great work for him. Shake the hand of say I conducted well. I knew that. She said I Rufus for me—that splendid Christian—and greet looked handsome!” Your pastor probably has a his mother, who has been a mother to me too” reasonable appraisal of his preaching ability, But (:1-5, 12-13*). did you ever commend him for his skill in sing­ Yes, St. Paul knew how to express appreciation ing, his ability as a church administrator, or his in an appropriate and fitting manner. He reminds good judgment in choosing his wife? me of the husband whose wife responded with unusual warmth when he told her, “I love you 4. Pass along an expression of appreciation not only for what you are but for what I am made by a third party. The fact that someone when I am with you!” How’s that for a compli­ else originally said it gives it a certain objectivity. ment! That husband was aware of the fact that And the fact that you remembered it says some­ words of appreciation represent one of the most thing important, too. important forces on earth for goodwill. 5. Don’t always express appreciation in a vein We need not only to learn the importance of of “dead seriousness.” Often it is more effective expressing appreciation to others; some of us when expressed banteringly in the course of cas­ need to learn better how to receive expressions of ual conversation. Like the healthiest humor, the appreciation directed toward us. Why do we re­ less contrived it is, the better. sist or block such efforts? Is it just a poor social 6. Above all, be sincere and genuine. habit? Or could it be a kind of false humility, And don’t forget to express loving appreciation tinged with self-punishment? Whatever the rea­ to those who are nearest and dearest to you, and son, we need to not only give but receive appre­ with whom you are so closely associated in daily ciation. living. The giving and receiving of appreciation is an William James was right: the giving and re­ art. Like every art, it requires thoughtfulness ceiving of appreciation is one of the most funda­ and self-discipline. It must be practiced to be mental needs of persons. And, in addition, it may well be evidence of Christian courtesy, ♦From The in Modern English, © J. B. Phillips, 1958. Used by permission of The Macmillan Company. thoughtfulness, gratitude, and love. □ OCTOBER 15, 1969 • 7 7^ FRINGE BENEFITS

didn’t know about the fringe fore that had handed me a slip benefits then! I just knelt be­ of paper. On the paper was print­ side my bed with a terrible ed, “If you want your sins forgiv­ Iload of guilt weighing me down! en, read Psalms 51.” Through the And I prayed. years I had carried the slip of pa­ Well, actually, I didn’t really per around with me, ignoring it. compose a prayer at all! I just But now I needed it. Desperately. read the fifty-first psalm aloud So I fumbled through the pages and told the Lord that this was of the looking for that psalm. my prayer. And, as I said, I read it aloud to I didn’t know much about prayer God on my knees. Marvelous in those days. Nor about the Bible. psalm. Wholly adequate with Nor about church. That was in words that applied to me starkly 1947. and frankly. But I did know about sin. I was “Have mercy upon me, O God engulfed in it. Immersed in it. Up . . . according unto the multitude to my neck in it. And thoroughly of thy tender mercies blot out my fed up with it. Life for me had transgressions. Wash me through­ added up to one big zero. Guilt I ly from mine iniquity, and cleanse knew about. Frustration I was ac­ me from my sin. For I acknowl­ quainted with. Loneliness was my edge my transgressions: and my familiar companion. Hopelessness sin is ever before me. . . . Purge was part of my life. These things me with hyssop, and I shall be I knew too well. clean: wash me, and I shall be So I knelt in midafternoon be­ whiter than snow.” side a bed all alone on a street I meant it. Wholeheartedly. Sin­ called South Street in Yarmouth, cerely. Irrevocably. Me., and read that fifty-first psalm God heard that psalm being read aloud. aloud, acknowledged it, and some­ I had a little trouble finding the where up there wrote my name in psalm, as I remember it. I had full in a special, big book. no idea where in the Bible to look! I got to my feet. Newborn. In­ But a Christian woman years be­ experienced. But forgiven. Then

hank God, sometimes some of the disciples to return with people do learn from their to the fishing business and to for T mistakes. get all about their pipe dream of Peter felt so sure that the lesson God’s kingdom. of his painful mistake lay forever So if it is true that he wl on a deep level of his mind that he never made a mistake never mac was grieved by the Lord’s triple anything, then on the basis of th trying to rub it in. considerable indiscretion, Peter tl It is true that Peter had said Rock stood a fair chance of achiei that, though all forsook the Lord, ing something. he never would. (Boasting is bad By first light on the morning business at the best of times!) And Jesus made his post-Resurrection we all know that, in fact, he did. appearance at the lakeside, that It was pretty thoroughgoing for­ chance had become a veritable cer­ saking, too. There was the denial tainty. in which Peter maintained he There had been regret. • By Brian L. Farmer didn’t even know Jesus, and there There had been repentance. Salford, England was the organizing of half-a-dozen There was a rededication. The fringe benefits for the Christian come pouring in—and the list is endless

• By Dorothy Boone Kidney Yarmouth, Me.

I did a strange thing. I went to friends on one hand. Now I had my typewriter on my desk and more friends than I had ever rolled in a fresh, white sheet of known. Happiness replaced frus­ paper. tration. Peace replaced the hope­ “That white piece of paper,” I lessness. These priceless commodi­ told myself staring at it that day, ties became part of my life. “is symbolic of my life at this But the fringe benefits had just moment!” And it was! It repre­ begun pouring in! God saved my sented a clean, white, guilt-free husband. Our marriage became page on which to start a new life. happier. In answer to prayer we saw cancer healed, people saved. I stood there experiencing just Through th^ years we have been one emotion. Relief! Pure and sim­ healed ourselves, have been guided ple. Just plain relief. With that by a divine hand, led into exciting one emotion and with sins forgiv­ adventures. en, I began walking a new way. The list of blessings is endless. A new way that meant attending And still growing. The fringe the Church of the Nazarene, read­ benefits I hadn’t expected! The ing the Bible, praying, consecrat­ extras! The abundant life. Because ing my life, trying with the help of a prayer—a genuine prayer. of Jesus Christ to keep the white Because of a slip of paper urging page of my life white, unmarred. me back in 1947 to make Psalms 51 I expected no more than that. I my prayer—given to me by a deserved no more than that. I Christian. never gave fringe benefits of my I know that some people con­ new life with God a thought. But tinue to sow wild oats and reap a fringe benefits, I soon learned, whirlwind. But I am so glad that I were part and parcel of this mar­ had sense enough to sow sincere velous contract. tears of repentance, to make a The fringe benefits? Friends! I complete consecration, and am now made scads of Christian friends. reaping fully and exuberantly all The salty, dependable kind. Be­ of God’s wonderful fringe benefits! fore this, I could count my close □

And wrung from the very Often the answer is: Not until feeling of guilt, return to God is depths of Peter’s great heart there we fall with a bump. The trauma resisted, the last state of the man sounded: “Lord, thou knowest that of an undeniable sin is the cold is worse than the first. It will take I love thee.” No mere empty boast shock to rouse us from the com­ something more dire next time to this time. Peter was as good as his placent daze. Guilt is great, and provide an equal spur to repent. word until, as tradition has it, him we will do anything—including the The potential of the experience too they hung on a cross. making of a sincere repentance and will also be wasted if it leads only There are times when a down­ the getting back into God’s will— to remorse. Remorse is a terrible fall is the pile driver needed to to be relieved of it. So a real de­ state of mind, but it is unproduc­ drive a truth into the rocky hard­ nial of Christ; a fall, which unlike tive of saving attitudes. Repent­ ness of our hearts. Going our own some lesser shortcomings cannot ance is the thing. Repentance and sweet way our ears are unhearing be rationalized as anything other resolution that by the grace of God of all instruction, counsel, and ad­ than its ugly self, can be and hap­ the same happening will not be re­ vice. Example fails to convince; pily sometimes is the motivation peated. sacrifice, to impress. Trifling with needed to bring a person back Pangs of conscience akin to those the terrible and dabbling with the to a vital relationship with God. felt by Peter following his denial dangerous, the question is: When If, however, the shock is parried will we ever learn? and, in spite of the shame and the (Continued on page 12) OCTOBER 15, 1969 • 9 Editorially Speaking

• By W. T. PURKISER

Adam and Eve, “Of the tree of the knowledge of LAW, LIBERTY, AND LOVE good and evil, thou shalt not eat,” He had said, Questions of law and liberty have plagued man “Of every [other] tree of the garden thou mayest since the Garden of Eden. They will probably freely eat” (Genesis 2:16). never be fully resolved until the final judgment In the Ten Commandments, for example, God at God’s great white throne. revealed the limits beyond which we may not go From the opening pages of Genesis to the last if we wish to live within the covenant and under chapters of Revelation, the Bible makes it clear the lordship of Christ. There are trees of which that God created man for freedom. Had the Lord we may not eat. But the whole bountiful garden wanted slaves, He could have had them—robots within those limits is before us. The limits do not or puppets that would automatically do His will. bind. The limits are liberating. But God created us in His own image. With all Dietrich Bonhoeffer has probably been misin­ else this means, it includes the power of choice, terpreted more than any other man in recent of self-determination, of freedom to say “Yes” times. His words have been enlisted in the ser­ or “No” to the Creator himself. vice of doctrines a million miles from his inten­ Yet freedom must of necessity be within limits. tion. Bonhoeffer put the whole case in a nutshell The nature of reality itself makes liberty without when he wrote: limits an impossibility. “Freedom in the Biblical sense means: to be It makes little difference what those limits are free for the service of God and our neighbour, to called. Name them what we will, they are there be free for obedience to God’s commandments. and have to be reckoned with. . . . Freedom does not mean, therefore, the dis­ Limits in the realm of the physical are fairly solution of all authority; it means life within an obvious. With all man’s borrowed powers, he is authority and framework which is ordered by still not free to be in two places at the same time God’s word.” or to move from one place to another instantane­ Vice, crime, and sin are names given to actions ously. in which people crash through the fences and But there are not only limits laid upon us by pass the limits. The result is not liberty but our physical environment. There are also limits license, and license is just another name for dis­ in the area of choices between right and wrong, aster. good and evil, better and worse. Vice is violation of the laws of nature. Crime Limits in matters of right and wrong, good and is violation of the laws of man in properly con­ evil, we usually call laws. Although moral law stituted authority “under God.” Sin is violation differs in many way

10 • HERALD OF HOLINESS through the fence and ignore the warning sign. They are there for our good, and if we fail to heed them we bring only harm and evil upon The person who has become nobody ourselves—and usually upon others. through the works of sin can become a That law may be misused should not surprise new creature in Christ Jesus. The soul us. Every good gift of God is subject to abuse. groping without aim or purpose can now seek the kingdom of God, and purpose in Paul wrote, “The law is good, if a man use it his heart to serve the true and living God. lawfully” (I Timothy 1:8). All can be changed from a life of mean­ The “unlawful” use of law is legalism. But the inglessness to a life filled with meaning; remedy for the abuse of the law is not to abandon from despair to joy; for truly all is changed it, but to use it aright. “when Jesus comes to stay.”—C. Neil the law the Lord Keeping of does not earn us Strait. His love. It expresses our love for Him “who first loved us.” Clearly and simply, Jesus brought law and love together: “If ye love me, [ye will] keep my The fear of physical danger is important in the commandments.” And Paul said, “Love is the preservation of life. fulfilling of the law” (:10). “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wis­ This does not mean a mechanical and mindless dom.” It is still better to be scared into starting interpretation of the law such as a computer for heaven than lulled into Jaell by false security. might give. It is always the case that “the letter Yet fear can be destructive. It can undermine killeth, but the spirit giveth life” (II Corinthians faith and paralyze effort. It can keep us so busy 3:6). fighting shadows that we do not see the real But when we understand “the law of the Lord” enemy waiting to attack. as His guidance, the expression of His love, then Frightened people become antagonistic and the entire relationship takes on new meaning. We hostile even to those who would try to help them. can see then what the Psalmist meant when he Most of the frowns we see on the faces of others sang: are masks for the fears buried deep within them. The cure for anxiety is amazingly simple. The The law of the Lord is perfect, remedy for the wrong kind of fear is the right converting the soul: kind of fear. the testimony of the Lord is sure, This is what Richard Halverson had in mind making wise the simple. when he said, “Men who fear God face life fear­ The statutes of the Lord are right, lessly. Men who do not fear God end up fearing rejoicing the heart: everything.” the commandment of the Lord is pure, To “fear God” is not to live in dread of judg­ enlightening the eyes. ment without doing anything about it. To fear The fear of the Lord is clean, the Lord is to live with reverent awe in obedi­ enduring for ever: ence to the loving will of the One made known the judgments of the Lord are true to us as “the God and Father of our Lord Jesus and righteous altogether. Christ.” More to be desired are they than gold, To fear the Lord is to commit the issues of life yea, than much fine gold: to His keeping. As Charles Malik, Lebanon’s sweeter also than honey great Christian statesman, said: “Christians at and the honeycomb. times get themselves overworked about the state Moreover by them is thy servant warned: of the world. This is not a sign of faith but of and in keeping of them there is great re­ the exact opposite. They should relax and trust ward. Christ more.” (Psalms 19: 7-11) n To fear the Lord is to be freed from dread. When we live with eternity’s values in view, we are no longer harassed and hounded by the pass­ NOT BT DRfAD ALONI ing scene. God gives us responsibility, not to burden and That man cannot live by dread alone is a truth crush us, but to teach us response to His ability. as certainly as the scriptural phrase of which it There is freedom from destructive fear in the is a parody. Yet anxiety and a nameless dread confidence that God reigns and is still looking are the atmosphere in which a great many people after His own. today are trying to live. We cannot live by dread alone, but by faith in There are some things we should properly fear. the Word of the living God. □

OCTOBER 15, 1969 • 11 others for God? Is the Pentecostal may support and follow the inde­ Keeping . . . impulse to evangelize active, or has pendents who denounce organized (Continued from page 4) it been smothered by matters of churches. But after almost a lifetime material concern? in this work, and having watched the prayer meeting, and the Sunday “glamour boys” come and go, we are evening services? Is the payment The beloved Apostle John wrote, more ready than ever to commit our­ of the Lord’s tithe done irregularly “Beloved, I wish above all things selves to a well-organized, aggres­ if at all? Do we lend vigorous sup­ that thou mayest prosper and be sive, and well-trained church, super­ port to the revival effort in the in health, even as thy soul pros- vised by godly local, district, and church? Is there a growing trend pereth.” Spiritual health and vi­ general leaders. 0 to a more “liberal” attitude? Do we tality can exist only where rea­ take the position that the church is sonable concern is given to the in need of being “updated,” that laws by which it is sustained. Love at . . . (Continued from page 9) it carries along too many relics of Sufficient exercise is essential. bygone days? Would we secretly Nourishment is indispensable. can be made to serve us. This is one of many means God uses to constrain (or openly) agree that the Church Spiritual atmosphere is required. of the Nazarene would do just as us to turn to Him. Cultivate carefully the fruit of well without Sunday evening ser­ Remembering all this is a help to the Spirit. Remember, you are not those who, following some shameful vices and revival meetings? Is it your own. “Ye are bought with a act of sin, feel they can no more becoming easy to neglect the study price: therefore glorify God in forgive themselves. God desires to of the Bible, the secret place of your body, and in your spirit, forgive with a longing which can be prayer, and the nurture of the soul which are God’s” (I Corinthians 6: measured only by Calvary. and mind with good reading while 20). □ None of us can ever atone for the hours are spent in watching tele­ wrong he has done—and wrong can vision? And what about Sabbath in no sense be regarded as good— keeping? Have we liberalized in The Case for . . . but good can stem from it if we ac­ this important area of Christian (Continued from page 6) cept the experience in the right at­ principle? Can we grow in holiness titude. church becomes an end in itself in­ The rule is: Be repentant, by the while we spend the Lord’s day in stead of a means to an end, it is a grace of God live differently, and be pleasure trips, social visitation, or complete failure. It has no right to fully enveloped by the knowledge of making unnecessary purchases in exist for itself alone. Self-centered­ God’s forgiveness. One has no right stores which stay open for busi­ ness was the sin of the Laodiceans. to live in despair when God’s boun­ ness on Sunday? However, as an evangelist, I had teous grace is so freely offered. Still in heart-searching honesty, rather win five souls to Christ and There is a tendency in the world let us indulge in further intro­ be able to leave them in the care never to trust a person who has once spection. Do we really, deeply, of a good pastor and in the fellow­ fallen. This is a problem, for in­ sincerely, and truly love God su­ ship of a well-organized, deeply spir­ stance, which constantly hampers premely? Do we merit the Sav­ itual, and trained church than to win those who try to rehabilitate ex­ prisoners. It is generally felt that a iour’s rebuke directed to Peter, many more and leave them without leadership and spiritual guidance. To person’s downfall will probably be “Lovest thou me more than these?” leave sheep without a shepherd is to repeated. Can we exclaim with the Psalmist, commit them to wolves and jackals. The fear is well-founded. So many “As the hart panteth after the wa­ What many thousands of small fail to act positively and to use the ter brooks, so panteth my soul after churches are doing throughout the shock of their first fall as a motiva­ thee, O God”? Do we feel in our world in winning souls may not make tion to better things that many do hearts a burning desire to reach the headlines. Fuzzy-thinking people nought but stumble from one pitfall

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Let God tell you what He wants YOU to do ' in the Thanksgiving Offering for WORLD EVANGELISM to another. So one understands the pose within ourselves to go on and SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA world’s caution. It is hard, however, continue winning because there is a Following District Superintendent on the fellow who really has put certainty shining in our hearts, ring­ W. T. Johnson’s twenty-first annual wrong behind him. ing in our souls: IN TIMES LIKE report, he was reelected for a term Certainly, in Christian circles, the THESE GOD IS ABLE.” of four years with a splendid vote. Peters must not be overlooked. District Superintendent is Rev. He reported a gain of $102,373 for No one served the Early Church S. Clifford Gay. better than did Simon Peter. This General Budget and specials which made the district 12 percent for mis­ ought not to be forgotten. And the GEORGIA full flower of his love for the Master sions. Received by profession of faith blossomed from the tuber of his soul­ Pastors and lay leaders of the Geor­ were 227, and 339 more by transfer. searing denial. What a love it was gia District honored Dr. and Mrs. An unusual feature of this twenty- which became apparent with the first Mack Anderson for their outstanding first annual assembly, held at Beth­ light of that eastern morn! □ service to the district in a banquet any Calvary Church, was an offering that featured a special citation pres­ of over $2,000 which was raised to lOME LATE SUMMER entation by Dr. Eugene L. Stowe on help Rev. and Mrs. Harold Dalrymple behalf of the Board of General Su­ open a new work for the church in ASSEMBLY REPORTS perintendents. Dr. Anderson also re­ Guam. Dr. Orville W. Jenkins, presiding NORTHWEST INDIANA ceived plaudits from various district organizations, and a “basketful” of general superintendent, ordained sev­ The twenty-seventh annual assem­ letters and telegrams from friends en: Harold Bfelrymple, Lloyd Parrett, bly of the Northwest Indiana District, across the country, as he retired after James Womack, William Mercer, convening at Kokomo, Ind., reelected 22 years of effective leadership of the James B. Baker, James L. Sankey, its superintendent, Rev. George Scutt, district. and Leon Sutterfield. for an extended term of four years. Heading up the departments for the Following his final report, Dr. An­ coming year are Mrs. W. T. Johnson, In his report to the assembly, Mr. derson was also presented with a love NWMS: Rev. Bill Rohlmeier. NYPS; and Scutt noted that an all-time high was offering of $2,850. During the 22 years Rev. Carl Summer, church schools. reached in giving for world evange­ Rev. J. L. Woolman and Rev. R. L. of district leadership, Dr. Anderson Sumner were the elders elected to the lism. He challenged the district to has organized 51 churches—over half advisory board, and Messrs. W. K. Gar­ start another home mission church of the churches on the district. Giv­ rett and A. J. Peck were elected as lay and to gain 250 new members by pro­ ing for all purposes last year rose to members. □ fession of faith. an all-time high of $1,081,000. Present Dr. Samuel Young presided over membership is at a peak high of 5,830, YOUTH TAKES "HERALD OF the assembly and ordained Richard almost double the figure of 22 years HOLINESS" TO SPAIN Fisher, James McGuffey, and Ken­ ago. neth V. Bateman, Jr. Dr. Eugene L. Stowe “lifted the Harold R. Woolery, grandson of According to the assembly report, assembly with his inspiring messages, Mrs. P. L. Woolery, of the Houston “Every pastor and delegate went from and presided efficiently over the Oakwood Church, was one of the the assembly with renewed determi­ business sessions,” and ordained the American youths chosen to represent nation to serve the Lord and the following: Henry H. Strickland, Sr., the United States All- church.” Walter C. Mann, Frank L. Wills, and American Youth Honor Mrs. George Scutt received a unani­ mous vote to serve another year as NWMS Aubrey D. Smith. groups. president. Rev. Oscar Sheets is the newly Elected to the district advisory board These young musi­ elected NYPS president, and Rev. Earl were Bruce Hall and James Hubbard, cians are given an op­ elders; and Dr. Homer Adams and J. G. Marvel will head up the church schools portunity to utilize board. Foskey, laymen. Elected to the advisory board were Revs. their talents and are L. E. Myers and K. V. Bateman, Sr., and chosen for outstanding Messrs. Bud Goble and Theran Evans. SOUTHWEST INDIANA ability. Their mission Indiana University auditorium in is to promote better CAPE VERDE ISLANDS Bloomington, Ind., was the setting for relationships through people-to-peo- “In Times like These, God Is Able,” the Southwest Indiana District’s twen­ ple and to further international good­ was the theme of the sixteenth an­ ty-first annual assembly, presided will through music. nual assembly of the Cape Verde over by General Superintendent Eu­ Desiring to give her grandson a Islands. gene L. Stowe. gift upon departure, an edition of the “Rich and inspiring messages” came In his first report as district super­ Herald of Holiness was chosen, and from the guest speaker, Rev. Joaquim intendent, having served nine months Harold placed it in the lobby of the Lima, from the church of Campinas of the assembly year, W. Charles hotel in Madrid, Spain. It was her in Brazil. The assembly included re­ Oliver noted a net gain of 237 mem­ hope that, in this unevangelized land, ports of “dedicated servants of God bers, with 473 received on profession placing the Nazarene church maga­ proclaiming achieved victories, battles of faith. Twenty-eight churches made zine in a hotel might help someone. O won, with the joyful smile of those the evangelistic honor roll, and 42 churches gave 10 percent or more for who have already forgotten the pains FIVE NEW NEGRO CHURCHES of the body and the spirit, the diffi­ world missions. culties, disappointments, and tears.” Elders ordained by Dr. Stowe were Houston and Port Arthur on the Continued the assembly reporter, Donald Cox, Jack E. Suits, and Gary Houston District recently organized “We attained goals, achieved aims, Wayne Wilson. two new congregations following va­ Elders elected to the advisory board cation Bible schools and revival cam­ reached victories; some received tro­ were Mark Hamilton, Garland Johnson, phies, shields, stars, symbols of sacri­ and Samuel Schimpf; laymen, Edwin paigns. ficial work, zeal, and prayer. Hill, A. E. Breeden, and Edward Mason. On the Virginia District, the Et- “The sixteenth assembly of our dis­ Department heads are Mrs. W. Charles terick church is moving to a new lo­ Oliver, NWMS: Rev. David Humble, trict also represented something else NYPS; and Rev. Mark Barnes, church cation and has made arrangements to to us: an incentive, a very firm pur­ schools chairman. turn their property over to a pro- OCTOBER 15, 1969 • 13 ... We pray that this effort in out­ JUST RELEASED reach” will be gloriously successful and fruitful. We need more of it. 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14 • HERALD OF HOLINESS the church, and Brother Gunter was anointed by the Holy Spirit, and the used of God in a wonderful way, with morning service of the final Sunday Others Need many people receiving spiritual help. was crowned with three young Rev. Paul Blackmon is pastor. □ couples at the altar. The church is praising God for His blessing. □ CHARLESTON (S.C.) Calvary Church recently had a highly success­ JEFFERSON CITY (Mo.) church ful revival held by Rev. and Mrs. is praising God for an outstanding re­ Carl Prentice. The services were vival with Evangelist Fred Thomas. There were many “key” victories among the 40 seekers during the Monday-through-Sunday campaign. 1969 THANKSGIVING OFFERING Especially thrilling was the Sunday _ for World Evangelism evening service when the Holy Spirit ------U& came in an unusual way, and without any preaching 14 souls found victory at an altar of prayer. Rev. Myrland MOVING MINISTERS 0 Book Snow is pastor. □ Clyde R. Barnhart from Bad Axe, Mich., to Allen Park, Mich. A GOOD HOLINESS CONVEN­ Robert O. Clark from Columbiana, Ohio, 0 Selection TION was held at the Ropesville, Tex., to Akron (Ohio) Goodyear Heights. Cloyce C. Cunningham from Quincy church with Dr. Joseph Gray from (Mass.) Granite to Decatur, Ind. Lubbock, Tex., preaching clear holi­ Henry Cossel from Montpelier (Ind.) ness messages. The young people act­ Union Chapel to Marion (Ind.) Park Lynn. Marvin Decker from Arcata, Calif., to ually led the way, with five finding Auburn, Calif^, definite spiritual help. Also very Richard Diffenderfer from associate helpful were the object lessons and pastor Baltimore (Md.) First to State picture-graph songs presented by College, Pa. William R. Dillon from Clinton, Ohio, to Mrs. Gray. Rev. David K. Powers is Lisbon, Ohio. pastor. □ Lorne J. Lee from Battle Creek (Mich.) Michigan Avenue to Vicksburg (Mich.) REV. VERNON L. WILCOX, pas­ Chapman Memorial. E. Lewis Maclean from Easton, Mass., tor of the Sacramento (Calif.) North to St. Albans, Vt. Church, reports that God honored Merle R. Manselle from Pablo, Mont., to the preaching of Evangelist A. C. Sawyer, N.D. James W. Riley, Jr., from Covington Jeffries in an outstanding way in a (Ky.) Eastside, to Dunbar, W. Va. SHARE MY DISCOVERIES recent campaign there. The was presented in a dynamic and By Kathryn Johnson compassionate way, and the Holy MOVING MISSIONARIES The author lets the reader Spirit applied the Word to many Rev. and Mrs. Paul Beals, 2632 Somerset hearts. The altar overflowed with Dr., Nashville, Tenn. 37217. share in what she has shared Rev. and Mrs. Ronald Grabke, 2929 and experienced in a life which earnest seekers, and the meeting Conger St., Port Huron, Mich. 48960. included 20 years as a minister's closed in a genuine wave of divine Rev. and Mrs. Bronell Greer, 4501 N. wife. glory. Mrs. Jeffries was a blessing to College, Bethany, Okla. 73008. Miss Rose Handloser, 65 Kingfisher Rd., Kathryn Johnson writes with the church as organist for the cam­ Horison Extension, Transvaal, Republic of the perception and understand­ paign. □ South Africa. ing of a participant, rather than Rev. and Mrs.. Roy Henck, Rte. 2, Box 186, West Chazy, N.Y. 12992. an onlooker. She has been face- Rev. and Mrs. Norman Howerton, Ca­ to-face with triumph and tragedy, If you aren't as close to God as you once racas 1359, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South with ugliness and beauty, with were, don't make any mistake about America. the ravages of sin and the healing which one has moved. Miss Irene Jester, 825 S. Woodrow Ave., virtue of God’s grace. She has Indianapolis, Ind. 46241. been able to guide bewildered girls and disillusioned women out of the tortuous trials of defiance, A CHRISTMAS ELMIRA (N.Y.) First Church, on the up to the heights of peace with Upstate New York District, recently God, fulfillment of self, and lives BONUS* dedicated their new church with Dr. of blessed usefulness. Jonathan Gassett, district superin­ Waiting tendent, as the special speaker. The This is not a book of theory or church is 52 by 81 feet and will seat textbook solutions. It is a woman- for YOU 360. There are 14 classrooms, secre­ to-woman, heart-to-heart series of in the tary's office, and pastor's study. The talks about life, the inner life of total cost of the church including all moods, reactions, spiritual prog­ new furnishings was $105,000 with ress, as well as the outer life of Christmas Gift Selector a total indebtedness of $65,000. The personal relations. pastor, Rev. Everett Kaufman, is in Mailed to all his eleventh year as pastor of the Ladies, you can count on this Herald of Holiness subscribers October 20. book bringing you enrichment, congregation. comfort, and encouragement. 63 An enjoyable, relaxing way to Christmas-shop! pages. Paper. Gifts for pastor...missionary and NYPS presi­ $1.00 dent... SS superintendent... teachers and pupils... many relatives... special friends.

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Governor Moore expressed his belief that Americans are more conscious of their ■ Program Schedule need for prayer now than ever before, and that it should not be con­ ■ Dr. William Fisher sidered strange for a man in public service to begin his day with prayer. Asked what relation a personal faith in God had to carrying out the October 19—“All This and Heaven Too! and ‘This’ Means Peace’’ responsibilities of his office, one governor said, “I would not want to October 26—“All This and Heaven Too! serve in that high capacity or anywhere without seeking His wisdom and ‘This’ Means Purpose” and His direction.” El November 2—“All This and Heaven Too! and ‘This’ Means Hope” MEDIUMS WRONG, PIKE GONE. Spiritist mediums in North America insisted that Bishop James A. Pike was still alive, surviving in a cave VITAL STATISTICS of the Israeli desert that all the while had claimed his life. DEATHS Mrs. Pike also resorted to the counsel of spiritist mediums, who MR. ZURA BELLS, 83, died Apr. 8 in Oakland, Calif. Funeral services were conducted by Henry B. said that he was alive in a cave. But his body was found at the foot Wallin. Survivors include his wife, Maude; two of a precipice on a cliffside ledge. Mrs. Pike, who was accompanying sons, Walter and Reed; one daughter, Jane Fraley; seven grandchildren; and three brothers. him through the Judean wasteland in quest of information for a new CLARA INA HUGHES, 77, died Aug. 8 in Beulah book, returned home to Santa Barbara, Calif., following a funeral which Park, Santa Cruz, Calif. Funeral services were con­ ducted in Merced, Calif., by Rev. Wilford Presson ended in the burial of the controversial bishop under a pine tree in and Rev. Melvin Rayborn. She is survived by a St. Peter’s Protestant cemetery in Jaffa, Israel. daughter, Mrs. Anna Wardrobe; one son, Robert D.; six grandchildren; and one greatgrandson. The body of the 56-year-old churchman, former Episcopalian bishop EDWARD H. BLACKWELL, 74, died Aug. 16 in of California, until his ouster under charges of heresy, was found after Duncan, Okla. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Charles Stroud. He is survived by his wife, five days of searching. He died going for help after his car became Abbie Gail; and three sisters. stuck in a pile of stones. REV. GEORGE W. GOTTSCALK, 86, died June 22 in Philadelphia. Funeral services were conducted Both Pike and his wife, 31, had strong beliefs in life after death by Revs. James E. Hunton, Carlton Gleason, Robert and communication by extrasensory perception. She did not weep Faulstick, and Ralph Ferrioli. REV. LEONARD W. DODSON, 80, died Sept. 5 during the 20-minute funeral ceremony. □ in Chandler, Ariz. Funeral services were conducted by Dr. M. L. Mann and Rev. Wil M. Spaite. He is MARY BOOTH DIES IN ENGLAND. Mary Booth, granddaughter of the survived by his wife, Ellen; three daughters, Mrs. Dallas Brooks, Mrs. Al Downard, and Mrs. Don late William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, died at her home Campbell; three sons, Navy Chaplain Leonard, Sam­ in Finchampstead, England, August 31. She was 84 years of age. Co­ uel J., and Robert W.; 22 grandchildren; and 39 great-grandchidlren. incidentally, William Booth's grandson Rev. William Emmanuel Booth- ALICE E. RAY, 69, died Sept. 2 in Fort Worth. Clibborn, died in Portland, Ore., August 27, at the age of 76. □ Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Wallace R. Renegar and John Clark. She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Irene Young, Mrs. Harold H. Bagby, U.S. LUTHERANS URGED TO TALK “CANDIDLY” OF A UNITED CHURCH. Mrs. James Hachney, and Miss Betty Faye; seven The secretary of the Lutheran Church in America (LCA) has called on grandchildren; one great-grandchild; her stepfather; and a brother. Lutherans in the U.S. to begin “talking openly, candidly, energetically and optimistically” about a single Lutheran church. BIRTHS —to Vernon and Sisemore, Phoenix, a girl, “Cooperative Lutheranism needs to move forward in this country Tina Francis, Sept. 7. to unite Lutheranism, and I genuinely hope that you and I will live —to Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Kern, Washing­ ton, D.C., a girl, Christina Joy, Aug. 9. to see the day when unity becomes reality,” Dr. George F. Harkins of —to Rev. Joseph and Carol (Lane) Techau, Mt. New York City told a conference of American Lutheran Church (ALC) Sterling, III., a boy, William Douglas, June 28. pastors at a recent conference in Lakeside, Ohio. MARRIAGES Miss Mary Sue Jones, Marshall, III., and Thomas Dale Jackson, Terre Haute, Ind., at Brazil, Ind., OVER 200 ANTI-SMUT BILLS PROPOSED BY U.S. LAWMAKERS. Indig­ Aug. 2. nation over obscene mail is growing in the U.S. Congress, where more Bernadette G. Schroeder, Mohall, N.D., and Ron­ ald D. Carlson, Gackle, N.D., in Minot, N.D., than 200 anti-obscenity bills have been introduced by members of both Aug. 16. parties. Justice Department and Post Office Department officials have also ANNOUNCEMENTS urged new anti-smut legislation. More than 234,000 obscene mail com­ plaints were received by the postal department last year. EVANGELISTS' OPEN DATES C. Neal Hutchinson, 2335 Stonehenge Ct., Beth­ Not since 160 bills to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s ban on lehem, Pa. 18018 (phone, 215-867-6526), has open school prayer was introduced in 1964 has any issue generated such January 4-11, 1970. congressional concern, the anti-obscenity forces say. □ Curtis R. Brown, 198 E. Munroe, Bourbonnais, III. 60914 (phone, 815-932-1894), has open No­ vember 9-16. IT SAYS HERE—“Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it remains, and the deeper it sinks into the ground.”—"Grit" DIRECTORIES

BOARD OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS—Office: 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City 64131. V. H. Lewis, Chairman; George Coulter, Vice-chairman; Edward Lawlor, Secretary; Orville W. Jenkins, Eugene L. Stowe, Samuel Young. 16 • HERALD OF HOLINESS districts were invited. Mr. Johnson will also participate in the preachers’ meeting. The windup of the three-week trip Late News will find Dr. Young touring the Mid­ dle European District with Superin­ tendent R. F. Zanner. Dr. Young is scheduled to return GEORGE L. SMITH TO PASTORATE Friday, October 24. □ Rev. George L. Smith, office editor of the Herald of Holiness since Octo­ ber, 1968, has resigned EUROPEAN BIBLE COLLEGE to return to his former ENROLLS 27 pastorate in Stanton, The news is good from the Euro­ Calif. pean Nazarene Bible College in Bu­ DR. AND MRS. WILLIAM I. DEBOARD The resignation be­ singen, Germany, near Shaffhausen, came effective Octo­ have passed the 60-year mark since Switzerland. According to the acting their wedding day. August 16, 1909. ber 1, and Mr. Smith’s rector, Richard S. Taylor, a total of They were honored at a special fami­ first Sunday in the 27 students from nine countries are ly reunion at the San , Calif., pulpit was October 5. in residence. There are 15 single men municipal park. Dr. Deboard also has Herald Editor W. T. and three single girls, and in addition been a minister in the Church of the Purkiser expressed appreciation to five married couples. The enrollment Nazarene for 60 years, plus one year the Smiths at a farewell luncheon. No includes 10 new students. By na­ in the old Holiness Church of Christ announcement has been made con­ before it united with the Nazarenes tionality they divide this way: in 1908 at f^Jot Point, Tex. His last cerning a replacement in the Herald pastorate was at Fort Bragg, Calif., office. □ Finland 5 England 3 Holland 4 America 1 from which he recently retired at the Germany 5 Indonesia 1 age of 84. DR. YOUNG TO EUROPE Italy 5 Israel 2 General Superintendent Samuel Switzerland 1 Young departed October 2 for min­ The opening convention was held by Rev. and Mrs. Orville Kleven, of During military service in Europe, istry in the European countries, he served as a chaplain’s assistant and which began with a stop in Italy un­ Stockholm, district superintendent of the Northwest European District of saw the start of our European work. der the sponsorship of World Mis­ Mr. Allen is 34 years of age, mar­ sions. the Church of the Nazarene. ried, and has two children. □ He then proceeded to the Scandi­ It was a stirring sight on Friday navian countries, accompanied by night of the convention to see 10 Rev. Jerry Johnson. His schedule young people bow at the altar seek­ VBS BOOKS NEEDED IN JAMAICA called for him to hold an all-Euro- ing the fullness of the Holy Spirit. pean preachers’ meeting in Amster­ The diversity of languages used in Rev. Ralph Cook can use as many dam, Holland, to which the preachers prayer posed no problem to our lov­ unused 1968 and 1969 vacation Bible of the North and South British Isles ing Heavenly Father, whose one school books as he can secure. Mail Spirit came upon the earnest seekers in packages not weighing over six in a unity of blessing and cleansing. pounds each, and mark each package: □ COL. WILLIAM THANE MINOR, USAF “PRINTED MATTER.” Address as (left), a director at the Industrial Col­ follows: lege of the Armed Forces, is presented ALLEN TO HOME MISSIONS Rev. Ralph Cook the of Merit with Oak Leaf OFFICE P.O. Box 198 Liguanea Cluster by Lt. Gen. John S. Hardy, The new office manager in the De­ commandant. The award was for Kingston 6, Jamaica "exceptionally meritorious conduct" as partment of Home Missions, Mr. Ha­ director of the Simulation and Com­ rold Allen, a layman from Lubbock, puter Directorate, which he estab­ Tex., is on the job. He holds a degree OF PEOPLE AND PLACES lished in 1968. Colonel Minor has in business administration, has par­ been a guest lecturer at more than tially completed work toward the MR. AND MRS. GALEN OLSEN, 30 leading American and European master’s degree, was an under appointment as missionaries to universities and a frequent speaker office manager for six Jamaica, have not departed as at civic and church functions. He is a member of the Washington, D.C., years, and comes from planned because of Mrs. Galen Ol­ First Church. a construction firm. sen’s ill health. He was serving as dis­ Dr. E. S. Phillips, secretary of the trict treasurer for the Department of World Missions, has West Texas District at announced that Galen has returned the time of his ap­ to the employ of the department and pointment to the home is serving as office manager. □ missions office. He has always had a great interest REV. SERGIO FRANCO, editor of in the cause of home missions. While the Spanish Herald of Holiness, re­ serving as Sunday school superinten­ ceived news September 21 of the dent of the largest church on the dis­ death of his brother in a plane crash trict, Lubbock First Church, he re­ at Mexico City. He is Captain Luis signed to join our newest church in Ivan Franco, 44, who was the pilot of that city, where he also served as the plane. He was the press secretary Sunday school superintendent. of the Pilots’ Union. □ OCTOBER 15, 1969 • 17 Next Sunday's Lesson The Answer Comer

By W. E. McCumber GOD'S JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL Conducted by W. T. Purkiser, Editor (October 19) Scripture: Hosea 4:1—5: 14; Amos If one gets behind in his tithe, how does he figure the interest? Twenty 7—8; II Kings 17 (Printed: percent annually, or what way? The way banks figure interest, you would I II Kings 17:9-18) pay compound interest. If for the year of 1967 I owe $200, what should I Golden Text: II Kings 17:13 pay in 1969? Do you think I could pay it by keeping up my present tithe, Today’s lesson records the tragic adding some until it was all paid? downfall and deportation of Israel. By all means, keep up your present you to add compound interest to your The nation’s collapse and captivity tithe and add to it as you are able 1967 back tithe, 6 percent would be a had a moral cause—they rejected until you have caught up. reasonable figure. Compounding annual-: God, spurned His warning, and suf­ Somehow, I haven’t thought of the ly, the added amount would be $24.72 fered His judgments. Lord as a Cosmic Banker, compounding by the end of 1969 on $200. 1. The prophetic voices: “The Lord interest on past obligations. To me, It is hard to find a middle ground: testified against Israel, and against stewardship is a way of all life, and between what is really a rather Sony i Judah, by all the prophets” (II Kings tithing is my faithful recognition of legalism on the one hand and a senti-1 17:13). that stewardship. mental disregard for the realities of The prophets delivered blistering I don’t know where you got the 20 spiritual obligation on the other. indictments against the rebellious percent figure, unless it was from the I take my stewardship obligations very children of Israel. Typical is Hosea’s Old Testament instructions concerning seriously, and plan always to add offer­ message: “Hear the word of the Lord adding the fifth part to an offering ings to the tithe. Yet I’d hate to think . . . for the Lord hath a controversy when the exact amount of obligation the Lord had me on a strict pro quid with the inhabitants of the land” could not be known. It doesn’t seem pro basis in which I had to pay Him (Hosea 4:1-5). Their sins are named to me this carries through as an in­ back for everything He did for me. specifically ■ (v. 2) and their judg­ terest rate on past tithe. There wouldn’t be much grace in that ment is pronounced bluntly—“There­ If you believe the Lord would want sort of arrangement. fore shall the land mourn . . . There­ fore shalt thou fall.” In the “Answer Corner” (April 9, 1969) you seem to indicate that the human Sometimes the word took the form body was created. It has been my opinion that man and woman were made of visions, as Amos’ vision of the in the physical as noted in Genesis 1:26, but in verse 27 it points out that plumb line (7:7) and the summer man was created in the image of God. Can you clear this up? fruit (8:1). The message is the same, I accept your correction and concur into being without previous existence). that unrighteousness ripens a people that Scripture speaks of the human Genesis 2:7 just about says it all: for destruction. body as being "made” (giving new “And the Lord God formed man of the 2. The reluctant ears: “Notwith­ form to already existing substance) in dust of the ground, and breathed into standing they would not hear” (II both Genesis 1:26 and 2:7. his nostrils the breath of life; and man Kings 17:14). That which in man constitutes “the became a living soul.” Prophet after prophet testified image of God” was created (brought against sin, called to repentance, and warned of judgment. The stubborn Are flying saucers sent by God, or is the devil using them? people refused to listen, clung to their idols, and were destroyed (II Kings My personal opinion is that any UFO been able to figure that one out yet. j 17:6-18). (unidentified flying objects) which are I might think differently if I had a Like gods, like people! “They fol­ not experimental aircraft of human ori­ personal encounter with a UFO. But I lowed vanity, and became vain” (II gin are the result of unusual optical don’t think so. I’ve seen lakes on the Kings 17:15). Their gods were un­ conditions plus the vagaries of human desert where there was no water, and real and empty, and their lives be­ perception. I’ve seen the train tracks come together came so. They could have been holy One writer tells of contact with be­ in the distance tvhen they really never! by serving the holy God. ings operating these alleged craft. They touched. So I’ve learned that you can’t ; “Would not” becomes “could not”! did not speak, but said they had not even believe everything you think you I They would not hear God’s word, de­ come to hurt earth people. I haven’t see, much less everything you hear. , liberately rejecting it, and Amos warned of a coming day when the We have a man in our church who says that we should not ask the Lord land would suffer a famine, not of for things we can provide for ourselves. He says more about himself than he does the Lord, about the number of men under his supervision, and about bread or water, but of hearing God’s how his needs are supplied by his own energies. I can’t accept this. Can you? word. Then they would seek it and not find it (Amos 8:11-12). No. is the gift of our bountiful Heavenly To nation or individual, sin brings While the model prayer is not pre­ Father. judgment. It provokes God to anger. occupied with material needs, it does I hope your friend doesn’t have to He warns and pleads, but He will not ask for daily bread. learn it the hard way, but Deuterono­ withhold judgment forever. That This does not mean that prayer my 8:18 says, "Thou shalt remember judgment is separation from God— for daily bread is substitute for plow­ the Lord thy God; for it is he that He “removed them out of his sight.” ing the field, sowing the seed, or reap­ giveth thee power to get wealth.” What of us? □ ing the grain. But everything we have 18 HERALD OF HOLINESS of Christmas

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• UNCLE JOHN WENT VISITING

NCLE John drove his team of bony became a Christian. Uncle John, driving U mules to Newton, Kans., eight miles his bony mules, must have shouted going from his home, to urge Mr. and Mrs. I. C. and coming the 16-mile trip when the two Mathis, his kindred, to attend the revival he had been praying and working for be­ at the Nazarene church where Rev. and came genuine Christians. Mrs. I. W. Young were pastors. Dr. I. C. Mathis received a call to preach. Uncle John made this same trip for five He went to Pasadena College and sat under days before he saw the Mathis couple in the training of the noted teacher, Dr. A. M. EVANGELISM the service—16 miles a day for five days Hills. to try to win his loved ones to the Lord. Two districts had the privilege of having Mrs. Young, seeing this young woman in this man as their superintendent over a the congregation, encouraged her to come period of 28 years. He also held revival meetings in every district in the denomina­

CHILD to the altar and be genuinely converted. Mrs. who had a tion during his day. Mathis, never been in We were often with Dr. and Mrs. Mathis.

• Protestant church before, looked up at Mrs. We begged him to stop as his health failed,

Young and said, “Which prayer do you want me to pray?” She was told that prayer but he went from the pulpit to his deathbed. was the sincere desire of the heart and to What a reward awaits Uncle John and simply ask the Lord for what she wanted Mrs. Young! That inner urge compelled Him to do for her. She found Christ as the farmer to see his kindred won to Christ. her Saviour in this her first visit to a And that same urge was in the life of that beautiful singing lady of the parsonage,

EXAMPLE Protestant meeting. of his s newfound joy Mrs. I. W. Young. Because wife’ and The Bible says, “He that winneth souls

• enthusiasm, Mr. Mathis was ashamed to is wise.” Our Sunday schools would grow,

look up and speak to his friends as he saw them driving down the street. His wife churches would have increases with new converts, and quibbling over incidentals did not let up on urging her husband to would cease if this passion to save sinners become a Christian. She was like some would come upon us! in the Bible of whom it was said, “They May God give it to each of us! brought him to Jesus.” —A. S. LONDON Three months went by before Mr. Mathis Oklahoma City LITERATURE SAVE SOME”

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