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5-4-1967

May 4, 1967

Arkansas Baptist State Convention

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Arkansas churches looking for pastors, mm1sters of education, arid ministers of music will do well to keep in Personally close touch with our own young people coming out of this , great trainingcenter. · ·! , JIJl.U. ~ speaking ('4.4'•st ...,f...,(#M' . '"Pd-u4J IN THIS ISSUE:

' ' A lVlAN with' a purpose is the subject of a feature Visit to Ft. Worth story, page 5. He is Bob Herndon of Atlanta, a retired AN invitation to be the guest speaker for the annual 1 chaplain~ a lieutenant colonel, who· at no salary and on> banquet of the Arkansas stndents at Southwestern Semi­ nary, Ft. vVorth, on a recent Friday night gave me the a shoe-strong budget has started a one-man national cam­ paign. He seeks to do something about the critical short:, opportunity of visiting again briefly on the campus Gf age of educated Negr.o ministers. · the largest seminary in the world-a distinction formerly - * • * held for many years b.}' Southern Baptists' oldest seminary, 11 W'OULD you buy Lot's Salt, Bethany Spices, Peter• Southern, at Louisville. Paul Peanut Butter? Whatever ·your qnswer, you will en­ The meeting was held in the spacious Student Center, joy reading a Texas pastor's tongue-in-cheek letter to amid the most elegant of surroundings. The food, served the editor on page 4 about diversification of our de- by women from the seminary family, was delicious, and nominatioN .. the fellowship was what you would expect it to be when a group of Arkansans, temporarily incarcerated in the TO adults,. as well as children, who have seen the Lone Star State, have an hour or two together. magnificent Bonheur painting, "The Horse Fair," at the Metropolitan Museum -of Art in New York City, today's As a good will emisary of Governor Winthrop Rocke­ Chi-ldren's Nook will be of gr.eat interest. The page num­ feller-who, incidentally, was the speaker at the Arkansas ber is 20. / 1 students' banquet last spring-! conferred upon Doyle Smith, president of the group, . an 'Arkansas Traveler THE brutal Pulaski County slayings app

I ~· MAY 4, 1967 Pa e Three The people speak~·~~~~~~~~~~~~

Diversified or divested? This thing has tremendous possibil i­ we move into this field, we go where ties. Wben we really get rolloing, we the action is. Eating is here to stay. Ba·ptists have gone a good long way could have our own name brand labels. The grocery business is obviously a in their ,interpretation of and. obedience Some of these could carry scripture ref­ good opportunity or there would not bP. ·to, "Go ye into all the world, and preach erences. Think of the appeal the follow­ so many people in it. This thing has un­ the gospel to every c-reature" (Mark ing such brands might have: Lot's 8alt, limited possibilities'. > ' 0 16:15). Bethany S·pices, Peter-Paul Peanut But.­ ter, Mary Marmalade, Simon Sardines, . All of this is intended as a ·bit of Cana Cola, Martha's TV Dinners, Esau good-spirited satiFe. I am not s·erious, We have certainly explored many Chili, Cornelius Ham, Dorcas Zippers, of course. But I am serious 'about one areas and· entered many fields in our Prodigal Pesticides, Lydia Dyes, Dia­ spiritual truth: It is possible for us to efforts to 'carry out the Commission. trephes D e~erge nt s. chart our course by what is expedient We are engaged consequently . in mani­ instead of what is essential. We C·an keep fold ministries. We are in big busines;o;. Who can measure the power of teach­ up with the times so well that .we move To simply classify our work as "preach­ ing by such suggestions and as·socia:­ off and leave the next. We can become ing, teaching and healing" is to wrap it tion! We mig1;1.t even have our M a11 d J so ,. divensified that we become diverted. up in three neat packages. Actually, we green stamps. (Matthew and Judas). -T. Hollis Epton, past'or, First B a pt~ t Church, Duncan, Okla. are in the fields of education, publish­ ;Everybody bqys groceries, so when ing, journalism, television, radio, re­ tailing, child welfare, geriatrics, farm­ ing, .ranching, banking, mortgage loans, endow1pent, estate planning, invest­ ments insurance (I have three Baptist policies), hospitals, medicine, hotels, law, arc·hit'ecture, music, r eal· estate, Pine Bluff Greenlee Memorial, Apr. Little · Rock Life Line, Apr. 16-23; foreign aid, reports, encampments and 9-16; Jimmy Garner, pastor, Calvar y, William V. ·Philliber, pastor, evangelist; assemblies, construction, transport~~r­ Paragould, evangelist; Darrell Black, Scott Johnson, Ouachita University stu­ tion, public relations and congressional pastol', song director; 4 for 'baptism; 3 d'ehnt and music director at Park Place lobbying. __by letter. C urch, Hot Springs, song director; Nelson Tull, personal evangelism direc­ Geyer Springs First, May 4-7; Pres­ I believe we could do a lot of good t.or; 38 additions; 23 by baptism;· 1'5 by ton A. Taylor, missionary on leave letter. in the Baptist grocery business. There from Argentina apd f·ormer pastor of are some pretty substantial proof t exts Trinity Church, Little Rock, evangelist; to support my proposal. The Lo:!.'d came Brotherhood · sponsored, Billy R. Wood­ El Dorado M'arrable Hill, · May 8~ 14; eating and drinking. He ate with publi­ ward, president. 0. K. (Jack~ Hazlewood, evangelist; cans and sinners. One of the , two ordi­ Edgar Glover, pastdr. nances is in the form of · a supper. He Bearden First, May 5-7; youth-lead challenged, "Give ye them . to eat." He revival; Doug Dickens, Ouachita Uni­ Hot Springs Harvey's Chapel, in fed his disciples. He fed the 5,000. He versity, ·evangelist; Charles Covington, progress through May 7; 0. K. (Jack) " sat at meat," etc., etc. Ouachita University, singer; Homer Hazlew.ood, evangelist; Horace Gray, Haltom, pastor. pastor.

We could borrow the money at 11 fav­ orable interest rate to build and stock these grocery stores. The loaris could be repaid by the profits (not prophets). This way it would not cost us anything, so what do we have to lose? ·We could staff these· stores with some of our fin­ est people. We would not sell beer nor stay open on Sunday; so our people could patronize the stores with good consciences. Think of the value of offer­ ing good relig.ious paperbacks in the place of all the bad books and maga­ zines now offered in some grocery stores. Local churches could supply and replenish the rac·ks.

We could even have a chaplain in each store to pray with people (if prices ~eep rising, we'll need it), arbi­ tl'B.te differences and promote a whole­ some atmosphere. On the paper bags could be printed such things as stew­ ardship campaign slogans. We could use the public address systems to plug re­ OUT-G,OING President Doyle Smith, right, of the Arlcatnsas Students at South­ vivals and study courses. It would be western Seminary, Ft. Worth, T~., erohibits his Arkansas Travelwr certificate. such a simple thing to drop a daily Bi­ With him, left to right, are newly elected officers of the ArkaMas gro(J,p, Dan ble reading guide into each order of Beason, social chairman; Mike Harrison, president; Mrs. Larry Taylor, secretary. eats. (See "Perstmally Speaking," page 2.)

,· Page Four ARKANSAS BAPTIST Herndon is traveling much of the time. But he checks in every few days at his Retired chaplain campaigns office, provided for him at no charge in the headquarters of the Home Mission Board of tlle Southern Baptist Conven­ to educate Negro ministers tion, in Atlanta. Speaking to the weekly prayermeet­ I A retired army chaplain, atrno salary seminary to the undertaking. ing of Arkansas Baptist State Conven­ ' and on a "shoe-string" budget, has So, Herndon was named "assistant to tion employees in Baptist Building here ,,, started a 'one-man, national campaign to the presidenf' of Southern Seminary, at Wednesday of last week, Herndon s3,id: a salary of -$00,000 · a year. "Send us do something about the critical shortage "We Christians hav·e the one commodity your travel expenses," said Dr. McCall, of Negro ministers. the world needs above all others-l'ove. "and we'll reimburse when we can and In Arkansas recently for visits to Jesus gave us a new commandment: 6 Negro college campuses, the chaplain, as long as we can." 'Love one another.' We cannot fulfill the After his first month of operation Lt. Col. (Ret.) Bob Herndon, of Atlanta, command of Christ without loving peo­ uJ Ga., visited at Philander Smith College, Herndon was back on the Southern Sem­ ple of all races. Shorter College, and Arkansas Baptist inary campus f.or an official report to "We dare not build a :fence around his "superior." "How much did we pay ·College, all in Little Rock, and Arkansas Ghrist, for he died for every man.'' ~ you last month?" asked Dr. McCall. A. M. & N. College in Pine Bluff. While he is seeking to recruit Negro 9r1 The acuteness of the problem he has "Exactly nothing," replied Herndon. "Then,"' said Dr. McCall, ' "we'll double students for the Southern Seminary, u tackled is • revealed in a· statistic Hern- Louisville, and for the other five semi­ don quotes to the effect that there are that this month!" naries of Southern Baptists, Chaplain now only 325 Negro ministerial students Herndon's wife and their son and Herndon does not limit his ministry to enrolled in all of the accredited theolog­ daught~r ar.e solldly back of his under­ ical seminaries of the nation. And these taking. Baptist students or to Baptist semi­ students, he reminds, include all denom- "One thing about it, Dad," said his naries. He is interested in helping min­ inations. . son, a student in the University of isters of all Christian faiths to secure Taking into account that there are 20,- Georgia at Atlanta, "nobody can accuse the educational training thtY need to 000,000 Negroes in. the .United Stats, you of being in this for the money you qualify them for their best service. His Herndon estimates there should be a get out of it!" goal is to help students to attend the minimum of 10,000 Negro ministers in And Herndon says he is getting more seminaries of their- choices. _ training at this time in the seminaries. satisfaction out of working for nothing & Chaplain Herndon, who retired last than anything he has ever done. lNhile in Little Rock, Mr. Herndon was year at the age of 53 and after 28 years But he realizes that the eventual solu- accompanied on his campus visits by Ed­ of service in the military chaplaincy, - -tion to. the problem he has tackled will itor Erwin L. McDonald of the Arkansas has been working full time, at no salary inyolv!_! multitudes of peop.le .and co.n­ Baptist Ne·wsmagazine. A ~ember of the and on 'his own expense account, since siderable amounts of money. While board of trustees of Southern Seminary, .Feb. 1. But he has already visited nearly there are a limited number of scholar­ Dr. McDonald has volunteered his serv­ half of the campuses of the 129 Negro ships available at this time, the number ices as an Arkansas contact :fior the , colleges in· the country. needed once the recruitment program Herndon project. Negro ministerial stu­ While he has received a warm wel­ really gets going will dwarf these to dents in this area interested in going come from the college administrations insignificance. to seminaries are invited to contact him. and student bodies alike, he has been amazed to find hardly any Negro college students who are planning to enter the ministry. He plans to c·ontinue his Ne­ grQ. college contacts, publicizing the availa·bility of ·scholarships offered Ne­ gro ministerial students by seminaries, mission boards, and foundations. But he is convinced the Negro ministerial re­ cruitment program is going to reach back into· the Negro churc'hes to the ohildren and young people there. Although he has been active in reli­ gious biracial affairs for many years, it was not until he had been in retirement for several months that Herndon decid­ ed· . ~o launch his unique campaign. "I liegan to have unidentifiable pains and uneasiness," he said. "My wife cor­ rectly diagnosed my affliction. 'All in the world you need is something to do,' she said. And now that I have gone back to work-at something· I like very much• to do-I never felt better." Herndon took his aspiration first to his life-long friend and seminary class­ mate, Dr. Duke K. McCall, president of Southern Seminary, Louisville, Kry. Dr. McCall agreed that one of the greatest nroblems is the shortage of an edu~aterl. ·m.inistry among Negroes. But he was al­ ready struggling with a deficit in his operating budget and was in a position to do no more than Herndon asked, give The chaplain talks with Robert Blue Jr., Baptist student attending ' Philander his blessing and the blessing of the Smith College. · .. Page Five M Y 4, 1967 Arkansas all over~~~~~~~~~~~~ Parliamentary procedure Appeals "If, when one, rises to a point of order, the chair gives what seems to be a wron:g ruling, any member has the right to throw himself upon the assembly for a c·orrection of the unsatisfactory rul­ ing. This he does by an appeal. But this right of appeal must ·be exercised as soon as possible afte1· the unsatisfactory decision is rendered. It will be too late if other business is allowed to intervene"· (Kerfoot, pp. 78-79). ·When one makes an appeal he rises to say: "I respectfully appeal from the de­ cision of the chair.'" The chair immed­ iately announces: "The gentleman ap­ peals from the decision of the chair. Will you sustain the decision of the chair?" Then it is in the hand ~ of the as­ sembly to decide. No motion rs required and neither is a second. Kerfo.ot in a footnote states: "Robert and Gore hold that an appeal requires a se'cond. Cush-· ing and Mell teach otherwise. Reed and Fish are silent on the point. It seems clear that a second should not be re­ quired unless under a special rule, sincf' an ap·peal is a claim of one's rights, and not a motion'' (p. 79). The question cannot be amended. De­ bate is allowed only as to the correct­ ness of the ruling, "provided 'the ques­ Miss K1·ista Ben,tley, junior of Baring Cross, Mr. Mulkey and the Spanns. tion is not a personal one" ( p. 79). • In such a case (a personal question) no debate is allowed, In cases where de- ' bate• is allowed, a person may speak Musical bells given Spanns only on.ce and the ch'air may justify his Mr. and Mrs. Fred Spann, missionar­ to ship such things to Brazil. They will ruling without leaving the chair. ies to Recife, Brazil, who are concluding be able to take the bells as part of their If decided in the affirmati e, or a tie, a year's furlough at Little Rock, receiv­ household goods. the ruling of the chair is sustained. If ed a set of 2'5 musical bells Apr. 25 at negatively, lhe ·chair must correct the Park Hill Church, North Little Rock. The missionaries completed one four­ year 'assignment at Recife before re­ ruling and business will proceed accord­ They will use the bells in their teach­ turning for a year's furlough. They will . ingly. Once an appeal has been decided ing of music in a Baptist school and remain there another four years. They it cannot be renewed. However, the as­ church at Recife when they return there have two small children. sembly may reconsider or' repeal a de­ in June. cision !llade in an appeal. Wh11n they arrived last summer, the An appeal cannot be sparated from Heads medical group that out of which it grows. Thus, an Spanns attended a junior music camp appeal may not .be "·tabled." If action sponsored by the Church Music Depart­ is then taken on that out of which the ment of' the Arkansas State Convention Mrs. Edith Crane, medical assistant to Dr. Millard Black, Little Rock, was appeal grew it would be too late ever at Ouachita Univ~rsity. r~cently installed as president-elect of to take the appeal from the table. The Department had a set of ·bells, as the Arkansas State Medical Assistants The chair s·hould not be irritated at do several Baptist churches in the state. Society at the group's annual convention appeals. Nor should he chaff when the in Hot Springs. Hoyt A. Mulkoy, director of the De­ assembly decides against him. An appeal partment, suggested that the Spanns A past president of. the Pulaski' Coun­ is the best opportunity for him to just­ might like to have a set. The juniors ty Medical Assistants Society, she was i:i;'y his ruling. When the assembly de­ aged 9 through 12, contributed $1·60. Ad­ Pulaski County Medical Assistant of the cides· against him, he should show re­ ditional funds came in from Baptist Year in 19·64, and in 1965 wrote the win­ spect for their decision. He is their churches in the state and th'e Spanns' ning l'etter whiCh resulted in the selec­ servant · and not their .master.-Carl church, Baring Gross, North Little Rock, tion of Dr. Black as Boss of the Year. Overton made up the balance, about $4•95, enab­ She is presently ·serving as president­ ling Mulkey to order the :full set at elect of the Pulaski County organiza­ Questions on parliamep.tary pro­ $825. tion. cedure are invited. Address to The Spanns, Mulky said, are badly in Mrs. Crane is a member of Rosedale Rev. Oarl M. Overton, 109 West need of teaching aids and it is difficult Churc·h. A'dam Street, Hamburg, Ark. •· Page Six ARKANSAS BAPTIST Be_acon lights of Baptist history Close communion

BY BERNES K. SELPH, 'I H.D. PASTOR, FIRST CHURCH) B ENTON

'The oldest confession ·of faith ' that one-sided. But it would not be wrong corresponds with Baptis·t today is that of to say that, generally speaking, ·close the Swiss Anabaptists issued in 1527. communion ·has been the acce·pted view. "It is signific·ant that what is oppro­ "Only the exceptionaHy ignorant or briously called 'close communion' is the exceptionally unscrupulous '{lOW re­ found to 'be the teaching of the oldest proach Baptists because of their 'close' Baptist d<>cument in existence" H. C. communion, since intelligent. and candid Veddar, A Short History of the Bap- Pedobaptists 'know and acknowledge tists, p. 144. · · that we stand precisely where all Chris­ English Baptists practiced close, com­ tendom stands, and where all Christen­ munion that is, limiting the partici­ dom always has stood from the days of pation of t•he observance of the Lord's the apostles until now, with regard to Supper to members who are in good the qualifications for communion· A_ll SEMINARY DE.GRF)ES- Four students · standing in Baptist churches. Their that Baptists can claim to have done in this matter is to have cleared away the from Arkansas received degrees from confession in 1644 stipulated baptism before particip•ation in the ·Lord's Sup­ mass of sophistries with which op-po­ Golden Gate Seminary, Strawberry -per. There ar.e those who contend that nents had beclouded this question, until Point, Mill 'Valley, Calif., at comnnence- there is a question as to when they no excuse for ignorance and no ap·ology ment er.ercises Apr. 28. They are (top row, left to right) Marcus Jones Rack- adopted immersion f-or scriptural bap­ for misr.epresentation are possible" l B D T R D . k B D tism. But immersion was no new thing. Vedder, Iobid, p. 4'15. ey, · ·• ommy ay erne • T • :; Christi!ins had the New Testament since (bottom r~w). Calvin Coolidge urptn · Some want to make this view that S.T.D., and Edward Eugene St k 8 the first century and those who have of Landmarkism, but is far antedated B D ac ' - 1!tudied the movement of free churches this movement. Many want to link it to ' · through the ages avouch for this. So J. R. Graves and his views, claiming baptism, immersion of believers, was that it did not exist before him. But necessary for proper partaking of the this isn't true, as Vedder shows. Others supper. M:any believe that the New Test- would say that it was spawned in the The Cover tament makes a strong case for close illiterate and untrained mind of p-as­ communion. tors in the South. Again, this is wr,ong. Some of the clearest statements on close John B-unyan and William Kiffin, tw

t W€ll by most Southern thought of; there was sharp cleavage Baptist churches in the area. PAREN'J:S ARE TEACH"BRS ... ·between them and others. For years in the kind of examuple they set at they sought to establish the scriptural mode of •baptism as im~ersion. They Wins Wilson fellowship home, in any type of convMsation, refused to €ndorse a practice that would in manry inforwal home acUvities, undermine such views. James Nelsen Davis, Ouachita Uni­ in. the most .impressilm.able years versity senior, has won a Woodrow Wil­ It is true that some Baptists disagreed ... son Fellowship for graduate study in of the chiM!s life, in a continuing Some in England did. Others, who liked the academic 'year 1967--6'81. He is the son fashion th'f'ougkorut the life spwn. many Baptist doctrines and joined their of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Louis Davis, Lit­ Thus the theme for Chris.tian vanks, brought their 'open communion tle Rock. · views with them, then sought to make. Home Week 1967- "The Family them Baptist views. Baptists in Canada Twelve hundred and 59 student were Teaches First ... And Last!"­ feuded long over this question. So it selected ' f.or the fellowships this year. Pkoto by Robert Jackson would be wrong to say that it has been A total of 111',59·6 were nominated.

UAY - Page Seven 1A~~------~--~------~------Caldwell to Florida R. A. Hill to Westside Carroll D. Caldwell; pastor of First R. A. Hill has resigned as pastor of Church, Qlarksville, for the past six First Church, Gravel Ridge, to accept years, resigned recently to become pas-· the pastorate of Westside Church, Lit­ tor of First Church,. Crestview, Fla., tle Rock. He assumes his new position effective May 1., May 7, succeeding' C. W. Caldwell, who has served as interim pastor. Crestview has a population of 10,000, and the membership of First Church Mr. !1ill attended .Southwestern Sem­ there is 1,350. inary and was graduated from New Or­ leans Seminary: He is a native of Tuck­ Mr. and Mrs. Cald'well came to Clarks­ erman· ville from Deland, Fla., where he was director of the Baptist Student •Union .Following graduation from· seminary at Stetson University. he served as rural evangelist for the state of Arkansas. For nine years he He is a graduate of Ouachita Univer­ served a pastorate ·11- t Somerset, Ky., returning to Arkansas to head the sity, attended Southwestern Seminary, 1 Ft. Worth, and is a graduate of South­ Church Development Ministry for three ern Seminary, Louisville. and a half years. During his pastorate in Clarksville the congregation built a new parsonage, MRS. H. JACK FLANDERS Rock Federation of W omens' Clubs and redecorated the church building, ac­ the Community Culture Club, which she quired land and hard-surfaced a large Baptist is state mother has served as president. She also has parking area. A new dormitory was con­ Mrs. H: Jack Flanders, Littl ~ · Rock been active in the Band Mothers' Club, structed at Baptist Vi sta also during national and state PTA, Order ·of the . this time. There were over aoo additions Baptist, has l;leen named Arkansas Mother of 1'!)'67 and will compete for Eastern Star, and has served as a Grey to the church with over one third of Lady for the American Red Cross. For these coming by baptism. national mother at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City May 8-13., · 40 years she has taught a Sunday Mr. Caldwell was president of the Scl'!ool class at Pulaski Heights Church. · Mt·s. Paul W. Hyde, El Dorado, is Johnson County Ministerial Fellowship, She is the mo.ther of two sons, Dr. and a mem'ber of the Citizen's Advisory state chairman of the American Moth- er's Committee, Inc. . Jack Flanders, pastor of First Church, Committee. He _was a trustee of Ouach­ Wac·o, Tex., and Don H. Fl:;mders, pres­ ita University and chairman of the Mis­ · Mrs. Flanders was sponsored iri the ident and founder of Flanders Marlu­ sions Committee and the Student Com­ state judging by the Greater Little facturing Company, Ft. Smith. mittee of the Clear Creek Association. He was namd to Who's Who in Arkan­ sas in 1964. Deaths--·------

DR. WILLIAM JEFFERSON HINS­ president. He attended Judson Academy LEY, 91, Hot Springs, former president at Holly Springs and Ouachita College. FMB music consultant of the Arkansas State Convention, Apr. • In 1946, Ouachita conferred the Doctor 27. of Divinity degree on him. He served Dr. Claude H. Rhea Jr., vice-presi­ for many years on the Ouachita board. dent fot· administrative affairs for Dr. Hinsley was borri at Tulip near Houston (Tex.) Baptist College, was the site where the state convention was Dr. Hinsley had held ·pastorates at elected mu ~ ic con­ formed in 1838. He preached his first Dardanelle and Boonevme, where hc;l sultant for the For­ sermon in July, 1898. His first pastorate served 14 years. He helped erect church eign Mission Board was at Ouachita Church, Dallas Coun­ buildings at Ouachita, at Dardanelle, of the Southern Bap­ ty, where he was ordained in '1903. Booneville and Hot Springs. tist Convention in He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mattie Lang­ its full spring meet­ In 1929, he became pastor of Second Church, Little Rock, with a member­ ley Hinsley; a son, J. Carroll Hinsley ing, Apr. 10-12. He of Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Willene will begin his n e w ship of 300. At the time of his retire­ Halsell of Memphis and Mrs. Merle work June 1. Dr. ment in December, 1946, the membersn•ip had increased to 800. Brenner of Hot Springs; two grandcn.il­ Rhea has become fa­ dren and five great grandchildren. miliar to Southern He served the convention twice · as Baptist:;; as soloist MI:S'S SUIS·AN ANDERISON, 75, emer­ for annual meetings itus Southern Baptist missionary to Ni­ CLAUDE H. RHEA JR. of the Southern Bap- geria, Apr. 25., in Wichita, Kan., after tist Convention, soloist and music lead­ an illness of several . months. Funeral er for Woman's Mi ~s ionary Union con­ ·services and burial were · in Wichita. ventions, and musician for countless other gatherings. He has recorded five Appointed by the Foreign Mission albums, composed The Creation (Broad­ Board in 1918, Miss Anderson was the man Music, 1961), contributed articles first Southern Baptist missionary to t~ denominational publications, and au­ celebrate the 40th anhivetsary of ar­ thored two books, A ·Child's Life in rival in Nigeria while still in ' active Song ('Broadman Press, '1964') and servi~e. She was vitally involved in an Glaude Rhea's Favorite Gospel Songs era when · Nigerians made giant strides (Broad man, .1966). SUSAN ANDERSON WILLIAM J. HINSLEY and achieved national independence. ARKANSAS BAPTIST Page Eight ----- Current issues m Baptist life From the churches Should Baptists receive Pine Bluff celebration

1J10n-Baptis' immersion? South S'ide Church, Pine Bluff, will observe its '30th anniversary throughout the month of May, Dr. Tal Bonham, BY WAYNE WARD, PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY E. pastor, has announced. SOUTHERN SEMINARY, LOUISVILLE, KY. The church started in a tent and was One of the hottest debates going on among Baptists at this time centers constituted in its first building the lat­ on the question of receiving into our membership people who have been immersed ter part of M·ay, 1917. by someone other than Baptists. Those who refuse to take any baptism but Former pastors and staff members Baptist baptism have been castigated as "landmarkers" or .followers of J. R. Graves. have been invited back for the services Not even Graves argued that the Baptist name was required, because he in May: knew better than to add a requirement that goes beyond the w9rds of the May 7, a.m., Rev. Lloyd Sparkman, New Testament. This might open up the person to the awful, charge of preacher, and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Dills, "adding to the words of this book" and bring down the plagues of the book music; p.m. Harrington Crusade for upon his head (Rev. 22:18). However, his narFow restriction of the term "New Christ (the church is cooperating with Testam~ nt church" to Baptist chprches (and not all of them) did result in a other churches of Harmony association practical limitation of valid scriptural baptism to the Bapt~~t churches as he in the Harrington Crusade which is be­ defined them. Anyone who stands up today and says that valid sc-riptural bap­ ing held in a tent at Jefferson Square tism can be performed only in the Baptist name or authority is flying in the in Pine Bluff April 30 through May face of Holy Scripture-and I would hate to be in his place! 14). However, a practice on the other side is, if possible, even worse. Some May 14, a.m., Dr. Ben Elrod, preach­ churches have gone on record in public declaration that they will receive any er, Charles Lowery, music; p.m., Har­ baptism by immersion so long as it was performed upon a believer. What rington Crusade for Christ. a tl'avesty upon New Testament baptism! It is certainly important that a ·person be a believer and that the form be the New Testament form of immersion. May 21, a.m., Rev. Roy Lambert, But the reason these are important is l>.!Jcause they focus upon the most im­ preacher, J·ames Burleson, music; p.m., portant thing about baptism-its meaning! To leave out the meaning of bap­ Dr. Ralph Phelps, preac\ler (interim tism as interpreted by the Christian community which performs it is to ·}eave out pastor on two occasions), and Dr. Tom baptism itself! · Gambrell, music. · Baptism is not a private affair. It is a public act in the context of a May 28, a.m., Rev. C. Gordon B!iyless, Christian community of faith. It requires both the valid personal experience of preacher, Richard Smith, present mu­ the believer in Christ and the proper public· interpretation of its meaning to sic director, music; p.m., Rev. J. E. Cal­ the commu-nity, or it is not valid baptism. The whole teaching of the church laway, preacher,_ Richard Smith, music: about baptism is bound up with the way it is interpreted ahd practiced in the On Wednesday night, May 24', a his­ act of baptism. · torical pageant written by Mrs. Jim Immersion of a believer is not enough. Followers of Alexander Campbell Primm will be presented in the church have been immersing believers for a century-to help "save" them. ·When a person auditorium. A new edition of the church has l'eceived that baptism at their hands he has given an eloquent testimony to a history, prepared by Historian Vernon distortion of the New Testament doc-ti:ine of salvation. This is why: we should Guess, will be available for the first not receive people who say they had private opinions about baptism which time during the month-long celebration. contradicted the public interpretation of baptism in their church. We "muddy Immediately after the celebration the waters" and confuse our witness both on salvation and the meaning of month, the church will begin a new work baptism. in the east side of Pine Bluff in the Now what should we do? We should carefully investigate each case in order Broadmoor-Belmont residential .area. A to recognize and accept genuine New Testament baptism when it has been Vacation Bible School will ·be held June performed- ;md also to perform a proper New Testament baptism when it has 5-9 followed by a revival June 11-18. not been already performed. If we go around re-baptizing, just to put the Baptist These events will be held in a tent on label on it, we are mocking baptism and calling unholy what is sacred before God! the mission property in that area. Pas­ tor Bonham wil~ preach for the revival There are some groups which practice and preach baptism in exact accord and Richard Smith, minister of music, with the. New Testament teaching as Baptists understand it. If we want to keep a will direct the music. clear and scriptural witness on baptism we had better discover these people when they come and receive their scriptural baptism-without adding1 any private, Baptist requirement to mock the word of God. And, if they have been baptiz-ed all the way under until they bubble, for the wrong reason-hurry up ahd baptize 1147 Boys baptized them with the r'ight meaning! They have already waited long eno_ugh! A total of 1,147 ·boys liave been bap­ tized into the churc·h of their choice in the Pine Bluff area during the 12 years Visiting lecturer A graduate of Rose Bud· (White Coun- ' ty) high school, Mr. Moon took his that Chaplain E. A. Ric:hmond has bachelor of science degree from Arkan served the Arkansas Boys Training David Moon, associate professor of School at Pine Bluff. mathematics at Arkansas College, is sas State · Teachers College a.nd his serving as a visiting lecturer under the master's degree at the University at The chaplain himself ba'ptized six Arkansas Academy of Science Program Stillwater and ·i:;; now writing a thesi Apr. 23 at Centra] Church. He reports and the National Science Foundation on "Topology" for his Ph. D. degree. that the total number will shortly be ~ssociation. As a visiting lecturer he He and hi's fami·lY are members of more than 1,150 with those now await­ speaks in high schools over the state. First B-aptist Church, Batesville. ing baptism. Page Nine Nursery facilities and the official publication of the SBC tist), Nashville, as new ~ hairman, suc­ Home Mission Board each have endorsee! cr·eding C. Pen!'ose St. Amant, clean of for Miami Convention changing the name of the convention. theology at Southern Baptist Theologi­ I cal Seminary, Louisville. MIAMI, F-la.-Nursc>ry facilities will The Executive Committee of thP con­ be available during the Southern Bap­ vention is currently studying the pro­ The commission ur ~· e cl editors of state tist Convention at the Allapattah Bap­ posal, but no immediate action i::; ex- Baptist papers to index articlPs appea r­ tist Church and four other Miami pected, · ing in their publications, and devoted churches f-or the week of May 29-June much <>f one session to di scussions on 2-the nursery committee of the con­ Major busine.-; s action of the Hi;;tori­ how to properly index a publication. vention has announced. cal Commission was election of F1·ed C. Several of the state papeJ' c>rlitors at­ Schatz, dean of Belmont College ( Bap- tenclerl. (BP) Six policy statements were adopted by the nursery committee, headed by Saptist beliefs Donald G. Manuel, ·pastor of Allapattah Church: famous last words 1. "Mothers are discouraged from BY HERSCHEL H. HOBBS bringing babes in arms to the conven­ Pastor, Fi1·st Baptist Church, Oklahoma City,_ Oklahoma, past president, tion. Southern Bap~ist Convention 2. ·~Nursery facilities will be limited "And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken to children ages ·birth through three up; and a cloud received him out of" their sight" (Acts 1 :9). years old, and will be provided for residents ou.tside of Dade County only. "And when he had spoken these things." What things? Immediately pre­ These provisions will be strictly en­ ceding, Jesus had spoken of the coming of the Holy Spirit and of the mis­ forced. sionary task (v:. 8). Just prior to that He had conversed with the apostles about another matter (vv. 6-7). But even before that Jesus had been 3. "The nursery will ·be open from speaking about the coming of the Holy Spirit (vv. 4-5) . Since verses 4-5, 8 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily and from comprise a whole, may we not consider verses 6-7 as an interruption of, Jesus! 6:15 ·p.m. to 10:00 p.m. nig.htly. - -train of thought? Words of departure usually are words of importance. So 4. "The cost will be 75c per hour per let us examine these ''famous last words" of Jesus to His apostles before He - child, and 50c per cihild for lunch as ascended into heaven. desired. No evening meals will be pro­ Knowing that the time was at hand for His departure from the earth, vided. A penalty of '50c per 15 m!nutes Jesus assured the apostles that they woulcl not be left alone (cf. Jn. 14:16-18). The per child will be imposed after nursery coming of the Holy Spirit would be a fulfilment of the prophec~ of J,ohn closing time at ':5:00p.m. and 10:00 p.m. the Baptist (Matt. 3:H). ' 15, "No s·pecial care and feeding will But the apostles had other things on their minds. They were wondering be provided. No child with fever or if Jesus was about to "restore again the kingdom to Israel" (v. 6) . In spite of cold will be accepted. Nurse and doctor everything they still clung to the current dream of a political-military 'Messiah woill be on call in event of emergency. with an earthly kingdom. Jesus tried to avoid this interruption to vital mat­ 6. "Directions to nursery facilities ters about which He was speaking\ This is seen in the word "asked." It is an will be provided at the convention reg- imperfect tense in Greek, meaning that they kept on asking again and istration desk upon request." · again. This suggests that Jesus sought to ignare ~heir question which was so irrelevant. But when they kept asking in order to get on with vital matters, The policies set by the nursery com­ He gave them a reply. mittee are similar to previous nursery policies at other meetings of the con­ "It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father vention. (BP) hath put in his own power" (v. 7). "Times" and "seasons," according to A. T. Robertson, sometimes, and probably here, mean "periods" and "points." T-hey were not to be concerned about charting events and fixing dates as to the development of the ''kingdom.'' .Likewise, this implies the same truth with respect to the Historical Commission second coming of Christ ·and attendant events at the culmination of the age. for 'national' name It is not our business to chart events and to endeavor to fix dates. All .\ such efforts in the past have resulted in failure · for those who did so . NASHVILLE-The Historical Com­ Jesus said that these things are those "which the F.ather hath put in his mission of the Southern Baptist Con­ own power." "Hath put" or "hath placed" renders an aorist middle (reflexive) vention elected new officPrs and ap­ verb form. The aorist tense simply means that the Father has done it his­ proved a brief recommendation endor­ toricaHy. The middle voice means that He did it Himself, of His own sovereign sing adoption of a name for the South­ power and wisdom; with no counsel or help from any source outside Himself. ern Baptist Convention that reflects "our This thought is emphasized 'by "in his own power." "Power" renders exousia, ek, national constituency." The brief recom­ out of, ousia, being, or out of His own authority and power in His nature as mendation on the convention's name God. It is "his own" and belongs to no one else. So Jesus said that the charting change came as one · of seven recommen­ of events and the fixing of dates ("periods" and "points") is God's responsibility. dations from the Historical Commis­ sion's promotional committee. It was Having settled this Jesus returned to His theme. The . apostles and others adopted without discussion or debate. will be filled with the Holy Spirit's power, and are . to set forth en the'ir missionary task-Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the last part of the earth It is believed to be the first time that (v. 8). This is our responsibility, as the "periods" and "points"' are ~he re- an agency of the Southern Baptist Con­ sponsibility of the Father. ' vention has taken official action endor­ sing a "national" name for the conven­ In effect Jesus said, "Do not try to handle God's job which He has 1eserved tion, although the executive sec·retary to Himself alone. Get on with the job which He has ·given to you alone.''

Page Ten ARKANSAS BAPTIST NEW AMERICAN TEMPERANCE PLAN PAYS $100 WEEKLY. •• even for life to Non-drinkers and Non-Smokers!

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U AY .4 1 Ql-.7 Page Eleven Your state convention at work------

Youth Festival musicians presentation and coronation services of Conference, Glorieta, to which Arkansas attainment on forward steps ...play and WMU will provide a chartered bus. Al­ Lee Roy Till, ·minister of music, First study... promotion of camps and other ready reservations are being made ~nd Church, Dallas, will direct the Category eveRts for girls scheduled for the sum­ accepted on a basis of "first come, first A Youth ·Choir Festival which will be · mer months. The suggested dates for served." The bus will leave Little Rock held at .Park Hill the o·bservance are May 14-20. July 1S. and return July 28. The return Church, North Little trip will include a visit to Carlsbad Cav­ Rock, on May 6. This GA leaders ...WMU presidents... erns. . .an added attraction. festival will begin at pastors ... all will be sure to make the 8:30 with adjudica­ week a memorable time that will live on For further information write State tion of solos and en­ and out through hearts that are chal­ WMU Office, 310 Baptist Bldg., Little sembles. The accom­ lenged by involvement in mission action Rock 72201.-Nancy Cooper, Executive panist for this feqti and by experiences of learning about Secretary and Treasurer val will be Mrs . . C. missionary endeavor. Happiness is GA S. White, who is or­ Focus Week! ganist at Park Hill As a part of the W!'lek's emphasis, Accepts Hunter pastorate Church. In addition plans should be formulated for every to . the festival direc- girl who is a member of the organiza­ Riley Pannell, former pastor of Pleas­ LEE ROY TilL tor, adjudicators will tion to attend GA Camp at Paron one. ant Grove Church, Howell-WlviUe Com- · be Don Wright, Fayetteville High of the following weeks: July 3-8, July munity, is the new pastor of Hunter School; Cody Garner, Grace Temple 10-15, July 17-22, July 24-29, July 31- Church, Brinkley. Aug. 5 . . Information and registration Church, Denton, Tex; Mrs. Mary Sham­ He is a graduate of Southern Baptist barger, Dr. and Mrs. Bill Horto.n, Mr. cards have been sent each GA counse­ College. and Mrs. David Scott, and Charles lor. 'Wright, all of Ouachita University. Mr. and Mrs. Pannell have a daugh­ New Features for WMU Week ter, Martha, 12. ·Coordinators for this festival, which Mission action workshops, platform is expected to be the largest for the presentations for c·hairmen of standing year, will be Hoyt A. Mulkey, Max Alex­ .committees, and separate sessions for y~uth ander, and R. D. Roberts. · Serves Camden experienced and inexperienced associa­ Adjudication of choirs will begin at tional WMU presidents are among new Mark Coppinger, Ouachita University 9 and the irand concert will be at 2 agenda items for W'MU summer con­ student, has accepted the position as p.m. Visitors for this concert will be ferences, so wrote Miss Dorothy Weeks. summer youth worker of First Church, welcome.-Hoyt A. Mulkey, Secretary Camden. He is a member of First July 20-26 are the dates for WMU Church, Arkadelphia.

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WAGONER BROTHERS J. Laffoon R. Robh110n L. E. Cater Harri10n Monticello Hartman MANUFACTURING CO. EM 15·15828 'IIJM 7-8619 497-1971 Write or Call V. L. Redwine W. C. Kibbe E. S. Litt~ Alvin Ward Phone OR 5-2468 Jlt. Pine Bateevllle Pine Bluff Bentonville RO 7-372'3 RI 3-4282 CH 7·1298 CR 3-3312 BOONEVILLE, ARKANSAS . ,. Page Twelve Outstanding Baptist laymen over the State of Ar kansas pa,y tribute to the contribution which Southern Baptist College is making to Christian higher education and the cause of Christ.

Mr. Charles T. Bernard, Earle planter and mid- south business leader ••••• "Through the years I have had the opportunity of working very closely with the people of So.t thern Baptist College. I have observed the tremendous impact on the young people that are attending Southern Baptist College. • .I feel strongly that the youth are being properly trained and developed through the program of Southern Baptist College."

Mr. Sherman R. Fuller, Harrison retired national executive of Sears, Roebuck and Company ••••• 1 "I have concluded that an investment in Southern Baptist College is a good one. I am hopeful that the publicity that is now being given to Phase n of the Southern Baptist College Expansion and Endowment Campaign will cause many other Baptist laymen throughout the State to decide to make an investment in Christian education through Southern Baptist College."

Judge EdwardS. Maddox, Harrisburg Attorney, former Circuit Judge and leading rice planter. "!truly believe that Southern Baptist College seeks to educate the whole man by giving the student the proper perspective in life. The aim of Southern, as its motto suggests, is "The Campus of Christian Purpose" and the administration, trustees, and faculty, all demonstrate by precept and example that education is for growth, for Godliness , and for greater usefulness to mankind."

Mr. Billy Rogers. Earle Farm Broker and planter ••.• • "I think that money invested in Southern Baptist 'College at Walnut Ridge is channeled directly in­ to the mainstream of what the Saviour meant when He gave what we have come to call the Great Commission. Only in Eternity wUl lt finally be revealed how many people have come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ through the efforts of those who have taught, learned, and gone out from Southern Baptist College."

Mr. J . K. Southerland. Batesvtlle industrialist and banker. ''l think industry and the public at large owes a great debt of gratitude to this institution for the record and achievement that has been acquired. Southern Baptist College is a good investment of your money. • .I know of no place that your dollar wtll earn more."

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Bellft1q: lD tbe crowtq importance ol CUUtl.&ll. Educ&ttoa aDd dNlrlq to aut.t U.. loutbe~ ~ Collep of Waltlllt Rld.p. Artcanau, 1D. her ~loa aDd Etld.__. IAPTIIT ClUE C~ trHJroTed. by tbe ArbDau Bapt;t.l 8t11te Coavellttoa, I prcpoae to Jln al leut I liE , 11. 00 per month ror dlree y... re to tbte tuttbltton. T b. t • wt11 be o... r llllll abaft rzq DP E••• CIIPIIII . .. ~------• --J p1aa to ptq tllta-· pledp u tonow.: t ______wttb tbta card; L___J ....W,; , (___) qMfterJ.y; 'l___) eacb llx'"IDO!dba; L_j amwally. I wtll pa,y cl1r.ctly 10 tM Walnut Ridge, Arkansas . . . . • - C>oolt...,..._.L....J or tJuoua1a __ m,y clu&ro~ L....J ...... • .,• ...... MAY 4. 1967 PQ.Re Jhlrteen bers. But while this is being done, t'Here For further information and interpre­ Church members, but is another battle that must be waged tation contact your state Training Union out of touch simultaneously- the battle to lead new secretary: Ralph W. Davis, 306 Baptist members to grow and develop in their Building, Little Rock, Ark., 72201 This title may well describe many Christian experienCe and activity. church members. They are listed on the Enter arts festival membership roll of the church, but they How may the church appropriately Two Ouachita University faculty are "out of touch" with much that the address itself to these needs? By pro­ members and two students have entered church is seeking to accomplish in the viding a training program which in­ paintings in the l·Oth annual Arkansas world. cludes the orientation of new church State Festival of Arts in Little Rock, members. The orientation of new church Apr. 30-May 20. Out of touch? Why? For many rea­ members can be the begiinning of a sons. training program for the church that The students are Gloria Branscum of does not have a Training Union. For the Yampa, Colo., and Val Spencer of St. 1. Because, in some instances, they Louis, who entered acryllic paintings .have never been redeemed through a church with a Training Union, the ad­ dition of orientation .· for new members in the Religious Art and Arkansas Ar­ personal experience with and commit­ tists Exhibits. ment to Ghrist. constitutes a new division of training. Phares Ra1bon, chairman of Ouachita's 2. Because, in other instances, they The New Church .Member Orientation art department and Robert Stapp, as­ have never been led to feel a respon­ Manual by Waldrup (available from sistant professor, have also submitted sibility for the life and work of the Baptist Book Stores) contains a des­ entries. c·hurch. cription of this division of training and gives guidance to church leaders in in­ Together they entered the Arkansas 3. Because, in still other instances, augurating the program. Graded cur­ Artists Exhibit, the Religious Art Ex­ they have not become meaningfully in­ riculum materials, Junior through Adult, hibit, and both have one-man shows. volved in the appropriate church activ­ The Rabon show will be" at Strawn Fur­ . ities. (to be' ordered on regular church liter­ ature order form) are available for use niture in Little Rock, and the Stapp Almost e~ery church wages a con­ in providing counseling and instruction show will be at Arkansas Furniture stant battle to. r~ its inactive mem- for new church members. and Carpet also in Little Rock. .jJ .jJ I I OUl Ul Q) "d 0 ·r-i Q) ro ~ ro • +J 1-l s:: ·r-i 1-l "d 0 0.. s:: ool-ltJlS::oqorol-l Q) +J ro ro {JHQ Q) tJl ::>t :!: .jJ .jJ Feminine intuition ro ro ro m ::>t •• m by Harriet . Hall ·r-i 0 '"d ..t:: 1-l r-l Q) Q) p::; S::+J 0 S::+J:S: .. ro ·r-io ·r-i .jJ ::>t ::>t s:: 1-l ~ .. ro ro .. ro Q) :s: Q) Q) Ul Ul QJ ,.!>~! s:: s:: w 0 What do you read? Q) s:: ·r-i 0 r-l ::E • ::s Q)Q).jJ-iJOOUll-l If you have surrendered your life completely to our noisy world, then this :S:~Ul OU::So:!Ul column is not for you. You probably don't read, period. But if you find time ::s '"d ..t:: _!.O ro -iJQ)IJ'Q)OW ... Ul to read a little more than the headlines of a newspaper you may want to s:: 0.. ::s r-l Ul :::::: s:: s::: s:: reflect a moment on your reading diet. Q) ro o::t: ·r-i o o ro '"d u ro ..t:: Q) ·r-i ,.!>~! Perhaps you are the studiqus type and read widely. Maybe ypu are a "do-it­ ::s •4-ltJll-lO..S::I-l yourself-er" who is always reading about ways to do things. +J ro +J ·r-i ro ·r-i ::> o::t: (./) ·r-i (./) Q) ..t:: 1-l Or perhaps you enjoy escape reading- fiction in which you identify with a I :> ~ {/) .jJ .jJ Q) - .. IJ'I-l s:: ~ hero or heroine, enabling you to get away, temporarily, from your own problems: ..t:: ,.t:; ..-.. S::O'"dQ)ct! .jJ p,. 0 '"d ·r-i ·r-i s:: '"d ~ Maybe you like 'mystery, intrigue, or the "who-done-it?" types . ·r-i ro s:: +J s:: ::s ::s s:: S::lolQ)ct!ro::SO-iJO Again, maybe you like true stories, such as biography, and informative 0 -iJ o:l r-l ::S ·n 1-l (.1) C) articles about things and places, near and far. I could hope that you enjoy devotional reading. Surely any true Christian finds ·a need for this type of reading to deepen spiritual understanding. Most of us will agree that reading of a devotional nature can become a sort of "warming-up-exercise" for our personal prayer life. How helpful it is to . spend a while reading a good devotional article or book or spend a while with some verses of Scripture, pausing long enough to ask, "What does this say to me?" The best thing about devotional reading is that invariably it will call forth some good action from a responsive heart. You may feel moved to make a phone call to one who needs it, to write a letter, to apologize to someone, to visit a neighbor, or simply tell your family how much you love them. I once heard a journalism teacher at the University say to a class in creative writing, "Dont forget the personal touch. This is what people want in their reading." With that in mind, I'll add that many of you have been kind enough to write 'lately and I do appreciate the "personal touch" and the • interesting comments you make from time to time. Comments, suggestions or questions, may be addressed to Mrs . Andrew Hall, Mt. Sequoyah Drive, Fayetteville, Ark. 72701 '

Paaa S:eurt..,.n ARKANSAS BAPTIST FREE ''Qay of Praye(' MATERIALS

These materials will aid you in conducting a " Day of Prayer" emphasis in you r church lor the Radio and Tel.evision Commls· sion the th.rd Sunday .n May or at some more conven•ent l •me in your church year.

Please tend the following lor use In my church : D :c:~~~;e~~:i:;k c:~; ~~~~;e~::eo~~:e ;!~:~:~~:~~o~6md~ : Only 100 pr ints a'lailable . This film w1ll be reserved for the first 100 churches reque sting it.

A fifteen-minute tape of testimonies from three missionaries, 0 effecti'lely using radio and tele'liSIOn O..'lerseas with comments by the language Programm1nc Director. Recorded at 71j2 IPS.

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PROM.Ot·E OR PRAY? -- General brochure of Commission acU'Iilies Jesus' admonition •to "be ye there­ the ability to call down the blessing·;; - - Language programming brochure detailln'g our language Min ­ istry in the United States and o'lerseas fore wise as serpents and harmless as of the Father~and yet we do not. -- Sample copies of Beam International, the Commission's monthly doves" includes, in our day, studying magazine ol Christian radio and tele'llsion Madison Avenue methods, but learning This is not a plea for "an.other" day -- Supplementary Training Union materials successful secrets of promotion is not of prayer, but a genuine appeal for Southf!rn Baptists to become involved in -- Supplementary Sunday School lesson materials the key to the power of God. intercession for the ministry of their -- News-releases for church put:ilications .

Radio-Television Commission. Surely, we Offer ~~ ~od only to lon!l 01 tupply luu. ORDER TODAY! "I chose you, and appointed you, that believe in promotion. It is the life blood _ Posltlon ______you should go and bear. fruit, that what­ of the industry in which we work, .h1,1t Name,~~~-~-· soever ye shall ask of the Father in we must pour · foundations of prayer my name, He may give it you" John under the programming ' of the Com­ City'------,----- Stat1 ~---7"' P--- 15:1·6. miss.ion if we are to realize the bles­ Name of Church __~ ----- sings of. God on our efforts. The world is beg.i1111ing to burst with SOUTHERN BAPTISTS' RADIO AND TEl£VISION COMMISSION its billions of people-most of them in The Commission faces an unparalleled 6350 Wett Fr""'ay Fort Worth, Tens 76116 spiritual darkness. God in heaven has opportunity for world evangelism. God committed Himself to, m'eve at the re­ has been preparing this agency of content with promotion alone . . . we quest of His children. The church, with Southern Baptists for just such an hour. need your prayers. the potential power ' of this living God, Each week the twenty-two programs is often content to rely on professional produced by your Commission reach a May 21 has been desig-nated by the promotional efforts, alone, and we are potential audience of fifty million peo­ Calendar Committee of the Southem becoming spiritually impotent. ple. Each program-variety, music, Baptist Convention as "Radio-TV Sun­ ne-ws, preaching-contains portions of day." Churches across the Convention ;How much of our evangelistic and the Gospel message. Only a seed of will be settihg aside the day to inform mission effort is comparatively vain, be­ faith needs to be planted for the Holy themselves of the work of the Com­ cause we do not pray? There are ten Spirit to water it and cau~e spiritual mission and to pray for its ministries. million of us beadng the name South­ fruit to come forth. Materials have been p:t:epared which will ern Baptist ·Christians, yet only a frac­ involve every adult member of' the tion of us are willing to come to grips Look with us through eyes of faith church. wiuh the living God in genuine interces­ to realize that we preach potentially sion. Promote, yes-pray, no. to one-fourth of the population of the If you will ~lip the order blank above, United States each week through our and mail it to the Com:mission, we will Churches and missions are sacrificing radio and television programs. rush you the materials without cost. labor and money--often with little re­ sults-beoouse God has seen fit to tie This is a God-giyen opportunity for If Southern Baptists · will ,genuinely Himself inseparably to the requests of Southern Baptists to reacn the world take this ministry before the Father His children. Our unfaithfulness and for Christ in our lifetime. Will we be­ in intercessory prayer, multiplied mil­ unbelief result in the heavens becoming come genuinely burdened to pray for lions will ·be touched with the message ·as brass. By faith we are endowed V?ith this world-wide ministry? We are not with Ch~ist. ··

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ARKANSAS VALLEY Saline 1's.;l4 S wifton First 1&4.25 288.11 Ba1·ton 160.12 Southside 28.6'5 Pleasant Valley Hi·.OO Haw Creek.. 64.41 Brick• leY~ West Side 17.87 10.00 Pleasant Valley 15.00 Ron 9.27 Brinkley. Fil"t 371.55 36.50 Willoughboy FWB S wifton ~ 0 . 22 New Home 150.00 Chatfield Wilmar Tuckerma n Pleasant G1;0,ve No. 3 Cla1·endon, Fi I'St 71 25 51.50 Campbell Station Co1·int1l !1, ;1 3 t emple Elaine 5a5.4o . 5',00 First 11.00 86 .71 Tuckerman 93.50 11.00 ,.. ••••••••_t' Helena Walnut Ridge Unity First :l02·.86 125.00 $1,357.59 $206 .00 College City Winfield 28 :50 13.76 Northside 1s.oo' Fir::i t 113.75 ~ IG.OU Old Town BENTON COUNTY Old Walnut Ridge 16.05 $1,755.88 $532.4'0 Hug'hes Bentonville White Oak BUCKVILLE ., 1 Hughes 1,000.00 Centml Avenue 16.60 36.00 Williford, Finit Buckville, Mt. Tabor 18.00 Lambrook 44.37 First 187.40 311.5a Fil·:-;t 89,44 - Mountain Pine Lex a Mason Va ll ey 23.00 10.10 Oedar Glades 25.00 Jeff e l' ~xmvill e Park Street Chapel 13.74 $1,279.45 $'010.0!1 Rock Spring~ 70. 0.9 Lexa 116.42 Cave Springs, · L a k evier:'~ . BOONE-NEWTON 'Mountain Valley_ First ?~ Matianna ,) . . 8 .~ R.1 ~ Alpena 20.00 -· - • oo • • \ Fhst !61.00 Centerton. ;First 10.50 0 8age 35.00 Friendship 44.00 Decatur Batavia 1 50.70 39.40 ~115 . 59 $18.00 First Fl'iendship 2&.0Q Gadield 60 .00 Deer 26.00 24.00 CADDO RIVER Petty's Chap-el Sugat· Creek :l4.82 Everton 1!1.110 8. 00 Amity Marvell 200.00 Gentry Ha1·1·ison Big Fork Monroe 51.50 Gentry 2HH,72 14H 37 Bear Creek 46.87 Big Fork 50.2'5 Moro 200.00 Highfill o0.51 :.!.t.:~n 'lellefonte. Sulphur Sprinp ··· t-·· Poplar Grove. Rehobeth ~ravette 6G.70 5.00 Buding ton 36.66 Black Springs, First 25.00 ·--- ~ -- - ) 28.1 0 Lowell 87.50 Eagle H eights 128.00 Caddo Gap Snow Luke 10.00 Monte N e, Fit·to.•t 100.00 l .l 10 Elmwood Caddo Gap Tu1·ner 50.00 Pea Ridge :J 800 4 :~ :7!l Emmanuel Oak Grove 5.00 West Helena Twelve c 'orners 2000 First 169.75 ' Glenwood 84.04 21.00 First 86.47 75.00 Rog ers Gaither 11.00 Mou,nt Ida 96.00 Second 81.49 Firs t 88.06 32.0:l Crubb Spl'ings 24.0~ Norman Immanuel 233.46 38.38 Hopewell 28.00 Liberty $3,554.53 $293.00 Pl e a ~ .• :t n t Hill :l5.:l ~ No•·thvale 73.40 Mt. Gilead 33.40 ASHLEY COUNTY Sunny Side 44 .1 7 21.10 Oregon Flat 66.34 Nol'ma n 107.47 Crossett Tl'inity 1n. Rll 1I.:li Prairie View 66.34 Oden Calvary Siloam Springs South,tide 5.25 Little Hope 44.95 ...... i Oden First 363.55 8a.oo First 274 . ill 19 ~ .. 5() Union 32.21 50.00 ----.... 1 Jarvis Chapel Gum Springs 125.00 23.00 Woodland Height• P encil Bluff, First 12.46 Magnolia Harvard Avenue 120.05 Jasper, First 61.00 .29.71 Pine Ridge 41.00 King:; ton Meridian 44.00 Snlphnt· Springs :l :J .1l :~ .R fi Story. Refuge 38.35 Mt. Olive No. 33.50. 74 ,22 Boxley 25.00 North Crosett 42.50 $2 ,020.74 Kingston Mission $575.46 . $1i2.11 Second 36.25 Lead Hill CALVARY Temple 100.00. BIG CRIEEK First 25.00 Augusta Unity 55.00 Bake"sfield, Mo. Southside First 300.00 10.00 Fountain Hill 219.00 County Line .13.70 Omaha Grace 25.00, Hamburg Elizabeth 11.53 New Hope Bald Knob Beech Creek Independent Hardy Omaha Centi·al 22.50 First 30.00 · Parthenon1 40.40 Beebe Corinth 40.00 Spring River 52.21 Swain Cassville 40 .00 Antioch No! 100.00 Eden 1{),00 Mammoth Spring 41. 8!. Valley. Springs 10.00 Beebe 100.00 Union Valley 25.00 First 240.00 40.00 Salem 28.00 Western Grove, First Gardner Mission 66.00 Saddle Cotton Plant, First 100.00 Martinville Union $1,033.10 $111.11 El Paso Mt. Pleasant 44.43 Mt .. Zion BUCKNER El P aso 15.00 20 .00 Mt. Zion Viola Abbott. First 45.70 Royal Hill 20.00 Shiloh 100.00 Ente l'pl'ise 20.00 Barker Georgetown. Bethany 25-.00 Montrose Flora &.00 Calvary Gregory .5,00 . Clarks Chapel 66.65 Griffithville 114.00 Sardis 40.00 10.00 Gum Springs 7.10 Snyder, Fellowship Mt. Calm Pleasant Grove No. 2 Higginson 70.00 Viola -70.27 50 ,00 Howell, · Pleasant Grove Bates 68.2o 22.25 27.00 25.00 $1,434,23 $207.22 $260.95 $18.70 Blackfork · Hunter 52.00 BARTHOLOMEW Judsonia Shiloh 1 Hambu•:~r. Prairie Grove BLACK RIVER lone 17 .00 . 10.78 Judsonia 161.80 • 5.88 Alicia \. 74.50 Booneville Midway 20.17 Hermitage Amagon Long Ridge 2'0 .00 Rocky Point Antioch Black Rock 57.53 Union Hope 50.00 Kensett 13.66 , Hermitage 112.71 Cash, Pitts 8.56 Cauthron 27.04 Mount Vernon Smyrna ._ Marsden Diaz 110.00 Hackett McCrory Ingalls Grubbs New Providence 20.22 First 45 .00. Eagle Lake Crossroads Hardy 141i.23 33.o1 Hartford Morton 29.96 10.60 Banks First ·205.70 Raynor Grove 14.25 'Union Hill New Hope No. ao.oo West Hartford 105.-&1 McRae Monticello Hoxie Heavener, Okla. ·Pangburn 10 .00 ·--..... ) Com into 40.33 Clear Sprinp Cedar Creek 27.54 Patterson 50.00 Enon 41.86 Imboden 84.50 Huntington Rosebud · 48.93 First 538.90 83.00 Jackenport 20 .00 7.28 Fellowship 100.00 93.60 Searcy . Florence 40.00 Newport Huntington 70.10 23.71 Crosby 170.35 Lade lle First 19~·20 24330 Mansfield Fir•tt 535.49 98.00 Northside HorseShoe Dayton 62.10 Gum Springs Mission Old Union Immanuel· 85.00 James Fork 55.20 Second 72.00 15.00 Murphys Corner M'ansfield 12R·.71 58.24 Liberty 42.2·& Selma Cave City, Pleasant Ridge Pine Log Morrow 11.9 ~ Warren 3.00 Rock Creek 35.72 Mt. Hebron Ebenezer 57.17 Ravenden 29.37 10.00 M.id ·~and t51.55 Second 14.00 First 119 .'5-8 Sedg wick 25 .00 Parks 62.00 Trinity 5.00 Immanuel 89.25 55.41 Smithville Waldron -west Point 'J'5.00 Macedonia 150.00 New Hope No. 25 .00 Denton Sidon, Pleasant V~lley .. Pleasant Grove Smithville 69.04 Evening Shade 64.46 15,00 ARKANSAS BAPTIST Church Thankselvine Other Church Thankagivine Other Chu'tch Thankaeivine Other Church Thankogiving Other Offerlne Offering Offering Offering Offering Offering Offerin• Offerin• Benton Tupelo 25.00 Calvary 174.49 Kelley Heights 8.00 Calva>·y 75.00 1'5 3.53 Dallas Avenue Pleasant View 18.50 Faith 100.00 $2,297.68 $18l.! o7 East Side 11.00 Second 30.45 CAREY First 114.32 430.39 First 500.00 Bea1'den Gravel Hill 25.00 Grand Avenue 691.9& $1,199.43 $149.62 Bearden 39.99 60.81 Gum Springs Immanuel 137.50 DELTA Prosperity 25.00 Highland Heights 100.00 Kelley H eights A1 ·kansas City 2~1.00 10.00 Camden, Calvary 50.00 Immanuel 600.00 Memorial 31.74 Boy dell 15.00 Eagle Mills Mt. Vernon No1·th Side 29 .94 Collins 50.26 Fordyce Old Union 33.71 Oak Cliff Dermott First 300.00 226.00 Ridge Crest Rye Hill 5.48 11.68 Belaire 101.00 Southside 50.00 Tl'inity 30.03 10 .00 Southside 45.5'0 First 164.50 27.00 Hampton 21.00 Bryant, Second 24.58 Spradling 45.89 Gt·ace Holly Springs Donaldson Temple 57.48 37.12 Temple 48.69 Manning Riverside 77.00 Towson Avenue 51.64 Eudora Hot Springs Manni ng G2.97 Tl'inity 232.18 F irst 151.38 100.00 Shady Grove 33.52 Centra l ~!;0.00 25 1, 00 Windsor Park 50.00 New Hope :l3.14 Sparkman Emmanuel 22.06 G1·eenwood Omega 34.85 First Fairdale 14.00 Burnvil1e 25.00 Ha lley New Hope First 232.14 38.28 Exceh;ior 50.00 63.95 Jerome 50.00 Ouachita 25.00 Grand Avenue 150.00 First 247.00 Lake Village Thornton Hn.rmony 11.50 Jenny Lind 42.06 46.',)7 llayou Ma~on 2:i .OO Bet>he :; cla :lR.OO Harvey's Chapel 27.37 Mt. ,Harmony 21;.00 Crooked Bayou First Leonard Street 50.00 6.00 Palestine (HJ.2~ (iH.2X First 182.35 Harmony 20.00 Memorial ~2.00 23.82 Hackett Rossmere 15,.08 Tins man Mill c 'reek 10.00 35.00 Fii'St I !1 . 7H 4 !) I McGehee Willow 27.50 Park Place 21.50 Memm·!ill Chickasaw 32.00 6.28 Piney 140.50 Mt. Zion 10.00 First 1;25.70 65.50 $815.27 $292.81 Rector Heights 8.88 Lavaca McArthut· 165.00 ' 9.!l0 CAROLINE Second 418.46 30.00 South McGehee Ba pt. Chapel Austin Highway !J6 83 ;8G Walnut Valley 95.26 Lavaca :1 4.Hl I o.i2 30.25 Austin Station · 75 .00 J essieville '5.47 :30.!):{ M'agazine Shiloh 60.00 Baugh Chapel 8.26 Jones Mill, Sharewood Hill Ozark, Roseville 25.00 Mon trcise Fi I's t 93.00 Oa.k Grove 25.00 37.84 Paris, Fin;;t 88,!;0 Parkdale 88.02 10.00 Old Austin 50.00 Lake Hamilton 43 ·attsville Pleasant Grove 10.00 England Buie 15·.00 Thornburg 50.00 $3,291.73 $379.70 Caney Creek 86.50 Royal, Antroch 47.00 Union Valley 30.1fi 39.04 FAULKNER COUNTY Coy 251.65 Sheridan First Southern Plumerville 332.22 Bee Branch England, First 500.00 35.00 49.02 Solgohachie 15.47 Bee Branch Tucker Chapel 2ii .O O Union Hill 25,00 ,J.5.00 Hazen 59.32 $2,814.30 $1, 701.88 $1.035.52 $49.04 Conway Humnoke CLEAR CREEK CURRENT RIVER B•·umley's Chapel Keo 73.00 Alma B igge1·.-; 7R.n8 20.fiO Cadron Ridge 83.61; J:.onoke First 159.20 102.00 Cot·ning Cold Spl'ings BrownsVille 26.25 Kibler 143.54 First Emmanuel 20.00 Chambers 23.22 Trinity 26.78 Hopewell 98.18 16.21 First 131.87 FirE.tt ~19 . 45 30.73 Altus, Central Calvary 48.75 Friend!ihip 25,00 Pleasant Hill 5.00 Cass 5.00 Shiloh 21J.OO Harlan Puk 25.00 Steel Bridge 39.30 41.51 Cedarville 58. 12 Maynard New Bethel' 25.00 Wattensaw 99.45 32.63 Clarksville Columbia Jarrett Oak Bowery 20.00 45,99 19.9R Scott East Mt. Zion 50 .00 ·r ···· Mt. Pleasant 4·6.25 14.06 Pickles Gap All Souls First . 153.20 New Home 20.00 Pleasant Grove 16.00 Toltec Second 75.96 Reece Ridge · Second 92.00 255.15 Ward S~adra Witts Chapel '04 .80 17.79 Damascu3, South:·dcle 20.43 Cocklebu1· 10.00 Uni\1n Grove 49 .30 29.86 Naylor, Mo., Cypress Grove Enola Firs~ 49.12 Woodland 25.00 Fo1·mosa 82.73 Coal Hill 67.97 Neelyville,. Mo., Monark Mayflowe>· 40.00 19.22 $2,174.81 $296.93 Dyer 25.00 40.15 Mount Vernon 23,00 CARROLL COUNTY Hartman 50.00 Pocahontas Vilonia Benyville Hagarville 15·. 00 First 157.35 Beryl !.1.00 17.20 Cabana! L a mar 35.76 Oak Grove Happy .ljollow 15. 00 First 10.00 Mountainburg 37.45 Pettit 20.00 Holland 14 ,50 Rudd Mission 12.50 Mulberry 84.08 Shannon Naylor Freeman Heights 51.50 Ozark Ravenden Spr.ings 43.07 Wooster 25.00 Blue Eye, Mo. 72.21 First 60.55 Rayno · 48.75 17.87 Eureka Springs Webb City 75.00 Success 111.10 $686.52 $410.2 1 ,First 198. 14 0JOGne 11.12 GAINESVILLE Rock Springs ~.00 Rudy, First 24.00 $787.08 $86.43 Corning, Ring Grandview 63.51 Uniontown 20.50 DARDAN•ELLE-RUSSELLVILLE Greenway 167,16 Green Forest 127.78 70 .15 Van Buren Atkins ;Knobel Oma'ha 56.00 Concord 46.55 Atkins 36.16 95.12 First Oakgrove First 151.28 35.00 Hopewell 70.00 25.00 Tipperary 11.05 Oak Grove 118.94 Belleville · Grace Memo-rial Nimmons 48.00 $616.64 $70.15 Second 14.20 . 50.00 Peach Orcha>·d CENTENNIAL Shady Grove 15·.63 . 8.84 Bluffton 63.38 Browns Chapel 5.00 Almyra 125.00 S'hibley 7.91 32.88 Centerville. 3;00 Peach Orchard 25.00 DeWitt -Danville 72.64 6.18 Piggott East · Side 62.50 $1.530.08 $284.54 Dardanelle Austin 20.50 First 668.44 100.00 CONCORD Garden-BOttom Emmanuel 18.7·5 8.70 Gillett 13.98 15.24 Barber, Pine Log First 100.00 Harmony 40.00 Reydell 133.00 Barling 43.60 2.91 N ew Hope ~1.54 P iggott 111.64 Roe, Aberdeen Mission Booneville Dover 94.61 Pollard, New Hope 47.00 Calvary 44.41 Gravelly, Calvary Rector St. Charles 50.00 28.30 First 246.59 48.66 Hava-na 39:86 Holly l<•land 17.50 Stuttgart Glendale 14.50 Knoxville 21'&.31 LeOnara First 697.86 7&.00 Nixon 611.00 Lamar, Pittsburg 34.90 Rector 230.07 17.80 Hagler 22.00 Southside 87.64 London 20.00 St Franci• 67.73 36.00 North Maple 21.09 Union Hall 50.00 Moreland 10.00 Southside 5o-:iio' 40.00 Branch 35.00 56.25 Ola 50,,00 ' $76VIl $62.50 Tinchno>' First 60.00 Charleston Plainview ·. ~c..) ·t. CREENE COUNTY Bloomer Pottsville )!7.46 ' Beech -Grove 20.00 $1,929.78 $279.63 First Rover >I)I),OO Stanfi)\•d . 4{78 CENTRAL Northside 46. 30 33.41 Russellville Vines Chapel 11.72 Bauxite Vesta 5.00 Baker.t• Creek 39,30 Bono Bauxite 28.00 Fort Smith East Point 42.91 18.32 Fountaine 10.00 Pleasant Hill 30.00 Bluff Avenue 20.00 'First r1j)1.47 5 .00 Pleasant Valley 25.00 U4V A IOL"7 Paae Seventeen Church Thanks&"lvln&' Other Church Thanks&"lvln&' Other Church Thanks&"lvin&' Other Church Thankocivinc Other Offerin&' Offering Offerin&' Offerin&' Offerin&' Offering Offerin&' Offerln~r , Delaplaine 66.08 15.05 Calvary 73.00 26.25 Salem 50.00 New Bethel 19.50, Lafe 53.00 8.85 First 605.00 509.32 Strong Tomato .Light 34.60 Guer11sey 17.55 Knowles 25.0.0 Tyronza. Whitton 163.00 5.67 Marmaduke Immanuel La pile 90.00 Wilson J!\irst - 55.00 34.63 Lewisville New London 36.00 Nodena New Liberty First 135.00 Strong 20 .00 220.00 Wilson 189.75 26.56 Nutts Chapel 100.00 25.00 Piney Grove 48.79. Urbana 33.15 10.00 Paragould Magnolia Village 150.00 $2.431.22 $362.82 Alexander 45.00 Central 338.12 Wesson 34.00 MT. ZION Bethel St!!-tion 25.00 Immanuel 56.00 Bay Big Greek 27.70 Trinity $10,632.25 $839.58 Alsup 10.28 Brighton 5.00 Westtsid-e LIT'l'LE RED RIVER . Bay 36.33 18.84 Browns Chaper 100.17 Mandeville, Fit·srt Almond, Hope Bl·ack Oak Calvary 24o.52 Stamps, First 110.00 20 .73 Banner, Mt. Zion 25.00 Black Oak 136.76 Center Hill 29.50 96.66 Texarkana Concord, First 11.00 New Hope '5.00 Clark& Chapel 50.68 Arbella Heights 65.55 Floral, N~ Bethel 13.25 Bono First . 10.00 20.65 East Side 66)39 Beech Street '165.00 50.00 Heber Springs Brookland 50.00 Eight Mile 10.00 Bro nway Heights 10.00 Brown.stvi,Jle Caraway Fairview 10.00 Calvary 12.19 130.00 Center Ridge 37.25 Buffalo Finch 66 .00 East View First 65 .00 95.00 Caraway 3.31 5.00 First 166.64 333.28 Harmony Grove 10.00 35.00 Lone Star Cash Immanuel 67.50 Hickory Street Pleasant Ridge 11.j)2 Cash !H.60, Lake Street 10.00 18.00 Immanuel Pleasant Valley Red New Friendship 26.37 16.50 .Sanderson Lane Southside 14.85 Egypt 4913 12.0.0 New Hope 30.00 Shil'oh Memorial Higden Jonesboro Oak GroV'e 44.75 South Texarkana First West Side 41.00 Central 78.00 Robb's Chapel 50.00 Tennest.a ee 40 .03 16.78 Pearson, Palestine 86.02 First 305.55 216.00 Rock Hill Trinity 43.12 Quitman 75.00 Fisher Street 35.00 Spring Grove Troy Bethel Friendly Hope 35.50 Third Avenue 10.00 Waldo, Memorial 47 .00 $379.39 $9'5 :00 Mt. Pisgah 40.25 Unity 66.87 LITTLE RIVER Needham ViJ.lage 2,439.30 1,145.34 Ashdown Nettleton 100,80 104.63 warcott 83.02 INDEPENDENCE Ashdown 103.08 32 .06 New Antioch 17.00 Walls Chapel 19.94 BatesvHle Hicks 25.00 North Main 60.00 West View 25.001 Calvary 228.00 18.80 Oak Grove 20.64 Philadelphia 1,26.50 40.00 Rector First 666.25 102.25 Ben Lomond 14.00 Providence 2.00 Mounds 39.13 Pfeiffer Bingen 58.00 Straw Floor 33.22 Mt. Hebron 9.15 Pilgrim Rest 25.00 Columbus 34.89 University 31.23 6.87 Stonewall Rehobeth 25.00 15.65 De Queen Walnut Street Ruddell Hill 36.50 18.47 Chapel Hill Wood Springs 29.2'6 Total 1,386 ~ 99 691.49 West Batesville 39.65 First 446.50 86.85 West Vale 34.65 HARMONY Cave City, East Side 26.50 15.04 Kern Heights Lake City Altheimer 15.00 165.00 Cord 30.00 Lone Oak Bet'habara 87.53 Arsenal, Plainview 20.00 Cushman · Dierks• 31.00 Bowman Dumas Desoha 18.37 17.20 Foreman 48.56 Dixie 20. . 83 Anderson Chapel 37.65 Floral 90.70 Horatio 22.4.0 75.00 Lake City First 558.40 Huff, Mt. Zion 20.00 Lockesburg Lunsford 44.45 New Bethel Marcella 4o9.40 BrownstoWn 15.00 Monette Rankin Chapel 42.00 Oil Tro~gh ; White Ri;~.~O Lockesburg 142.54 Childress 82.79 Gould Rock Hill 25,00 Monette Douglas 13.21 Pleasant Plains 20.77 Mineral Springs Rowes Chapel 40.00 Gould 400.27 Rosie 162.83 Central 265.55 Paragould, Mt. Zion 229.00 Mane's Chapel 35.55 Salado 25.00 Liberty 2·5.00 Grady 14..50 Southside, Emmanuel Mis81ion Murfreesboro $1,727.941 $521.96 Humphrey 86.00 17.81 25.00 40.00 Mt. Moriah Kings~land 39.40 Sulphur Rock 65.43 Murfreesboro 74,00 NORTH PULASKI Moscow, Linwood 97.41 31,47 NaE•hville Cabot Pine Bluff 1,584.76 227.~1 First 79.19 62.50 Hill Top 30.00 Centennial 52.18 LIBERTY New Home ~0 . 00 Zion Hill 100.00 Central 138.45 20.00 Calion 64 .52 Ogden 125.00 Jacksonville -Dollarway 4.00 Camden Ozan 10.00 Bayou Meta 101.29 FJ.rst 698.32 403.50 Beuna Vista 10.00 Washington 100.00 Chapel Hill 16.99 Forest Par·k Elliott 48.11 Wilton, First First 110.66 10.. 17 Greenlee Memorial 65.40 First 511 .90 102.50 Winthrop Runyan Chapel Hardin 30.00 30.00 Grace 71.79 State Line 20 .00 Second 20.00 147.68 Immanuel 12'1.31 Hillside 49.25 11.50 Winthrop 27.70 North !Little Rock Lee Memorial 9~.55 Second 46.15 1,723.01\ 206.41 Amboy 119.6·& Matthews Memorial Temple 4o9 ,25 $1,723.05 $206.41 · Baring Cross 350.09 16.50 100.70 8.00 White City MISSISS1PPI Berea Chapel 9.00 Oak Grove 31.83 Chidester 63.00 Armorel 33.04 Bethany 49.00 28.15 Oakland Cullendale 520.00 Blytheville Calvary 106.18 64.00 Second 479.74o El Dorado Calvary 26.66 Cedar Heights Southside 100.00 125.00 Calvary 15.00 Clear' Creek 100.00 Central 210. •00 75.00 .Su'lphur Springs Easot Main 90.50 Cole Ridge Crystal Valley 58.13 Watron Chapel 27.10 5.00 Ebenezer 122.00 Cross Roads 21.81 First 208.88 Rison 200.00 First 5,811.26 25.00 Emmanuel 10.86 Forty-Seventh Street Star City Galilee 30.00 10.98 First 572.41 12.61 First 100.00 Harmony 60.00 Gosnell 15.93 Grace 29.&7 Hickory 82.75 Immanuel 528.22 Mary's Chapel 3.78 14.'56 Gravel Ridge '51.86 Shady Grove Liberty 45.00 New Liberty Graves Memorial 137.28 Wabbaseka 40.00 Marrable Hill' 73.40 Number Nine 17.81 15.84 iHartr)ony 50.00 Wright, 'Plum Bayou 64.00 Midway 100.00 Ridgecrest 50.00 Highway 335.25 Yorktown 237.23 North Side Mission ______· Trinity 92.28 "Levy 318.60 Park View WoodJ.and Corners 62 .42 34.09 Morrison Chapel 6.99 4,020.95 805.78 Philadelphia 40.00 Yarbo 100.24 Oakwood 26.79 Pleasant Grove Dell Park H!ll 87.71 244.85 HOPE Second 154.60 Dyess, Central 50.(1(} Pike Avenue 98.'65 12:1.85 Atlanta, Texas, Haley Lake Southside 78.56 · Ethowah Remount 67.80 23.75 Temple 64.62 Ethowa'h 50.00 17.66 Sherwood 86.96 .68 Bloomburg, Texas, Macedonia No. 2 Trinity 117.00 20.00 Wells Chapel 14.84 Sixteenth Street 103.17 Union 260.00 15.00 Joiner Stanfill 20.00 Bradley Victory 18.65 Wardell 20.00 19.00 Sylvan Hills lU.!lO Bradley 75.75 50,00 ·West Side 150.00 Keiser Scot~ Red River 48.50 .1,2.60 'F'eloonthal .60.3.4 Leachville Estes Chapel Canfield· 59,87 Huttig 113.00 20.00 Fairview Kerr Baptist Mission Doddridge Jupction City • First 1 128.00 Doddridge 5.00 Caledonia 67.00 New Providence 160'.00 Mt. Zion 100.00 Junction City 136.25 Second 61.90, ~.498.06 $1,143.58 Fouke Th·ree Creeks 11-.50 Luxora .Antioch ·Lawson 7.00 17.35 Rosa 8.19 , OUACB!ITA Fouke 60;00 Uuann Manila Board Camp 516.88' Macedonia No. 10.00 ·Cross Roa_ds .·57.60 · Blackwater 11.10 Cherry Hi!). 76.00 Pisgah I;.ouann 19.59 •Browns Ohapel 200.00 Cove Rocky Mound 25.00 Snow Hill First 177.00 Cove 10,7.641 Spl'ing Hill 30.00 Norphlet 119.28 New HarmoJW 6.00 TWo Mile 10.0.0 Sylverino 57.T5 Smackover West Side Gillham Fulton !!2.00 30.42 First 21 oo 2~7.25 Osceola Glll'ham 97.50 Garland JloVCfl ' City 26.2R Brinkley'q Ohapel Midway Mission Genoa 6.82 Mli'p]e Avenue 188.00 · Calvary 25,•59 10.76. Grannis 48.75 26.20 Hope SteJ>him" - Carson La-ke · Hatfield 817;88 16.97 Andel'SIOn 35 ~ 34 Firat 264.50 First 198.88 50.00 Hatton 66.35 - .. ...,.,. ll:. lnht""""" ---·--~------~.:t.....______;_ ___~-·------ARKANSAS BAPTIST Thanko~rlvln~r Other Church Church Thanko~rivln~r Other .Church Thankswivinl( Other Church Thanka~rivinw Other Offerln11 Offerinll Offerin11 Offerlnll _ Offerin11 Offering Offerinc Offerin11 Ink Lake View TRI-COUNTY Providence 25,54 Concord 62.10 Mt. Bethel 31>.45 Cherry Valley Tulot, Faith 65.00 Yocana 58.26 Mt. Olive Cherry Valley 55.00 Tyronza Mena Mt. Zion Hydrick Black Oak 22.24 Acorn 7·61.00 Park Hill 6103 Colt Firm 200.00 Calvary 49.61) Richwoods 15().00 Antioch 8,00 Waldenburg 43,45 Dallas Avenue - 1)8.70 Second 163.43 First 95.38 Weiner 25.00 9.44 First 383.fi0 11274 Shiloh 169.00 Pine Tree West Ridge Salem 13.00 Third 52.50 15.00 Crawfordsville Whitehall, Leba non 291.00 15,00 Westmoreland Heights Unity 75,00 Crawfordsville 38.75 1fi.OO, Beirne 85.00 Jericho $1,725.94 $90.77 Opal. Lower Big Fork .Blev.inSt, Mal'ibrook Ear-le 361.85 Curtis 82.28 Fair Oaks 196.70 WASHINGTON-MADISON Vandervoort 21.22 21>.42 Delight, Fairview 6.00 F orrest Ci.ty Dutch Mills, Liberty 49.82 12.00 New Hope Donaldson Beck Spur 32.61 Elkins 10.00 10.00 Wickes 31).00 48.73 Anchor 20.34 Emmanuel Farmington 116,11 Emmett 36 .75 First 201,00 202.50 Fayetteville $1.2'1>8.28 $230.06 Gurdon Second· Bet.ltel Heights 3·8.84 2!2 .89 PULASKI • Beech Street 92.00 60.00 Goodwin Black Oak 106.00 Alexander 74.2o 32.32 Bethlehem 20.0() Heth, Shell Lake 15.72 First 263.50 Hensley Center Point 50.00 Hulbert 27.93 Immanuel 330.22 East End 1)3.48 35,02 East Whelen 17.49 Madioon 22.39 Providence 221.13 Forest Tower 11.00 Shady Grove 13.46 Marion Ridgeview Little Rock South Fork Marion 201,80 5.00 Second 50,00 31.08 Archview Southside Midway BaptiStt Mission S<>utlwide 32.60 Barnett Memoria!l 81.60 SyClllmore ·Grove 10.00 13.65 6.50 Sulphur City 2•5.4'0 14.39 Bapti!lt Tabernacle 256,51 Okalona 42,00 Palestine 34.18 University 124.75 7.50 Bethel 417.66 Prescott Parkin Hindsville Calvary 22-2.37 Bethel 40,00 Fortune 7.00 Hindsville 10.00 Capitol Hill 36.-5•1 ·Boughton 53.54 Gladden New Hipe, Crysta.l Hill 100,00 PrestCott 53.00 73.50 May's Chapel Calvary 11.21 4,62 Dennison ,Street ·25.1)0 Reader 123.00 Parkin 126.06 Hun.tsville Douglasville Whelen Springs 10.00 6,00 Togo 80.4o3 Huntsville 4·6.49 14.80 Faitft Tilton 25.00 Kingston Mission First 89.39 $2,069.32 $254.96 Turrell 43.25 phnson 76,20 Forest Highlands ROCKY BAYOU Tyronza Lincoln 84.31 Gaine9 Street 188.80 Boswell 10.00 Barton Chapel Prairie Grove 12.00 30.00 Garden Homes 14,0() 16.35 Calico Rock Vannd.. Je 86,9·8 Springdale Geyer Springs 73.52 88.34 · ·Calico Rock West Memphis _ Berry Street 33.35 Green Memorial 31).50 Table Rock Mission 12.00 10.00 Calvary 9·6.00 Brush Creek 44.34 Hebron 99.67 27.50 Evening Shade FirStt 143.35 6.00 , Caudle Avenue 59.00 ~1.10 Highlimd H eights 30.5() Fr-anklin 10.00 Ingram Boulevard 26,00 Elmdale Holly Springs 21.00 Guion 32.00 Second 15.00 1• . 06 Faith Chapel Immanuel 481.0.0 815.00 Melbourne Wheatley 101.08 First 663.74 186.48 Ironton 75,00 51.15 Belview 20.00 Widener Friendship 10.00 9.87 Life Line 65.00 MeJ·bourne 75.00 Burnt Cane Sonora Long View Mount P•leasanf 18.50 Riverside Spring Valley .100.00 Markham Street 149.34 68.12 Myron Widener 12.00 W est Fork 25.00 Martindale 58.94 2,71 Newburg Wynne Winslow . oM. 72 110.00 McKay 17.09 Oxford 11,61 Elli~ Chapel 50.00 Whitter, Odgen Nalls Memorial 43.87 Pineville, Dolph Fitzgerald Crossing P lainview Sag 21.4.0 •1()5.90 $2,258.51 $804.95 Pleasant Grove 30.12 Sidney H:arris Ohla.Pel 1!•1>.55 Pulaski Height.. 346,00 480.93 Finley Creek 14.87 Mt. Pisgah WHITE RI'YER Reynolds1 Memoria•! 135.00 Sidney '5,75 7.52 Plea..'1D.nt HHI 31.81 Bruno 36.00 Riverside 1>7.17 Wiseman 25.00 Union Avenue 25.29 Bull Shoals Rosedale 14o6. 17 3iji~ Zion, Zion Hill Wynne 328.38 Eros Mission Secpnd 369.87 982.00 First Church Mission Shady Grove 91.2'5 $256.13 $17.52 $2,579.04 $237.06 10.00 South Highland 656.11 45.00 STONE-VAN BUREN..SEARCY TRINITY Cotter Sunset •Lane 44.52 Alco Fisher 27.05 Cotter 77.81 5·5.00 Trinity Bigflat Mission 5.25 Harrisburg Promise Land Mission Tyler Street Botkinburg Bethel 40.00 University Half Moon ...... Calvary 50.00 Flippin Welch .Street 53.17 Plant 15.00 First 177.98 12.00 Antioch Wesot Side 9.50 27,46 Clinton ~8. 78 Greenfield 88.00 Flippin White Rock Chapel Friendship 3. 75 Pleasant Grove 77.00 Rea Valley 2.20 Woodlawn 30.92 Pee Dee P leasant HiH 50.00 Gassville Roland Rupert Shiloh · Gassville 17.00 Natural Steps 66.00 Leslie 82:53 29 .85 Valley View 25.00 Pilgrims Rest 22.00 North Point New Hopewell 18.00 Lepanto Whiteville 27.25 39.40 Roland 16.50 Marshall 2•1.97 18.5fi Lepanto 54.11 44.33 Mountain Home Sheridan, First 130.01 Red Hill Neala Chapel East Oakland 26.00 Sweet Home, Pine Grove Mountain View New Hope 25.00 East Side i60.13 . 213.80 Arbanna 22 .00 Spear Lake 10.00 Hill Top Mission 8.00 9.00 Vimy Ridge, Immanuel First 138 83 Marked Tree Hopewell 30.81 Hope _. Marked Tre 200.86 Midw-ay Chapel 20.00 Woodson Zion 14.79 NeiEJWander 4.0.81 Mounta in Home, First Oxley, Evening Shade ...... Red Oak 26.00 94.52 45,70 $4,326 91 $3.154.66 Scotland 17.00 Rivervale 20.60 Norfork RED RIVER Sh!rlev Trumann Lone Rock 21.68 Antoine 26.00 Lexington Andersqn-Tully Norfork 10.00 Arkadelphia Pleasant Valley Corners Chapel 55.30 Peel 21.18 Caddo Valley 25.00 2.50 Shady Grove 25.00 5 00 First Pyatt 25 .00 Cedar Grove 19.60 Shirlev 55.16 19 . ~fi East Side Yellville Delark 35.00 Snowball ~reer New Hope 24.01 De Gray 33 .50 St Joe 19 20 1~.~?. Hurds Chapel Summitt Mission 2.00 First 44~,83 97 .96 Tomahawk 12.30 3.73 'Maple Grove · 11.00 Yellville 50.64 Harmony Hill ~2.12 McCormick 10.()0 - H· o-llyw_ o.od____ 12• . 01'0·------·-52_5_.8_1 - $9_4_.1·-" --P-Ie-as-an_t_v_. _.11e_y__ 75• . 0.0-...;.--The b0 o $ksilelil80

The Broadm.an Rleaders Plan bookB heard and read about what is wrong mareh onward and upward toward a bet­ for this' quarter are What's Right With with the church. He writes in the pref­ ter day. The Church? by G. Avery Lee; Our God ace: "There are weaknesses in thP. is Able, by William Walter Warmath; church, to be sure, but there is also Dr. 1Hudson opens his book with an and Home is the Place, by R. Lofton ~nuch strength." Hi_s book is the ans­ intere~ting chapter· on "The Split-level Hudson. Each of these sells for $1.50 . wer to the need that he felt t o say Famil:y in the Space Age." Other inter­ in hardback. something good for the church. esting! chapters include "F\lel for Fam­ · Author W armath, a :£ormer pastor of ily Fr,sses"; "Sex, Sin, and Common Mr. Lee, pastor of .St. Charles Avenue First Ba·ptist Church, ·El Dorado, Ark., S~n.se ( ; "Christian D~ctrine an~ ~amily Bapttst Churc-h, New Orleans, was has written his book in an effort to pro­ Lwm~r"; and "On Bemg a Chr1stlan at prompted tQ write his book by what he vide f·or the reader extra strength in the Homt" MAY 4, 19~6~7------~~----~------~--~--C----~~-- ' ------Page Nin teen Children's ·nook------

As soon as Rosa Bonheur's chubby fingers could hold a crayon, she began drawing the likenesses of any animal she saw. By the year 1'826, when she s~ was four years old, she had covered the lower parts of ·the walls of her home with sketches of' dogs, c•ats, and cows. When she was old enough to go to school, she showed little interest in anything except animals and her drawing materiais. lf sh,e were late in coming home, her family had ·only to searcn the pastures. There s•he would always be faund among sheep, horses, cows, geese·, or goats. Rosa wanted more than any. thing to own a farm where she could. keep any animal she wished. . Rosa's father ran a select ladies' drawing school in Paris. But when Rosa · - was 18, her father put her into a dressmaking establishment. He . wanted Rosa to become interested in things in which other young ladies were interested. But Rosa cared nothing for clothes. She was so miserable trying to make them that her father relented. He let her stay at home, study art, and collect animals. Then Rosa's real life began. She was on the steps of the Louvre early every morning-. As soon as ·the doors were opened, s·he rushed in. She sat all day painting copies of the masters. At night she painted and cared for her animals. These animals, her original models, nearly drove her family crazy. The people in the block of flats where she lived protested at the · noise and smell. And well they. might. Rosa housed hens, · ducks, pigeons, rabbits, caged birds sheep, and a g·oat. Her animals were a nuisance to other people. And he1· driving desire to paint anima·l!l was as great a torment to her. By the time she was nineteen, Rosa had two pictures hung in the Paris Salon. When she was 23 years old, 14 of her pictures had been accepted. At 25 she was awarded the salon's first-class gold medal. About this time she began to frequent the horse fairs. She started to work on her greatest picture, Thei.. Horse Fair. She was 31 years old when she finished it. · This picture created a sensation without p1·ecedent in the art world. The painting showed horses two-thirds their actual size. rhey ·were the . largest animals .ever painted. They were so lifelike-even to the sheen· on their coats -that they look as if they mig·ht gallop rig·ht off the canvas. This picture sold immediately fot· $55,000. W.ith this money Rosa could realize her life's ambition. She . set out to make her dream come true. She bought a country es•tate and stocked it with animals from everywhere. She had doves and deer, a marmoset, and a gazelle. She had beautiful Ara·bian and wild North American horses. She had tiny Shetland ponies and anything different she could find. At one time she had 1 a lion, but it became vicious and she gave it to a zoo. Having the animals did not keep Rosa from painting them. Her work went on and her pictures sold. Several are in American art collections. When Rosa was · 43 years old, Empress Eugenia of France calted to present .her with the Grand Cross of the Le-gion of Honour. Rosa was at work, so the empress pinned the cherished medal on her paint-smeared blouse: This, to the woman who lived to paint, was an appropri·ate place for such a symbol of her greatness. BY ENOLA CHAMBERLIN (Sunday School SyndicateJ~tll rights reserved)

Pagtt Twent.y ARKANSAS BAPTIST ------Sunday Scho,ol le·sson·s

Life and Work -One body in Christ May 7 Romans 12 BY L. H. COLEMAN, PASTOR tion among the household of faith. If Christians have grea t difficulty loving IMMANU]}L CHURCH, PINE BLUFF fellow Christia ns (what about business meetings and . denominational meet­ Paul's greatest writing is the letter to This lesson . t reatment is based on the Life and ings ? ) how will the love principle ever the Romans. Although· this .book basical­ Work Curnculum f or Southern Ba ptist Church­ es, copyright b.Y T he Sunday Schoo l Board of the r each to those outside the Christian ly is doctrinal in nature, the last section Southern Baptist Convent ion. All righ ts rese1 ·ved group, even enemies? ?f the book, b~ginnin~ with Chapter 12, Used by permission. . · · 1s very practical. : ideas of one's importance. Self must be - Christian love is the only way to placed in proper perspective. True con- resolve friction and restore fellowship. Theology produces' ethics. True New secration certainly will 'result in true Paul declares the "love never fails" Testament theology will inevitably pro­ humility. (I Corin. 13). duce true Christian ethics. What one ' , , beJ.ieves i~ the basis . Qf what one does. II. The Chris tian's duties to tl}e church Note a few .thoughts in these ver ses : Right conduct is the. V(jl ry proof of faith. vs. 4-8 1. A forgiving spirit should be ex­ Doctrine. is the foun.dation; conduct is. 1. ·One body in Chris t vs. 4-5 tended to those who hate (persecute) us. the superstructure. Remember Christ's first statement from Romans 12 is t)le closest Paul came to The church can be likened to the hu­ the cross. v. 14 • the sublime teaching of the . Sermon on man body. Each part of the body affects and benefits the entire body. Each part 2. Sharing happiness and sorrow the Mount. Paul is at his. best here. with our fellowman demonstrates love I. Call to consecration vs . . 1-3 is tremendously vital and important. I • . . The church illustrates the effect of all action. v. 15 Paul made a plea for full to· sur~render upon each and each upon all. · 3. Guarding against co11ceit the lov­ Jesus Christ. Paul urges, pleads or be­ ing Christian will look for good in others seec;hes his listeners to lay their all on - ­ 2. · Gifts within the church vs. 6-8 and keep on guard againS't snobbis•hness. the 'altar. (The word' "therefore" refers · Each person should make a distinct v. Hi back to the previou ~ eleven chapters.) contribution to the good of the church. 4. When a person returns evil for 1. Proper motivation v. Ia The gifts (talents ) come from God. The reason a per'son receives a gift from God evil he stoops to a low level. Be big Motivation always is signlficant. Paul is to glorify God through the gift. Do e.nough to return good for evil. The last appealed to God's mercies as the basic you have a willingness to use your gift half of verse seventeen is a strong verse motivation to consecration. The reason to extend God's kingdom rather tha n against the gambling menace. Dishon­ for all-out · dedication is God's daily, "hide it under a bushel?" The Chris­ esty can never be viewed as the fruit of never-failing compassion (Cf. ·Lamenta· tian's duty to the church is to use his a Christian. · tions. 3:~2, 23). talent constructively and cheerfully to 5. A Christian desires peace; be ac­ benefit the body of Christ. 2. ~iving . sacrifice v. lb · tively is a peacemaker. Even when some III. The Christian's duties to the individuals reject overtures of peace the God no longer wants dead sacrifices brethren vs.. 9-13 Christian strives earnestly to live har­ as mentioned often in the Old Testa­ moniously_with others. v. 18 ment. God wants us as Christians to lay The Christian's love should be perfe<:.t­ our lives on the altar of service sacri- ly sincere without play-acting or hypo­ 6. God is perfectly able to take care ~ fice, and surrender to dhrist.' What crisy. The love mentioned here is genu­ of the matter of vengeance. This verse Christ demands is "reasonable/' This ine rathe1· ,than cheap, artificial o1· imi­ (v. 19) is possibly the easiest to under­ means "spiritual worship." tative. sta n,d but the hardest to practice in the entire chapter. 3. Conformity to his will v. 2 2. The Christian ·attitude vs. 11-13 7. Overcome evil with good. Love Consecration will r esult in a practical These three verses a re packed with exhortations to Christia ns rega rding has its ow.n constructive, positive pro­ conformity to God's will. A person who gram. Put good in the place of evil t o right attitude. The Chr'istian is never to T< becomes a Christian undergoes a radical give further proof of the love principle. be remiss in zeal; he is to be steadfast change'. A Christian should not match v. 21 his life to all the fashions of this world. amid tribulation. A dedica t ed believer is Wi!Iiam Barclay states, "Don't ' let the sensitive to those in need. Never has Conclusion there been so little eagerness to help J. world decide what you are going to be Paul· has given · the Christian world like." J. B. Phillips translates the pas­ the PO(Jr, the needy, the sick, the afflict­ ed and let governmental agencies rob .high standards of practical Christian sage, "Don't let the world around you living. His presentation of attainable b squeeze you into its own mold." the Christian of this rightful' privilege. (Please read v. 20 at this point.) Christian ideals is a c·onstant challenge 4. True humility v. 3 to be more Christlike in conduct and \ IV. The love principle vs. 14-21 attitude. How easy it is to have exaggerated These verses deal with the ·Christian's FOLDING DOORS duties to the world, especially to ene­ EVERYBODY Shipped from 1<1aetory mies. The guiding, ruling principle must READS Tf:!E Write: always be love. Nothing makes the Christian .so different from the unbe­ ARKANSAS 'Baptist Church Equipment BAPTIST ' 633 West Main liever as the love principle. Jefferson City, Missouri 651101 The one great indictment against NEWSMAGAZINE Christianity today is fussing and fric-

MAY 4, 1967 Page Twenty-One . ,, . . Char.a.cter _of the early church Internat-ional . ' May . it '

BY ·RALPH A. PHELPS JR. Acts · ~:23-33 PRESIDENT, . OUACHITA UNIVERSITY ,,

When ·one walks into a local' church they w~re hi.s sub~ects. When we reverse Stagg, in 'l'HE BOOJ( OF ACTS, points and finds the atmosphere between war­ this relationship and try to compel God out that from these' two passages "sev­ ring factions to be roughly equival~nt to do our . bidding, we get . in trouble. . eral facts ·can be .gl 'eaned: ( 1) these . ~ . . ' . of that between Americ·an soldiers and early Christians. ri:!cognized that, all be­ the Viet Con·g ,in Vietnam, as ,I have a · Their petition alse containti a plea lievers are one. people; (2) they rec{)g'­ for pvotection. After recalling how the number of times during 20· y~rs of. sup­ nized that a believer has no 'rights'; ply or \nterim preaching, he realizes Gentiles· and Jews had c·onspired to as­ (3) they recognizeel that each should once again what a radical difference sassinate Jesus,. they .asked, "Observe give the other ·access' to :what he pos­ there is between some contemporary their threats, an!i. giv:e . thy servants sessed as it was needed; ( 4,) they actu­ church practices ·and those of ·the· New courage.. , . " ·(Phillips Tr.) .Against ally practiced this .sHaring; (5) the Testament congregation. ' · the combined mi'ght 'of Rome, the needy were actuail~ . c·ared for; (6) the world's leading m1lita1'Y power, and sharing was s>tript~y voluntary; (7) This week's lesson, which in poin.t of Judaism, a well-entrenched power ·struc­ property was made available to the be­ time foUows immediately upon .last Sun~ · ture in their religious 'fOrld; they needed lievers only as needed; (8) the move­ day's story of the release of Peter 'and diyine assistance. ' in order. to . survive. ment was not 'communistic,' for private John by the Jewish authorities, str!lsses· Again, they asked fol' · boldness to ownership of property continued and .the the great. unity of the -believers. Note sh=:tring ·was desi!n'led only to meet .com­ ways in which they were united. speak the word of God. Their concern was not so much for their own safety munity needs·, net ·to equalize the be­ I. United in prayer, vv. 23-30. as it was that th~y ·might hav~ the in­ liev-ers ec-onomically; (9·) it was not a testinal fortitude needed to speak un­ communism of· PPoduction :or of posses~ After their trial, the two ·apostles pleas·ant- and unwanted words. · It still sion·.!' went back to their friends and reporte'd takes c()urage from . God to be able to what the chief priests and elders had· Dr. Stagg summa'riz'es by. saying -that speak a message that ungodly men do , while this Christian sharing had· little ' said to them. When the group heard not want. to hear. · their story, they raised their Vilw.el'i v. 31. · .The mo8t popu· Their witness· was ·a powerful one be­ lar size for wed· Immediately thel'e was an anl!wer to cause they were in fellowship with God this last · petition. When they had · din!!: use. Earh and with each other1 They had prayed Bible has pre8· prayed, their meeting-place was immedi­ earnestly and had been rewarded by the entation pag.e, ately shaken-a physical evidence {)f a infilling of the Holy .Spirit. Their re- • marria~e rertifi· spiritual ·power. They were also filled ligious practices .were not limited t.o the rate and family with the Holy .Spirit and spoke the record in lovely l"ertical man-to~God relationship, how­ color. Size 5% x word of God with boldness. ever. They took a ·horizontal look at the 3% in. It should be noted carefully that needs .of their fellow Christians and then power c·ame as ·a reinilt of prayer. provided for these· by a love-motivated King James Version J plan. Then they looked beyond their W130.1MC: Bound in pure white wash· ranks, since true Christianity is never . oble leatheroid, flex ible covers, limp III: "United· in spirit, v. 32. a holy huddle which would exclude the style, gold edges, gift box .. . $3.75 world, and witnessed to the one hope "The ·whole body of believers was W1304MC: With silver. edges and for that world's salvation. · united. in heart and soul. Not a man of stamping· ...... ·· ··· :' · ·· ·$3.75 them .claimed any of his. posses-s ions as Not. only did this group set a worthy example for us to follo:w. By implication, W1312X: Deluxe edition. Bound in P,is OWn." (N,E.B.) beautiful pure white genuine leath~r, at least, they may have ·eJCplained many flexible covers, limp style, si.lver stamp· Here is tangible evidence of their one­ of our failures. Do we bear one another's ing and si lver edges .. ness: they even shared their pocket­ burdens, or do we , gfeefully jump en the gift box ...... :· .. ·· .. $5.75 books! This passage and Acts 2:44f in­ back of a person already staggering un­ dicate cleay;ly . that they practiced com­ der the load he· has been forced to Order from your mon ownership, but one should never carry? BAPTIST BOOK STORE . make the mistake of saying that what The Outlines of the International Bible Les­ they believed was the first-century equi· sons for Christian Teachin&', Uniform- Serietl.• are copyrighted by the International Council 408 Spring St. Little Rock, Ark, valent .of modern communism. Dr. Franll of Religious Educatton, Used by permission.

Pa e Twen -Two ARKANSAS BAPTIST The complete etiquette guide A Smile or Two Attendance Report for today's Christian bride April 23, 1967 Sunday T!'llining Ch. Spokethelanguage Church Sdhool Union Addn•. Al exander First A young married couple bought a Alth.eimer First ~~1 ~: Berryville Freeman Hgts. 118 67 second-hand parakeet, but all he would Blytheville say was "Let's neck!" Gosnell 198 91 2 N ew Liberty II~ 5·01 Camden A preacher, who heard about it, ·sug­ Cullendale· First 897 146 gested that they put his bird, who al­ First 437 137 C l '~ " sett M t: 01 ive 215 106 ways said, "Let's pray," in the' ooge with DeQueen Lone Onk 51 45 the delinquent bird, and maybe' it could' Dumas Firs'l · 277 73 El Dorado teach the other the more. uplifting Caledonia !;1 32 phrase. E o"t Mni n 279 11~ 2 Ebenezer . 174 78 First 721 471 When the birds were put together the Immanuel 4ll 174 3 pouple's bird said, "Let's neck" as usual, F orrest City First 509 .• 144 Ft. Smith Tows,on Ave., , 177 100 2 · whereupon the preacher's bird· replied, Gentry 'First 208 90 4 "My prayers have been answered!" Gr.een woo.! First 297 111 Gurdon Beech St. . 151 64 5 Harrison Ea>H 226 a A woman waiting at the 'door ready to Indian Hjlls 117. 53 Sylvan Hills First 25-i 86 go to the store had her arms full of coats Pine Bluff and· four little children at her side. Her Centennial 235 101 2 'Second 2!8 89. 3 husband, coming· down the stairs, asked Watson Chapel 200 85 why she was standing there. Shringdale Elmdale 377 100, 2 IN De· X First 382 - 92 She replied, handing him the coats, Oak Grove 69 36 "This time you put the· children's coats Stephens First 142 56 Texarkans Beech St. 484 14Q on and I'll go honk the· horn!" , Community 19 Van Buren A- Anderson, Miss Susan dies p8; Arbitrary 192 12 fixation (EJ p3; Arkansas Baptist . Home for First 444 Vandervoort First 54 83 Children contributions report pp16-19 Ain't what h'e used to be 81 B--Baptist Beliefs: Famous last word p10; Walnut Ridge First 2.53 Warren Baptist life: Non-Baptist immersion p9; Beacon 412 128 Lights: Close communion p7; Bookshelf p19' The late Ty Cobb 'had· a lifetime bat­ First Sout'hside 90 70 C- Caldwell, Carroll D. to Florida p8 ; Cop- ting average of .367 in the big leagues. 253 70 pinge>'. Mark to Camden pl2. Cover story p7 ; Immanuel Crane, Mrs. Edith heads m edical group p6 "What would you hit in modern base­ West Memphis Calva~y ~7 189 D- Davis, James N elsop wins felltnvsl)ip p7; ball?" a fan once asked the Georgia Ingram Blvd. 330 125 s Diversified or diverted (letter) P4 Peach. E- Education: Retired chaplain starts "am­ paign to educate negro ministers p5 F- Feminine Intuition: What do you read? "About .300," said Cobb. p14; Flanders, Mrs. Jack: Arkansas Mother of the Year p8 "You mean the game is that much G- Golden Gate Seminary graduates p7 · H- Hill, R. A. to Westridge p8; Hinsley W. J. tougher today?" the fan asked. dies p8; (E) · P3 . URGE YOUR M- Moon, David visiting lecturer p9; Murder "Naw," said Cobb, "but remember, and church (E) p3 0-0uachita Baptist University: Enter arts pal, I'm 6'ii now." festival pl4 FRIENDS TO P-Pannell, Riley to Brinkley pl2 ; Parlia­ mentary Procedure: Appeal~ p5; Pine Bluff Crusade · p7; South Side celebration p9; Training Fii'ed1up School baptisms p9 READ THE « - Radio-TV Commission : promote or pray Going to his lawyer to collect the fire­ pl6; Revivals p4; Rhea, Claude H. Jr. named to FMB• post p8 insurance settlement on his store, the S-Southwestet·n Seminary: Visit to Fort merchant was surprised at how much Worth (PS) p2; Arkansas Club p4; Spann Mr. the attorney was keeping for his fee. and Mrs. Fred receive musical bells p6 lrlan11s Baptist "The case has been in litigation a long Key to. listings : (Bit). ~ptist Beliefs ; ( ~L) time," . the attorney explained. "I've TOO! Beacon Ltghts of Baptist History; (E) Editorial earned it." (FC) From the Churches;' (FP) Feminine Phil­ osophy;. (Per) Perspective; .. (PS) Personally SJ•eaklng; (88) Sunday Seliool lesson; IMR) "For 'Pete's sake," muttered the client, Middle of the Road. "you'd think you started the fire!" -· i MAY 4, 1967 Page Twttnty-Thr~• · In the- world of religi~n------­ Tokyo Christian press" NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN SPAIN TOKYO-The Word · of Life Press here pub\ish€d H52,000,000 pages of WHEATON, III.-The associate direc­ and Jews rela~ive to public worship and Christian literature last year, according­ tor of The Evangelical Alliance Mission the dissemination of their faith. here returned from a trip to Madrid con­ to Ken McVety, nllssionary of The "A new spirit of optimism has gripped Evangelical Alliance .Mission and dir­ vinced that evangelicals "face a new day of opportunity in Spain." the hearts of Spain's 30,000 Protes­ ector of the press operation. tants," he says. "They seem to be ready Includ€d in the outp~t- are 33 new Dr. Don W. Hillis said he knows of no to make greater efforts to evangelize book titles, 7<5 reprint editions, and sev­ Protestant church closed today in Spain their neighbors. They need the prayers eral million tracts. The publi~hing of a and that the country's 31 million people of fellow Christians in America that a revised Japanese New Testament con­ are definitely moving in the direction of spiritual harvest ma:y bring many S.pan­ stituted the largest single project of providing leg.al rights to Protestants iards to Jesus Christ." (EP) the year. I The reason for increased incidence 'Bible free of error' "·J!llp·anese ·are ~,tvid .readers,"· said Mc­ among missionaries is not yet clear. Vety. "We can hardly k€ep ahead of the E·pidemics are more likely. to occur in MILWAUKEE, Wis.-The Wisconsin demand .for riew books." mission institutions such as language Evangelical Lutheran Synod, in a state­ ment reaffirming its .traditional beliefs, Japanese translations of The Bible schools, rest houses, and schools for mi's-,sionaries' children. declared' that the Bible remains as its in Pictures for Little Eyes, by Ken­ "i~fallible authority and guide," and neth N. Taylor; World Aflame, by Surv,ey results indicate a higher inci­ I'eJected the possibility of "factUal error B'illy Graham, and Cannibal Valley, by dence in Korea and in the extreme in Scripture." Russell T. Hitt, are three of the fast­ southern regions of Argentina and Chile, est-moving new books. (EP) where the climate is simHar to Ethiopia. "This We Believe," as the statement Dr. Frame noted that "hepatitis appears was entitled, affirmed the denomina­ to be more of a problem in countries tion's adherence to the Lutheran Con­ Hit racial se~regation with a cool season. Trends," he said, "are fessions as giving "expression to the true doctrine of the Scripture."· It op­ BULA WA YO-The Christian Coun­ _Jess marked in the ~hilippines and Coastal Colombia." (EP) posed any effort to "reduce the Lutheran cil of Rhodesia has warned the new Confes,sions to historical documents that nation's constitutional commission that ·have only relative confessional signifi­