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Herald of Holiness Volume 62 Number 21 (1973)

W. T. Purkiser (Editor) Nazarene Publishing House

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NYPS International Institute June 18-30, 1974 Fiesch, Switzerland General Superintendent Stowe

FOR JESUS' SAKE

It was our Saviour’s instruction that fo r m y sake shall find it” (Matthew 10:39). His disciples should address their Only the cup of cold water given in His petitions to their Heavenly Father in His name and for His sake is promised the name. Therefore we usually conclude our disciple’s reward. prayers with the familiar phrase “In Jesus’ St. Paul picks up this same truth and name. Amen.” Occasionally we vary the translates it into a Christian rationale for format by using the words “For Jesus’ adversity. Burdens become blessings in sake.” this light. Listen to his testimony in 2 Co­ There is a much wider application of rinthians 12:10, “Therefore I take plea­ these three words than just using them in sure in in firm itie s , in re p ro a c h e s , in this context. In fact, just about everything necessities, in persecutions, in distresses a Christian does he does for Jesus’ sake. for Christ’s sake.” To Philippian believers The most fundamental concept of dis- he wrote, “For unto you it is given in the cipleship is that we save our lives only by behalf of Christ, not only to believe on losing them. Multitudes of people are him, but also to suffer for his sake” (1:29) endeavoring to salvage their lives in this Suffering is transformed from bearable way but find their efforts producing only duty into welcome privilege when viewed frustration. They give themselves in self­ as service to our Lord. less devotion to such noble social causes This is the Christian secret of a happy as championing minorities, walking pick­ and fulfilling life. The underlying motiva­ et lines to protest unjust labor practices, tion for all activity is not for selfish and ministering to those in physical need. purposes or even just for others, com­ Commendable as such practices are, mendable as that may be. But only when they fall short of the mark because they we are caught up in the excitement of are essentially humanistic—for man’s doing everything “for Jesus’ sake” will we sake. Christ said, “He that loseth his life find life that is worth the living. □ Photo: Courtesy of Swissair H od on mn h hv sre a NYS ex­ YPS N as of officers. served ho” and W have ho’s who ecutives W “ men a re­ young from or League.” good refraining themes plighters’ even are Lam old e “ W like restating programs with capping bother ’t can ue1-0i ish wteln—Internation­ Switzerland— Fiesch, in 18-30 June in the organization’s fifty years will take place 1974. place take Institute, will al years event fifty greatest the organization’s probably the in and ahead, out are t scn 5 yas hn y ntaig h first the initiating by than years 50 second its The best days for Nazarene young people people young Nazarene for days best The By what better means can the N YPS enter enter YPS N the can means better what By t ok back. look ’t n o D like organization youth a does ow ety observe a fiftieth anniversary? anniversary? fiftieth Soci­ a People’s observe Young ety Nazarene the Consensus o f opinion seems to be be to seems opinion f o Consensus Obviously youth organizations organizations youth Obviously — is t b hl aa fo te aiir MCA A C YM familiar the from away held be to for first Switzerland event. southern in once-a-quadrennium the Fiesch of the and village Africa, Orient, Lat­ the America, Europe, North across America, in from leaders YPS N be will is Institute That International history? this what 65-year exactly ination’s denom our in a o Ets ak Cl. l tes h are who must teens districts All home their from Colo. attend to Park, chosen Estes of p cam beautiful the to invited been have Pacific South place take to ever event international genuinely international. Two thousand selected teens and district district and teens selected thousand Two This will be the fifth International and the the and International fifth the be will This By Paul M iller , iller M Paul By OCTOBER 10, 1973 1973 10, OCTOBER ass City Kansas 3 HERALD Of HOLINESS

W. T. PURKISER, Editor in Chief JACK M. SCHARN, Office Editor

Contributing Editors: V. H. LEWIS EUGENE L. STOWE GEORGE COULTER ORVILLE W. JENKINS EDWARD LAWLOR CHARLES H. STRICKLAND General Superintendents, Church of the Nazarene

IN THIS ISSUE meet certain requirements: • Membership in the Church of the Naza­ ARTICLES rene FOR JESUS’ S A K E ...... 2 • Ages 14-18. Applicants must have four­ General Superintendent Stowe teenth birthday on or before camp date. A BACKWARD AND FORWARD LOOK ...... 3 Also, must be students in ninth, tenth, Historical reflections Paul Miller eleventh, or twelfth grade during the NYPS BIRTHDAY...... 5 1973-74 school year. Comments from former NYPS leaders • Memorize Acts 1:1-11 in the translation, AN AGONY, A BURDEN, AND A DREAM ...... 6 paraphrase, or language selected by the Perspective of Nazarene Bible College Milo L. Arnold applicant. WALKING IN THE LIG H T...... 8 • Recommended by pastor Obedience and an open heart J. Grant Swank, Jr. Each district youth council interviews the hope­ SERVICE ...... 9 Directions James D. Hamilton ful instituters. Selection is guided by the ap­ plicant’s local and district church involvement. REFLECTIONS ON WATERGATE...... 10 Rationalization—a social sin Gerard Reed All selections will be made by January, 1974. In anticipating the international aspect of MEDITATION FOR THE MEMORIAL SERVICE OF A BELOVED OLDER C H RISTIA N ...... 11 the institute, it seems good that the church’s Poem Gordon L. Hanna first experience in bringing together representa­ SINAI SPEAKS TO THE SPACE A G E ...... 12 tives from around the world into a non-United Radio sermon of the month C. William Fisher States setting is for young people. Teens will be SO DIFFERENT IN S ID E ...... 13 able to cope with the occasion. Pen points Talmage Haggard Yes, the word cope is used advisedly. That CONSIDER THYSELF ...... 14 doesn’t mean there will be any hardships to An honest evaluation of weakness Alex R. G. Deasley endure. The transatlantic flights and the sub­ MARY LEE B R IG H T...... 16 sequent ground travel from either Zurich or A Christian woman's world Aarlie J. Hull Geneva will be the very best. Swissair and their EDITORIALS 17 pampering DC-10 crews will see to that. Neither does coping reflect upon the insti­ W. T. Purkiser tute site—the Holiday Youth Center in Fiesch. It is excellent. Owned and operated by the Swiss STANDING FEATURES government, the center bears out the fact that NEWS OF R ELIG IO N ...... 30 the Swiss are the world’s finest hotelkeepers. ANSWER CORNER...... 31 Their food is outstanding too. BY ALL M E A N S ...... 34 So why the word cope? Because whenever “A New Heart Also Will I Give You” Sylvan F. Starks any family gets together there must be give- BACK COVER FEATURE...... 36 and-take. Even so, when members of our far- I Today I worshipped Edward S. Mann flung church family get together, there must be understanding and sharing. The individual dif­ ferences have to be forgotten and common de­ nominators discovered. Teens are good at this. Most who have attended International In­ V o lu m e 62, N u m b er 21 OCTOBER 10, 1973 Whole Number 3139 stitutes of the past never forget the amazement HERALD OF HOLINESS, 6401 Th* Paseo, Kansas City, Mo. 64131. Published biweekly (every expressed by teens as they bound out of the other Wednesday) by the Nazarene Publishing House, M. A, Lunn, Manager, 2923 Troost Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 64109. Editorial Office at 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City. Mo. 64131. Subscrip­ chartered buses and gulp the heady environ­ tion price, $3.00 per year in advance Second-class postage paid at Kansas City, Mo. Address ment of the Rockies. Some seeing mountains correspondence concerning subscriptions to: Nazarene Publishing House, P.O. Box 527, Kansas City, Mo. 64141. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Please send new address and old, enclosing a recent for the very first time! address label if possible. Allow six weeks for change Unsolicited manuscripts will not be re­ turned unless accompanied by postage. Opinions expressed in signed articles are those of the With no stretch of the imagination one is authors, and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Church of the Nazarene. able to anticipate the excitement of seeing a

Cover photo: NYPS Council—A Paddock Photo Switzerland —Photos courtesy of Swissair South Dakota sophomore traveling by cable car This is what occupies the General NYPS across a deep green valley, dotted with chalets Council these days. President Talmadge John­ and bell-bedecked cows, toward a snow-brushed son feels that the planning of International In­ Alpine peak. stitute, 1974, supersedes all fanfare for a fiftieth And what a thrill it will be to watch a group anniversary. Why should young people look of teens representing the walled city of West back? There’s too much to look forward to! Berlin; Toronto; and Chanute, Kans., prayer­ So, for what it’s worth: Happy Fiftieth fully sharing the elements of Communion or a Birthday, Nazarene Young People’s Society! bottle of ever present apple juice or the mys­ Remember your goal—youth evangelism. Keep teries of converting Swiss francs to shillings or your theme in all of planning—Jesus is the dollars or marks! Hope. □

ships which have meant so much to me as a Nazarene churchman.” —D r . W il l ia m M. G r e a t h o u se (Presi­ dent of Nazarene Theological Seminary). “ Growing up in high school days in Denver First Church, it was a mainstay to my spiritual life.” —D r . W. S h e l b u r n e B r o w n (President of Point Loma Col­ lege). To NYPS—“ You have helped us go ‘deeper and farther with Christ’ ” —D r . L. S. O liv e r (President of Nazarene Bible College). “ Some of our greatest leaders have been pre­ pared for their service in and by the NYPS.” —D r . J a c k F o r d (President of British Isles Nazarene Col­ lege). “ Our fiftieth anniversary of the NYPS is im­ pregnated with rich opportunity to review the vic­ torious movements of God’s Spirit in the past and take cognizance of the wide-open doors leading into tomorrow.” —J . G. T a y l o r so n (Missionary to Kuba- saki, Okinawa). “ The newspaper headline this morning reads, ‘Gold price soars to record $128.’ As I write for the golden anniversary of the NYPS, gold of a more per­ manent quality is glowing in an accumulative spiri­ tual, splendrous cluster.” —D r . M . K im b e r M o u l t o n (Huntington Beach, Calif.) “ Great as its history is . . . the exciting, Christ- centered, youth-oriented plans of today speak a s news of Key 73 activities comes into dynamic word for our church for the future.” —D r . P o n d e r W . G il l il a n d (Bethany, Okla.). the youth office, it becomes obvious “ The many-sided program of the Youth Depart­ that the Nazarene Young People’s ment of today is an inspiring illustration of what Society is making a significant con­ youth with vision, faith, and devotion can accom­ tribution to the ministry of the church. Naza­ plish.” —G. B. W il l ia m s o n (Colorado Springs, Colo.). rene juniors, teens, and young adults are “ The first 50 years have seen NYPS move from fulfilling their stated purpose: “ To bring others a ‘mere auxiliary’ to a dynamic, dominant force in to Christ ...” the church. We have moved from a ministry to youth It is good that the Key 73 and the fiftieth to a ministry of youth. With our militant youth lead­ anniversary of the NYPS fall in the same year. ing the way with big dreams and daring dedication, I predict that, like the shock waves of a great earth­ Nazarene young people have recognized that quake, NYPS IMPACT will be felt throughout the evangelism is at the heart of our existence since world in our generation.” —J im B o n d (Oklahoma “ K ey 23.” City). Former leaders of the Nazarene Young Peo­ Many comments were received from former ple’s Society have sent statements of congrat­ NYPS leaders, including John E. Riley, Nam­ ulations and recollection to Executive Paul pa, Ida.; Mark R. Moore, Trevecca Nazarene Skiles and the General Council. College; Harold W. Reed, Olivet Nazarene Col­ “ The first four years especially were difficult.. . . lege; John A. Knight, Mount Vernon Nazarene But there was a substantial support given by many College; and many others. district, local societies and individuals . . . until with His presence and power we could move forward in a All of these comments make us pause to united effort.” —D. S h e l b y C o r l e t t , Duarte, Calif. praise God and then press on toward the mark. “ It was during these years [NYPS Council years] Congratulations to all of you who have con­ I came to know the general church and formed friend­ tributed to the dynamic of NYPS. □ azarene Bible College in Colorado has been that nobody can really give a definite Springs, Colo., is a creature of the answer until a school has operated for about 10 Church of the Nazarene. It was or­ years. dered by vote of the General Assem­ Today, six freshman classes have enrolled Nbly of 1964 and became actual in 1967. and four senior classes have graduated from No history of the church could be written Nazarene Bible College. without including long pages concerning edu­ The pattern is continually developing but cational institutions. Nazarenes have always an image is without a doubt taking shape. The been concerned with educating the young and, performance of students who have gone out in particular, educating for the ministry. Col­ indicates that in the main they are prepared to leges sprang up wherever the holiness influence do well. Their concept of the ministry and their encroached upon the world. dedication to its purpose seem very wholesome. Institutions of higher learning in the church Their loyalty to the liberal arts colleges and the have always been conceived in the agony of seminary is solid. Their concern for the general great need, born in the throes of great burden, church—its missions, its program, and its pub­ and kept alive by an undying dream. Agony, lications—is commendable. They have obvious­ burden, and dream have characterized the ly learned to learn, and appear to be continuing emergence of the church’s present well-orga­ their educational programs. nized pattern of colleges. No other institution of the church touches The process of mergers, eliminations, and so diverse a pattern of students. They come reorganization has not been without pain; and from Alaska to Florida, from Maine to Califor­ no institution survives without burdens to sus­ nia, from north and south, from city and coun­ tain its dreams. Today, however, the entire try. They show the influence of every local church takes pride in the splendid colleges, idiosyncrasy and tradition. seminary, and Bible college planned to give the However when they discover each other, fullest opportunity to persons who seek to pre­ they find that their hearts beat in unison, and pare themselves to serve God and the church. godliness makes all the difference. For years the church has recognized an They are retired commissioned officers unfilled gap in its program for educating min­ from the military branches. They are men isters. Many people are converted and called to the ministry after they have been out of school for some years. Many are unable to avail them­ selves of the desired preparation. The home study course is helpful, but it is felt to be rather inadequate. Ministers in preparation need classroom experience, guided study, and college fraternal fellowship. They need not only to read books but to know people who write books. They need to feel the heartbeat of the church. Nazarene Bible College is the church’s positive answer for them. It is not the total solu­ tion, but it is an effective answer for students averaging 29 years of age, married, and with three children. From the first day people have been asking, Dr. Norman Oke teaches theology class during summer “ How is the Bible college doing?” The answer school at NBC.

6 HERALD OF HOLINESS and improved facilities developed. Three new professors will be added to the faculty, greatly strengthening the educational profile of the college. They are Jerrold Ketner, Ph.D.; Ronald Attig, B.A.; and Richard Spindle, Ph.D. Total enrollment for the 1972-73 year was 672. Most of the graduates have already entered the pastorate and other associated ministries. Some are continuing their education by enroll­ ing in other Nazarene institutions of learning. Prayer being a vital part of the college life, a well-planned program to be known as a MIN­ ISTRY OF INTERCESSION is being devel­ oped through which persons around the world can avail themselves of the prayers of these con­ cerned Christians. President L. S. Oliver discusses the school calendar with The college is recognized by the United Mr. Lin Brown, student council president-elect. States Government as a college-level institu­ tion, and veterans receive full assistance. Dr. Charles H. Strickland led the emerg­ whose education was interrupted by the ordeal ing college into a posture of academic and spiri­ of Viet Nam. tual effectiveness throughout the church. Dr. They are men from the asphalt jungles and L. S. Oliver has stepped in with marked ability from the lonely farmstead. to lead it onward into the finest, fullest self- They are schoolteachers and school princi­ discovery of its great potential for God and the pals. church. They are businessmen who sold successful At dawning, Nazarene Bible College is businesses and farmers who sold farms that they bathed by the sunrise over the great plains; and might follow their Lord. in early evening cools in the long shadow of They are hair stylists and building con­ Pikes Peak, towering 14,110 feet into the sunset. tractors, salesmen and laborers, bank clerks It belongs to Nazarenes under God. It needs and police officers. God’s grace and the prayers of Nazarenes. It is They are persons converted only a few too great to exist apart from some agonies, some weeks and they are experienced pastors seeking burdens, and undying dreams. □ further training. They come from the world’s finest homes and from the world’s worst situations. NBC summer school graduate, Mr. Vincent Barry (1.), They are Americans and Samoans, Ara­ chats with Dr. Oke just before leaving to assume pas­ toral duties at Steubenville, Ohio. bians, Lebanese, Indians; they are black and they are white. They have in common a dedication to fol­ low God. They are pursuing their purpose with ut­ most dedication. They work to support their families as they get their education. They seek no easy courses and ask no special privileges. Some work nights and go to college by day, while others work by day and attend college at night. Two complete colleges operate in the same classrooms and with the same faculty. At graduation some seniors meet for the first time. Special classes for the wives help them to prepare for their role. Cultural and social ex­ periences help them prepare for the parsonage situation which they will grace. Courses in Christian education, church music, and many phases of church life prepare the entire family for the new world which awaits them. College choir, orchestra, piano, and voice lessons refine their talents. Lessons in art teach them to see and create beauty. This year a new classroom building is under construction. Landscaping is to be completed By Milo L. Arnold , Colorado Springs

OCTOBER 10. 1973 ~ 7 ete’s mother attended a Bible proph­ ecy seminar held in our church on a Saturday afternoon in December. She herself, being a Christian, was helped by the presentation. Though a member of an­ Pother denomination, she went home to recom­ mend that her older son, Pete, attend our church to see if he might like it. The next Sunday morning Pete was present for worship. For the following several Sundays he was very regular in the morning service. Then Pete began to attend Sunday evening also. This was quite a new tack for him, since he had regularly gone to the local firemen’s Sun­ day evening bingo games instead! Soon Pete was found in church not only on Sundays (now bringing his girl friend to worship with him) but also on Wednesday evenings for the midweek service. The people in the congregation “ took him in.” They showed genuine fellowship in Christ Jesus, so that he knew these Christian friends were taking a definite prayer interest in his young adult life. How good it was to see Pete make his way to the church altar several times during the invitation following the morning sermons! Though saved as a boy, he came to realize that there was a much closer walk with the Lord that was expected of him now. At our altar of prayer he made everything right with God. Later he presented a complete consecration, placing ev­ erything that he had on God’s altar for the con­ suming fire of the Holy Spirit’s glory. Pete is a very likable young man, but he has a quiet streak in him too. This reserved nature resulted in experiences with God of the quieter sort, so that few in the congregation really were aware of the spiritual progress that he was making. Yet when one looked closely at what was happening, it was evident that there was a new steadiness spiritually. A new loyalty was taking hold. It was two Sundays ago that Peter Heile- mann walked down the long, center aisle of the church to kneel again at the altar. He had knelt at that part of the altar where anyone with any need is invited to pray by himself, without help from other Christians or the minister. After the Christians had finished praying with still others who had come to kneel at the other half of the altar (where those praying did want others to help them individually), we noticed that Pete was still found to be by himself alone in quiet prayer. I went over to him and whispered for him to feel free to stay as long as he liked in prayer, till he knew prayer was heard. “Pastor,” he said as he was leaving the sanctuary that morning, “ I would like to talk with you soon.” And so it was the next evening that Pete

By J. Grant Swank, Jr., Fish kill, N.Y. and I met in the church alone as he told me that lege in Colorado Springs. He was so anxious to God had called him into the ministry. pack his bags and get going. “ I know it for a fact. I am definite. I know One Sunday morning in July our congrega­ that God has called me to work for Him. I feel tion rejoiced as these details were announced so excited!” publicly for the first time. Then in worship Pete My own heart leaped for joy! Here was once more made his way to God’s altar for a Pete, 21 years old, holding down a very good job special, pastoral prayer seeking the Master’s with Mercedes-Benz in Poughkeepsie, N .Y., holy glow to settle upon this man’s dedicated having completed two years of education at a life. community college. Here was the young man All I could think to myself during the rest who “ tried out our church” because of his moth­ of that service was er’s suggestion. Thank God for Pete’s wise Christian Here was that same Pete who had quietly mother! come far enough with Jesus so that Christ could Thank God for Spirit-filled churches! whisper in his ear that He wanted him in His Thank God for an altar of prayer in our ministry. sanctuaries! Within a matter of hours, Pete had filled Thank God for young people who will out an application for the Nazarene Bible Col­ walk in the light as He is in the light! □

only does service for others take on a measure of immortality; it also brings meaning and value to one's life in the present. Dr. Albert Schweitzer, whose entire life was char­ acterized by service, said, “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.” Every Christian is afforded the opportunity for service. It is a wide-open door to anyone who will enter it. Jesus taught us how to serve. He gave the world its greatest object lesson on service when He died on the Cross. The Crucifixion was history’s most selfless act. But this does not mean that service is limited to the great and spectacular. Did Jesus not tell us that even the gift of a cup of cold water was itself an act of service (Matthew 10:42)? The motivating force for service is love. Indeed, love and service are inseparably linked together. John Oxenham wrote,

Love ever gives— Forgives, outlives— And ever stands with open hands. SERVICE And while it lives, it gives, For this is love’s prerogative— The great violinist, Nicolo Paganini, willed his To give, and give, and give. beautiful and valuable Instrument to his native city of Genoa. A condition of the will was that the violin Some time ago Guideposts recounted an incident was not to be used. This was a most unfortunate in the life of John Ruskin. As he sat with a friend stipulation, for a peculiarity of wood is that as long at a window one evening, they watched a lamp­ as It is used it wears slightly, but as soon as it is lighter’s torch ignite the streetlamps on a distant discarded it begins to decay. hill. Darkness obscured the lamplighter, but his Paganini’s violin has become worm-eaten and progress could be observed as successive lamps without value except as a relic. This should teach us were lighted. something about the nature of service. Ruskin said, “That illustrates what I mean by a Albert Pike said, "What we have done for our­ genuine Christian. You may not know him or even selves alone, dies with us; what we have done for see him, but his way has been marked by the lights others and the world, remains and is immortal.” Not he leaves burning.” □

OCTOBER 10, 1973 he Watergate scandal evokes sharply different emotions. Some express out­ raged dismay at the disclosed corrup­ tion; others, a defensive justification Tfor the established regime mingled with criti­ cism of the press for attacking it. The one re­ action resembles the wrath of a betrayed lover while the other approaches the blindness of a doting mother. Both attitudes actually reveal a semi-idola­ trous “patriotism” which lends an undeserved aura of sanctity to political institutions and officials. A recent letter to Time Magazine il­ lustrates this attitude: “It is impossible for me to believe,” writes Ray Hynds, “ that an Ameri­ can president could be a criminal.” In view of the temptation to deify political leaders, periodic political scandals serve one healthy function—they remind us that God’s kingdom can never be reduced to earthly insti­ tutions. Revelations about the inner workings of the Nixon administration, as well as information about the United States’ dubious role in Viet­ nam under the Kennedy and Johnson adminis­ trations, should impress Christians that Christ stands alongside the powerless rather than with the earth’s aggressors. The history of the Christian Church, how­ ever, is marred by examples of Christians iden­ tifying the cause of a nation with the cause of God and committing atrocities with sanctimo­ nious zeal. Christians in the United States have not entirely withstood this temptation. Too often we have equated the nation’s self-interest with God’s plan and judged its success a sign of His approval. In fact, the United States, in its short his­ tory, has compiled a record quite typical of nation-states. Good and evil speckle its past.

Photo by Vivienne By Gerard Reed, oiathe, Kans.

HERALD OF HOLINESS Most Americans enjoy unrivalled freedoms and aside and either praise or denounce the nation’s opportunities. But it should be remembered, kings, so Christians must do likewise, and thus most cooperative citizens in every nation praise deny any blind or ultimate allegiance to the their government when it secures their rights nation-state. and insures their property. They remain blind The state, by its very nature, is imperfect to the nation’s defects because they are not and driven toward both corruption and the personally affected by them. abuse of power. Thus it stands under God’s In contrast, minorities within and foreign­ judgment and condemnation. While it serves a ers without often experience a nation’s darker useful function despite its imperfection, the fact side. American Indians remember the genocidal that it is not divine demands that the Christian policies the United States utilized against this refuse to give it worship. Early Christian mar­ continent’s original residents. tyrs died rather than grant the state obeisance Black Americans rightfully complain of by participating in emperor worship. the prejudice and discrimination they suffer as To the believer, God alone is sovereign. a consequence of former slavery. Any state which pretends to be sovereign in an Aggressive wars for territorial gain (e.g., absolute sense acts aggressively and must be the Mexican War, the Spanish-American War), judged in the name of God. justified by various “ manifest destiny” rational­ Political power, preserved by a privileged izations, appeared as rape and robbery to their class, inevitably becomes demoniacal as that victims. class aggrandizes itself. Watergate shows how Corruption in government, beginning with easily such demoniacal power can flourish in a gigantic land frauds in the colonial era, has seemingly open democracy. sullied the nation’s past; and undisclosed cor­ But it should not terribly shock one who ruption has no doubt determined many political believes sin is real. To one who has not idolized decisions of broad national significance. the state, Watergate should lead neither to out­ In fact, by selecting the evidence, one can rage nor to rationalization. It should, rather, re­ either prove America to be God’s country or the inforce a Christian’s detachment from the spirit devil’s domain, according to his prejudice. of his age— a detachment which alone gives one Christians, on the other hand, should have a perspective from which to judge a nation’s acts moral perspective enabling them to neither and at the same time to make the necessary praise nor blame in toto. efforts to secure its welfare without deifying its Just as Israel’s prophets were able to stand function. □

MEDITATION FOR THE MEMORIAL SERVICE OF A BELOVED OLDER CHRISTIAN

Gaze not through moistened eyes Eternal rest? Eternal peace? At flowered coffin NO!... Eternal life! . . . Eternal glory! And think of cold lifelessness That herein lies. For the sepulchre before you is empty; Only the mortal wrappings of a spirit remain. At peace? At rest? NO!... a thousand NOs . . . Gaze not with saddened heart, But let your tears be tears of joy. For a spirit, For loneliness and pain remain Long captive of mortality, Encased before you. Has in victory at long last Shaken earthly bounds But he... ? of pain and sorrow and heartache He is FREE! And now in immortal robes walks in heavenly places And worships the Christ who conquered Gordon L. Hanna death. Bethany, Okla.

OCTOBER 1Q, 1973 t has been said that the third command­ cated manner of speech— it is sin, for it is dis­ ment is broken more often, by more peo­ obedience of a direct and definite command of ple, than all of the other commandments God. combined. There are so many ways to take But there are other ways of breaking this God’s name in vain that, if one is not guilty of commandment than by using profanity. Using breakingI this commandment one way, he is God’s name in a flippant, jesting, frivolous likely to violate it in another. manner is also to disobey the third command­ The most obvious way to take God’s name ment. in vain, of course, is by profanity. There are those who would never think of If it is true that “ profanity is the mark of a swearing— their lips are free of any curse words conversational cripple,” it must be said that — and yet they take God’s name in vain in some there are far too many “ lame” people around. of the jokes they tell, or in stories they relate, For it seems impossible for some people to speak or in songs they sing, or in the thoughtless or an entire sentence without using profanity of careless way they use the expressions “ My some kind. Lord” or “My God.” Swearing is so common today that it causes In the first petition of the Lord’s Prayer, no raised eyebrows— whether indulged in by Jesus said, “ Hallowed be thy name.” And to men or women. In their freedom to indulge in “ hallow” God’s name is not to use it lightly or filthy, blasphemous speech, women have truly needlessly or frivolously, but to use it in the been “ liberated” ; and some of them use that spirit of respect and the true reverence it de­ liberty to drip more smut, to use filthier lan­ serves. guage, and to be more profane than most men. The use of God’s name by politicians to It hasn’t been too long ago that there was round out a phrase— when their entire speech still some embarrassment in using profanity be­ may have been a denial or distortion of God’s fore women and children and preachers— there purposes and priorities— is to use God’s name would often be the furtive look and the lowered in vain. voice. Today profanity is so common and such The increasing tendency of TV entertainers an accepted part of our speech that no one cringes when women swear, no one is shocked when children curse, and few seem embarrassed when preachers use profanity on TV shows or even in their sermons. RADIO SERM O N OF THE MONTH But no matter how common profanity may By C. William Fisher be, no matter who swears or how often, taking God’s name in vain is still a sin. It is not a mistake, or a slip of the tongue, or a sophisti­

12 HERALD OF HOLINESS — from singers, to talk-show MCs, to nearly How often this third commandment is nude dancers— to close their shows with a flip­ broken— under the tents, and in the churches, pant “ God bless you” is one of the most blatant and wherever else religious racketeers play their and brazen examples of taking God’s name in trade by preying on the gullible and taking ad­ vain. As though intoning God’s name could vantage of the conscientious as they perform clean up their dirty jokes or drain the sugges­ their so-called “ miracles” and promote their tiveness out of their songs or cover up the evil of schemes, using God’s name to milk the people their nudity! for religious activity that ministers more to But perhaps even worse are the professing human pride and greed than to God’s glory! Christians who laugh at the smutty stories and All the “ Marjoes” haven’t left the ministry hum the suggestive songs and applaud the sen­ and taken their show business elsewhere! suous performances and stuff the pockets of There are still those— on both sides of pul­ those entertainers who trample every decency, pits— who cry, “ Lord, Lord” and perform seem­ violate every sanctity, and look leeringly out of ing “ miracles,” who will hear the Lord say at the tube as they simulate drunkenness and de­ that final day, “Depart from me, for I never bauchery— and close it all out with a blasphe­ knew you.” They used His name, but were mous “ God bless you.” themselves unknown to Him. “Those who pro­ Talk about taking God’s name in vain! fess with their lips and deny by their lives,” That’s it. says G. Campbell Morgan, “ are a greater hin­ But there is another way to take His name drance than so-called profane men.” in vain, and that is to use it in insincere wor­ How easy it is to stand in church and sing, ship. “Jesus! Oh, how sweet the name!”— and then It is Elton Trueblood who says that the go out and drag that name down to the common worst blasphemy is not profanity, but lip ser­ and the cheap by using it needlessly, or flip­ vice; and that atheism is not as dangerous as pantly, or insincerely, denying or distorting mild religion. everything that name stands for! “ I would thou wert cold or hot,” God says. But no matter how we take God’s name in But because “ thou art lukewarm, and neither vain— by profanity, or by frivolity, or by in­ cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth” sincerity— it is sin, for it is disobedience to the (Revelation 3:15-16). In other words, God him­ third commandment. self can’t stomach those who say, “ Lord, Lord,” May we not only refuse to take God’s name and then go out and deny His love and repudi­ in vain, but may we from this day forward hal­ ate His purpose and subvert His will. That, too, low His name by holding it in highest respect is using God’s name in vain. and using it only in deepest reverence. □

P E N P O O N T S

By Talmage Haggard SO DIFFERENT INSIDE Indianapolis

It had been one of those days! With anticipation cold. I was looking forward to a few moments of leisure. Today all this happened so suddenly. The auto The car had already been put into the garage for accident. The honest words from the surgeon. Their the night. Once inside the parsonage I could remove son Mike was too young for this to happen! my tie, even kick off my shoes. This was great! An Tears ran down their faces and fell on the carpet evening of unwinding and relaxing with the family. like splatters of ink. Why would God permit this to Then the telephone rang. happen? Will we have another opportunity? My wife answered as usual, "Nazarene parson­ Those tears told a story. A story of remorse. God age.” For a moment all was quiet. Then she began had been dealing with them, but they didn’t listen. writing the message. It read, "Mike Albertson . . . That night I listened to the whole story. I prayed and emergency brain surgery. . . 50/50 chance. . . Com­ they prayed. The church has prayed. munity Hospital." Tomorrow three weeks have passed. Mike is im­ The Albertsons had attended church at one time. proved, but remains in critical condition. New com­ Other things had crowded in; 13 years had passed. mitments have been made; Just yesterday Mike’s A death in the family, a wedding in the church, just mother said to me, "I feel so different inside.” God a few occasional reminders of a commitment grown is faithful! □

OCTOBER 10, 1973 Considering thyself, lest thou also be tem pted (Galatians 6:1).

now thyself,” said Socrates. Indeed, practice; otherwise you are merely deluding it was the whole burden of his mes­ yourselves. The man who simply hears and does sage to the ancient Athenians. Ev- nothing about it is like a man catching the re­ . eryone, he argued, is concerned with flection of his own face in a mirror. He sees him­ laying hold of what is good. Unfortunately, var­self, it is true, but he goes on with whatever he iousK things get in the way. was doing without the slightest recollection of For one thing, it is no use seeking what is what sort of person he saw in the mirror” good unless one knows what to do with it when (James 1:22-24, Phillips).2 he gets it. Material possessions are good in And Paul again: “Brethren, if anybody be themselves, but they are useless—from flutes detected in any misconduct, you who are spiri­ to fortunes—to a man who does not know how tual should restore such a one in a spirit of to use them properly. meekness. And let each of you keep an eye on But this in turn implies something else. himself, lest he also fall into temptation” (Ga­ Since a man is a “soul using a body,” it follows latians 6:1, Weymouth).3 that he will never know how to use good things How well do you know yourself? You could well unless his soul is in a healthy state. sum up Mrs. Jones to perfection in half a dozen And this involves a third thing: Before a sentences: her strengths and weaknesses, foibles man can beget this right state of soul he must and failings. How good a job could you do on recognize the dreadfulness of his present state yourself? of ignorance and his imperative need of moral You know your own physical topography to wisdom. In a word, he must “know himself.” the last square centimeter: the weak muscles That, on the whole, is not a bad piece of that must not be pulled, the weights that are advice. Surprisingly perhaps—in view of a mis­ too heavy to be lifted, the strains that are too application of the Christian insistence that we great to be risked. Might it not be an equally are to forget ourselves—it is a thoroughly bib­ lical piece of advice. “ In virtue of the gift that 1. From The New English Bible, the Delegates of the Oxford Uni­ God in his grace has given me I say to everyone versity Press and the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, 1961, 1970. Reprinted by permission. among you: do not be conceited or think too highly of yourself; but think your way to a sober 2. From The New Testament in Modern English, copyright by J. B. Phillips, 1958. Used by permission of the Macmillan Co. estimate based on the measure of faith that God has dealt to each of you” (Romans 12:3, NEB).1 3. From Weymouth's New Testament in Modern English, by So Paul. Likewise James. “Don’t, I beg Richard Francis Weymouth. By special arrangements with James Clarke and Co., Ltd. By permission of Harper and Row, Pub­ you, merely hear the message, but put it into lishers, Inc.

HERALD OF HOLINESS By Alex R. G. Deasley, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

useful thing to know yourself spiritually? For one thing, we ought to know our own WEAKNESS IS NOT SIN. BUT IGNO­ weaknesses. Know them. Not just be dimly RANCE OF ONE’S WEAKNESS IS aware of them but candidly conscious of them; THE GATEWAY TO IT. not suppress them like bad dreams but ac­ knowledge them to ourselves in the light of day. Such weaknesses come in all sorts and sizes their victory. and most of us keep company with at least one: More pertinently, Oswald Chambers has in the realms of sex, speech, attitudes, values, pointed out how repeatedly the great biblical and so on. characters fell, not on their weak points, but The Christian who admits to himself the on their strong ones. tensile strength of his sex drive will not live in Abram, the epitome of faith, leaves his the fool’s paradise that lingers, even fleetingly, ancestral home, marching off the map to over the suggestive ads. He will consciously and Canaan. But his faith, which stood the strain deliberately direct his drives into legitimate of the departure, could not withstand the strain channels, not allowing them to use him, but of the arrival in a famine-stricken Canaan, and himself using them for the buttressing of his off he went to Egypt and near-disaster. marriage bond. Moses was the meekest man on earth in the If brusqueness of manner, curtness of estimation of the author of Numbers 12:3, yet speech, a pushing way that is more crushing his failure at this very point kept him out of than merely competitive, are his weaknesses, Canaan (Numbers 20:1-13). So weak are we he will not turn a Nelson eye to them, but iden­ that even our strength may become weakness tify them as menaces to his spiritual health and to us. influence and take positive steps to cure them Therefore, “ know thyself.” Not perpetual, by the cultivation of Christian courtesy. Create morbid introspection or everlasting dredging of opportunities to pay compliments; let someone the seabed of the soul, but a frank awareness of else have the last word; forgo correcting some­ the contours of one’s own personality. one even though you know he is mistaken. Weakness is not sin. But ignorance of one’s Let lassitude and dithering indecision, pre­ weakness is the gateway to it. cipitance and overactivity yield to the con­ Perhaps you ought to get working on straints of a more ordered existence; confront “ thinking your way to a sober estimate of your­ the thirst for success with the brute fact of the self’; on using purposefully that mirror which transience of the temporal, and the urge for James seemed to think could have such won­ moneymaking with the planned extravagance derful spiritual cosmetic value; on keeping at of generosity. least one eye on yourself. Know yourself. It keeps you on your guard. For to paraphrase Paul’s words in 2 Corin­ And it makes you so much more understanding thians 12:10; “When I am aware of my weak­ of those who have fallen. ness, then I am strong.” Besides our weaknesses we ought also to know our strengths—and guard them. “Un­ Leave no unguarded place, guarded strength is double weakness,” wrote No weakness of the soul. Oswald Chambers, and there is more than a Take every virtue, every grace, molecule of truth in that. And fortify the whole. The Carthaginian general Hannibal won Indissolubly joined, such success as came to him in the Second To battle all proceed; Punic War not so much by defeating his Roman But arm yourselves with all the might enemies initially as by regrouping his forces That was in Christ, your Head. swiftly after they had defeated him and revers­ ing the outcome while they were celebrating (Charles Wesley) □

OCTOBER 10, 1973 and she felt compelled to go to the altar. She knelt and asked the Lord to possess her very being. He did; and Mary Lee began a Christian pilgrimage that would have a profound impact

By Aarlie J. Hull, Centralia, Wash. on the cause of Christianity for generations to come. As a mother, Mary Lee organized a house­ hold closely knit with love and loyalty. The six children shared in the responsibilities around A . A the Oklahoma ranch. Hard work made an impact on the Bright C i^ r is f i^ n children. When Bill went away to college, he washed dishes on campus for his meals, • W o u i i i i f c scrubbed floors and walls for his room in the dormitory, and had a laundry route for spend­ ing money. He credits these experiences with helping him mature rapidly. In fact, he feels W o r jd these experiences were more beneficial than his studies. “You forget many of the things that you learned through academic pursuits, but some of these hard experiences stay with you for­ ever,” he says. “Mother had instilled into me true values and the worth of honest labor.” Mary Lee Bright, educated schoolteacher MARY LEE BRIGHT that she was, incorporated some of her voca­ tion into the training of the children. Reading aloud as a family was an important part of their It’s no wonder Mary Lee Bright was con­ day. The Bright home had a good library with cerned about the approaching birth of her historical and research books as well as a sixth child. Not too long before, she had been complete set of encyclopedias. Bill Bright feels near death giving birth to a stillborn baby- that these reading-aloud times contributed to terminating a pregnancy racked with compli­ his lifelong love of reading. cations. Mrs. Bright trusted her children and they But Mary Bright was determined that this trusted her. The children recall that they could pregnancy would be different! This baby would talk with their mother about anything without live and be healthy. embarrassment or feeling “put down.” They So, in the summer and fall of 1921, she re­ responded to her tremendous trust, and, as treated to the Bible and prayer with a fervor Dr. Bright says, “We weren’t about to let that she had never experienced before. trust down or to disappoint her in any way.” “I just searched the Scriptures and prayed There was freedom of expression in the without ceasing,” she recalls. “As I did this, Bright family. The children were encouraged the strong feeling came over me that I would to dream big dreams, developing a mental be all right and so would the child. It was at this attitude which welcomed challenges—big and time, before he was born, that I dedicated him little. to the Lord. And do you know, he turned out Mrs. Mary Lee Bright, successful mother wonderfully well!” par excellence, recently expressed deep con­ The boy who turned out “wonderfully well,” cern for the complacency about life she sees of course, is the founder and dynamic force in so many modern women. She feels that too the Lord has placed behind Campus Crusade many women are going on their way in a com­ for Christ, Bill Bright. placent manner—not really interested in the Dr. Bright enthusiastically acknowledges his welfare of their children, but more interested mother’s influence on his life. in themselves, in the pleasures of life, and in “She is the most godly person I know. . . . the acquisition of things. Mrs. Bright feels that Mother’s life is characterized by commitment mothers of today could change the world to Christ, a selfless spirit, a life of prayer, and through their influence on the lives of their a life in the Word. She wants no credit, glory, children. or honor. . . . Nothing encourages me more What we need, declares Mrs. Bright, are than to know that this very day my mother is women who will train their children to recog­ on her knees praying for me.” nize the true values of life—to love God and Mary Lee Rohl was born into a large Chris­ enthrone Christ in their hearts. tian family of seven children. She remembers “If we can teach our children to live close to that every time the church doors were opened Him,” she says, “then they need have no fear some one of their family was there. of what comes into their lives, because God One time an evangelist came to their church is in control.” □

HERALD OF HOLINESS SPEAKIIMG By W. T. PURKISER

The 1973 Bible College But the college cannot stand still. Additional facilities are needed. The indebtedness on pres­ Offering ent buildings must be paid off and the interest costs released for current expenses. Three important church concerns are repre­ Dr. Oliver reports challenge pledges from inter­ sented in this issue of the Herald of Holiness. ested laymen in the amount of $100,000. These (1) October, 1973, is the fiftieth anniversary of pledges are dependent on the receipt of $100,000 the Nazarene Young People’s Society. The Her­ from the church. ald salutes this vital organization on the occasion The practical effect of these matching pledges of its golden anniversary. is to double each dollar given next Sunday. Each (2) Next Sunday, October 14, is the traditional dollar given becomes two dollars available for observance of Laymen’s Sunday. Like Thanks­ debt reduction and new classroom construction. giving, Laymen’s Sunday reminds us to do at The unquestioned need and the matching least once a year what we ought to do all year pledges make a generous church-wide offering a long— honor the great host of men and women matter of real concern. More congregations through and for whom the church exists. should participate. Be sure to give next Sunday (3) Next Sunday is also the day for gathering to the offering for Nazarene Bible College. □ the annual offering for Nazarene Bible College in Colorado Springs. These three concerns are certainly not incom­ patible. While generally older than the average The Second Coming of student on the campuses of our liberal arts col­ Satanism leges, Bible College students fall within the age limits of the NYPS. German theologian Helmut Thielicke recently Laymen are understandably concerned with wrote that when Jesus walked the earth “ the the processes of ministerial education, for they demonic powers gathered themselves together in are the chief “ consumers” of its products. one last effort” to preserve their doomed king­ Nazarene Bible College has abundantly proved dom. itself since its beginnings six years ago. Its place Now, Dr. Thielicke notes, “ The nearer we come in the spectrum of Nazarene educational institu­ to the end of this present age, the more energeti­ tions has been well justified. cally the Adversary mobilizes his last reserves, President L. S. Oliver and his staff are to be until the demonic excesses reach their climax and commended on the excellent work they are doing. Christ returns and the new age of God begins.” But the material needs of the college are great. In the same vein, what William Petersen calls Current operations are paid for out of student “ the second coming of Satanism” may be one tuition and through an annual appropriation more sign of the second coming of Christ. “ One from the General Budget. thing is sure,” Petersen wrote, “ he who has wel­ The cost of buildings and the continued growth comed Satan will not be anxious to welcome of the Bible college are another matter. Money Christ.” for these purposes comes from the annual Bible Of the rebirth of Satanism in our society, there College offerings sent in from the local churches. is no doubt. It is passing curious that an age Traditionally, many local churches take their which claims to find belief in God difficult should Bible College offering through the Sunday school. apparently have little problem in accepting the But this is less important than that the offering occult, spiritualism, demonism, and the worship is taken. Cooperation at this point has been far of Satan. from what it ought to be. In itself, Satanism would probably be of minor Nazarene Bible College has a beautiful cam­ concern to those who truly worship and serve pus. The first buildings are well designed and God. But there are two dangers that surround it. built and a credit to the college and the church. One of these dangers is that Christians become

OCTOBER 10, 1973 17 The Bible does not offer us a ‘‘gospel according to Pollyanna.” We have no promise of immunity from tears and agony. Christianity is no insurance policy against heartache. What God offers us is the word of His supreme love. If He seems silent in the circumstances of life, it is because He has already spoken the ultimate word. What more is there to say?

so preoccupied with the workings of the power of of God set forth. What more is left to be said? darkness that they forget the resources and ob­ Nothing!” ligations of the Kingdom of light. God is silent because He has already spoken at We should know our enemy, to be sure. But we the Cross the clearest possible word about His should always live in the confidence that he is a love, goodness, grace, mercy, pity, and redemp­ defeated foe. His power is already broken. The tion. desperation with which he fights is the despera­ God’s silence will be ended, Anderson said. But tion born of the realization of impending doom. it will end in the final days of the revelation of No other than Watchman Nee warned the His wrath toward those who flout His mercy and Church to avoid excessive preoccupation with love. supernatural manifestations and “ gifts.” “ Mak­ Christians, personally and collectively, have ing use of . . . an ignorant church,” he said, “ Sa­ had to wrestle with the so-called “ problem of tan is causing this world to be filled with the evil.” If God is both loving and all-powerful, why power of darkness.” is evil permitted to inflict its backwash of heart­ The other danger lies in failure to recognize ache and suffering not only on the evildoer but that the credulity of masses both outside and on the innocent and godly as well? within the Church is one of the signs of the times Anyone who supposes there is an easy answer and points to the soon return of our Lord. just hasn’t understood the question. It was the The world is going through a “ softening up” great perplexity underlying much of the story of process in which the minds of the multitudes are Job in the Old Testament. A complete answer being prepared to accept the claims of him who still eludes us. comes with the “ working of Satan with all power The one thing we can know and know without and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceiv- question is that God is no unmoved Spectator of ableness of unrighteousness in them that perish” our struggles and suffering. When Christ took — or as The New English Bible better translates upon Him our nature as human beings, He took the last phrase, “ the deception that sinfulness upon himself the full weight of human suffering can impose on those doomed to destruction” (2 and sadness. Thessalonians 2:9-10). The Bible does not offer us a “ gospel according The reappearance of Satanism and the growing to Pollyanna.” We have no promise of immunity frequency of demon possession in the world today from tears and agony. Christianity is no insur­ must be seen for what it is: another of a number ance policy against heartache. of converging signs that “ the kingdoms of this What God offers us is the word of His supreme world” shall soon become the Kingdom “ of our love. If He seems silent in the circumstances of Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for life, it is because He has already spoken the ulti­ ever and ever” (Revelation 11:15). □ mate word. What more is there to say? Yet the silence will be broken. Judgment in the Bible has two meanings. It means the visitation The Silence of God of wrath on the ungodly. But more, it means the vindication of those who in faith and obedience Some years ago, Sir Robert Anderson wrote a have served the Lord. book he called The Silence of God. It was in an­ There are many things I do not understand, swer to the age-old question as to why a good and but of one thing I am sure. I may not readily find loving God does not act or speak in view of man’s the answers, but I can trust the Answerer. long-continued cruelty and evil. Someday all the wrongs will be made right. Anderson’s answer in brief was that God has Someday the inequities of this life will be evened revealed His absolute, supreme love at the Cross. up. God will not let me off; nor will He let me go At Calvary, “ the deepest word of grace was said; or let me down. In this confidence I can rest. The the clearest intention of God to save man re­ silence of God is better than the eloquence of vealed; the clearest revelation of the eternal love men. □

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Sand 973 03 commended Miss Temple on her Lake Rd., Orlando, Florida 32809 PHILADELPHIA—Paul D. Mangum, Sr., 119 outstanding accomplishments and GEORGIA— Jack H. Lee, 3612 Calumet Talleyrand Rd., Box 513, West Chester, contributions to God’s kingdom Rd., Decatur, Georgia 30034 Pennsylvania 19380 through the church. HAWAII— Virgil K. Grover, 1102 Kukila PITTSBURGH—Robert I. Goslaw, R.D. 5, PI., Honolulu, Hawaii 96818 Butler, Pennsylvania 16001 Helen Temple is a Th.B. grad­ HOUSTON—W. Raymond McClung, 8418 ROCKY MOUNTAIN—Ross E. Price, 1112 uate from Eastern Nazarene Col­ Hunters Creek, Houston, Texas 77024 Parkhill Dr., Billings, Montana 59102 lege, Quincy, Mass. She earned her IDAHO-OREGON— Grady W. Cantrell, Box SACRAMENTO—Kenneth Vogt, 8292 La M.A. degree from Boston Univer­ 31, Nampa, Idaho 83651 Riviera Dr., Sacramento, California 95826 ILLINOIS—James E. Hunton, 2200 Green- SAN ANTONIO—C. Marselle Knight, 200 sity. Miss Temple has authored a briar Dr., Springfield, Illinois 62704 Gardenview, San Antonio, Texas 78213 total of 35 books and is widely INDIANAPOLIS—C. R. Lee, Rte. 1, Box 293, SOUTH AFRICA—Bruce T. Taylor, P.O. Box known as a favorite writer among Camby, Indiana 46113 48, Florida, Transvaal, South Africa Nazarene readers. IOWA—Forrest E. Whitlatch, 4212 75th St., SOUTH ARKANSAS—Thomas Hermon, Des Moines, Iowa 50322 6902 Briarwood Dr., Little Rock, Arkansas A 10-year award was received by JOPLIN— James Hester, 689 W, Swan, 722 05 Springfield, Missouri 65804 SOUTH CAROLINA—Otto Stucki, 5 Beacon Dr. B. Edgar Johnson presents gift KANSAS— Ray Hance, 457 Lexington Rd., Hill Rd., Columbia, South Carolina 29210 to Helen Temple. Wichita, Kansas 67218 SOUTH FLORIDA—Robert H. Spear, Jr., KANSAS CITY— Milton Parrish, P.O. Box Box N, Boca Raton, Florida 33432 4404, Overland Park, Kansas 66204 SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA— W e n d e ll O KENTUCKY—Aleck G. Ulmet, 1721 Tyler Paris, 2200 Foster Dr., Ada, Oklahoma Ln., Louisville, Kentucky 40205 748 2 0 LOS ANGELES— L. Guy Nees, 1546 E. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA— Nicholas A. Washington Blvd., Pasadena, California Hull, 1235 Madison Ave., Orange, California 911 04 92 6 6 7 LOUISIANA—T. T. McCord, Box 4535, Al­ SOUTHWEST INDIANA—W. Charles Oliver. exandria, Louisiana 71301 228 Westwood Dr., Bedford, Indiana 47421 MAINE—J. E. Shankel, 1040 Riverside Dr., SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA—W. T. John­ Augusta, Maine 04331 son, 7313 S. Douglas, Oklahoma City, Okla­ MICHIGAN—H. T. Stanley, 2754 Barfield hom a 73 1 3 9 Dr., S.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506 SOUTHWESTERN OHIO—Dallas Baggett. MIDDLE EUROPEAN— Richard Zanner, 1716 N. Breiel Blvd., Middletown, Ohio Wilhelm Busch Strasse 56, 6 Frankfurt/ 4 50 4 2

OCTOBER 1Q, 1973 Rev. Paul Miller, editor of Con­ Mr. Cook, his wife, Maylou, and quest and ETC. The Student Mission Corps, be­ two children, Jacquelyn and Carey, Five-year awards were given to gun in 1967 and now having in­ are charter members of the Over­ Fern Parks, Judy Gress, Rev. Bill volved over 450 students in summer land Park, Kans., church. Young, and Rev. Melton Wienecke. ministries overseas, has been di­ Franklin will still have strong Two-year awards were presented rected by Mr. Cook since its fledg­ connections with the Department to Judie Williams, Rev. Mario ling days as a pilot project. This of World Missions through commit­ Velez, Don Whitlock, Alice Dris- year 79 students are serving in 19 tee memberships and other areas kell, Sara Howard, Norman Miller, countries of the Caribbean, Latin of related activities. □ Edward Mann, Karen Turner, Rev. America, and the Orient. Wesley Tracy, and Aileen Scharn. □

COOK TO TREVECCA After 12 years of service in the Department of World Missions, Rev. Franklin Cook is accepting a position at Trevecca Nazarene College, Nashville. He will be­ come director of pub- lic relations and associate professor of missions. Duties were Franklin Cook assumed September 1. During his years with the Depart­ ment of World Missions, Mr. Cook has been involved in a variety of assignments. In 1961, Dr. George Coulter (then World Missions sec­ retary) invited Mr. Cook to join the staff in Kansas City. He was as­ signed duties as deputation and candidate secretary and was given Terry Yoda, graduate of Northwest Nazarene College, Nampa, Ida., and Naza­ special projects in audiovisuals. rene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, was well known for his work as In 1964, Mr. Cook was designated pastor and teacher in (Nazarene) Japanese Bible School. A few years ago, office manager. Under Dr. E. S. Terry was prematurely (by human evaluation) taken to his heavenly reward. His wife has continued to pastor the church he started. It is now self-support­ Phillips, he became administrative ing. She is assisted in the work of the church by Terry’s father, who is in his assistant to the executive secretary. eighties. This assignment has involved ex­ Mrs. Yoda, pictured above (center), recently visited the United States for tensive travel for the department. the first time. Her son-in-law, daughter, and grandson, Mr. and Mrs. Brett Mr. Cook has directed six motion Gshelman and Brettin, residents of Nampa, Ida., accompanied her to Kansas pictures in the interest of missions. City during the month of August to see International Headquarters. (Left) He has authored three junior and Aria Pleyer, junior student at Olivet Nazarene College, Kankakee, 111., and four adult missionary books. Until summer employee, guided the guests on a tour of the publishing house. She is recently, he edited the Beam for shown explaining a part of the operation. □ missionary candidates and the Link for missionaries. The Atwater, Calif., church honored Murty Tighe and Hazel Tighe (brother Mr. Cook has seen the number of and sister-in-law) at their retirement from Sunday school superintendency and missionary candidates increase NWMS presidency. Murty has served as SS superintendent for nearly 50 years from 400 to over 5,000 during his with only three years break. During one of these breaks, he started a church years in working with candidates. in Elko, Nev. Hazel has distinguished herself for over 50 years as NWMS presi­ In the Nazarene Evangelistic dent, Caravan director, SS teacher, junior quiz director (she has had district Ambassador projects (sponsored winners), children’s church director, and church board secretary. The plaques jointly with the Department of presented by Pastor Floyd A. Hughes are tokens of the love, thanks, and ap­ preciation of the people of Atwater. Youth and in 1969 also with the Department of Home Missions) Mr. Cook served as general coordi­ nator. These early projects set the stage for a number of additional programs involving youth minis­ tries that have subsequently de­ veloped overseas. Missionary training through the annual Missionary Institute for newly appointed missionaries, and the annual workshop for furloughed missionaries, have been under the direction of Mr. Cook in recent years. This past year these sessions were held in Boca Raton, Fla.

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22 HERALD OF HOLINESS versation with a man that sparked with­ and impressive business establishments ■ esus said, “ Co ye into all the in my soul the fact that this was God's must have money behind them, and it world, and preach the gospel to plan for our church. The man was Paul seems to me that nothing great in the every creature." Our world is becom­ Moore; the burden was heavy upon metropolitan areas around the world ing smaller and smaller as cities merge his soul; and God simply used me as a will ever be realized for Christ unless into cities. People from small villages link . . . a link of obedience. This was we pour in great sums of money and and outlying areas are moving to larger fortified by the tremendous reception the best talent we have. urban centers. This is happening not of the idea in our church. And in less Because our world is so small, it is only in our United States but around time than it takes you to read this ar­ really not so far from Pasadena to M an­ the world. We are aware that in the ticle, the $30,000 was pledged. hattan. It's less than seven hours now, large metropolitan areas there are few There are thousands in every city leaving our house and arriving on strong, vibrant evangelistic centers. —New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Chi­ 72nd Street, New York City. So, really, Why should a church on the west cago, Philadelphia, Rio de Janeiro . . . it's not so far, is it? And then when we coast be interested enough to contrib­ you name the city—that are spiritually pray, it's no distance at all. Finally, ute $30,000 and send 10 young people hungry, weary, searching, and empty. when we realize that the love of Christ for several weeks of a summer to share Even the Apostle Paul went first to the is going out . . . it's immediate. Being the gospel with people in New York great cities of his world in order to a witness involves everything we are City? I'm reminded of the famous evangelize. individually, and as a church. statement that was made by E. M. Anything that really is successful Every individual and church can Bounds that God does not work around in the big city, with the exception of be part of the great task of sharing plans; He works around persons. sin, takes lots of money. The Church is Christ in the cities. What will your part It was simply a brief, casual con­ no exception. The great corporations be? □

been used there can be moved to a the organizational service at 3 p.m., church, who met with the group at new foundation in Zanndam. June 24. Kona in regular Bible study for Estimated cost to pay for the Much credit should go to Rev. several months prior to the starting site, prepare the foundation, and Chris Carver, pastor of the Hilo of the church. □ move the tabernacle is $50,000. A large house is also located on this Charter members present for the organizational service of the Kona Church site and is a part of the price. of the Nazarene. (Six charter members were visiting on the mainland at the time.) With dedication of the Haarlem church set for early September it will soon be possible to launch this new work in the Netherlands. Spe­ cial gifts are very urgently needed. Write to the Department of Home Missions. □

KONA CHURCH ORGANIZES IN HAWAII DISTRICT The Kona Church of the Naza­ rene on the Hawaii District was organized June 24 with 16 charter members, according to Rev. Virgil K. Grover, district superintendent. The pastor is the Rev. James Koons. There were 56 people present for

OCTOBER 10. 1973 23 CHURCH DEDICATIONS The Mansfield (Ohio) Grace Church was dedicated June 10. Mrs. Rachel Mat­ tox, treasurer, is shown receiving key for the new church from Trustee Roy Duffey. Dr. Harvey S. Galloway, former district superintendent; Dr. Don Gib­ son, present district superintendent; and Pastor Denzil Dodds look on. This is the second church in the city to be dedicated this year.

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Mr. Emil Hearth, a Nazarene for 37 years and member of Sacramento (Calif.) North Church, fulfilled an ambition that he has had since he first joined the church—to “ visit my publishing house.” He expressed pleasure in what he saw in the ful­ fillment of his dream. In turn, those employees with whom he came in con­ tact were blessed by the enthusiasm and interest of this loyal Nazarene. □

Columbus (Ohio) Southwest Church was dedicated June 9. Pictured (1. to r.) are: Rev. E. K. Richey, home mission board member; District Superintendent Don Gibson; Tom Cochran, Trustee; Bob Williams, trustee; Homer McKnight, architect and contractor; Pastor Steve Feazel; and Dr. Paul Orjala, dedica­ tion speaker.

THANKSGIVING PROGRAM IDEAS Two Thanksgiving program booklets Cincinnati Norwood Church was dedicated June 17. Dr. Eugene L. Stowe gave to choose from! These rich store­ the dedication message. District Superintendent Dallas Baggett offered the houses of recitations, songs, read­ dedication prayer. Other special guests included Msgr. Ferdinand Evans, ings, and other material are president of the Norwood Ministerial Association; Mayor Joseph W. Shea. something to be thankful for! Simple, Mr. W. W. Densforth spoke for the laymen; and Mr. Jerry Call, minister of meaningful dramas included. Graded music, participated on the program. Morris Chalfant is pastor. material for nursery through adult age-groups. Suitable for PTA and school programs as well as the church. Compiled by Grace Ram- quist. Buy 3 copies: one for the di­ rector and two to clip. MP-401 OUR GRATITUDE 75c MP-403 THANKSGIVING PROGRAM BUILDER 75c

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BELIZE, C.A. The twenty-seventh annual as­ sembly of the Belize District was held July 19-20 in Belize Zion Church. Rev. Oliver Ottley brought the opening message. A revival spirit prevailed and the service con­ tinued for three hours. Many prayed at the altar; people praised The remodeled sanctuary of the Schuylkill Haven, Pa., church was dedicated God; some sang; and the meeting earlier this year. The church had been damaged during the June, 1972, flood. concluded with a spontaneous heal­ Rev. Paul D. Mangum, superintendent of the Philadelphia District, was ing service. guest speaker. Special music was presented by the church choir, Cherub Assembly business began in the afternoon Choir, ladies’ trio, the Jones Family, the Cresswells, and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley session. The chair announced the district Wood. Rev. Mildred Hoffman is pastor and Rev. Rose Hoffman is associate name change from British Honduras to Belize pastor. (Photo by Joe Bernitsky, Jr., staff photographer, Pottsville (Pa.) in accord with the country’s official name Republican) change. District Superintendent Alvin Young re­ ported an 18 percent increase in total giving. He challenged the assembly to assume great­ er efforts in self-support. Rev. Young was reelected to serve as district leader. Tom Pound, newly arrived missionary to Sa m p ttn g s...... minister to the Kekchi Indian villages in the south of the country, spoke in the evening services. A total of 150 Christian Service Training fm ioufum ylerful §ekction$° of credits were earned by Nazarenes on the dis­ trict. Elected to the advisory board were (elders) Cftrignyis Mu$ic (fWogrimiMaterial Oliver Ottley and Onesimo Pot; (laymen) Henry Ford and Harry McNab. Mrs. Magdalena Young was reelected NWMS president and Rev. Onesimo Pot was reelected president of the NYPS. Excitement CHRISTMAS THE REASON mounted in the N YPS Convention as $700 PROGRAM FOR cash and pledges was raised to send a Be­ BUILDER lizean teen-ager to International Institute in CHRISTMAS Switzerland in 1974. NO. 26 Here is a Time to plan the CHRISTMAS SERVICE Christmas program! for children, and KENTUCKY And this new PROGRAM Lois Blanchard The sixty-fifth annual assembly BUILDER, compiled by Grace Ramquist, is a conveniently puts it all together for you! rewarding place to start. A variety of mate­ Songs, exercises, recitations, and scripture of the Kentucky District was held rials for all ages saves hours of searching provide participation for every boy and girl July 11-12 at Louisville (Ky.) and helps you prepare a program of interest from kindergarten through junior high. In­ Broadway Church. General Super­ to the whole church. Minimum of three cludes suggestions for the director and intendent Orville W. Jenkins or­ copies needed. ‘‘Order of Service.'' MC-126 75c MC-223 50c dained Archie Horton, Henry M. Boothe, and Robert R. Carter. District Superintendent Dean Baldwin re­ THE BROKEN THE HOLY ported a membership of 6,531 with 460 new STAFF CHILD Nazarenes received by district churches. The Sunday school enrollment reached 12,671, a CHRISTMAS DRAMA by CHILDREN’S CANTATA gain of 411. There was an average Sunday Dorothy and Mildred Wills. made up from 10 original school attendance o f 7,208, a gain o f 201. A Teen-age children of a compositions by Kay Hall, j total of $1,431,051 was raised for all purposes, wealthy Hebrew, kidnapped This unison and 2-part a gain of $79,594. The district gave over 9 by bandits, are found musical develops the percent of its income for world evangelism. and released through Christmas story from providential circum­ God’s choice of the The district Herald of Holiness campaign stances. Requires six men, four young women, Virgin Mary through Joseph’s flight to Egypt manager, Lew Hall, reported a successful teen-age boy, young girl, narrator. Time: 35 with Mary and the Christ child. Concludes with “ over the top” effort. minutes. Eight copies needed for performance. a challenge to accept Jesus. Dr. Baldwin’s resignation as district leader MC-2 75c MC-23 $1.00 (Continued on page 28)

A CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL Rev. Eudell Milby, district treasurer, presents check to the Baldwins at A DRAMATIC MUSICAL, by Otis Skillings and Jimmy Owens. Beautiful C/7CWSS7JM#- IS7M4S farewell reception. arrangements of 21 much loved Christmas carols and appropriate Trsnwi- msiWAD scripture narration will remind singers and listeners alike of the glorious events of that first Christmas. Performance time: 55 minutes. MC-24 Songbook $1.95 L-7026 Stereo Recording $4.98 L-7026C Book-Record Combination $5.95 MC-24SF Service Folder Pkg. 100, $5.00 1

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Available from your NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE POST OFFICE BOX 527, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64141 ANOTHER FIRST was a pilot project under the super­ A Personal Evangelism Clinic, vision of the Department of Evan­ sponsored by the Department of gelism. Evangelism and the Central Ohio Home districts of the evangelists District, was held in connection attending the clinic assisted by with the Central Ohio District paying registration fees, room, and Camp Meeting, July 24-26. This board. □

Seated 1. to r.—Lucille Law; James Calvert, dean of the clinic; Dr. John L. Knight, executive secretary of the Department of Evangelism; District Super­ intendent Don Gibson; and Leonard Hubartt; standing—Richard Strickland; Dick Law; Don Dunn; John Lanier; and Gordon Kennedy. A NEW DAY for Your Sunday School IOIN THE DRIVE September 30 thru October 28

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TWO NEW results. PUBLICATIONS A major objective for the trip was the revision of the four-year Bantu Expanding to meet the emerging Sunday school curriculum. Dr. needs of a growing church, the De­ Harper also met with district lead­ partment of Church Schools re­ ers and pastors from five African cently released two new periodicals: districts: Republic of South Africa the Edge and Listen. North, Republic of South Africa The Edge is a 56-page, multi­ South, Swaziland, Coloured and color quarterly which replaces the Indian, and Mozambique. He spoke rga/O IO O L/SSg Church School Builder. Each issue on Sunday school work and other is built around a particular theme vital areas of Christian education. reflected through a subtitle, such On his return, Dr. Harper also lec­ as: The Edge—Understanding Age- tured at the Australian Nazarene group Characteristics, The Edge— Bible College and met with district g g s On Planning. An idea magazine, pastors and leaders. He had many the Edge is meeting early accep­ opportunities to preach in local £ 0 2 7 / 1 / 3 tance. Norman J. Brown is the churches. □ editor. Listen is a new, attractive two- /U rvyJ REPORTER color, four-page story paper for kin­ WYOMING LAYMAN dergarten and nursery children. It TO WRITE BOOK is designed to involve parents in the DISCOVERY DAYS early spiritual nurture of their pre­ The Department of Church DRIVE school child during the week. Ethel Schools has recently announced Westmark Bailey is the editor of that A1 Morton, Sunday school su­ Rev. Carl Allen, Church Schools Listen. □ perintendent of the Cheyenne chairman of the Michigan District, Grace Church in Wyoming, has reports their churches will compete been commissioned to write a new as teams for the fall emphasis. book on “ how to do it.” Under Mr. Each of the larger churches has HARPER RETURNS Morton’s leadership, the Cheyenne been paired with a smaller one to Grace Church has had over 70 con­ comprise a team. The goal is a 20 FROM ABROAD secutive months of Sunday school percent increase over last year’s Dr. A. F. Harper, executive edi­ growth. His book will be aimed average attendance. The teammate tor of the Department of Church primarily at helping Sunday school approach is to encourage the larger Schools, returned on September 4 superintendents and workers in the church to share their resources of from a trip through average Nazarene church. Chapters program and personnel with their African and Austra­ will include such subjects as: Why smaller partner. While the teams lian districts of the Not Succeed? The Fine Art of are linked together for the six church. Traveling Motivation, Solving the Space weeks of Discovery Days, it is since June 30, Dr. Problem, Where Do You Find hoped that the togetherness and Harper, who was ac­ Teachers? Visitation, Records, benefits of their sharing venture companied by his Consistency, and Follow-up. The will continue throughout the year. wife, returned weary book is expected to be off the press □ but satisfied with the by late summer of 1974. □

OCTOBER 10, 1973 2 7 NORTHWESTERN OHIO The fourteenth annual assembly YOUTH LEADERS of the Northwestern Ohio District ere met at St. Marys, Ohio, on July 11 ^ OVf*/e and 12. General Superintendent V. H. Lewis ordained Jack Wo­ For macks, Jack Utterback, and Dari WINTER McClure. District Superintendent James Blanken­ Quarter ship reported 26 churches on the Evangelistic Honor Roll and 41 churches on the 10 percent & j giving roll. The district raised $1,719,608 for all purposes, an increase of $207,183, and gave $211,554 for world evangelism. A unanimous # To be ordered on your WINTER- vote was cast in the election of Rev. Blanken­ Quarter Church Literature-Supplies ship as district superintendent. Order Blank. Contact Your C.L.S. or­ Elected to the advisory board were (elders) J. Ted Holstein and Verl W. Balmer; (lay­ dering secretary AT ONCE before the men) David Granre and George Jetter. OCTOBER 15, 1973, cash-discount Rev. Alva B. Kelly was reelected NWMS deadline. president. Rev. Ronald R. Emptage was re­ elected NYPS president. Rev. Virgil P. Ap­ plegate was reelected chairman of the church NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE schools board.

(Continued from page 26) MICHIGAN became effective at the close of the assembly. man, Darrell Geist, Gordon Rupert, The sixtieth annual assembly of He and Mrs. Baldwin have accepted teaching and Glendle Rains. the Michigan District was held July positions at Mid-America Nazarene College, District Superintendent Jerald R. Locke 11-12 at Indian Lake Camp, Vicks­ Olathe, Kans. The Baldwins were honored reported 421 new Nazarenes for a net gain of burg, Mich. General Superinten­ with a farewell social attended by 250 people. 321 and a total of 7,348. Sunday school en­ They received a love offering of $2,000 from dent George Coulter ordained Peter rollment reached 11,584, showing a gain of the churches and the advisory board. E. Albertson, Gary E. Miller, Paul 456. The Sunday school average attendance Rev. Aleck Ulmet, pastor of Cedar Rapids reached 6,466, ‘ a gain of 35. A total of L. Ramey, Keith A. Simon, Paul A. (la.) First Church, was elected district su­ $1,964,000 was raised for all purposes, a gain Smith, Donald E. Streets, and perintendent on the seventh ballot. of $190,000; and the district paid $224,191 on Elected to the advisory board were (elders) Donald H. Wilkins. He recognized general interests, a gain of $24,219. Nineteen the credentials of Gerald Grindley, Lawrence Adams, Oren Thrasher, and Coo- churches attained the Evangelistic Honor lidge Grant; (laymen) E. J. Milby, Richard Roll. Rev. Locke was reelected district super­ elder from a sister denomination. Thompson, and Kenneth Rice. intendent. Dr. Fred J. Hawk, retiring district super­ Ethelyn Ulmet was elected NWMS presi­ A 90-voice choir and string ensemble under intendent, reported 756 new Nazarenes re­ dent. Dewey Williams was elected NYPS the direction of David Hale presented the ceived. The district raised $3 million for all president; and Lawrence Adams was elected anniversary theme, “To God Be the Glory.” purposes. The Sunday school average atten­ chairman of the church schools. Greetings were received from church leaders. dance reached 11,098 for a gain of 578. Church A brief history of each church and Bethany membership showed a gain of 408 for a total NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA Nazarene College was graphically depicted of 9,399. One church—Battle Creek (Mich.) The twenty-fifth annual assem­ by a taped narration and relevant pictures Pennfield Church— received 138 members. flashed on triple screens. Tributes were given to Dr. Hawk by mem­ bly of the Northwest Oklahoma Elected to the advisory board were (elders) bers of the district advisory board and depart­ District was held July 25-26 in Loy Watson and Jim Bond; (laymen) Harry ment heads. A love offering of over $4,000 was Herrick Auditorium, Bethany Naz­ Craddock and Don Schuneman. John Cal­ presented to Dr. and Mrs. Hawk from the arene College, Bethany, Okla. Gen­ houn was elected president of the NYPS, and churches, district NWMS council, district Mrs. Jerald R. Locke was elected NWMS NYPS council, and the district church schools eral Superintendent Charles H. president. C. Edwin Murphey was elected board. Strickland ordained Chalmer Wieg- chairman of the church schools board. Rev. Harry T. Stanley, pastor of Bay City (Mich.) First Church, was elected superin­ Pictured with their wives and church leaders are members of the Northwest tendent on the fourth ballot. Rev. Stanley has Oklahoma District ordination class: (1. to r.) Rev. and Mrs. Chalmer Wieg- served the district as treasurer for the past man; Rev. and Mrs. Darrell Geist; District Superintendent and Mrs. Jerald 23 years. Elected to the advisory board were (elders) Locke; General Superintendent and Mrs. Charles Strickland; Rev. and Mrs. Carl R. Allen, Paul K. Moore, and C. Ken­ Gordon Rupert; and Rev. and Mrs. Glendle Rains. neth Sparks; (laymen) William Damon, Ger­ ald Decker, and Ned Comfort. Mrs. Ezra W. Hendley was elected NWMS president. Reelected to their posts were NYPS president, Rev. David W. Moore; and chair­ man of the church schools board, Rev. Carl R. Allen.

LOUISIANA The sixty-third annual assembly of the Louisiana District was held August 22-23 at Alexandria, La. General Superintendent George Coulter presided over the business sessions. District Superintendent T. T. McCord, completing the second year of an extended term, reported total giving reached $786,046, an increase of over $6,000. The average Sun­ day school attendance peaked at 2,750 with

28 HERALD OF HOLINESS an increase of 433 in enrollment. Churches • DR. & MRS. EARL MOSTELLER, Rua Bertha, Doris, and Mrs. Frances Wallace; 5 received 227 members by profession of faith, a Castilho 209-5 Esq., Lisbon 1, Portugal. sisters; 13 grandchildren; and 17 great­ net gain o f 112. The district gave 10 percent Phone: 276-1283. grandchildren. of its income for general interests. • REV. & MRS. WILLIAM PEASE (on fur­ • MRS. CHARLES (MARJORIE) BINGLER, Elected to the advisory board were (elders) lough), 511 Northmount Dr. N.W., Calgary, 76, died unexpectedly July 11. Funeral ser­ D. M. Duke and Everette Johnson; (laymen) Alberta, Canada. Phone (403) 289-0517 vices were conducted by Rev. Jay Patton in J. T. Henderson and D. A. Peterson. • REV. & MRS. TOM POUND, P.O. Box 26, Valley Stream, N.Y. She is survived by her Mrs. T. T. McCord was unanimously re­ Punta Gorda, Belize, Central America husband, Charles; two daughters, Mrs. Ruth elected NWMS president. Rev. Wayne La- • REV. & MRS. KENNETH ROGERS, 9421 Eby and Mrs. Lillian Turner; four grandchil­ dren; and four great-grandchildren. Force was reelected president of the NYPS. Myrtle, Apt. 144, Kansas City, Mo. 64132 Rev. Donald V. Peal was reelected chairman • REV. & MRS. C. G. RUDEEN (on furlough), • MRS. ELSIE MAE BOLERJACK, 80, died of the church schools board. 119 Elder, Nampa, Ida. 83651 August 13 in Tulsa, Okla. Funeral services • REV. & MRS. DARYL SCHENDEL, P.O. were conducted by Rev. Marvin Carlson, Box 456, Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands, Rev. E. H. Sanders. Surviving are three Papua New Guinea daughters, Ivalee, Geneva, and Mrs. Robert • DR. & MRS. ROBERT SKINNER, P.O. Box Emmel; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Floyd Gar­ 2, Acornhoek, Eastern Transvaal, Republic rison and Mrs. Vola Hayter; two sons, Ray­ of South Africa mond and R. T.; one brother; two sisters; • REV. & MRS. GENE SMITH, P.O. Box nine grandchildren, four great-grandchil­ "Showers of Blessing" 1323, Port-au-Prince, Haiti dren. • DR. & MRS. KENNETH STARK, Box 2, • MRS. EVANGELINE COX, 80, died July PROGRAM SCHEDULE Acornhoek, E. Transvaal, Republic of South 18 in Dayton, Ohio. Funeral services were A frica conducted by Rev. Lonnie Jaques and Rev. • REV. & MRS. DALE STOTLER, c/O Mr. & Ray Beegle. Survivors include her husband, Dr. William Fisher Mrs. Millard Gardner, Stoystown, Pa. 15563 Rev. C. M. Cox; one daughter, Evelyn; one • MISS MARY LOU TIEMAN, Nazarene Mis­ son, Frank; two granddaughters. sion, Box 456, Mt. Hagen, W.H.D., Papua • MRS. DORA E. DIXON, 81, died August 14 October 14—“Remember the Sab­ N ew G uinea in El Paso, Tex. Funeral services were con­ bath Day, to Keep It Holy” • REV. & MRS. LARRY WEBB (on furlough), ducted by Rev. Charles Ice and Rev. John October 21—“Honour Thy Father 10017 Nesbit, El Paso, Tex. 79924 Fonner. She is survived by 3 sons, 2 d au g h ­ • REV. & MRS. WALLACE WHITE, Naza­ ters, 17 grandchildren, and 20 great-grand­ and Thy Mother” rene Mission, P.O. Box 456, Mt. Hagen, children. Papua New Guinea • MRS. MINNIE DUNCAN, 76, died Feb­ MOVING MISSIONARIES ruary 2 in Lafayette, Ind. The funeral rites MOVING MINISTERS were conducted by Rev. A. L. Taylor. She is • REV. & MRS. GEORGE ADKINS, Casilla survived by her husband, Grover Duncan; 1132, Santiago, Chile, South America • CHARLES E. BALDWIN from Antioch, 2 daughters, Mrs. Eula Tyrie and Mrs. La- • REV. PRESCOTT BEALS (retired), c/o Tenn., to Poteau, Okla. vetta McAtee; 5 grandchildren; and 11 great­ Rev. Wallace White, Nazarene Mission, P.O. • GEORGE O. CARGILL from Walla Walla grandchildren. Box 456, Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea (Wash.) First to Kansas City Central. • MRS. W. O. (HAZEL) FISHER died on • MRS. MARGARET BIRCHARD (on fur­ • H. A. CASEY from Summit Grove, III., to June 5 at Vallejo, Calif., while visiting rela­ lough), c/o Mrs. Elizabeth Simons, 201 Mis- Montezuma, Ind. tives. The funeral services were conducted sallie Dr., Clinton, S.C. 29325 • WAYMAN F. DAVIS from Lynwood, Calif., at Portland, Ore., by Clifford S. Fisher. Sur­ • REV. & MRS. LARRY CLARK, 1719 Alder to La Mirada, Calif. vivors include her husband; one daughter, Ave., Lewiston, Ida. 83501. Phone: (208) • LONNIE C. HILL from Range Cities, Minn., Mrs. Mel Graves; and one son, Bobby Starr. 7 4 6 -6 0 1 3 . to Orlando (Fla.) First. • WILLIAM MILLARD HALL, 78, died on • MISS FRANCIS COURTNEY-SMITH (on • E. L. HOLDER from Salida, Colo., to Rus- July 26 in Davenport, Okla. Funeral services furlough), c/o Olivet Nazarene College, Kan­ ton, La. were conducted by Rev. Cleon Powell. He is kakee, III. 60901 • J. AUSTIN McNAUGHT from Lake Grove, survived by his wife, Stella; one daughter, • REV. & MRS. WALTER CROW (on fur­ Ore., to evangelism. Mrs. Dollie Moline; three brothers; and two lough), 7712 N. Lyrewood Ln., Oklahoma • PAUL R. MYERS, JR., from Chowchilla, sisters. City, Okla. 73132 Calif., to Gallup (N.M.) Twin Butte Indian • MRS. GLADYS ROBERTA HEPPELL, 73, • REV. & MRS. PAUL DAYHOFF, P.O. Box Mission. died June 28 in Torrington, Wyo. Funeral 15, Acornhoek, Eastern Transvaal, Republic • WILLIAM E. NAILL, SR., from Menomo- services were conducted by Rev. Sherman of South Africa nie, Wis., to Spring Arbor, Mich. N. Crandall. Survivors include her husband, • MISS BETHANY DE BOW (on furlough), • FLOYD L. PENNINGTON from New Rich­ Rev. C. W. Heppell; a daughter, Mrs. Rob­ P.O. Box 804, Monrovia, Calif. 91016. Phone: mond, Ohio, to Milford, Ohio. erta Gladson; five step-grandchildren; and (213) 358-2108. • NORMAN K. PHILLIPS from Irvine (Ky.) one step-great-grandchild. • MISS RUTH DECH, Apartado 3977, San First to Ellwood City (Pa.) First. • MRS. ELLEN G. LAHUE died August 23 in Jose, Costa Rica, Central America • JIM PULLUM to Fort Branch, Ind. La Crescenta. Funeral services were con­ • REV. & MRS. EDWARD DRINKWATER, • OSCAR L. PULLUM from Fort Branch, ducted by Dr. T. E. Martin. She is survived (effective October 15, 1973) Box 5566, Ind., to evangelism. by 3 daughters, Mrs. Arlene Scharer, Mrs. Church of the Nazarene, Limbe, Malawi, • GROVER C. REED from Muskegon Barbara Little, and Mrs. Geneva Hill; 3 sons, A frica (Mich.) Eastwood to Corunna (Mich.) Mid­ Warren, Richard, and Robert; a sister; 14 • REV. & MRS. C. LEE EBY (on furlough), dletown. grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. 39 E. Orchard Rd., Ft. Mitchell, Ky. 41011 • CHARLES RUSHING from evangelism to • MRS. EMILY OLA MILLER, 75, died May • REV. & MRS. CLYDE GOLLIHER, Aparta­ Pahokee, Fla. 28 in Chandler, Okla. Survivors include one do 193, Chiclayo, Peru, South America • ROBERT SCHROEDER from WaKeeney, sister; one foster son, Billy Scott Fox; and • REV. & MRS. RONALD GRABKE (on fur­ Kans., to Eureka, Kans. three grandchildren. lough), c/o Eastern Nazarene College, Wol­ • LARRY G. SNYDER from Okeechobee, • MRS. LAURA ELIZABETH RAMBO, 68, laston Park, Quincy, Mass. 02170 Fla., to St. Petersburg (Fla.) Lealman. died August 7 in Kennewick, Wash. Funeral • REV. & MRS. GEORGE HAYSE, P.O. Box • BILLY E. STRANGE from Tampa (Fla.) services were conducted by Rev. Milton 70, Mondeor, Johannesburg, Republic of De Soto Park to Wauchula, Fla. Harrington and Dr. Raymond C. Kratzer. She South Africa • W. E. SWANSON from Loveland, Colo., is survived by her husband. Rev. Lowell M.; • DR. & MRS. ROBERT HEMPHILL, P.O. to Colorado Springs Security. two daughters, Helen and Lulu; one son, Box 14; Manzini, Swaziland, Africa • RONALD L. WHITTENBERGER from An­ Richard; and six grandchildren. • REV. & MRS. ROBERT HUDSON (on fur­ napolis (Md.) First to Uhrichsville (Ohio) • MR. AND MRS. E. G. RANUM. Mrs. E. G. lough). 1454 Belle, San Bernardino, Calif. Rush Community. Ranum, 80, died March 31. Mr. E. G. Ranum, 92404. Phone: (714) 888-3585. • P. L. WRIGHT from Tampa (Fla.) First to 83, died July 8 . Funeral services were con­ • REV. & MRS. A. H. KAUFFMAN (retired), Bradenton (Fla.) First. ducted by Rev. Paul Lantz at Valley City 2719 Green Crest Dr., Erie, Pa. 16506 (N.D.), First Church. Surviving are 3 sons, • REV. & MRS. WAYNE KNOX, P.O. Box Gerald, James, and Richard; 5 daughters, 1245, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies VITAL STATISTICS Muriel Monroe, Verna Newcomb, Jean Si­ • REV. & MRS. JAMES KRATZ, C.P. 21241- mon, Donna Butler, and Kathleen Bauder; 35 Praca Maua, 20.000 Rio De Janeiro, GB, DEATHS grandchildren; and 29 great-grandchildren. Brasil • MRS. ELLA ARNOLD, 85, died August 17 • REV. MRS. MYRTLE P. TAYLOR, 90, died • REV. & MRS. WAYNE LARSON (on fur­ in Scottsbluff, Neb. Funeral services were August 21 in Salem, Ohio. Funeral services lough), 1208 Saling St., Medford, Ore. 97501 held in Scottsbluff with Rev. Clark Lewis were conducted by Rev. James Rogers. Sur­ • REV. & MRS. EARL MORGAN, P.O. Box officiating. Survivors include two sons, Gor­ vivors include one sister and three step­ 1567, Nazareth, Israel 16,000 don and Chester; four daughters, Jennie, children.

OCTOBER 10, 1973 20 • HOMER A. WEBB, 72, died August 1 in Fremont, Calif. Funeral services were con­ ducted by Rev. Gertrude Knight and Rev. Edward Bass. He is survived by his wife, Julia; three sons, Homer L., Edwin D., and Robert L.; one daughter, Lorraine Crewd- son; and his brothers and sisters. NEWS • MARVIN MARK WILDEN, 50, died August 10 in Visalia, Calif. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. E. K. Bryant. He is sur­ vived by his wife, Phyllis; one son, Eddie; one OF RELIGION daughter, Annette; three brothers; and five sisters.

BIRTHS • to GARY AND LINDA (BURCHETT) BANZ, LONDON, England—SPRE-E ’73 (Spiritual RE-Emphasis) has Oklahoma City, Okla., a girl, Mindy Dawn, come and gone. It has left the churches of western Europe Aug. 17. stunned by a twin explosion, one at London’s Earls Court, the • to SAMMY AND NORMA BLAIR, Colum­ other at Wembley Stadium. As a demonstration of enthusiasm by bus, Ky., a boy, Brett Aaron, Aug. 14. Christian youth, it was perhaps without parallel in the twentieth • to THOMAS A. AND MARY JANE (SCHWEITZER) COLE, Indianapolis, Ind., century on this side of the Atlantic. a boy, Christopher John, May 6. Attracted by the preaching of Evangelist Billy Graham and • to ROBERT AND DIANE (HILL) HEAD, the music of a dazzling array of talented Christian artists, includ­ Alhambra, Calif., a girl, Melinda Leigh, Nov. ing Johnny Cash, Cliff Richard, and Terry Dene, tens of thou­ 4, 1972. sands attended the “Spiritual Re-emphasis” week sponsored by • to REV. STEPHEN AND BRENDA HEAP, Bethany, Okla. a boy, Stephen Wesley. Aug. a committee of prominent young clergy and laymen. Thousands 24. of registered delegates spent August 27 to September 1 in train­ • to STEVE AND JAN (MORGAN) HULSEY, ing, praising, and witnessing sessions that went beyond anything Bethany, Okla., a girl, Janna Deann, April Britain had ever seen. The Earls Court, largest indoor stadium in 10. Europe, was filled to capacity. • to JAY AND LINDA JENNINGS, Terrell, Widely advertised as a spiritual highlight of the summer of Tex., a girl, Jennifer Renae, July 9. • to EUGENE AND KATHRYN (ENSMING- 1973, SPRE-E lived up to its billing. One thousand delegates ER) LICKEY, Phoenix, Ariz., a girl, Teena came by chartered boat from Ireland, 660 from Scotland, 550 Marie, Aug. 23. from Germany, and commensurate groups from France, Spain, • to PATRICK AND JUDY (GORDON) Switzerland, Holland, Scandinavia, Italy, and Austria. Others MORROW, Wichita Falls, Tex., a boy, Shan­ flew in from Iceland, Australia, South Africa, and other distant non Kyle, Aug. 13. • to STEVE AND JOY (SHOWALTER) points. PULTS, Sumner, Wash., a boy, Jonathon The Wembley meeting on Saturday afternoon, September 1, Emerson, July 10. climaxed the week and brought memories of the Billy Graham • to REV. DANIEL AND GLENDENA Crusades of former years. But a significant difference was noted: (STRATE) SNOWBARGER, Webb City, Mo., the crowd was uniformly young. The majority attending the week a girl, Tamara Denise, Aug. 22. of SPRE-E were under 21 years of age. Attendance figures aver­ • to DAVID LEE AND SHARON (WESTER- MAN) TRYTHALL, Clarksville, Tenn., a girl, aged 18,800 per night at Earls Court; police estimated the Wem­ Lee Ann, Aug. 18. bley crowd at 30,100. • to PAUL AND LINDA (TALBERT) UDELL, The announced goal of SPRE-E was to train serious-minded Arcadia, Calif., a girl, Robyn Lynne, Aug. 4. Christians to articulate their faith with love. Delegates were • to JIM AND MARILYN (GREINER) WIN­ accommodated in church halls and schools throughout London. FREY, Shawnee, Okla., a boy, Jimmy Lee, Training sessions in the morning were followed by active witness­ Jr., July 31. ing trips to public places, including Hyde Park and Trafalgar MARRIAGES Square; and visits to some 140,000 homes in the Earls Court • MARJORIE ANN SMEE and DAVID WIL­ district. □ LARD RAGSDALE at San Luis Obispo, Calif., August 4. FIRST OAK PARK LIQUOR LICENSE IN 100 YEARS GOES TO • DEBRA LYNNE BEALS and DAVID COL­ LINS CRAMER at Pueblo, Colo., Aug. 18. CHURCH. OAK PARK, III. (EP)— The first liquor license issued in • MYRTLE IONA JONES and RUSSELL W. a century by this Chicago suburb has gone to a church. FINNEY at Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 11. Ascension Roman Catholic Church was given the first license e PAULA JOAN PUSEY and ROBERT under a new liquor law. It will be used for special events such as CHARLES BRADY at Boise, Ida., Aug. 23. a Holy Name dinner, and will probably be used for something on e DARLENE JANE DANELLA and J. GARY HAND at South Ozone Park, N.Y., Aug. 25. St. Patrick’s Day. e CATHY SMITHA and FRANK HEFF at The Oak Park liquor law, passed In March, also provides for Anacortes, Wash., Aug. 25. licenses for hotels, restaurants, and clubs, but no applications e CONNIE MARIE RATHBUN and RONALD are now pending, a spokesman for the village commission said. CHARLES SCHREUDERS at Urbana, III., □ Aug. 23. e REBECCA C. LEONARD and ROBERT C. AMOUNT SPENT FOR ALCOHOL DOUBLE THAT FOR RELI­ GRAY at Mason City, la., Aug. 3. GION AND WELFARE. ST. PAUL, Minn. (EP)—Americans spent two and a half times as much on alcoholic beverages last DIRECTORIES year as they did on religious and welfare projects, according BOARD OF GENERAL SUPERINTEN­ to the vice-president of the National Women’s Christian Temper­ DENTS—Office: 6401 The Paseo, Kansas ance Union. City, Mo. 64131. Edward Lawlor, Chairman; Addressing a “home protection” conference group in con­ Eugene L. Stowe, Vice-chairman; Orville W. Jenkins, Secretary; George Coulter, V. H. nection with the ninety-ninth annual WCTU convention here, Mrs. Lewis, Charles H. Strickland. T. Roy Jarrett reported that, in 1972, "expenditures for alcoholic General Superintendents Emeritus. Hugh C. beverages, which are consumed by about 78 million adults over Benner, 8932 Wenonga Rd., Leawood, Kans. 18 years of age, amounted to $25,669 billion . . . or more than 66206; D. I. Vanderpool, 1188 Kottinger Dr., $329 per capita." Pleasanton, Calif. 94566; G. B. Williamson, 2835 Avondale Dr., Colorado Springs, Colo. In contrast, she said, “expenditures for religious and welfare 80917; Samuel Young, 5639 W. 92nd PI., activities in 1972 amounted to only $10,096 billion, indicating the Overland Park, Kans. 66207. American public's insensitiveness to their own spiritual needs, and to the economic needs of our less fortunate brothers.” □

3 0 HERALD OF HOLINESS the answer cornerConducted by W. T. Purkiser, E ditor

■ I mentioned to my brother, who belongs to another denomination, that I had led prayer meeting in our church at the request of the pastor. He said I was out of place, and that women should keep silent in church. Why do some churches say that it’s OK for women to lead, and other churches say they can’t?

I’ve answered similar questions I do not see that either of these than to say that it seems to me several times in the “Answer Cor­ references has anything to do with there is more than cultural con­ ner,” and usually get caught in the teaching a Sunday school class, ditioning here. cross fire of the war between the leading a prayer meeting, or For some reason, every religious sexes. preaching. movement headed by women that I The view that women should not Paul states in 1 Corinthians 11:5 know about is outside the central preach or otherwise occupy public that women in the New Testament mainstream of historic Christian­ places in church is based on 1 Co­ Church “prophesied” (defined in ity. Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Pat­ rinthians 14:34-35, where Paul for­ 14:3 as speaking words of edifica­ terson Eddy and Madam Besant bids women to speak in tongues in tion, exhortation, and comfort) or are two examples that come readily the church or create a disturbance; preached. Acts 21:8-9 speaks of the to mind. and on 1 Timothy 2:12, where he four preacher daughters of Philip This doesn’t mean that many says that he does not permit a wom­ the evangelist. men haven’t headed other crackpot an to teach authoritatively nor to As to the “authoritative teach­ religious movements, but the rate usurp authority. ing,” I have no explanation other isn’t 100 percent.

■ On the front cover of our adult Sunday achool quarterly for this quarter there is a picture of Christ on the Cross. Just above His head are the letters “I.N.R.I.” Will you please explain to me what these letters mean?

These are the initial letters of 19:19), and was one of the three in­ scription was given in Greek, Latin, the words in the Latin phrase, scriptions placed above the head of and Hebrew. “Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum.” Jesus by order of the Roman gover­ I.N.R.I. is commonly used in The phrase means “Jesus of Naz­ nor, Pilate. stylized representations of the Cru­ areth, the King of the Jews” (John Luke 23:38 tells us that the in­ cifixion.

■ An answer from your “Answer Corner” (I’m sorry I don’t have a date) says that the pastor is not ex officio chairman or even necessarily a member of the nominating commit­ tee. The 1972 Manual says in Paragraph 106.11 that “the pastor shall serve as chairman of the committee.” Which is right?

The Manual. tion. Wherever the General Assembly My answer was published in the When the Manual authorization has not specified procedures, Rob­ March 4, 1964, Herald before there for the use of nominating commit­ ert’s Rules of Order serves as the was any statement in the Manual tees was introduced, it included the guide. Wherever the General As­ concerning the use of nominating stipulation you quote, that “the sembly has adopted specified pro­ committees. It was based on gen­ pastor shall serve as chairman of cedures, these take precedence over eral parliamentary practice rather the committee.” the Rules. than specific Manual authoriza­

■ Which one of the modern-lenguage versions would you recommend that would support the doctrine of holiness best?

The New American Standard Bi­ Scriptures even when the translator 15:8-9; Romans 6:1-13; 8:2-13; ble, the Revised Standard Version, or translators might be expected to 2 Corinthians 7:1; Galatians 5:16- and the New International Bible, of show some bias in this area. 24; Ephesians 4:17-24; 5:25-27; Phi- which the New Testament portion You might be interested in my lippians 3:6-12; Colossians 3:1-12; has just been published. All of personal (and quite unscientific) 1 Thessalonians 4:3, 6-7; 5:22-24; these retain the terms sanctify, checklist of 25 important holiness 2 Thessalonians 2:13; Titus 2:11- sanctification, and holiness. texts: 14; Hebrews 12:14; James 4:8; Let me add, however, that the Matthew 5:8, 48; Luke 1:73-75; 1 Peter 1:15; 2 Peter 1:4; 1 John truth comes through in practically 11:13; John 14:15-18; 17:15-20; Acts 1:7-10. every honest translation of the

OCTOBER 10. 1973 LOVE IN ACTION IN Sunday School Superintendent's Resource Packet LITTLE ROCK

A quarterly packet of practical, time- How a layman led the way conserving materials providing the $5.00 SS superintendent with the latest methods and programs for maintain­ When God’s kind of love broke ing a progressive Sunday school out of Paul Holderfield’s heart, it unleashed a tide of events that is ★ Helps for building attendance making history for the Church of ★ Ideas for vitalizing visitation ★ Plans for enlisting workers the Nazarene in North Little Rock, ★ Guidelines for teachers' meetings Ark. ★ Suggestions for teachers' training Paul is the kind of man who lives his faith. That’s not the easy way, Order EVERY QUARTER on the Church Literature-Supplies but Paul says it’s the only way. Order Blank or direct from your As a sharecropper’s son in the NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE hardscrabble poverty of the middle South, Paul learned life’s lessons from the bottom up. The Lawrenceburg (Tenn.) Grace Church recently broke ground for its new Following his older brother, Bud­ 300-seat sanctuary. Attendance for Sunday school and the ground-breaking dy, into the Golden Gloves boxing ceremony reached 151, a new record for the church. The service was held on the ring, he made the final rounds of final day of a revival campaign with Evangelist Asa Sparks and Song Evange­ list Ralph Dunmire. Pictured (1. to r.) are Evangelist Asa Sparks; former dis­ the 1945 Chicago championships. trict superintendent, Dr. C. E. Shumake; Mr. Joseph E. Adkisson, treasurer He would never have made it to for the Tennessee District; Pastor John J. Watson; District Superintendent Chicago, however, but for a black Harvey H. Hendershot; Mr. O. H. Crabb; Mr. J. I. Beard; and Mr. Ralph Dun­ sharecropper neighbor who rose mire. early in the morning to take him to the bus. The Holderfields had no car. Years passed. They were years of battling and boozing, and the Church was a world away. When racial troubles hit Little Rock in 1957, Paul Holderfield was standing outside the fire station where he worked as the troops marched by. The firemen jeered the blacks and cheered the National Guard. Along came Paul’s friend who had taken him to the bus that early morning years ago. When he of­ fered his hand in friendship, Paul turned away, ashamed in front of his firemen friends. Later in the privacy of his loneliness he wept bitter tears. “ I cried like a baby,” he remembers. “ I swore I’d never let what people think bother me Ground breaking at the new Sunbury, Ohio, church. (Left) Mayor of Sunbury, again.” Pastor Simpson, and District Superintendent Don Gibson look on as architect Paul was not a Christian then, and contractor, Homer McKnight, throws the first shovel of dirt. Church board but he had a Christian mother who members stand at right of photo. was a Nazarene. She was in a death battle with cancer and held des­ perately to life because she must pray for her children. Long after her doctors had given up hope, she held on with a hint of iron in her voice: “ I’m not ready to die. Someone must pray for my kids.” After five months of seeing his mother in searing pain, Paul heard the doctor say she could not live through the night. He prayed that if she should survive the night he would become a Christian. Two months later she was still alive, still in pain, and still insisting that she could not die until there was some­ one to pray for the kids. “ Mother,” he said softly, “ I’ll pray for the kids.” She died in less than 30 seconds.

3 2 HERALD OF HOLINESS Love was ready to break out in tional that night in the absence of Paul Holderfield’s life. He was de­ a pastor. termined to express the love of God came to Friendly Chapel Christ in action, regardless of con­ that night and the people were en­ sequences. couraged. When the service was There were soon some surprising nearly over, the door opened and changes. After a normal intake of in came the boy who was to sing the about 20 cigars a day, he quit smok­ special—he had walked 19 blocks in ing. After “ guzzling beer like a the rain to get there. Paul Holderfield with truck at the sponge,” he quit drinking. After “ I felt like shouting,” recalls Paul fire station where he is employed. turning his back on his black friend, Holderfield. “ I was never that low he began to befriend the black again.” Paul Holderfield, his wife and children in his neighborhood who His experience working with the family, believe that their associa­ had no place to go, no one to care. Friendly Chapel has convinced him tion with the Friendly Chapel has He worked in the neighborhood that the only way for the church to strengthened their faith in God. “ I Boys’ Club and the ball team. remain a vital influence in the life don’t know of a happier man in the When he learned that some of the of the young is to boldly live up to world than me,” he says, “ and I boys could not attend the club be­ its convictions. don’t know of a happier family in cause they would miss their only “ Have you ever thought,” he the world. We wouldn’t trade it for meal of the day, he began to pre­ asks, “ what goes through teen­ anything in the world.” pare hot meals for them in the agers’ minds when they’ve been Under the guidance of the dis­ kitchen of the fire hall. He began to brought up in the church all their trict superintendent, Rev. Thomas talk to them about church. lives and taught that Christians Hermon, and the pastoral leader­ But he could not invite them to love everybody, God loves every­ ship of a retired air force sergeant, go to church. “ I had to face facts,” body, and then they go to school John Scholar, the Friendly Chapel he says; “ I knew they would not be and they become good friends to a is showing unmistakeable signs of welcomed.” black, or a black becomes good growth. “ How could I work with the friends to a white, and then sud­ Organized as a Church of the boys? How could I go calling if the denly they realize that they have Nazarene on December 31, 1972, it person who answered the door was been taught wrong all their lives now has a lively and talented con­ black and I couldn’t invite him to because they can’t invite their gregation which meets regularly for my church?” he asked. friends to church with them? They fellowship and worship. Atten­ Out of this struggle between Paul just turn away from the church. dance is sporadic at times, as is Holderfield and his conscience was “ If every Christian would go out typical of any new work, but the born the Friendly Chapel in North and show his love towards the op­ word has gone out in North Little Little Rock—a Nazarene mission posite race, this world wouldn’t Rock that the Friendly Chapel is a that from its very beginning would have the problems it has. If we place where people love God and welcome people of all races to its don’t set the example and do what each other regardless of color. It’s services. God wants us to do, we will destroy what’s inside that counts. □ At first, the services were held in ourselves. If the strong don’t help a second-floor room of an aban­ the weak, we won’t be strong very —News release, Department of Home Mis­ doned public school building. long.” sions When this building was con­ demned, the group had to leave, eventually to enjoy the attractive iQr any other 17 designated titles $5 facilities of the Friendly Chapel. For Paul Holderfield the trials OBJECTIONS > THIS BOOK* FR E €^ were just beginning. “ I can’t really When selling our exciting new line of explain how these kids reacted to Sinning me when I first started working CHRISTMAS CARDS with them,” he says. “ Some of them wouldn’t talk to me. Love just had to be the answer.” TO GET STARTED Order About the lowest point in the CHRISTMAS REPRESENTATIVE’S KIT history of the mission, according to A $7.95 Value for ONLY $4.50 Paul, came one rainy Sunday when of beautiful cards, festive napkins, scripture the chapel was temporarily without text calendars, colorful gift-wrap. 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otal strangers, we met and got ac­ Sunday to Christians and to “ whosoever Tquainted as patients sharing the will” come to Him with repentance and same room on the cardiac floor of a faith. small city hospital. He was 46 years of I gave my personal testimony: how I, age—an ambitious, energetic farmer; a too, in the early years of our marriage picture of health and strength. I was 66, attended church with my Christian fam­ a semiretired pipeliner doing part-time ily but had no faith or concept of what it farm work and trying to witness and meant to be a genuine Christian until I serve my Lord wherever and whenever determined I was going to seek and find I could. this experience which brought such a It was Good Friday; I had been con­ change in my life. Then I quoted several fined more than a week for tests, medi­ “ salvation” scriptures, including the cation, and bed rest because of a account of Nicodemus and the “ born troublesome but not serious heart con­ again” experience. dition. This seemed to awaken Howard’s in­ I was disappointed that I had to miss terest, and he asked for my Bible. He a good Palm Sunday worship service in spent most of the rest of the day reading our local Church of the Nazarene, where the New Testament, and occasionally a revival spirit broke out and several asking my interpretation of certain pas­ seekers found victory at the altar—some sages. for whom most of the church had been The following day found him again burdened for some time. avidly reading the Bible, while I secret­ Believing that “ all things work to­ ly prayed that the Holy Spirit would gether for good,” I had been trying to open the Scriptures to him. find an “ open door” to witness to some­ That afternoon he could stand it no one—nurses and other patients—but to longer and asked my wife to call a friend no avail. Then this man was moved into from their church to come to his room. my room late Thursday evening. The There, with only a curtain between our following morning—Good Friday—the two beds, his friend prayed audibly and Holy Spirit opened a door wide for some I prayed silently with them until he personal evangelism. Howard was such found victory. a friendly, clean-looking, clean-talking What a thrill and joy to hear him say, man that I assumed he must be a Chris­ “ It doesn’t matter now what happens to tian; so I asked him where he attended me—everything is alright!” church. He told me his wife and son On Good Friday, Howard was as lost were members of a certain holiness as the unrepentent thief on the Cross; church, and that he attended occasion­ but Easter Sunday found him a rejoicing ally, but—in his own word—“ I’m not Christian with a “ new heart” ! anything.” This was quite a shock to The following Wednesday, his physi­ me at first, but I felt an inner urge to cal heart was not able to withstand an­ “ keep my foot in the door.” other massive seizure. He died as he was We started discussing the unique being transferred by ambulance to an­ functions of the human heart and cir­ other hospital. But we have every as­ culatory system. I referred to Leviticus surance that his “ new heart” will never 17:11, “ For the life of the flesh is in the fail him throughout that glorious eter­ blood; and I have given it to you upon nity! □ the altar to make an atonement for your souls . . .” This opened the way to explaining the Sylvan F. Starks significance of Good Friday and Easter Springdale, Ark. NEW LEADER College Church, as the executive will precede each of the evening APPOINTED FOR secretary of the Department of meetings. World Missions. A luncheon for ladies will be at NORTHEAST Rev. Johnson was ordained in 12 noon, Wednesday, January 9. OKLAHOMA DISTRICT 1950. He served his early ministry The traditional luncheon for evan­ in the Northwest. He pastored the gelists will be at 12 noon, Thursday, With the unanimous ap­ Coeur d’Alene, Ida., church and January 10. Early reservations for proval of the Board of Gen­ was at Eugene (Ore.) First from both of these luncheons are im­ eral Superintendents and 1956 until 1958, when he accepted portant and should be made by after consultation with the the assignment to open Nazarene writing the Department of Evange­ district advisory board, I work in Germany. lism, 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City, have appointed Rev. W. T. Johnson continued the super­ Mo. 64131. Dougharty, presently pastor- vision of the work in Europe, in­ JOHN L. KNIGHT ing Pompano Beach, Fla., cluding the northwest European district superintendent of the Executive Secretary area, Scandinavian countries, and Department of Evangelism Northeast Oklahoma Dis­ Holland, until 1969, when he re­ trict. This appointment is turned to the States to pastor brief­ made effective September 23. ly the Cambrian Park Church in San Jose, Calif. Since 1970, he has THIRD GEORGE COULTER INTERNATIONAL General Superintendent pastored the Nampa (Ida.) College Church. LAYMEN’S Rev. Johnson and his wife, Alice, Rev. W. T. Dougharty, 45, has CONFERENCE have four children—Jerald D., Jr., accepted the appointment as dis­ 21; Dennis L., 19; Kurt Eugene, 13; trict superintendent of the North­ and Carla, 12. □ east Oklahoma District. He will succeed Rev. E. H. Sanders, PROGRAM FOR who resigned to ac­ EVANGELISM cept the pastorate of CONFERENCE the Wichita (Kans.) ANNOUNCED Vernon E. Lunn was elect­ West Side Church. ed chairman of the Third Nazarenes from across the de­ Rev. Sanders had International Laymen’s Con­ nomination will gather in Kansas D oug harty served as district ference by the Executive City, January 8-10, 1974, for the leader since 1965. Committee and the Board of mid-quadrennial de- Prior to becoming a district super­ General Superintendents to nomination-wide intendent, he served an eight-year fill the vacancy created by Conference on Evan­ pastorate at Sapulpa, Okla. He also the death of J. Wesley gelism. pastored Tulsa First. Mieras, attorney from Pasa­ The main confer­ Rev. Dougharty has pastored dena, Calif. He has been a Tampa (Fla.) Sulphur Springs; ence sessions are member of the Executive scheduled for the Mu­ Jacksonville (Fla.) Central; Lufkin Committee since its incep­ (Tex.) First; Beaumont (Tex.) sic Hall, with the key- [>. Knight tion and previously served as note address to be First; and Harvey, 111. program chairman for the delivered at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Between 1967 and 1969, he served First International Laymen’s January 8, by Dr. Charles H. as director of development and Conference. Strickland, general superintendent. public relations at Trevecca Naza­ Mr. Lunn, an elected mem­ Dr. V. H. Lewis will report on the rene College, Nashville. Dougharty ber of the General Board of assumed the pastorate at Pompano progress toward the quadrennial the Church of the Nazarene, Beach, Fla., in 1970. He was or­ goal of 200,000 “ New Nazarenes” is an insurance company dained in 1953. □ won to Christ and the church. executive in Detroit and a Other messages will be delivered member of First Church of JERRY JOHNSON by Dr. Eugene L. Stowe, Dr. Ed­ the Nazarene in that city. He ELECTED WORLD ward L. Lawlor, President Stephen is married to the former Nease, and Dr. G. B. Williamson, MISSIONS SECRETARY Carolyn Eckley and is the general superintendent emeritus. father of three children. Due to the continuing illness of Drs. Jenkins and Coulter will * * * * Dr. E. S. Phillips, and in the light direct the evening services. of recommendations from his per­ With effective, aggressive, holi­ Other members of the Lay­ sonal physician con­ ness evangelism as the work of the men’s Executive Committee cerning his work, the Church of the Nazarene, the con­ are: Bob Steenbergen, vice- Board of General Su­ ference theme will center around chairman; Gordon Olsen, perintendents, in con­ the person and work of the Holy past chairman; Edward S. sultation with a Spirit, Mann, program chairman; committee from the Afternoon workshops or seminars Bud Lunn, promotion chair­ Department of World will highlight the various phases of man; Otto Theel, finance Missions, submitted evangelism in the local church. chairman; Paul Skiles, music nominees for the elec­ Conference registration fee is chairman; Norman Miller, tion of a new executive secretary $7.50 per person, or two people from treasurer; Howard Hamlin for the Department of World Mis­ the same family for $10.00, which and Lester (Bud) Tollie, sions. covers insurance for registrants, in­ members-at-large, General The mail ballot has resulted in cluding travel time. Board affiliate—General the election of Rev. Jerald D. John­ A special song fest, featuring our Stewardship Committee, son, 46, presently pastor of Nampa song evangelists and musicians, Earl Wolf, executive director. SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI • OCTOBER 10. 1973

By Edward S. Mann Kansas City

Today I worshipped again in that small country church— A quiet sanctuary nestled among rolling hills. Two of my grandchildren were there with me. My mind went back many years to the time when I too sat There as a child with my grandparents. My father’s father built the church with his own hands, And while he worked—or worshipped—he loved to sing “ I ’m a Child of the King. ” My mother’s mother was the perennial class leader. Her theme song was “ Holiness unto the Lord. ” Today we too sang those familiar songs.

The church is in a small community of less than a hundred families. Its membership is only slightly larger than it was a half-century ago. Yet it has had an immeasurable ministry through the years. It has supported every phase of the work of the Kingdom. It has sent most of its young people to a Nazarene college— As many as seven at a time. It has produced a missionary, some preachers’ wives, and a Number of Christian nurses and teachers for both Public schools and Nazarene colleges. Its laymen have served their community, their state, and their nation. And a succession of young pastors have had their own Ministry enriched by their association with that small country church.

God has blessed many small country churches. Without them the Church of the Nazarene would be impoverished. Today, as I worshipped, I found myself Very thankful for the eternal impact on the lives of my Grandparents, my parents, my children, and my grandchildren Of that one small country church!