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I l~ P age 2 r TllE BAPTIST llER.~ LU ~ · Wt1AT'.r HAPPE-MI MG • • • • The Baptist ~erald Published semi-monthly on the first and fifteenth of each month by the e From J uly 3 to 14 a ha Bible School was Virgil P . Hulse and Janzen from Scott ch urch. Five well attended services ROGER WILLIAMS PRESS conducted at the Calvary Field during the absence of the pastor, were held during these two days in 3734 Payne Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Baptist Church of Killaloe, the 11ev. Charles F. Zummach, from the ch mch. Martin L. Leuschner, D.D., Editor Ontario, Can ada with classes the pulpit. On August 8 th"' a nnn;tl held daily from 9 to 12 " Homecoming Day' was held at • Mrs. F. Mindrup, the widow of o'clock. A r egula r attend­ t I 11tlclson Home in Centrali a, Ill., one of our well known pastors, who a nce of 50 pupils brightened where Mr. Zum mach is also the acting died some time ago, is living with her • · the hearts of the five teachers supel'intendent. The family night a nd son and his wife at 4400 Poplar Ave., Contents business meeting of the Trenton Cleveland, Ohio, September 1, 1944 serving on the staff. This Memphis, Tenn. Her son has been in Cover Design ...... S amuel D. Mys lls was the second successive year church on J uly 26 had almost 100 per the Armed Forces for the past two Volume 22 Number 17 for the Vacation Bible School. ee11 t attend.a nee. years. Mrs. Mindrup writes that she \Vhn.l's Happenin g ...... 2 The Rev. Carl Weisser, pas­ is a regular reader of "The Baptist Edltorlal- tor, took a prominent part in Her ald'' and enjoys it very much. She .. T hlnk on These Things" ..... 3 the work of the school. sends greetings to her many friends "'The World's Great est Need of Today" everywhere. She also wTote : "I have by Dr. Alfred A. Cie rpke ...... { Think on These Things! At the annual business • read and heard that in some places "Th e Othe r S ide of Chris t's Com ­ meeting of the B. Y. P. U. of young people group themselves to­ NE. of the major tasks of education is to a1~ous e an e~g.er­ ·. Neustadt, Ontario, Canada m ission" by R e v. \V. J . Lue beck G gether for prayer, and that they h ave ness for learning and to impart a techmque for hvmg the following new officers yielded their lives to Jesus and want " Gideon Natio n al Conv e ntion at lII were elected: president, to live the separated life. O how my Delver" by 1\Ir. Harry Gels . . .. . 0whereby the individual can make his life count for most George Derbecker; vice-pres- heart r ejoices to know this !': "The Sound of the Trumpet" in his days upon this earth. For this important purpose, the iden t, Rodney Helwig; secretary, Do­ Chapter Twenty ...... 8 fires of ambition need to be set aglow. Horizons of mental lores Helwig; assistant secretary, • After September 4th the address of Marie Ha hn ; treasurer, Howard Hel­ R e ports from the Field ...... 10 outlook must be broadened. Training must be the order of the Rev. F. W. Bartel will be 822 Obituaries ..... · · ...... •...... 15 wig; assistant treasurer, Homer Hel­ Wisconsin Ave., St. Joseph, Mich. In the day. The wheels of the mind must be set in motion until wig; p ia nists, Marion Derbecker and July a nd August Mr. Bartel partici­ " Do You Know That ... ?" ...... 16 Lynn Helwig, Jr.; libraria ns, Vera pated in the Northern Conference at intelligent reading and study have filled that life with the Howard and Erma Hahn. Edmonton, Alberta a nd conducted • treasures of wisdom. e Mr. Raymond Dickau of Wetaski­ evangelistic meetings at Carbon Tro­ Coming win, Alberta, a graduate of the Chr is­ chu '.ind C~mrose, Alberta. On' Sept. Christianity and education ought never to be in conflict tian Training Institute of Edmonton, 3 Miss Mi ldred Bartel, the younger S PIRITUAL "WASHING with each other. The Christian Church founded the first daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. F. W. The Rev. J ohn Wobig, pastor or the spent the past summer months serving Rive rview B a ptis t Churc h o f St. Paul, colleges and universities. The Protestant Church has always as pastor of the Baptist Churches of Ba!· t~l , will be graduated from the Minn., h as contributed a h ear t-search­ E sk and Janzen, Saskatchewan. His Tnmty School of Nursing at J ames­ ing sermon on a n unus u a l t ext Whic h emphasized the God-given privilege of reading and inter­ ministry was accompanied by many town, N. Dak. She has been a n honor wlll minis te r with great b lessing to all preting the Bible for ourselves which presupposes the ability student through the past three years ..Baptis t H e rald" readers In the n ext blessings for the churches and for Issu e. himself. and r ecently was offered a $1600 fel­ to read and to understand what we have r ead. Christian Sollor \Volle r O. Die drich, low.ship . for two yea"J.·s a t St. Louis THE JOB, THE TOOLS AND THE ilIAI\' missions have established schools wherever they have been, e The Mission Cii:cle of the Baptist Son of He.-. null iHr1<. Edmund illltte l­ Umvers1ty School of Nursing. For the Rally Day se a son of the Church of Randolph, Minn., reports Hteolt of LOH A uge leH, C nllf., lu Sunday Sc hoo l a nd t h e o pening of the from which streams of native leaders have gone forth to bless an enrollment of 18 members. During Front of the Second Cbureb • Mi.ss Mildred Voth and Mr. Gilbert Fall prog r am of the Church, the R ev. these lands. All of this in keeping with the words of the of Union City, N. -!· Schneider, both members of the Salt c. C. Gossen of the Emanuel B aptist the past year l f 2 sick calls were made. Snllor Dledrleb t ook hl1< hoot trnlnlng Chur c h o f Marlon, Kansas h as prepare d apostle Paul : "Whatsoever things are lovely and true and of The women are sending Christian at Ncw1wrt, ll. J. J the n went to the Creek Baptist Church near Dallas a timely m essage w hich w ill Impa rt N a\1111 A ir Techulc nl 'l'rululng Cente r nt Oregon, were married a t a service i~ m uch Inspiration to those who carry good report ... think on these things !" liter ature to all of the church's young o ut It s p r actica l sugge stions. people in the Service. They also par­ )le n111hls1 Teun.; becnn1e nu Instructor ~he Salt Creek Church on F riday even­ at . "o lornons, :lid. ;. Inter n10\'e d. t o . the THE SEi'llINA.RY It is not a very bright picture wh en we review our churches ticipate in many of the church's U . S. S ubmarine DnHe ut Ne,,· Loutlon, mg, August 18, with Dr John "WE SPEAK FOR activities. The Rev. Ben Zimmermann Conn.; null IH DO\\" ut the ~ Hu e D e 1•ot Jn Leypo~d t ?f Oregon officiating. Mr. About n ine minis t e rs a nd a n equal in general and see the way in which education is often dis­ Y o rkto\\·o , "'\71r,::lnlo. numbe r or laymen will writ e briefly on is the new pasto1· of the church. Sch n e1de~ is a graduate of the Roches­ what the Rochester Baptist S eminary counted and discouraged by elders in the lives of our young 'l'he interim pastor of the Fleisch­ ter Baptist Seminary in the class of has m eant to them and what Its s ig ­ The Rev. a nd Mrs. John P. Epp of e n ifican ce o u g ht to be for our chu r c h es. people. Farms and factories often take precedence over the mann Memorial Baptist Church of ~~~4 ;~1 hopes to continue his studies These testimonies In be h a lf of t h e Sem­ the Baptist Church of Chancellor, So. Philadelphia, Pa., is Mr. John F . is ' a at the University of Roches­ ina ry Endowm e nt Fund a r e lo be edited school with all of its possibilities for a full orbed life of use­ Dak., conducted a Vacation Bible Crouthamel, Jr., who has also directed ter. The former Miss Mildred Voth is by p r omotion a l direct o r of the cam­ fulness. There is a tremendous responsibility involved in School at Tea, So. Dak., from July 24 the church's music during the past six a. graduate nurse who has had eon- paig n, Rev. E. J . Baumg a 1·tne r . to 28 with 30 children in attendance. s1derable experience in h f . this, when for the sake of money and getting rich quickly, months on a practical work assignment Both of th h er pro ess1on. A number of these boys and g irls made from Eastern Theological Semina r y. they felt er:i ave a nnounced that • we lose sight of equipping and training ourselves for the their confession of Christ as Savior. th C God s call as missiona ries to greatest possible effectiveness in the service of the King! A Vacation Bible School was held in Subscription pric~$1.6U a year The Rev. Ray Allen of Worthing, So. July with closing exercises on Sunday, fu~thearm er?dons and are awaiting his Dak., also assisted. This was the sec­ July 30, at which almost 150 people gu1 ance. To Foreign countries-$1.75 a year As is pointed out in several timely and provocative articles ond consecutive year for a Vacation were present. Mr. Crouthamel wrote: Advertising r a t es, ;i.so per inch in this issue of " The Baptist Herald", the fault lies not in the Bible School in this community. "I am certain that it is a place of ~a:-cr unus ual radio broadcast can be single column, 2 ~ inches wide. ' a bundant opportunity if we are care­ p M CC aturday evenings a t 10.30 Obituary notices are accepted at process of education but in the type and spirit of schools e The Rev. H. W. Wedel of Victor, ful to let God lead each step of the ti~n K xentral War Time) over Sta­ 5 cents per line, set in six point type, which have developed through th e years. There are still Iowa presented his resignation to the path a head." Waterlo E L (1 ~40 kilocycles) in after an allowance of ten lines. Baptist Church of Victor on Sunday, L'f ,, o, .Iowa. It is called, " This I s wonderful Christian schools to which our young people can July 30, because of ill health. Mr. All editorial correspondence is to be go. We must also bring our influence to bear to make other • The 50th a nniversary of the Grace p; e~e~t~~ mformal Chr istian program, addressed to the Rev. Martin L. Wedel reports : " I have found a group Bnptist Church of Sheffield, Iowa was B'bl g gems of truth from the schools Christian in teaching and spirit. oi loyal Christians here at Victor who Leuschner, 7346 Madison Street, Forest held on August 20 a nd 21 with the P~ uj Hd from the writing pen of P ark, Illinois. have helped to make my last years in pastor, the Rev. L: F. Church, in novelist u~~en s, nationally known But this basic fact remains. Protestant Christianity has the ministry very happy ones." The charge of the f estivities. Anniversary Gang" hoak or of "The Sugar Creek All business correspondence is to be given birth to the present day emphasis on education. The addressed to the Roger Williams Press, Rev. a nd Mrs. H. W. Wedel did not messages were brought by the Rev­ to "The B\.and frequent contributor open Bible and a literate, intelligent people run parallel to state where they will r eside in their erends J acob J orda n, 0. W. Brenne1· is of a ~P ist Herald."The program 3734 Payne Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. retirement following the close of then· of George, Iowa, Peter Geissler of music a ~uiet, re~ tfu! type with lovely each other. God has placed th e responsibility upon all of us active ministry in the Victory church. Av on, South Dakota, John W. Walkup The wat .rew 1nsf?1rational material. Entered as second-class matter to prepare and equip ourselves for the greatest useful minis­ of St. Paul, Minn., Carl Sentman and quite cle e11 oo . station can be heard J anuary 9, 1923, at the post office e On Sundays, August 20 and 27, the at Cleveland, Ohio, under the act try in behalf of his Kingdom. To be satisfied with less than Baptist Church of Trenton, Illinois Kenneth Mead of Iowa. Visiting pas­ Canada ar Y. In much of Southern tors also r elated interesting incidents of the Uarytd din both the east and west of March 3, 1879. that is to sin in the sight of God. In the reading of this issue m e States. of ·" The Herald" , think on these things! Page 4 THE BAPTIST HERALD September 1, 1944 Page 5 education a new comprehensive 'Welt­ anschauu~g', a new world view. Secu­ larism made this sear ch necessary, but has no solution to offer." The Christian College Dr. Kraushaar's conclusion is. t~at "we must come back to the Christian College." Said h~ : " We ~ el ieve tl~.at r eligious faith will furmsh t he. m­ spiration for even greater educational achievements in the f uture. In t he face of t he pr esent nat!on~l a nd inter­ n ational situa tion, this 1s our only hope." . We .agree _whol~he!'lrtil1 !'lnd thmk of the followmg d1stmg mshmg marks of a Christian College, as Dr. L. L. Carpenter sees it in his recent book, "A Survey of Religious Education", namely 1, a Christian aim or objective; 2 a Christian viewpoint of philosophy; a: a Christian spirit, atmosphere a nd life; 4, a Christian progra m; and 5, a Commencement P rocession by Students on the Christian product. Cleveland, Tenne11see. Education a lone can only remove Profe8sOr Alfred A. Clcr1>ke at His Office Desk at Bob Jones College, Cle,·el nnd, Tenn. ignorance. But this is not the b~s t preparation for the struggles. of h fe to go to school or to college m order UNITED CHRISTIAN YOUTH Christian youth can r emain calm and to remove ignorance. . CONFERENCE MEETS AT prepare to hasten the coming of God's Education must go hand m hand LAKESIDE, OHIO Kingdom on Earth. The World's Greatest Need of Today with regeneration. Only in a Christian NORTHERN BAPTIST A Chapel Message Delivered by Dr. ALFRED A. CIERPKE College can you grow. spiritu~ ll y - to lly l'llR. CARL IUELISCH to a real manhood m Christ J esus. of the Imm o u ucl Da1>tls t Church , l'llll­ YOUTH CONFERENCE at Bob Jones College, Cleveland, Tenn. wnukce, "\Vis., nnd Dn11tlst D e legate from P aul said: " I count all things to be "\Vlsconsln to the Co nferen ce MEETS AT LAWSONIA , WIS. loss for the excellency of the know­ We cannot live in isolation from the need of a new vision of God. The Dy JUISS EUNICE " ' AGNER tl~e ledge of Christ J esu s my Lord . . . Christian young people from all IN SCOTLAND they tell the story ?f rest of t he world. We have a r es­ Bible . tells us that we can only see that I may know him" (Phil. 3 :8). of lUl!wnukee, "\VI,.., a lUembcr of the ponsibility toward our fellowmen. parts of the world gathered at Lake­ Iwmnnuel Da1>tlst Churc h a resolution passed by a town com:ic!l. God m. J esus Christ. J esus Chr ist And our Lord says: "Search the side on Lake Erie, Lakeside, Ohio on First, they decided to build a new Jail. A Lost World alone gives the vision of a new world. Scriptures, f or in t hem ye think ye But we ~annot have a new world with­ have eternal life: and they are they June 27th for seven inspiring days. The Northern Baptist Youth Con­ Secondly they resolv_e~ to u ~e t he These young people were al! del ega~es materials of the old Jail to build the The need which I believe to be t he ou.t haymg new people. But about which testify of me" (John 5 :39). ference for students, area a nd local t his pomt we shall have more to say to t he convention of the Umted Chris­ leader s of t he Baptist. Youth F ellow­ new one. So far it is plain enough. gr eatest of today is a.. twofold one. Christology, the knowledge about tian Youth Movement. First, we need a new vision of a l o~t l ~ter , wh~n we speak about a God­ Christ, is the heart of our Christian ship was held .at Lawsonia, Wisconsin But, third they voted to keep the old g1ven reVlval. The U. C. Y. M. is a concer ted effort from June 20 to 27. The conference j ail going until t he new one was r~ady world.. Immediately some people. w1~l education. May we all help to make cry out: "Pessimism!" Oh no, it 1s a better world by <;:hristia n education! of the Protestant youth agencies of was largely a ttended, and t he traini!lg to be used. This may be only a bit of A Christian Education Nor th America to unite young people trite humor, but it describes exactly simply the sensible procedure o~ fac­ program of worship, study, fellowsh1p, ing a biblical fact. T here are 1ssues A God-Given Revival in a common program emphasis. Its and recreation brought the young peo­ the plight in which we are and the This is our second great need of to­ theme is "Christian Youth Building a problem before us in building a new in life which must be faced squarely, daJ'.. .~peak ing about the word, "edu­ T he greatest need of our time is a ple closer together and helped. them. to and this is one of them. New World." understand the kind of world m which world. cation , we remember that it comes God-given r evival. Only a God-given F orty-two Pro testan~ denominations, "But," someone will say, "is not the from Latin word, "educo", or "edu­ they live and realize the part which If t he question were asked, "What ~?e revival w ill bring about a better world. thirty-one state counc 1~ s o! churches, is our greatest need today?"' t hree world getting better? Look at the catum , and has the meaning " to lead And only a God-given r evival will they have to play as leaders. wonderful achievements of man!" In­ a nd twelve interdenommat1onal agen­ Prof. W. W. Adams of Eastern answers would probably be given a forth," "to inform", and "to 'enlighten bless our time with a Christian edu­ cies comprise the United Christi.an thousand times over. First, we need deed man has achieved some wonder­ the understanding." cation. Baptist Theological Seminary, Phil~ ­ ful things in the realm of science and Youth Movement. The total young del phia, Pa., gave a Biblical exposi­ a better world; second, we need a Speaking of enlightenment reminds In my student days at t he Hamburg people served by the combined e!f~r ts Christian education; a nd third, we invention but note how these operate Theological Seminary in Germany, I tion each morning. Dr. H erbert Ge­ me abou.t what happened in a theologi­ of t hese agencies number ten million. zork of Andover Newton Theological need a God-given revival. today fo; man's own destruction! No­ cal semmary. One of our professors was grea tly influenced by t he bio­ one knows this so well as the young This la test conference brought t o­ Sch ool spoke on the four subjects, told us that one of his former stud t graphy of Dr. John R. Mott, the gr eat gether representatives from all t hese A Better World people of the world, t~~ young _me~ of got so nervous when taki.ng en s missionar y among the youth of the "The Chu rch and the Quest for .a Last­ America, who are g1vmg then- lives · t' h an ex- cooperating agencies to make plans ing Peace, for Racial Br otherh ood, We all honor the great Reformer, amma ion t at at first he did t world. What a passion fo~· souls t_his for their united emphases. Thus, t he for a better world to come. man of God has! And smce commg Economic Justice, and for a New Sex Martin Luther , one of the greatest If you do not believe it, t hen follow know what to do with him 0 :o part icipants became enriched by a n Morali ty." Vesper services were con­ men of religious history. But we do the student got a number of ne. ay here to America, I have r ead t he book, the judgment of the Bible, which s a~s exch ange of ideas cente1:ed around a ducted by Gene Barlett each ev.eni!1g. not quite understand him. when . he but he could not questions, " The Evangelization hla, Pa. He has of all nations." It is a commandment also led to the establishment of a pastor of the North Sho1·e Baptist a closed mind, but was watchmg the traveled wide ly throughout the Luther an College pha: idei;it . of Texas of the Lord for you and for me to be United Christian Youth Fl'ont, whose U nited StateH and has v i s ite d many issue of "Chr' t' said in a recent Church, Chicago, Ill. world in t he gleam of God. obeyed by both uf us. "Ye sh all be purpo8e is to ~ec ur e better govern­ "Give me America, and h.ave the of our churches. For the s ummer is ian Educat' " " O Representatives were present from of 11143 he was the Germon pa11tor present secularistic . ~oi:i. . ur my witnesses both in J erusalem and ment in our nation. a ll parts of the U. S. and a fine train­ rest of the world!", said a friend of for the Fore11t Park Baptist Chnrclt materialistic educat-' I elat1v1stic and in a ll Judea a nd Samaria, and' unto The greatest impression of this con­ mine to me in California. And I must of For e1tt Park, llllnol•. He 111 now now called to defe~~n has . left youth, ing in Christian leadership and_ a \yon­ a member of the faculty of Bob the uttermost parts of the earth," said ference was made by the realization derful fellowship ·were mamtamed confess that I felt the same way. But Jone11 College at Oleveland, Tenn. ren and empty. Ed our ideals, bar­ (Continued on Page 16) t hat, in the midst of a raging world, I know now that we both are wrong. are searching for ucators _ev~rywh ere t hroughout the entire week. a synthesis in higher .... ,

THE BAPTIST HERALD September 1, 1944 Page 7 The Other Side of Gideon National Convention at Denver Report by Mr. HARRY GEIS of Okeene, Oklahoma, a Member of the Christ's Commission Zion Baptist Church of Okeene America" and past Internationa l pres­ more, flanked on each side with huge By the Rev. W. J. LUEBECK of Ashley, North Dakota T HE 45th Annual International Gid­ ident of the Gideons. On Thursday red sand stone cliffs a nd w ith t he eon Convention met in Denver , Colo­ nig ht Mr . A. C. F eigert, one of Amer­ sta ge at t he front of a nother block of word: 'Thou son of ma n, say unto the _So we cannot copy their example r ado from July 19 t o 24 with dele­ ica's best layman speakers, brought a stone. These g reat r ocks f orm natural ehildren of t hy people", and verse 8 : w_1t~out further contempla tion. As t he g ates present from nearly ever y state challenging message t hat st irred t he sounding boar ds a nd offer ed splendid "If t hou dost not speak t o warn t he d1sc1ples were in the school of J esus, of the Union and Canada . hearts of t he listeners. T he Frida y acoust ics as well a s a marvelous set­ wicked from the way I will require night progr:: m presented a group of ling. Mr. Will H . H a rdin of Atlanta, we also have to study t he Scr ipture That a ncient Biblical chieftain Gid­ his blood at thine ha nd." We will and m 1;1 ke the experience of the Holy outstanding Christia n bus iness men Ga., Interna tional T rust ee of the Gid­ reach them, not only by preaching eon who bears the name of t he organ­ from six different sta les, each g iving eons, was in cha rge of the final ses­ Ghost in order to be skillful and suc­ ization a nd his t hree hundred armed and teaching, but also by the way of cessful. The particular emphasis is a t hrilling test imony of God's won­ sion. love. There is " the way of love" t o warriors were no busier as they went derful saving and keeping power. During the past year t he Gideons not to preach the gospel but to preach int o action against t he taunt ing Baal which even the m ost wicked one is so that r esults a re seen. S unday morning assig nmenls were enjoyed the g reatest dist ribution of open. Love cha nges minds. and his cohorts cent uries ago on the fill ed in more t ha n two hundred God s Word and witnessing for our plains of Judea than wer e t he hun­ Then there is the world of the un­ J The particular t ask with which churches of Denver and suburbs. Many Lord in t he history of t he a ssociation ~ s u s commissioned his disciples was, dreds of Gideon delegates to this con­ souls wer e saved through the m inistry as well as a rich t ime of fellowship, r. oncerned and ignorant, men who a re fir st, ~ o _arouse their willingn ess. It is vention in making Christ known to a taug ht by their f ellow-men not t o pay the willingness to hear , to understand, lost and sinful world. too much attent ion to a ny kind of r e­ a n.~ t~Gcc ept the gospel. When J esus The Gideons a re the oldest Inter­ ligion. These a re the men of whom sat ' 0 ~e and preach", he meant to na tional Christian business m en's asso­ God sa id , as of t he people of Nineveh, ben~ t1 ·a t e 1~ to foreign soil, whether it ciation in the world, and since t hey "wherein a r e more than sixscore e mto a d 1 ~e re n t district or into the come from all evangelical churches Go lo Church Sunday· thousand per sons that cannot disr ern sou 1 of a neighbor . they are able to do a piece of work lietween their rig ht ha nd a nd their left that no single church is a ble to do. Onl_y one Life · · w~ohvae;e r , th a~ requires skillfulness. ttfl · ha nd." N ineveh was not regarded a-s The fi rst Bibles were placed in ·hotels T'will soon be Pq.st 04 Ull ' a far-away island" but as a chief city people's e_ IJ no_ right to destroy other in 1908, and since t ha t time over t wo t hese ill I _us1ons. If we notice t ha t and a quarter million copies of the Only Whats do~e in the world's hear t at that time. har mful u s1~ns of theirs are bad and Nevertheless, the Lord said to J ona h, Bible have been placed in hotels, for Christ utill Last ._ beg for !~~ _th ~ m, we always h ave to schools, hospitals and other permanent "Arise, go t o Nineveh a nd preach f . P 11 ~ s i on to enter their world unto it t he preaching tha t I bid thee." o v1e_ws, which mea ns that h institutions t hroughout our g r eat na­ to gam t hei . t we a ve tion a nd f oreign countries. So our duty is to preach t he gospel t o first. We a nd their these ignor ant ones at all cost. w~ulj·us ~ i h e a~· t Shortly af ter the present world con­ we would use m ~ ~ much more 1f fli ct st a r ted, the Gideons received the Then ther e is the world of the pect. or e ecency and r es- " go" signal from our national a rmy learned, ·of whom we seldom think. and navy Cha pla ins to a ssist in a rm­ They are consider ed as t hose who have Training Is Essential ing our forces with the gospel. So the power and wealth, t hose we have To make them willin immediately t his g rea t task was under­ to obey. B ut P a ul r eceived the speci al learn how t o win t g we ha ve to taken and up to this time over seven - P ho to by E llis o. Hinsey message in Romans 1: 14, "I a m debtor Lnr~ e Dlllhonrd S IJ,:."ll A lo n g tbe Hlgh,-,,·n y :\te ar Oke ene, Ok.Jn., Pre 1•nretl u '.!1 d ttnclerstand a ll g roup hef namely, to a nd a qua rter million New T estaments Cons t ruc ted nt the Exp ense of Mr. Hnrr~· Geh1 of Okee n e, n L e mllui; Me mber 0 bot h to the Greeks and to t he Barbari­ preached to J ews i s . men. Paul wit h Psalms ha ve been placed in the of the Gltle on>1 of Olt lnhomn nn1l n lllembe r o f Oke ene•s Zio n Bn11tl>1 t C hurch. a ns, both to the wi se and to the un­ than he did to the n a. d1ff~re nt way hands of our armed forces by t he M ucH is a lready accomplished for of the Gideons. Also sei·vices were wise." of Athens differentfenS/es ! .in the cit y Gideons throug h the cooper a tion of blessing, challenge a nd dedication of t he _K ingd?m of God. Nearly every held in t he City J ail and Pcderal IIow;c On the contrary, we genera lly be­ Every group ha ~ an in . Corinth. Christian men and women of all de­ life to be his a nd his alone. continent 1s reached. Even t his war cation and viewp ~ tits peculiar edu- nominations, who not only gave liber­ of Conection. Fifteen persons were The approval of a new home for the helps to enl a ~·ge t he affairs of Chr ist. lieve that the gospel is for the unwise, 01n s. saved in one and sixteen in the other. and we take it f or g ranted that the all y to this program, but supported it Gideon headquar ters in Chicago wa s Our Chaplains preach the gospel Then we also h throug h their prayer s. One dollar Sunday af ternoon climaxed the atl(l­ approved by t he convention a nd a good wherever they find a soul· also na ­ wise know the g ospel, only that they culties of th ave to know the diffi- do not wish t o cha nge t heir minds. provides four Testaments or one large itorium meetings with the dyna mic por tion of the m oney toward t he tives in far-away isla nds ' hear the speaking to ~h~ is:oups .. The apostles, complete Bible in t his way. Dr. Walter A. Maier of the L utheran building fund was r aised during the gospel th1·ough t hem. nut t ha t is not true. In spirit ual to t hem the time t ried t? explain things they are kept in da rkness as '~~ · The theme of t he Gideon Convention Radio Hour, who magnified our Lord convention. We, usuall y t hink of t he world which and while speak in tgrace in J es us, well a s a ll the others. B ut on the was "Jesus Christ the Only Hope of a nd courageously and unhesitatingly A n enla rged program was presented everyone encompa sses with his mind they spoke about 0 the Gentiles, recommended this Savior a s the only other hand, what benefit could we ga in J0 , the World." (Joshua 24:15). The ob­ by the cabinet member s a nd approved a. wo1·ld which we can see on a ma p there is but one l' .d s love a nd that jective was "Holding F orth t he Word solution to the problems of life. by the convention in placi ng t he New with the places t he gospel is in reaching them? We would have ~ h ere Roma ns they wr ;vmg Goel. To the of Life." (Phil. 2:16) . The them e On Monday, the last day of the con­ Testament and P salms in the hand of preached a nd C ~r1 s ti a n i ty is progress­ I hose on our side who are the key men n_e ss _through e ab?ut righteous­ in this world. The whole philosophy fai~h and objec tive were closely a dhered to vent ion, Colorado Gideons provided 37 million young people of our coun­ ing . However, 1s this our ent ire and nnth1a ns he Wr ' while to t he Co­ throughout the convention a nd since Lry aside from the armed forces as a only t ask ? It seems to me tha t we would be a g r eat deal more christian­ 150 car s to accommodate 750 people, These things weo ~e on spiritual gifts. the Gideon's objective is evangelism escorted by city police and state pa­ means of curbing juvenile delinquency r ould do a g rea t deal more work ized. Doors would be opened. A master! ave to know and to Christil'l n governor would lead his they not only put forth the W or d of trol on a trip to the Rerl Rooks Am­ which is a growing menace, r etar ding abroad if we would understa nd the Goel which is a means to t ha t end but !.he prog ress of Christian ity in our na­ work whi ch ought t o be done in our sta te with differ ent tendencies. Instead Secondly t he . . phitheatre in the Denver Mountain of being oppressed we would have a ness in th~ hea t arousmg of willing- they lost no time in wit nessing' for Pa rk t here to enjoy our final f ellow­ tion. as well a s all others. vicinity. Therefore, ther e is a nother . r s of th l" Christ wherever they were. Also as a good neig hbor policy t o !iide of Christ's commission a nd t his greater freedom of influence. qu1~·es training. Th e 1steners re- ship and pa r ticipate in a barbecued trained and P e apostles were These men were doing per sonal elk dinner which was enjoyed by all. Lhe countries of South America t he ~ ic!e let us consider. ' The Particular Task work a nd distribut ing t r acts and the lhey had to cl repared for the work Sunset inspirations and convent ion work is being begun to place a Gideon The Particular World Word on the tra in a nd buses on the T estament in two languages, Spanish Christ 's commission is " to go" and and gave th e~· t~es u s ta ught them way to Denver a nd continued in this 0choes were held in this grea t a mphi­ There is not only a world consisting "to preach". In gener al. many think needed thr ough th e knowledge they thea tre that seats twelve thousand or and E nglish, fo1· use by boys a nd girls of continents, . of n ~ t i on s a nd t ong ues. way on the streets buses, hotels a nd of this continent. that this is quite easy. T hey start out cause there were n ~ Hol_y . Spirit, be- cafes. Street services were held each The convent ion, indeed, was a suc­ We t ry to wm missionaries a nd we and pr each wha t t hey believe is right no t eacher s and b Chnstian schools send them out in order to ~·each the Th · · no oaks t t h · ' noon a nd night in front of "The Den­ GtOE O!\"' S G R E A'l' C ONVE N'rION cess a nd God pl aced his approval upon to say. It seems tha t the apostles have e sp1r 1tua1 gift a at t ime. ver Post" building a nd on the oh! ends of this world. W e have done a protection. But J s were t heir only ·r11 c Gide on Con,re ntlon r e c e ntly it as w:is evidenced by the m any given us t his patt ern. They went from Courthouse square. More tha n 75 1rnr­ h e ld In O e u,·cr, Colorodo, " ·nH one good piece of work so far, but that is of me", (Matt es u ~ told them, "learn blessings, souls saved, men's lives r e­ village to village and preached the sons alone were sa ved at the Gideon of the moNt 1nOUH! ntOUM P'CHSlous In not all t he world ! learn of t hem. ll.29. ) W e have t o Ghlt!on blstor,·. \Ve nre lu c.l e bte tl to dedica ted, and the city of Denver message, which they ha d in their bo o ~h on. the courthouse square throug h c·ons<' ious of a living God that is in There is, for. instance, a particula r minds and hearts. But we over look teach!ngs, to u nd !~ under stand t heir ill r. Gel,. of Okl'l'n e, O kin., fo r this world of unbelievers and wicked men testimonies, prayers, songs a nd per­ llluntlnntlnµ; r e: vle \\' o f 1he He t.udontc. r each of every person. the fact tha t t hey were with J esus for our time, and to J tand t he needs of sonal work of t he Gideons. On ibe con\'Cntlou progrnn1 " 'n s who tr y to s ~u~ t~ e i r eyes before the of men. un erstand a ll g roups Or. Ulc bnrd S . De n i, 11nHt o r of 1be Gideons lef t Denver cha llenged that three years and tha t, before being sent The meetings opened on Wednesday we feed upon t he whole Word of God t ruth of Chr1 st1a n1ty. Now, we can­ hy J esus, he dismissed them with a Jr l r H1 Un111l1<1 ("bnre b o f Pho e nix, not be unconcerned a nd let them go If J es us reall evening in the Municipal Audi torium. A rlz onn, " 'ho J:'n,·e hlR ( nn10 UM He"rle M, which says, "l\Ian doth not li ve by blessing giving to them a special g uid­ lhe gospel to ev y empha sized, "Prnach A rousing evangelistic message was "lllvt" rfol to t h e D e Me rt,'' on 'l'bnrM­ bread alone but by every word t hat their way. It . is our duty to warn a nce in t he Holy Ghost and t he power eclucated worlcl e[y creature", then our day , Frldny nnd S ntnrdn~· of the them. In Ezekiel 33: 12 we fi nd this brought by Mr. R.G. LeT ourneau, "the c onve ntion w eek. E dl1o r. procedeth out of the mou t h of t he to heal t he sick. (Co f s neglected. W e try Number One Christian layman of Lord, doth man live." (Deut . 8:3.) n inued on Page 16) Page 8 THE BAPTIST HERALD September 1, 1944 Page 9 "He is? Oh, my dear! I didn't know try .t~ get him to under sta nd t his way that! W ~y, of cour se you couldn't go Ther e was gr eat consternation a t "Not a one" said they all, a nd not yet aware of the calamity. Police­ around with one who did t hat. But I of"hv mg you profess to have found." the plant five minutes after Erda had looked at one 'another with t r oubled men and plain clothes men, and de­ want _YOU to be sure that t here isn't Oh, I do. I don't f eel really well stealthily depa rted with her booty. glances. tectives were ca lled upon, and a sys­ anythu~g you . could do to help him, enough grounded yet to go out and The sturdy ma nager had been pr oud " Who would come?" asked the old tem of tense guard planned, locking The Sound that f!ll~ht bn~g him back to reason. teach people, but you know your self indeed that the wonderful gadget bad man, Hardy by name. the barn after t he horse was stolen. F_o r his mothers sake, dear , if not for moth ~ r, that Victor never would accept been completed at last, ha d passed its "That young scapegrace of a Victor T he personnel of the plant was put his own. Do forgive him." teaching from anybody. Living is all t ests, and was r eady to be r eproduced. didn't come? You're sure? H e's lia­ thr ough a severe grilling to discover . " Why,_ yes, of course I'll forgive that would c_o unt with him. Certainly He felt as if his heaviest burden had ble to do a nything, you know, but I'd if a nyone knew a nything that might 111m. I Just don't wa nt anything more I wa nt _my_ life to be such t hat he can rolled a way and a ll things now were be responsible." help in the investigation, but the hear t to d?. with him. I ca)l't help ra ther see Christ 1 ~ me. But I'm afraid t hat t o be smooth and easy. And then he "You bet you would," said Sam un­ of the head of t he house of Vanding­ despJS1.ng him, eit her, a fellow who is would not include making Victor a walked up to the place where he ha d · der his breath. Victor was not popu­ ham was heavy. of the ~ o n ~ t~nt companion a ny more Mother lef t it five minutes before, with t he lar among the men. T hey knew his Moreover, Victor was missing. Also downright _afraid to go a nd enlist. I'm comings a nd goings all t oo well. his secretar y. They thought they had. s u~·e t~ ~ t 1s what is at the bottom of wis you'd come wi th me ag~in dowi{ forema n of t he other half of the ma­ this n~1 c u l ou s need for him to take to tthat B i hl ~ class. I'm sure you would chine, a nd lo, it was gone! He could­ "Not he!" said Butch der isively. gone away together. Victor had often over his father's business. Do you ge to love 1t." n't believe his senses. " He's off a t a night club getting drunk been missing in the early morning, and know, I met Mr. Va nding ham yester­ " Well perhaps " · d "What's the matter, Montie, where as a lord with that little smarty sec­ had turned up later with a heavy doubtfuil "B ' .sa1 her mother r etary of his. If you ask me, I think hangover from drinking all night. But d ~y, and he looks as well as he ever ask Vic? ·. ut child, why don't you is it? What's happened?" d1?, a nd_ he said he was feeling fin e. I she's a snake in the grass, and if I the secretary had always been on Trumpet time?" or to go down ther e some- " It isn't here," said the big fore­ was running this plant I'd get rid of hand. Now, upon enquiry, it devel­ think y1ctor and his mother cooked up man, his swar thy face white with ap­ oped that she had gone to New York a ll this keeping him at home just "Mother !" ·d L. prehension . "It couldn't have gone her fi r st off." "Y k sai isle brea thlessly "Try and do it!" said Sam. to see a friend who was dying. She because she was afraid to have him go wo~ld ~ow P~rfe c tl y well he neve ~ far in that time! What-wher e-Who had been careful to leave this word • to wa r too, for f ea r he wou ld get has been here? Sam!" he called across "Shut up all of you ! This is a wounded." sit anln~akn df 1f he ~ i d he would just with the people at her apartment. "H e un_o f it all the time " t he room. "Has a nybody been in serious thing. We've got to give t he Everything seemed to be all right in A New Novel e would · · here? B. F.? Or Smalley? Or any alarm at once," shouted the foreman. " Oh, my dear_! Do you t hink anyone asked him in gt~ wit_h you, Lisle, if you her direction, although the Vanding­ by could do t hat m t hese terrible da ys "N e r ight way" of the cr owd t ha t had a r ight?" "We'll have to call our guards and see ham family were sorely worried lest when our country needs to keep the 0 "No, I didn't see anybody," called if there have been any questionable And be~%:~el, I don't think. he would. char acter s about. Call t he inspector, Victor had gone with her. But a GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL world free a nd saf e a nd happy? Of tor to get i-: · can't make love to Vic­ Sam. telegram addressed to him from E rda 1 Butch. Tell him wha t's happened. cou rse I f eel sorry for Mrs. Vanding­ don't want ~ to a Bible class. You " H ave yoit been here all the time?" presently arrived, stating that her - Copyright by J. B . Li7Jpincott Co. - ham, but I . don't t ~i nk she ought to do But first, lock t he doors a nd sear ch And that is e to do that, mother ? "Sure I have. I wouldn't go away this room. Don't miss a cor ner. Look friend was dying and she would prob­ that, eve'"! 1f she did feel afraid. But him to do an t~e. only way I could get ably have to remain away until after dearest, 1f . you are going to f eel s~ till my stint was done. What's eating everywhere." S YNO P S I S do that!" Y hmg . You know I can' t you? What's the matter? You did­ the funer al. The detective t ried to h a r~ a nd b1 tter I'm . afraid you will do " Is anything else gone, J im?" asked t race t hat telegram to its sour ce, T h e V n111Jlug hum r•l nut wns nt w o rk you1self out of havmg a ny friends a t " N o, of course not d ,, . h d n't think I'd hid your precious old con­ o n n >1ec r e t g o vernment Jo b In the m n k ­ h traption, did you ?" a nd Sam g rinned the old man. somewhere in the outskirts of New lng o f n u h u 11ortnut J,:" ndgct tor wur all. I wouldn't like to ha ve you grow er mother. "W , , ear , s1g e troubled you e11 • I m sorry I've deridingly. A look of fear passed over the face York, but it was hard to tnce. Erda I •uri•o HeH. S e v e rul go, fe riune nt t'JtleH up and f eel a lone, beca use just your of the foreman. He dashed to t h e ha d been most careful in all her small n •ere d c t c rn1tne d to get th e i •lnuH for father a nd mother a ren't enough fo. you'll find so:n and I hope sometime "Why, no, of cour se n ot, but wher e this g n d J:ct l.n1o 1be lr tHJHHe Mslou. 'J,hey you. You'll want friends." l who is as ood cone who cares f or you h as it gone?" cabinet and pulled open the dr awers. details. T hat was one of her strong t r ie d to l 11 t e r e1< t J o h 11 S ur~e nt In tlae your fa th e~· hasanf t r ue and perfect as " Yes," he gasped, "the blue J;>r ints p oin ts, never to call anything unim­ proi>o1< ltlou but In v nln. T h e n E rdn '.'I have friends, mothet·. Wonderful " Where did you p ut it?" asked are gone!" H e said it in a terrible portant. But nothing was heard from '~· nH r•ut o n the j o b nntl J:' h ·eo los truc ­ " Yes" · . a ways been ." P eters, coming over to j oin the crowd. !~.~nH h o n · ':" b e n ·n H t o go ohout It . S b c friends. Thoug h I'm sure j ust m what r' w~~ ~ Lisle ch eer~ull y , "tha t is tone. "They were here ten minutes Victor until late in the afternoon, l M HU CCCMHfuJ, Jor~e l y beca u se s h e 'l"V n s fat her a nd mother a re better for y t hat kind of too. And 1f I don't get "You're dreaming, J im. You've been ago. I was just looking a t them." He when he turned up heavy-eyed and ~/;!~o rt o V c uottv.. n t e . t h e e rn1•loyer-."4 Hou, tha n getting tied up to a young m ml up too ma ny n i gh t~ , and got it on the gave another desperate look about the said he was sick. nntl l n~hutn . :Ur'4. V nndh1,:;-Ju u11 would have to despise." an couldn't rea ll ym ~n I don't want a ny. I t rle tl t u lnOue n cc lH r><. K lng>1 ley t o get " Of co rust any other kind " brain. You're gomg nuts. Take it t·oom and then dashed to the telephone. They wer e so relieved that he had h e t" dn11J,: h t c r , Lll"C le , to ' " In buc k V l c­ easy, ma n, a nd stop . and think. J ust "Oh • my d ear , I d on ' t want you tied t h ere mighurset bnot ' d ea r . I only t hough· t This was something the master must come home at a ll tha t his father re­ tor ' H ". n~ cctlO n H. D ut LIMi e ·w n M Orin I n up, of cour se, not yet. Not to Victor where did you leave it when you went know. It was awful to h ave to waken frained for a time from t he severe her r e soh-"e to bn , ·e uoHtJng 1.n o r e to d o for his poor m~ t h ~vay to help Victor to your morning lunch?" " ·ffh V ictor. S he a nno unc e d t blM to h e r un l ~ss he cha nges of course. But 1 "We can r ,;r s _sake." old Vandingham, but he had the r ight tongue-lashing he ought to have had. motlier In n o uncertnln te rms. don t want you to be supercilious " Yes, deir ay, said Lisle softly. " I didn't go to lunch. That's it! I to know at once, and he was the only Victor verified the fact t hat Erda Answer me honestly, Lisle. Do yo~ mother again ' of course," said the brought my lunch her e in my lunch one who had a level head anyway. had been called away by a telegram to CHAPT ER TWENT Y know a nyone that you admire as much ~ o~ used to t: lkfarrassedly. She was box and t hen didn't take time to eat From t hen on the plant became the bedside of a dying friend. But as you used to admire V ictor ?" it. ' I just went across the corridor to he hadn't seen the telegram. He had " Well, mother, the next time you lig1ous matters ng freely about re­ frantic. Lisle's cheeks grew rosy a nd she to hear Lisi · It almost choked her bring Belden, here. H e wanted to see The streets were deser ted, stillnes!' no clue to her whereabouts, and Vic­ see Mrs. Vandingha m, please tell her what it looked like before he got ready tor began to learn that the business t hat I a m not going to coax Victor looked steadily at her mot her a nd them. She hade . speak frankly a bout and darkness everywhere, broken only a n~we re cl quietly wit h a lilt in her upbr inging b ~eserv ed t1·aditions a nd to set it up." by search lights, turning steadily back he was supposed to have " taken over" over h_ere. I'm entirely satisfied to voice : "Well where did you leave it? Now was really something quite serious. have _hnn stay awa y. I don't want to g l ~d her 'd au~ ht she was t hor oughly 1 and forth over the neighborhood, but "Y. es , mother dear. I do ! B t Pr:,nciples. er had such sound think! Did you hide it somewhere? It t here in the quiet night the plant went H e was questioned by the police, and see him a ny more. And we did quarrel. isn't very large, you know." [ guess you would call i t that. He tha t's very slight pr a ise for r ne u. And then on the alert searching for that small an official from Washington arrived wanted me to ma rry him right a way really admired Victor , ~x cep t t h a ~e ; ~i ot~ er, "I d dn •f~u know," said her "No I didn't hide it anywhere," said importan t g~dget that meant so much nnd took him in hand, looking him k~enly through and through, asking a~ d I wouldn't. I won't ever mar r y always kn ~ w he "".as gqod-looking. But lowing all vant You to go sor- the forema n. "I lef t it sitting right to the war and the country, and the lum. And I _don't want to go with him mother, Victor will never change un <'an't fi nd a mYoura n · daYs b ecause you on top of the metal ca~i n et there? j ust t rusted plant. And so ver y much to 111111 as to his wher eabouts last night any more eit her. I'm sorry for his less he should some da y yield himself s 'f;here was a q~ ~stt li~e Your ,fat her." wher e I put it when 1t w~s finished. the enemy! What would happen if when the r obbery took place. It fur­ mother that she has such a son but J to the Lord J esus Christ a nd then h mi 1e she gave h . wistfulness in t he And it isn't t here ! Say, if you fel­ t his went on and the government had ther developed that he had been with wouldn't be Victor any n~or e . H 'd be lows a r e t rying to make a practical to find out about it? What would a young girl named Cherry, a waitress don't want him. I don't love hi~ a nrl God's ma n." e e ~e ~ t and kissed erh daughter, and Lisle T never could. He says love i ~ a ll et hear t singin er mother sweetly, joke out of t his, it isn 't funny! H ear happen to the foreman who had been at a big department store restaurant "Wh · I t hat? It means too much to me a nd during most of the evening, and thus hooey, but I know bet ter, a nd I don't th· y, my deai . Wha t a sta r tling moth; r "But I've so proud of the trust put upon him? mg to say ! I 'm sure Victor alwa i11~dllo ne , t~ h ~rse l f, t he pla nt and the government. If What would happen to the dependable Cherry was brought into t he picture want ~ n y such marriage ever. You speak You a bout it ~aiB and some da y wouldn t want t hat for me, would YOLl went to S unday School as a child l'ys a ny of you fellows have ·h id tha t, old pla nt with its enviable reputation and questioned, and wept. and de­ / Yet, only · ut she did not bring it out quiclc or I'll report you clared her innocence, and finally was mother?" sdure ,he has a good mora l ch a r;cte~ ~hcon d Precious k~ave her mother a t hat had weathered already two wars OPS!l t he?" • all to Mr . Vandingham, and hold you nnd been trusted through them both ? able to bring witnesses to prove that "Why, of _course not, dear. Love is "T' m not so sur e of that .? ~fihbtfu il y a m o~! · t A. nd then said responsible, ever y one of you. And Some of the great machines that had she had not been about the plant, not th~ fou n ~ation of all true marriages. 1 e Prayin n .1 atet·: mother. And going to Sunda even, mother. We'll 't for Victor of e you a ll know t he oath of secrecy been working night a nd day to pro­ ever. Although she knew when she Without 1t married life would be in­ doesn't always ensure getting ~o sk ~ ~~ you're under." duce as fast as the government need­ was dismissed that the police intended tolerable. But I thought you used to t he Lord .Jesus. I went but I h aTheth o~g h t of tha~rbyl ng.' I ~~~r;l d The men looked soberly at one a n­ ed their work. What would happen to keep an eye on her, and she would­ be very fond of Victor." knew Christ as I do ~ow ney ~ r First f s. e ~vent to h ~ o.r e." other, weird suspicions creeping un­ n't be very safe :mywhere until this "Why, yes, f ond of him as a play­ d or Victor th er l oom to p ray. were many of them stopped now. wonderful! Of course if V i ~ toa n d J\ s ay come to k • at he · h aware into their eyes, but they a ll while the men who ran them went affair was over. She was j ust a silly mate. But when I began to gr ow up get to knnw Christ it surely r coul ~ how much now the L m1 g t some shook their heads. No, they hadn't searching everywhere, leaving no pretly girl who quieUy ca rried on a I saw how very weak and full of faults make a cl ifference in him But wou c with thank:e. 1:J eecled hi::ird a nd know touched it. And one of the older men cranny unscanned? But from the first good many escapades with rich pa­ and selfishness he is. And I never I'm ;if rn id he's so full of . self h mother, nf a nother g1v1ng for th . And then spoke for them. trons of the restaurant, unknown to loved him, even as a child, only discovery t hat the blue prints were ~·ea ll y 'cvou!d _be willing to yield a n~ netvler tt·ue like h man who e knowledge "Give you my wor d, Montie, these her quiet re spcc l a bl ~ little mother at m the sense t hat one is kind and gone those in charge lost hope. The hnst 111stead." ace even see h~ father. Shs r i ~ht and fellows were all at their machines enen~y had done this, that was cer­ home who was working hard to keep pleasant to playmates. But he can't ;:!'he mother looked embarrassed thanked G cl 1m any m e might not working like men. Not one of them her daughter respectable. 0 tain! Who else ' would want blue be ev~n a _playmate to me a ny morn. th. Well , cl ear, I never heard you. talk ring in h for him or e, but she stepped ov_e~· t here. I know that for prints? This was no practical joke. Victor, sullen and unhappy, t hought I don t enJoy his kind of play. He's d is way before. Of course r er . rarf iance er .heart a bo and. let a song I was waiting f?r a hot bearing to It had assumed the proportions of a bnck to the days when he and Lisle drunk half the time, mother. That's o~s i;iake a difference in some rgion mother co f Joy to h eru ~ it, giving a cool off, and looking around the room. disaster. Kingsley used to be companions and no foundation fo1· even true friend­ and yet re0J.u1 .d not quit ace that her Nobody went ove_r by your location." wished he could turn the ca l~ndar ship." pie s hv;s, but I can't understand ~ho . More soldiers arrived, were marched you don t want to work on Victor an~ Otced over e understand, "And no outsider came into the into the plant before day had scarcely back to that time and have t hings go * . room?" asked the foreman. dawned, so that the general public was ( Continued on Page 16) * * Page 10 THE BAPTIST HERALD September 1, 1944 Page 11 REPO·RT,_, FRON FIEl.D Junior Girls' Sunday School tradition of our conference, because ing the Mission workers, by Mr. Fred Class of St. Paul's Riverview for more t han 30 years the ministers Stabbert for the Calvar y Baptist Baptist Church ATLANTIC CON~[~[N([ have held t his institute and have been Church, by Mr. Young representing The girls of the Junior Sunday the guests of the young people. F if­ the Salishan district, and by the Rev. School Class of the Riverview Baptist teen pastors gave heed to the hearty Walter C. Damrau, as a co-worker. T he Vacation School of West Chur ch of St. Paul, Minnesota h ave a invitation, and a number of them were Special music was given by the Cal­ class enr ollment of 12 members with New York, N. J., Was Organ­ accompanied by thei i· wives and fam­ vary Church choir, and a n instrumen­ a n average attendance of nine. ized Along Military Lines il ies. We were also privileged to have tal number by the Zielke sisters. The older members of our class have Dr. A. Cierpke in our midst, who made Mr. and Mrs. Savage responded, ~ven their hearts to J es us and have The Vacation Bible School of West a stop over en route to New York telling of their love for the Savior become members of the church. We New York, New Jersey was held in City to attend the Summer School of and t heir pl a n of service in the mis­ hope and pray that the r est w ill soon July with the pastor, the Rev. Herbert Union Theological Seminary. .J. Freeman, serving as director. sion. Their hearts and souls arc in foll ow their example. The Committee on Arrangements, the work and we ask that God will Each Sunday we study our regular H ere are some interesting facts the Reverends Frank Orthner, Wm. richly bless thei r work there. International Sunday School lesson. about our Bible school. The total en­ Kahlert, H. J. F r eeman and V. Pren­ Elizabeth Ahrens, Church Cleric For special memory work we have rollment was sixty-eight. There are di nger, chairman, had prepared a most learned certain chapters and verses stimulating progr am. The timeliness from the Bible as follows : Psalm 23 Sund ny School C l ns:;c of Junior Girls of the Rh·er'\·lcl\' Bnttt-l~t C lturc h . S t. Paul, of it is easily apprehended, since the and 1 t he Ten Commandments, the :lllnn., "\\lith 1'llss Ruth li:urzweg, Tcnchcr, In Buck Row (Ce nter) general t heme was "Revitalization". B eatit~des, and 1st Cor inthians 13. the Ontario Convention from June 29 The Twenty-First Annual The morning devotions were led by t he Once every quarter we have a to July 2. It seemed t hat not only had brethren Schade, Kannwischcr, Orth­ question box. Each scholar brings they arranged for the physical com­ Young People's Convention of ner and Kaaz. Special issues, touch­ some questions wh!ch are answered, forts but with the "Weather Man", the Eastern Conference and our teacher, Miss Ruth Kurzweg, ing the essentials of our church life for nearly all commented on the ideal The Young People's and Sunday were presented by the brethren Peters, leads us in the disc1;1ssion. . weather for such an occasion. Appel, and Palfenier, dealing with the Our aim is to bring other girls to School Workers' Union of t he Eastern attend our Sunday School class r e­ Prof. A. A. Schade arrived on Fri­ Conference held its twenty-first annu­ Sunday School, the Young People's , day and bega n immediately to serve Work and the Church, respectively. gularly. al conference a t the Central Baptist Bernietta Wobig, Reporter. · the conven tion a udience with profound Church of Erie, P ennsylvania on June Since a ll great movements in Chris­ messages. These were a challenge, 30, July 1, and 2. The theme was tendom have their roots not only in the Two Inspiring Religious Paint­ especially to the thinking youth of to­ "Hol e! F ast Yom· Freedom". (Gal. infinite resources of t he Lord J esus day, for greater and fuller Christian 5 :1.) ings Are Dedicated by Mil­ but a lso in men a nd women conse­ Yncntlon Dlhle Sch ool T c n c h e r " of the living. As he outlined the "Place" The inspirational service opened on V u c:ttlon Bible School Group of the and " Task" of each young person to­ Ellenezer Jlnptii-J t C hurc h , "\Vest crated to the Lord J es us, t he life a nd 'l'rlult~· Dn11t ll"t C hurc h , Portlnnd, waukee's Bethany Bapt. Church Friday evening. Everyone was wel­ Nen · Yol"k, N. J. work of some outstanding men of God Ore., " "lth Dr.. John Lcn1olcl t , day, each had a clear picture of their c0rned , and the address was g iv1m by were reviewed. The Rev. H. J . Free­ Piu~ t o r Two religious pictures painted by individual importance. Mr. Alber t Tiemann, Milwaukee artist, Professor Assaf Husmann of t he fifty-four persons in the picture, in­ man presented the life and work of Since the pastor-elect, the Rev. A. Rochester Semina ry, in which h e said: cluding the director, teachers and J onathan Edwards, the Rev. Phil. Vacation Bible School Held (see "Baptist Herald", May 1, 194_4 ) Stelter, had not arrived in Arnprior, were dedicated at the B eth~ny B_apt1st "To make this a Christian world we helpers. The Vacation School t his Potzner that of George Whitefield, t he by the Trinity Church the Rev. H. Sellhorn ably pictured the must have a harvest of souls." year was organized around the mili­ Rev. H. Kuhl presented Billy Sunday of Portland, Oregon Church of Milwaukee, W1sconsm on lasting endurance of the Chmch. The tary idea, that is, each person was and t he Rev. Wm. Kahlert spoke a bout Sunday evening, July 30th. local pastor s also gave their spiritual On Saturday morning we were led recruited as a "buck private", a nd Ernst Moderson. We had the joy to Two joyous weeks were spent from One of the pictures depicts the bap­ support to such a fitting general by the Rev. Herbert Hiller of Buffalo, made to serve in one of t he five "com­ li sten in the evening sessions to t he J une 5 to 16 in working and playing tism of Christ. a nd t~e ot!1er. sh_ows theme, "With Chr ist Always," (Matt. New York for our devotional period. panies" (instead of Beginner, Primary Rev. F . R. Purdy of Asbury Park and together with the children during t he J esus giving his gracious rnv1tabon: 28:20.) "We Need to P r ay" was his theme. departments.) The use of the military to the brethren Fisher a nd Schmidt. Vacation Bible School, held by t he "Come, unto me, all ye th~t l a~or a nd The young people's program of busi­ Ther e were lectm·es and discussions aspect greatly helped in the problem Trinity Baptist Church of Portla nd, are heavy laden, and I w1ll give you ness and .spiritual welfare showed on " Religious Education in the Young It has been said t hat this institute 0 1·egon. of di scipline. The young people who was one of the fi nest and most profit­ r est." (Matt. 11:28.) strength in Christian unity, as they People's Society" by Rev. Edmund are in high school served as "cap­ able ever held. The undisturbed fel­ T he school was under the leader­ The Rev. Martin . L. L euschn,~ r of glorified Christ in song and testimony. Keller of El·ie · " The Consecrated tains", and one as the " quarter­ lowship was only surpassed by the s~ip of Miss Martha Roth assisted by F orest Par k, III., editor of the Bap­ which was centered ar ound the play. Teacher" by Professor Husmann· "De­ master". The director was the "Com­ cloudless sky overhead. The some­ six teachers and two helpers. Our tist Herald" and a familiar ~r i ~nd to "The Soldier of the Cross." votional Program in the Young manding officer", while Christ was what strenuous morning sessions found pastor, Dr. John Leypoldt, was willing all spoke on the t heme, Pictures The offering of $29.23 did not marl~ ~eople '.s Society" by Mr . Hiller ; "Mis­ kept before the school as their Com­ t heir antithesis in the frolic of surf to g ive of his time in teaching the Th'at Preach." The warmth, g l o~·y _and the closing of the convention nor t he sions m Young People's Society and mander-in-Chief. a nd beach. The ladies too revealed Intermediates. We had an enrollment beauty of these two lovely pamtmgs giving spirit of the gathered friends Sunday School Work" by Rev. Arthur Kannw ischer of Arnold, P enn. This The closing program was held on their r esourcefulness fo1· r ecr eationa l of 66 with a n average a ttendance of were depicted. Not only are t~er e but was brought forth with greater w~ s followed by a business meeting Friday evening, July 21, and was entertainment assisted by Mr. Kah­ 47. A number of child ren from t he humble truths but also n ob ! ~ blessings effor t in the celebration of the 50th call ed "A Day at T roop School." Those lert. All in all. it was a time of many community who were not attending in t hese fine pictures winch reflect anniversary of t he Lyndock Church. with t he results as follows: president, who had eight days of " basic training" blessings and fine f ellowship! ch~rc~ were contacted and several are t he artist's spiritual self. Mr. and May God give all the necessar y Walter Schmidt; treasurer, Grace R. G. Schade, Reporter brmgmg their parents and are coming grace and working spirit to live mo1·p Bretschneider; Council Member to the (attendance) at least out of the twelve regularly. Mrs William Kehrein of t he Bethany National Y. P. and S. S. W. U., Eliza­ days during which the school was in Chu ~·c h made these gifts possible. abundantly in Him! session received a certificate and a . yYe lo!lg to see these fine boys a nd Carl R. Weisser, Secretar y. beth Kapteina. The Temple Baptist Our pastor, the Rev. !".rank ~eninga, Church of Buffalo will publish the promotion to "first class private". g nl_s bemg won to Ch1·ist while in had charge of the service which. was Awards for attenda nce, recruiting PACl~IC CON~~~~NC~ then· youth. So our a im was to pre­ conierence paper for next year. others, ha ndwork a nd memory work sent the way of salvation to t hem that well attended by members and friends At t he Saturday evening banquet they may be_ i:eady ~o accept him when of the church. The Rev. T. W. Bender Church Bulletins were given to those who had earned of the Immanuel Church of Milwaukee the guest speaker was the Rev. Arthur them. After t he prog ram refreshments Reception for Rev. Virgil ~_h e Holy Sp1nt begins to work in their Some of our churches m1e speclnll;;. M. Crawford of the Asbury Methodist were served to all as t he ha nd work on Savage and Family at the li ves. offered the dedication prayer. d eslJ:n c d lmllctlns for the s1>eclal cla}-1< Church. On Sunday morning a t the J!'.ach cl ay during the devotional Cecilia Borenitsch, Reporter. of the ycnr or for extroorcllnury oc­ display was being viewed by t he Salishan Mission of Tacoma c n 11 lon!I. morning worship service the message parents and friends. pe_r 1 ~d a Feltograph object lesson or by Professor H usmann was on "Ex­ On Wednesday evening, July 12, the rmssronary story was given. At the Ne" · orrnn J::ctne nts bn,·e n1ode It po,..­ Herbert J. Freema n, P astor. Hlhle to 8 UJ•PI~· the m nn1l we the r efor e rmplifing Youth" . The closing service Calv&ry Baptist Church of Tacoma, close of each wee~ films on salvation solicit Inquiries. nt 3 o'clock included installation of Washington was happy to welcome the were shown .. Fnday evening closed If lntt'restetl let '"' send ) "ou a four officers led by Mr. Hiller , the com­ Ministen' Institute at Bradley Rev. Virgil Savage, his wife a nd twin 01:11· school w1t~ a splendid program poge folder s bo,,· tn~ 12 dlffe r e ut tle:dgns In full color. JnNt ask for It, munion service by Mr. Keller and the Beach Was the Finest and Most sons. Mr. Savage is the new pastor given by t he children. 111essage by Mr. Kannwischer '. of oui.: Salishan Mission, and the r e­ _Above is a picture of our Vacation Great Crowds Gather for the Yon c nn bn}· 100 blunk8 with front Profitable for 30 Years co, ·er l llustrutto n for $1.50 nud n1> to 1000 The conference was well attended by ception was held in the mission build­ Bible Sch~>o l teachers. They are from Inspirational Ontario Conven­ for $10 .00 nncl the letter cnn b e n8sortecl The Baptist Young People's Fellow­ ing, which was filled with friends and In any de1!11re tl qunntltlcs. In fee t thnt the Eastern Conference ch urches, and lef t to rrght: Mrs. E C U 1·b· I· .t tion in Lyndock, Ontario ship of New York a nd vicinity was members. Mrs. Edwin Rocks M;·s ·Hen • igB,ei ' h• a goocl way to buy your 11upply . we want to thank the Central Baptist t 1 -t D J h ' · ry er­ Church of Erie for its hospitality. The again host to the ministers of the At­ The service was in charge of our J(ul _er ' r. Mo n Leypoldt, Mrs. Edwin T he Lyndock Baptist Church of ROGER WILLIAMS PRESS Jantic Conf erence at their beautifully deacon, Mr. Henry Schmunk. Greet­ mgman, rs. Ernest H a d Ontario, Canada is to be commended 1945 conference will be held in the situated a nd spacious summer cottage ings to the new fami ly were extended Miss Martha Roth. ger, a n for the hospitable acceptance of visi­ 3734 Payne .-h ·e., Cl eveland (14), Ohio Temple Church in Buffalo, New York. a t Bradley Beach. It is a part of t he by t he Rev. E. Bibelheimer, represent- tors and delegates to their midst for June Benke, Secretary. Ma1tha Roth, Reporter. Page 12 THE BAPTIST HERALD Septem ber 1, 1944 .Page 13

Combined Vacation School of the years past, but humbly we bowed It was a community affair held in one Mountain T op Experiences at "H ave Thine own Way, Lord" by Rev. Our Ladies' Aids in both places are of our rural school houses. It was or­ the First and Calvary Baptist before him and dedicated ourselves and Mrs. J . Reimer and "When I active and helping in every way in anew and prayed for his leadership ganized and supervised by our pastor, the Central Dakota Young Survey the Wondrous Cross" by Miss church and missions. In F ebruary Churches of Killaloe, Ontario and blessings in the future. the Rev. J. J. Reimer, in cooperatio n P e ople 's Assembly at Hebron Magdalene L uebeck and Miss Emily they observed the day of prayer in On Friday, July 14, a large crowd The early pioneers from Germany with the Rural Bible Crusade of Kar:sas, The assembly of the Central Dakota Schauer, both of whom are of Ashley, Parkston 'vith Tripp as guests. In gathered in the Baptist Church of settled here in the beautiful hills of who furn ished us with the necessary Young People's Union met at H ebron, North Dakota. May they had a special program at Killaloe, Ontario to review the mental Ontario. Soon t hey f elt t he need of material and two very capable teachers. No. Dak., in the third week of June The audience was greatly im· their annual birthday celebration. churches in which to worship. T he Mrs: Reimer also served as a very cap­ with over one hundred young people pressed by the sincerity in which this This was held in Tripp with the and hand work done in the previous able teacher of the Beginner's class . two weeks, by the children of the two people of the districts of Hagerty, r egistered. . dedication service was conducted, but Parkston society as guests. Through churches in Killaloe. Rockingham, Lyndock and Sebastopol There were 56 children enrolled with This assembly was considered a the hearts of all were more deeply mission boxes, special projects, month­ were at first served by one pastor. As a record attendance of 52 and 31 had ly programs a nd sick visitation they Without a doubt, the work of the "mountain top exper ience" in Chris­ stirred when Mr. Hunsicker announced the membership grew and the work a perfect attendance record. Twenty­ tian Jiving for many of the young that not only was Fay Rose dedicated are a real blessing to the church and Vacation Bible Schpol has its place in became to extensive for one man, the two of these children accepted Christ community. every church, and when pursued year people. The highest peak was reached to God at t his time, but also that Mr. fi eld was divided in Oct. 1894 thr ough as their persor.al Savior. in an after-service of prayer called, and Mrs. Hunsicker had dedicated The young people's societies are at after year it grows by the grace of In the very near future we are plan­ God in earthly numbers. There was t he efforts of the Rev. John Baasner. " Not Your Own." Salvation, conse­ their lives to full-time service for work for their Master . They are a Lyndock and Sebastopol united in ex­ ning on a baptismal service for a nuf\1- cration, and complete surrender were Christ in the mission fields. God 's j oy to the pastor's heart. As long as a total enrollment of 52 and a n tending a call to the Rev. J. Baasner bcr coming to our church and for some ways are certainly wondrous and average of over 45. This made an the miracles wrought by the Holy a chur ch has such a loyal group of to become their permanent pastor, of those who were conyerted at this Spirit. Five you:ig l"l"!en expressed many-fold. young people who are willing to use average ·of more than 12 over last which he favorably accepted. There Bible school. year. their desire and rn tent1ons to enter Let's all say with the Hunsickers, their talents in the furtherance of were 56 charter members when the Our pastor who has res igned to ac­ full-time Christian service, and are "Have Thine own Way, Lord." God 's Kingdom, we need not fear for The daily offerings given by the cept our first missior.ary project among Lyndock Baptist Church was organ­ now waiting for doors to be opened Magdalene Luebeck, Reporter . the future of the church. In Parkston children were $9.35, which was desig­ ized in the year 1894. the Mexican people in the San Luis that they may be trained. 'vith Ma.xine Mehlhaff as president nated to the work of missions. The The churches, Lyndock and Se­ Valley in Colorado, has been absent Almost every minute of our time Fourth Annual Vacation Bible the B. Y. P. U . has its programs twice tchool was devided in four groups in bastopol, built a parsonage which be­ quite often traveling in the interest of was taken up with accredited courses,· a month. These programs are a, real which the following teachers worked came debt free in the year 1898. this new project. We arc sorry to Jose special meetings, singspi_rations, even­ School at the Baptist Curch, help in training the young people for faithfully : Beginners, Mrs. Paul Under the efforts of the Rev. Ed. our pastor and family, but the Lord ing services, after-meetmgs, and re­ Emery, So. D ~k. future leadership in the church. The Webber; Primary, Mrs. Alex Schleen; Kneisler the present church was built has called, and so we humbly submit, creational hours. . Tripp society of which Mr. Raymond J uniors, Miss Edna Verch; and Inter­ which was inaugurated in June, 1908. for the Lord knows best. Our prayer Missionary service was brought into The Baptist Church of Emery, So. Lippert is president is now having a mediates, Rev. Carl Weisser. A vote Professor A. Ramaker brought the in­ is that the Lord will richly bless this the for eground b~, Miss Laurii: R;eddig, Dak., sponsored its fourth annual course of the book, " Youth Explores of thanks and appreciation is due the auguration sermon. The old church r:ew work among the Mexican people known to us as our own m1ss10nary Vacation Bible School recently. Fifty­ the Bible", with Mrs. Braun as teachers for their noble work and Mrs. building was sold for the sum of and that he will supply us with a new from t he Cameroon~.". The _Michelsons, six children were regular attendants teacher. The Tripp B. Y. P. U. will Weisser in assisting in the work of $15.00. The basement of the church shepherd to carry on the work. newly appointed n~ 1 ss10m~ries. to that at t he school this year. The Rev. entertain the South Dakota Fall Rally. the first two departments. We are was built in 1935 while the Rev. D. Alvin Zeckser, Reporter. field, also gave the1_r test1 momes. Pro. Arthur Itterma nn acted as superin­ also grateful to Mr. J.H. Zummach for Littke was pastor. Approximately fessor A. Bretschne1d.er was om: guest tendent and was assisted by the fol­ As a church we remember our boys supplying transportation facilities for $25,000 were laid upon the al~ar ~ur­ speaker. His instruction and gmdance, lowing teachers: Mrs. John F lu t h, in the Armed Forces in our prayers the children of the First Church. May ing all these years so t hat God s Krng­ truly, were a blessing to ~IL . Myrtle Lubbers, Velma Klock, Mrs. and through letters. T he various so­ God continue to bless his children as cieties have r emembered them with clom could be built. DAKOTA CON~~~~N.C~ · Our motto, "~et thi ~ mmd b;, m yo~, Don Fluth, Mrs. Herman Fluth, Doris they strive to serve. The following ministers served this wh ich was also m Ch.r1st Jesus , (Ph11. Weber, Mrs. Art Edwards, and Norma gifts. We have two boys in Normandy Carl Weisser, Reporter. church faithfully: Rev's John Baasner, 2:5) , was in tune with the assembly 1s Johnson. with the Invasion forces, one in Italy, Ordination of .R ev. Ben Zim­ atmosphere, and we could sense On one morning during the school several in t he camps in this country. mermann a t Wishek, No. Dak., period the group was visited by the One of the pastor's sons is in Carlisle, Christ's presence. And because he Pa., in Officers' Training School for Pastor-elect at Randolph, Minn. was with us, the ~mtcome could be Ladies' Quartet and the Rev. E. P. Medical Field Service, and the other nothing but harmonious. We left ~or Wahl from Edmonton, Canada. The one 'vith the Tank Division in Camp On T1rnrsday aftcrnoor., June 22, del­ home with our theme song b~coi;!mg Quartet favored us with several egates from five churches assembled in choruses and personal testimonies and Campbell, Ky., where Rev. Paul our prayer, "Make Me a Blessmg. Gebauer is Chaplain. He writes that the Baptist Church of Wishek, No. Dak., Ethel P ierce, Reporter. Mr. Wahl spoke about his boyhood fo r the purpose of setting aside Mr. Ben days which had been spent in Emery. Chaplain Gebauer is beloved by all t he soldiers and is doing a grand work Zimmermann for th e gospel ministry. Five Ministe rs Assist at _De d­ Every year the interest has in­ This meeting was introduced by the \vith t he boys. ication of Fay Rose Hunsicker creased and the children themselves H. G. Braun, Pastor. entertaining church represented by their look forward to this school period with pastor, the Rev. J. C. Cur.st. The re­ of Fredonia, North Dakota great anticipation. An offering was solution ~ f the church was read, and Since the human child is the ~ost taken at the closing demonst ration the council was organized, resulti ng in precious and holy earthly possession, program which was designated by the the Rev. J. Abel being efected as J. it is only right that_ it ~~ould be de­ children to be used for missionary moderator and the Rev. P. T. H unsicker work among the Mexicans. as clerk. dicated to God for his d1vme purpose. So thought the Rev .. and Mrs. P . T. Mrs. Art E dwards, Reporter. The Beaver Church of Michigan Mr. Ben Zimmermann was introduced Hunsicker of Fredon~a, ~for th Dakota, T b e Commun ity Vocntlon Dibl e School Conduc t e d b y the lUt. Z io n Dnptls t by the Rev: C. Gunst, whereupcr. tht! Holds Revival Meetings and C burch o f J(nm ms n u d Held In the Lyonn School Hou >1e J .. as they dedicated their h ~tle clau ~hte_r, Review of Important Events in moderator rnvrted him to relate his ex­ Baptismal Service of conversion, call to the Chrts­ Fay Rose, at an impressive serv!ce m the Parkston and T ripp The Fiftieth Anniversary 1894 to 1998; H . Thiel, 1898 to 1902; p_erie nc ~ the Baptist Church of Fredonia on Student F. A. Bloedow, 1902 to 1903; tta~ m1111stry and doctrinal views and Baptist Churches During the latter part of Spring we Celebration of the Lyndock ~e lt ~fs . After deliberating to the satis- July 2. L h of the Beaver Baptist Church of Michi­ Ed. Kneisler, 1904 to 1915 ; J. L. The Rev. Martin De B~ e r of e r, Baptist Church of Ontario, Can. Schmidt, 1916 to 1920; F . Falkenberg, 1act1on of all, _the council withdrew. The In June the Baptist Churches of gan held two weeks of revival meetings recommendat101: was made to the church North Dakota was placed m _c har~e of Parkston and Tripp, South. Dakota with the Rev. F. W. Bartel, one of our "Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and for­ 1921 to 1923; A. E. J aster, 1926 to the service and the Rev. E~w 1_n Michel­ 1930; D. Littke, 1932 to 1937; John to proceed with the ordination which held a Vacation Bible School which denominational evangelists, as our guest. get not all his benefits." This praise took place that same evening. son a newly appointed n11ss1onii:ry to As a result of the meetings three young and thanksgiving were f elt by t he Heer, 1937 to 1942; J. Kuehn, since t he' Cameroons, r ead the Scripture was well attended. We were fortunate 1943. At present the total member ship The program was in the hands of the in having consecrated and capable people and three children received Christ Lyndock Baptist Church of Ontario, Rev. J. C. qunst. After the opening passage and led in prayer. ,, teachers, Miss Viola Mehlhaff, a Bible into their lives as their persor.al Savior. Canada on t he day of its Golden Jubi­ is 120. "The Child the Gift of God ' was J. Kuehn, Pastor hymn the minutes of the council were School student and prospective mis­ The messages a nd the excellent Bible lee, July 2nd, held in conjunction with read, and a solo was sur:g by the Rev. the theme of 'the inspirational address sionary, and Miss Laverna Mehlhaff study which Mr. Bartel brought. to 1;1s the Ontario Convention. Prof. A. A. given by t he Rev. J. C. Gunst of A. Ittermann. Professor A. Bretschnei­ an experienced school teacher. F 01'. each evening were a great blessmg m Schade of Rochester, New York was der, who had come all the way from the Wishek in the English languag~ . The severa l years they have g iven their helping the u~s a ved to expe:ience Christ the special speaker. All organizations SOUT~W[Sl[~N CON~[~[NC[ f~r ~. orth of Canada, brought the or­ Rev. J. Reimer then spo~e m the time and talent in assisting the pastor and to revitalrze the Christians. We as of t his church took part in t he after­ drn at1on r;iessage which concerned itself German language, basing his address a church are happy to have had Brother n

Lt. Robert W . Achterberg of Under t he instr uction of t he Rev. B ible Conference Is Held at sionar y T raining Institute School of ~ p t nng message delivered by the Rev. Gideon Zimmerman a study cour se Valley View, Alberta in the Chi cago, gave the main address. Phil. Daum, missionary secretary of our Benton Harbor, Mich., Is Killed T he meetings of F riday and Satur­ Northern Conferer:ce. The Rev. E. i\.I . wast presented on "Baptist F a it h". Peace River D istrict in Airplane Crash N ea r ly everyone completed t he course day evenings were evangelistic. T lw \Vcgner brought the m essage at t he :incl r eceived certificates of a chieve­ \ Ve certainly found reasons to rejoice 11cvs. R. Schreiber of Wetaskewin and e \·en'ing service. Lt. Robert vV. Achterberg of Benton ment. as we attl n rts mnll t b e He n t to t h e l:o their respective societies with a de­ contmue to grow. T he L ord will· e tlltor w ithin one mont h n fter t ile survived by hls wife, his parents, one overseas U. S. Air Forces; the sisters, sire to serve Christ better. We ar e we s ~ all meet with the McDer mot lng , meet ing. Mrs. A. Huber, vice-pres.i­ slste1-. Mrs. Paul Krueger and manv rel­ Edna Achterberg, and E sther Haas; o c e u rreu ce of t h e e Ye nt to b e elli;l­ atives. We are grieved, but we· hav11 cer tain the rally did this, and in r es­ Bapt ist Chur ch in W innipeg n:~t den t r ead a r epor t of the splendid b le for 1mblle ntlo u. No n n n unl r e - hope and comfort from above. eight nephews, one niece, many other ponse to ma ny requests a nother rally year , a nd until t hat time we pray th at wor k of the women's g roups. F ollow­ 1wrts o f c h urc h es or church "oeletle s relatives and friends. - w i ll b e n e ce 11te d for 1mbllentlo n tlnr ­ Wllcox Baptist Churnh Colfax, Wash­ will be held on August 13th with P rof. we may be found faithful. ing a missionar y play, Miss l cl n lug t h e dnrntlo u of t h e wnr . ington. E. Gutsche, P astor. 0 . E. Krueger as guest speaker. Rev. R. Schreiber, Reporter Forsch, student of the Baptist Mis- R. M. KLINGBEIL, Pastor Page 16 THE BAPTIST HERALD

SOUND OF THE TRUMPET · (Continued from Page 9) IMPORTANT Do You Know That ... ? peaceably, happily on in. th~ pattern his parents had set for his life. After ANNOUNCEMENT Column Edited by the a ll, these wild nights he was prac­ Rev. J. C. Gunst of Wishek, tising nowadays always left a bad REV. A. R. BERNADT taste in his mouth, and nobody was N orth Dakota, H as Been Appointed quite as pretty and well-bred as Lisle. the New Secretary of the National of Burlington, Iowa Why had he ever quarreled with her'! Young People's and Sunday School :-: Re could have been more discreet Workers' Union by Its Council and about tha t. He could have k ept his The population center of the Northern criticisms to himself , until he had her Executive Committee. This Action Baptist Convention is just east of in his power. H e could have let her Has Been Ratified by the General Buffalo, N. Y., and the financial center go to any old college she wanted, a nd Council of the Denomination. is east of New Yor k Cit y ! trusted to making her over to his plan A lot of pity IH wnsted on nnhnnl!<. after they were married. So he sat He Will Begin His Ministry as 'l'bcrc u rc 1unuy conte ntc tl co"·s, but who hns ever heard of n eon­ in his luxurious office and meditated. Young People's Secretary on Oc­ tcntetl f n r 1ncr? Cursed his luck. Decided that it was tober 1st. A More Detailed State­ Since 1814 the American Baptist For­ all Lisle Kingsley's fault. If she had ment About His Appointm ent Will just taken his advice and not acted so eign Mission Society has commissioned bull-headed. If she ha d changed her Appear in the Next I ssue of "The and sent out 2376 m issionaries who college and learned a few things she H erald." have rendered over 35,000 years of wouldn't have declined to marry him. service ! She wouldn't have acted like a stiff A mnn enlled his wife " Eeh o" b e ­ little icicle at the party, and spoiled e nuse she nlwn:n• bud the Inst a ll his prospects. They would have CHRIST'S COMMISSION ,,·ord. been married by this time and every­ (Continued from Page 6) In 1942 American women spent $350,- thing going fine. All her fault! 000,000 for beauty treatments and in to win the poor, the helpless, and the 1943 this expenditure jumped 25. %. (T o be Continued) unlearned, but we do not make enough 'Vhnt n world? To b e vnledletorlnn, efforts to preach the gospel to the nnd the n go to work for the fellow The World's Greatest Need learned world. But to get into their who d ro1•11ed o ut In the e i g hth sphere one must be a qua lified teacher. g rade? (Continued from Page 5) Jesus pronom1ced clearly .according to An average of 1,500 to 20,000 members the Lord J es us , to his disciples. What Mathew's words, "T each a ll nations, are added to the Baptist Churches in does this mean? It means to give all baptizing them and teaching th em to foreign fields each year. men an adequate opportunity to know observe." J esu s stressed teaching and Scie ntis ts e lnlm there n r e 45 tril­ lio n d o llnrs worth of gold In the J esus Christ .as t heir Lord and Savior the t eacher 's qualification. o ccnn; but ,,.h o "''ants t o roll tn and to become his r eal disciples. ,,·enlth ' v h c n there ht n storm Now how do we get to that higher blowing? The Madras Conference of the Inter­ grounl? By having good Christian national Missionary Council of 1938 schools and especially Chri stiani col­ 80/% of the s uffer i ng~ of t he families put the duty of eva ngelism squarely of common laborers m Chicago wer e leges! . There students r eceive the practic;.ally eliminated. by Prohibition up to the Christian Church of today. necessary training which no home and "The Church," says its r eport, "must accordmg to Eva ngeline Booth. ' no Sunday School can give. Some try Idens nre sneh f unn y t hings :f either make its impact upon the secu­ to pass t his r esponsibility onto t he they nev er work unless You 'd or lar world of today and win it for Christ, or the secular world will in­ shoulders of the government - (is it Exclude religion from education =~d only to make it easy for us Chris­ you have no founda tion upon which t creasingly encroach upon the spiritual build moral character. 0 life of the church blunting its witness tians ?) - saying that t he state col­ leges or universities are bet ter A s t11dent mnkes hi,. b e d nnd h and dimming its vision." Can t his ever to lie In It; n 11rofes8or m nke h~ s happen? Never! equipped to ~ive their students the bunk nnd hns to lie o u t of I t . 8 " best tr aining possible because tney are The Lord's Day is a firm foundation One hundred years ago, a young supported by the government. But ma n in the country of my birth stood on which to build a six-story week. before the mayor of the city of Ham­ let us not forget that when some of A d r ug s t ore We know hns n dd our children go to colleges, they are one more llne to mnke their crv i~'1 burg in order to a nnounce the organi­ com11lete for now they' r e nd8v tl e zation of the first Baptist Church of eighteen to twenty-two _Years of a~e. Ing , "Do n rtl o nd Rooms." er s- Germany with seven souls. The mayor This is the t ime in which they build their cha racters. In these years th ey To preserve the peace we w ill n eed looked angrily at the young man and g ui:i :;; of smaller and men of larg . said to him: "Mr. Oncken, as long as must get a good Christian backgr our:d, cahbre. er I a m .able to move this little finger, I which they would not always r eceive It won' t hurt us to di will be against you!" in the state univer sities. When a man ' •roughing lt" s c o'' er that is firm in his opinions and convictions riding with ti.means m ore than Johann Gerhard Oncken immediate­ open. e >.iednn Windows ly prayed for a moment. R e then other secular schools will not h arm him spiritually. But. in univer sities ?r World War I cost the e . gave the following answer: "Mr. $20,000 for ever y hour s i~uivalent of Mayor, as long as I have on my side colleges, it is certam th~ t some w;ll lose t heir faith or get crippled Chn s­ Naza r eth was born. And ~fs us of the strong arm of God, you ~n do W tia n ideas. II will cost ma ny times th t 01 d W a r not hing against me." qn ck ~n, m t he 'Vhen n mnn tuke>.i a ~mount ! power of Christ, was v1cton ous. He Ther efore, Christian colleges a r e e le n1tor, It menusoffhhi s h nt In n u alone led 10,000 souls to Chr ist, a nd the dem and of our time, Chr istian col­ mnune.-s nnd hntr. e hn,,. g ood he a lone sold two million Bibles. The leges which belong . to . the prog ~",am A ma n stood up in the . greatest i·evival of the last century t ha t J esus included m his words, Go lecture and shot himself -w 1 dt~';! of a in my homeland started with this man ye into all t he world and preach the have heard that lect ure". e mk we of God. Oncken ha d experienced it. gospel to every cr ea t ure." They cnU It the lie n ' Spurgeon experienced it. Wesley, 0 Thirdly, success in spiritual matters b eca use t he hul!!b nnd,. f. ntntrlmony Whitefield and Moody learned and hnrd time k e eping t hnve l!!Uch n verified this truth. will be more strongly guaranteed. nbove water. cir hendl!! Every Christia n has to do his utmost The speaker at our last Ch Would it not be wonderful, if out a nd in the right way. We need more of our schools everywhere would go Workers Confer ence in Brch _School Christian teachers and professors to Iowa, said, "We ought t urhngton, out this spirit of Pentecost, t he spirit stem t he influence of t he Christless 0 of a God-given revival all over like t he Baptists brag \ ave r~lig i on teachers and leaders. Then we shall Methodists, g'ive it f a out 1t l!ke America, all over the world! You surely have better st udents with t~e and I need it. America needs it. The str ong Chr istian tendencies and a h ke t he Episcopalians o~m al . settmg sin-sick world needs it. better world. like t he Presbyteria ns' ,,an Tlray for it was a P resbyterian. · e speaker