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11-3-1965 Herald of Holiness Volume 54 Number 37 (1965) W. T. Purkiser (Editor) Nazarene Publishing House

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New Feature: Toward Abundant Living! (See page 5.)

Church of the Nazarene

Coordinators Named, Schedule Set for 1966 Ambassador Trip

Team 1: H. T. Reza Take Team 2: Paul Orjala P,0« S/,op( for Student FI Evangelists

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a m I IN THE SCIENTIFIC LABORATORIES there are exactinj standards to be met as the men of science prepare materials am machines for the journeys into faraway space. But in today’s world in the realm of human conduct, the standards of morality | virtue, integrity, ethics are in many cases deplorable. However, in true Christianity, the standards are still as higl I as ever. The call of God to the best and the highest in men has not lowered. Long ago God spoke to His chosen people as recorded in Leviticus, chapter 11 and verse 45, “For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be youi I God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.” All down through the ensuing centuries the standard of I those who serve and obey God has been necessarily high. It is not a burden to live the life of the high standard. The fellowship with God, the personal recompense of the clean life is indeed | a fitting and enjoyable reward. In this day, materialism with its defeatism, fleshly indu­ lgences, and compromised religious standards challenges the good, I the holy, the clean simple ethics of the Christian. Let us meet the challenge with the standards of God, the I Bible, and the holiness church. The witness of the high standard, so desperately needed, is one of the obligations of our church to this generation. It is essential to salvation. It is constructive to civilization: it is conducive to Christian pleasure and peace. | It is good. It brings the blessings of God. High We can exhort in the words of the writer to the church at General Corinth as he writes, “Having therefore these promises, dearly Superintendent beloved, let us cleanse ourselves Leivis from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God” (II Corinthians 7:1). This exhortation must not only be a part of our creed and Stan­ | ministry, but emphasized in our conduct. The life of righteousness needs never be embarrassed before | the gaudy worldliness so prevalent everywhere. In the peace of the pure heart there is contentment. In the I beauty of the God-fearing life there is an appeal for the ugly [world to see. In the power of the sanctified there is a challenge | to the weak and sin-enslaved. In the benefits of God’s blessings which the righteous enjoy there is a persuasion to the hungry to | seek the God who lavishes His mercies upon His followers. The gospel and life of the high standard are a great, appeal- | ing evangelistic force in our effort to reach and win the needy dards I souls who are indeed weary and heavy-laden. Pastor Reviews His Attitude

On Giving to World Missions . . .

OUR MISSIONARY PROGRAM: I LIKE

By LAURISTON J. DUBOIS Pastor, Denver, Colorado, First tQhureh t/ iX

Often I have occasion to make comparisons jte-—-"*ftce Whey are amen- tween our program of world missions and tliat of able atmfafmg. of them anyone of a number of so-called “independent” or­ cause problems on the field, he will be brought ganizations. And when 1 make this comparison, I home. like what 1 see. In raising money for missions, we combine two The Other Sheep, the “monthly journal devoted great principles of church support—duty and in­ to the missionary interests of the Church of the spiration. We have a budget which our churches Nazarene." tells about real people on retd mission support because it is right and because it is their fields. The pictures it reproduces have the names of obligation. Beyond this, however, there are ample nationals til bona lide mission stations and of mis­ opportunities for us to give because we are inspired sionaries who have made a given field their home. to give, because we want to give. It doesn't use captions like. "Millions such as these There is a stric t accounting of your money. The pictured ..." It tells about supervision visits of our local church gives an account of it and the general general superintendents and lists prayer recpiests church gives account of it. 1 can be assured as I and box work recpiests about which we can do give to the General Budget that a major portion of something tangible. it goes to catty on our missionarv work. 1 can rest Our missionaries are our own, who have come easy that il 1 give for an approved special or for up through the tanks ol out churches, our youth the work of a particular missionary it will till go for groups, and our colleges. They have been tested that purpose. 1 like our plan of giving for missions and tried; thex ha\e been interviewed and watched; because 1 believe in my church and in the integrity they have given every assurance that thev are loyal of the men and women whom the church has to the doctrines and program of the Church of the elected to administer the missionary program. And Nazarene and will follow diligently the policies of 1 rest easy to know that their salaries are set by the NOVEMBER 3, 1965 • (767) 3 About This Issue A Plough of Peace Occasionally you work on an edition which right amtf begins to interest you. This one affected me that way (Isaiah 2:3-4) One of several reasons is right across the page. It ii I new feature which discusses home, family, and person^ To God’s own mountain let us go, problems, and will appear biweekly. Above the highest hill, In the myriad of magazines which weekly cross our There to learn His ways of love, desk, there is lots of advice given. Most of it tends U devaluate the work of the Holy Spirit in dealing will There to do His will. human relations and family problems. This raised Oil question, Why can't we offer counsel from a view trMcl Instruct us in Thy mercy, God; not only takes in the whole person, but also oil hit resources? Yea, teach us to forgive. To get the answer called for a writer, a psychologist, Oh, help us find Thy zuays of peace! a theologian, and a person who just plain likes people. Show us how to live. Dr. Leslie Parrott, the contributor of Toward Abun­ dant Living, is pastor at Portland (Oregon) First Church. He has had wide experience in education, psychology, Here in our hands, the sword, the spear, and guidance fields, part of which he received working toward his Doctor of Philosophy degree at Michigoa Cold instruments of strife; State University. His thesis was a study of Nazarene Oh, come, convert these tools of death college dean and student relationships. Later, the Edu­ Into the tools of life! cation Commission tapped him to be research director in a comprehensive study of the educational structure within the Church of the Nazarene. He is the father oj Temper Thou these blades of steel; three subteen children, and the husband of Lora Let Reconcile each curve. Parrott, talented as a writer in her own right. We encourage you to read the interesting feature aim Reverse our ways; let us become in this issue on Salvationist William Booth’s life. The Strozig with love—to serve. Salvation Army is now celebrating its centennial oj service to God and man. By JOYCE LETH On the cover, the 1966 Nazarene Eimngelistic Ambassa­ dors’ trek to Central and South America, and the Carib­ bean is graphically predicted by Photographer-Illustrator Crandall Vail. You tfill find a related story on page 12. The college students ivho ivill make the trip will not be chosen until January. Their next summer will be I church and they do not benefit personally by busy one—that is, if Nazarenes underwrite the cost oj money I give for missions. the trip. More about that next spring. I like the idea of having a say in what my church —Managing Editor does in its missionary program. Not that they come and ask me which missionaries to appoint or how much to allot as a budget to stub and such a field. But mine is a representative, democratic church. I ning. It is getting the gospel to those who have not have a say in who is elected to my local church yet heard or have not yet heeded. We are not set board and to the missionary council, the groups to take our Western culture to other lands; we are that make the missionary plans in my local church. not imposing a missionary hierarchy on these peo­ I have a say in who is elected from my church ples who want, also, to be free. We strive to put all to the district assembly, and in that sense I of our fields on an indigenous basis, to so structure have a part in who is elected from the district to them that these people can carry on the church by the General Assembly. And it is here, in this body, themselves as soon as possible. We seek to give lead­ fully representative of the entire church, that our ership through the missionary but to push the na­ leaders are elected—our Board of General Superin­ tional out to evangelize his own people as quickly tendents, and our General Board, the groups who as he can. Hence our gospel does not take on a are charged with the responsibilities of the mis­ white cast or an Anglo emphasis. It is fit, as Jesus sionary work in all areas of the world. intended it should be, for every person in his The emphasis of our missionary work is soul win- language to find the answer to his needs.

Volume 5 4 , Number 37 NOVEMBER 3, 1965 Whole Number 2 7 9 3 In fact, I like the whole business of belonging HERALD OF HOLINESS: W. T. Purkiser, Editor in Chief; Elden Rawlings, to a church with worldwide evangelism as its life Managing Editor; Velma I. Knight, Office Editor; Bill Lakey, Staff A r tis t. Contributing Editors: Hardy C. Powers, G. B. Williamson, Samuel Young, and breath. I like it so well that I am going to Hugh C. Benner, V. H. Lewis, George Coulter, General Superintendents, Church of the Nazarene. Unsolicited manuscripts will not be returned unless postage give all of my missionary money through my accompanies the material. Opinions expressed in signed articles are those of the authors and do not necessa-'ily represent the official position of the church. Mail, radio, and itinerant missionary ap­ Church of the Nazarene. Published every Wednesday, by the NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE, M. A. Lunn, Manager, 2923 Troost Ave., Kansas C ity , peals are not getting my money or supplies when M is s o u ri. Subscription price, $ 3 .0 0 per year, in advance. Second-class postage paid at Kansas City, Missouri. Address all correspondence concerning subscrip­ the missionaries of my own church need them so tio n s to: Nazarene Publishing House, P.O. Box 527, Kansas City, Mo. 6 4 1 4 1 . CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Send us your new address, including "Z IP " code, as well badly. I am not going to weaken the missionary as the old address, and enclose a label from a recent copy. Printed in U.S.A. thrust of my church by failing to give it my indi­ PHOTO CREDITS: Cover, Crandall Vail; page 14, Dave Lawlor; page 15, H. Armstrong Roberts. vidual support, in money, in prayer, in interest. 4 (768) • HERALD OF HOLINESS Toward Abundant Living "Let us take counsel together" (Nehemiah 6:7).

...w ith Leslie Parrott

THE WORST KIND OF CANCER Cancer may do its dirty work in the lungs, throat, brain, bone mar­ row, or any other part of the body—even the skin. But the worst kind of cancer isn’t in the body tissues at all. It works its devastation in the place where the real self dwells; this cancer is resentment. Resentment starts small, and grows almost imperceptibly at first. It may smolder like volcanic fire in the heart of the earth or gallop through the system like rivers of hot lava. But the results are the same. Unless the victim responds to radical treatment, the force of life is soon spent. Resentment may begin with a social rebuff, a flash of jealousy, a chance remark, a certain look on someone’s face or no look at all. But from these tiny virus infections, resentment takes root. The object of resentment may be a member of the household, a colleague, a classmate, the pastor, a church leader, or even a fellow pastor. It could be a child. But in any case the results are there. Resentment causes a breakdown in communications, lines in people’s faces ahead of their years, the de­ velopment of impossible human-relations problems, and the increase of all kinds of psychosomatic symptoms from aches and pains to rashes and tics. A girl in a Nazarene college had a life history of resentment toward her dad. The cancer of her resentment grew until it covered the church, the college, her husband, and almost anyone she was related to for long. But in a pastor’s study the radical surgery of the Holy Spirit eradicated resentment and set her free for useful, happy living. At the last report she dated the beginning of “real living” from the day God cured the cancer of resentment. There is a clear-cut remedy for resentment; but it isn't easy: 1. Become aware of resentment and accept it for what it is. People who have become accustomed to giving pat answers to problems of atti­ tude often find it difficult to see resentment in themselves. People who tend toward feelings of religious superiority such as self-righteousness and legalism diagnose resentment in others more quickly than in them­ selves. 2. Be willing to give up resentment. This isn’t always easy. Resent­ ment becomes a psychological crutch for support in every failure. Since the object of resentment becomes the excuse for life’s failures, people do not move readily toward giving up their crutch. For when the crutch is gone, the person has to choose between falling flat or standing on his own feet of personal responsibility. 3. Work diligently at seeing things from the viewpoint of the person or persons who are the immediate occasion of the resentment. This, too, is difficult. Most people have spent a lifetime interpreting all they see and hear from their own slant. Seeing and feeling things through the eyes and emotions of another does not change facts but it does help alleviate the pain. 4. Depend on the grace of God through the Holy Spirit literally to re­ move the last vestige of the cancerous resentment. The Great Physician not only can cure. He will. And He does. He performs the spiritual surgery and heals the wound with the balm of Christian love and understanding. V.

NOVEMBER 3, 1965 • (769) 5 Salvation Army Reaches 100th Birthday Booth’s Burden for the Poor Came During Camp Meeting

WILLIAM BOOTH, the fiery evangelist who taught him to regard himself as a gentleman, he brought the Salvation Army into being in 1865, is was early' apprenticed to the drudgery of a pawn­ now being recognized by historians 100 years later broker’s assistant. as one of the important leaders of the Victorian era. Young Booth had the profound religious experi­ T hrough the years Salvationists, of course, had ence of conversion at fifteen, in a Methodist chapel, revered him as the “dear old General” and, after and became a boy preacher in the streets. One his death, the American poet Vachel Lindsay had Sunday morning the congregation was shocked by rousingly described his entry into heaven. Recent­ a rabble of slum youths he led into the forward ly, however, there has been ;m upsurge of interest pews—ragged, dirty, and tough. Church authorities in Booth as a religious and social reformer. informed him that in the future he must bring The man who spent his life trying to lead the these outcasts in by the back way, to obscure poor to God had ample opportunity to experience poverty and misery at firsthand. GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH leads the first Born in Nottingham on April 10, 1829, he was Salvation Army “motorcade” through Worcester­ left fatherless at thirteen. Though his father had shire, England, in about 1904. benches. Resolved that “God shall have all there is of William Booth,’’ the young soul-saver would not let church con­ ventions and social snobbery stand in his way. Jesust the Saviour/ At twenty, he left Nottingham for London, where he again supported him­ He left heaven’s gloiy that you might be sabed . . self by working in a pawnshop. His He left crown and kingdom, a holy way paved. real life, however, was in the preaching Oh, thank Him forever, He died on the tree; and study to which he devoted himself after business hours. This wonderful Saviour, Redeemer is He'. On his twenty-third birthday he be­ He paid with His blood for your every sin . . came engaged to Miss Catherine Mum- ford and left business for the ministry. He opened the portals for you to come in. Although he led many in Lincoln and Oh, thank Him forever, the veil He has rent; London to make decisions for Christ, Turn from your sins, believe, and repent. he was still troubled and perplexed as to his future. By MARIAN L. KNORR When he w'as twenty-six, he married Miss Mumford, and they soon started raising a family. They were to have eight children. In 1890, Booth suffered a great be­ honors crowded upon him, yet he sus­ Five years later he resigned from the reavement—the death of his beloved tained many sorrows and anxieties, par­ Methodist New Connexion, when the wife after an agonizing, but heroically ticularly the tragedy of the death of conference ordered him to give up endured, illness. At her funeral he his daughter Emma in a railway acci­ evangelistic work. Mrs. Booth leaned said: dent in America. from the gallery and called to him, “There has been taken from me the His last public meeting was in Albert “Never!” Though they had no visible delight of my eyes, the inspiration of Hall on his eighty-third birthday cele­ means of support, they went out in my soul, and we are about to lay all bration when he announced that he faith. that remains of her in the grave. I was “going into dry dock for repairs.” Supplying for another evangelist in have been looking right at the bottom At the same time he declared: tent services on an old burying ground of it here, and calculating how soon “While women weep as they do now, in Whitechapel, Booth discovered his they may bring and lay me alongside I’ll fight; while little children go hungry lifework—to bring knowledge of Cod to of her, and my cry to God has been as they do now, I’ll fight; while men the masses of the poor. This decision that every remaining hour of my life go to prison, in and out, in and out, resulted in July, 1865, in formation of may make me readier to come and join I’ll fight; while there yet remains one the “East London Revival Society,” her in death, to go and embrace her in dark soul without the light of Cod, I’ll which soon became the Christian Mis­ life in the Eternal City.” fight—I’ll fight to the very end!” sion and then the Salvation Army. From this time he felt homeless and On learning that the operation for Early meetings were held wherever depended more and more upon his cataracts on his eyes had failed, he said, space could be found—a tent, an old chief of staff, Bramwell Booth. “Well, the Lord’s will lie done; I have dancing room, a storage shed. However, despite his grief, William done my best for my Cod, and my After six years of laboring under dif­ Booth published In Darkest England people, with my eyes. Now if it is His ficulties in various temporary locations, and the Way Out in 1890. Written with will, I must do my best for Him without an old saloon was acquired, rebuilt, and the technical assistance of Editor W. T. my eyes.” fitted as a center for the work. It was Stead, the book is dedicated to the William Booth died on August 20, soon followed by a much larger en­ memory of Catherine Mumford Booth, 1912. Over sixty-five thousand people closure called “a people’s market” in the Army mother. It contains Booth’s viewed his body lying in state at Clap­ Whitechapel Road, which for the next proposals for social reform, which in­ ton. Wreaths came from King George, ten years furnished the headquarters. cluded employment bureaus, vocational Queen Alexandra, the German emperor, Booth’s first thought w’as to send training, farm colonies, urban renewal, and messages from heads of church and converts to the churches, but he found factories to supply work for the jobless, state poured in. that "they would not go wrhere they shelters for "lost women” and preven­ For three or four hours the traffic in were sent. They were not wanted tive homes for girls in moral danger, the center of London stood still as the when they did go. I soon found I legal assistance and bank services for funeral procession passed. Seven thou­ wanted them myself.” the poor, improved education, model sand Salvationists marched, while hun­ In 1878, the Christian Mission was suburban villages, a traveling hospital, dreds of thousands of the poor thronged renamed the Salvation Army. In ac­ a missing persons bureau, and even a the route. cordance with the new name, the Army matrimonial bureau! During his vigorous, dedicated life, acquired military ranks, uniforms, flags, Always fundamentally grounded in William Booth had traveled five million and a book of orders and regulations, religious faith. Booth’s interest reached miles and given nearly sixty thousand drawn up by Booth to take care of out to education, housing, employment, sermons. He had seen his small band virtually every contingency. William health, and the many problems of pov­ of followers swell into an army of thou­ Booth was The General for the rest of erty. In advance of his times, he recog­ sands in fifty-eight countries, preaching his life. nized that alcoholism must be regarded the gospel in thirty-four languages. Despite violence and persecution, the as a kind of disease, and its victims Since his death, the Salvation Army has Army grew and developed into an in­ aided rather than condemned. grown and reached out into new areas ternational organization. Booth’s chil­ When sixty-two, General William with scientific knowledge and skills un­ dren played a vigorous role in its Booth took his first world tour with dreamt of in Booth’s time, but it has expansion, and two of them, Bramwell South Africa, Australia, and India on always been guided by the spirit of its and Evangeline, eventually served as its the itinerary. This tour was followed founder, who believed that Cod was General. by many others. In his later years best served by those who served man. NOVEMBER 3, 1965 • (771) 7 After Thirteen Invitations

By A. J. BRUNETT Pastor, La Moure, North Dakota

ONE CHRISTMAS NIGHT I Alter he drove away, I told my wife that if he went to midnight Mass with two came next Saturday night we would agree to go of my young friends. We smiled with him and see what was going on at a church and whispered in church and the that made him so interested in us. Sure enough, tht priest put us out. It was forty be­ next Saturday night he was there, and Sunday mom low zero. From that night until ing we were ready. Mr. Dunaway took us to the I was twenty-four years old I never Church ol the Nazarene in Benedict, North Dakota attended church again. For the lirst time in our married life we were in During my childhood and into church together. He led the way. We followed. my teens, we heard the name of He took us to the third pew from the front. Jesus Christ only as a c urse. We The pastor was young, but in that first Protestant learned to play cards and to gam- A' Brunetl sermon I heard he mentioned everything I had ble. I fed a gambling fever. I began to drink and clone from childhood until the present time. I spent a lot of time in dance halls and at the movies. thought, Anyone who knows that much about me, I opened a pool hall, and on the side a gambling I would like to hear again. We were there that den, in the little town of Coteau, North Dakota. evening, and the next Sunday, and the third Sun­ However, within eighteen months the sheriff’s of­ day. fice closed clown our place, and that ended my business venture. That day he preached on Zacchaeus. The Holy This happened after my wife and I had been Spirit helped him, and spoke to me. I went to the married. During those years I spent very little altar. Although I knew little about being con­ time with her and our young children. I spent most verted, I wept my way to Christ and found peace of my nights away from home, gambling and drink­ for my troubled heart. I started a new life with ing. Many mornings when I came home the doors Christ as my Guide. I cpiit gambling and smoking, were locked. My family was afraid of me. My wife and never cursed again. In a revival meeting sixty had heart trouble, and to be frightened would days later I went to the altar again, and was sanc­ often precipitate a heart attack. tified. One morning I had a hard time waking her. I developed an interest in books. I bought many, I said, “This is it. I am going to change.” But and borrowed others. My hobby was to read books habits are hard to change. The summer after law 011 the holiness of (foci. It was not long until I officers closed the pool hall I worked on a con­ began teaching a Sunday school class. The good struction job. But when fall came, I was out of news was burning in my soul. I must tell everyone. work, until a farmer hired me. I worked two years Soon I had opportunity to fill a pulpit for a pastor for him. on vacation. Later 1 was awarded a local preacher’s One fall a neighbor invited us to Sunday school. license. Now I have my district license, and am W e politely refused. But for twelve Saturday nights pastoring full time. he drove into our farmyard, and invited us to go Jesus can save to the uttermost all who will come with him to Sunday school. We continued to turn to Him. I know, for He brought to my heart the him down. But his persistence was telling on us. light of salvation.- 8 (772) • HERALD OF HOLINESS IN THE MIDST OF THE ORCHARDS that sur­ round our small country town, there is a white house set upon a hill, surrounded hy a white fence. It is the home of an elderly man and his wife. One evening; the old gentleman sat on his porch, and rocked in his rocking chair. Looking clown over the hill, he saw a stranger coming toward the house. He invited him in. The visitor introduced himself as a member of a church just a few miles away. Once, years before, an old country church stood there, with its tower and painted chipboards. Now it is replaced hy the big brick structure. Its people have long since elim­ inated the Sunday night and midweek services. The old man told the visitor how glad he was to see him, but hastened to say, "1 just don't need any more apple butter right now. Wife and I really enjoy it, but we have bought so much that we just SELLING can't use am more, but I'm glad you came anyhow.” The visitor chopped his head in shame and told the man he wasn’t there to sell tipple butter. “If you aren't here to sell tipple butter, what have you APPLE come for? Nobody ever comes from the church un­ less they are selling some apple butter, or some­ thing else for money to go toward the new build­ ing," the old man said. "Sir,” the visitor said, "I want to talk to you BUTTER about your soul. It seems as though the Lord lias placed you and your good wife on my heart. You have lived in our community all your life. You By WILLIAM J. TURNER have been a good farmer, and you are respec table. Pastor, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania But the years have come and gone and you perhaps have not made ready to meet the Lord and Master. I have come to ask you to give yourself to Him. He wants to take you into partnership with Him. I have come because 1 felt the leading of the Lord to speak to you about y our soul.” The old man listened carefully. He told his guest said. “We’ve always given to the church every again that the only time anyone ever came to see time we were asked. We gave apples to the mis­ them was to sell apple butter or something else to sionary society to make apple butter; many of my help pay for the building. old apple trees provided the fire for the kettles. I'll think about what you have said to me.” But he The visitor tried once more. “May I have the refused to allow the visitor to read or to pray. He privilege of reading to you from Clod’s Word and could not seem to understand why someone would bow with you and your wife and lead a simple get so interested in him now when for years their prayer?” The old man sat, his rocker stopped dead. only concern seemed to he to sell him something. "Maybe at a Liter date,” he said, “but not now. A good layman of another denomination told me I just don't seem to get the meaning of till this," he this sad story. It happened in our valley, in a little town nestled among tlie hills, where men live from day to day just like in any other small town. My friend realized too late, for this old couple, that “Behold, to obey is better than sacri­ you cannot win souls by selling apple butter. He’s fice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. a good man, a worker in the church, a faithful lead­ For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft er, and one who can be counted on. But he and and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected others had forgotten that “he that winneth souls is the word of the Lord, he hath also re­ wise.” They were so interested in getting the church jected thee . . .” (I Samuel 15:22-23). debt paid off and in selling apple butter, dish­ cloths, and candy that they had forgotten to go forth with weeping until it was too late. NOVEMBER 3, 1965 • (773) 9 I B y W . T. P U R K IS E R « thing, the full will of Gotl. The Perfect and the Perfected Again Mr. Wesley explained: “By Christian per­ John Wesley long ago pointed out that there is fection, I mean (1) loving God with all our heart. a difference between the perfect and the perfected. Do you object to this? I mean (2) an heart and “The one,” he said, “is fitted for the race (Phil. life all devoted to God. Do you desire less? I 3:15), the other, ready to receive the prize.” mean (3) regaining the whole image of God. What This simple but essential distinction can throw objection to this? I mean (4) having all the mind a great deal of light on the controversy that rages that was in Christ. Is this going too far? I mean around the idea of perfection in the Bible. (5) walking uniformly as Christ walked. And this And it rages! It is a source of unending amaze­ surely no Christian will object to. If any one means ment that people who seek for perfection in their any thing more or anything else by perfection, I homes, their automobiles, their clothes, and the have no concern with it.” circumstances of their lives are yet fanatically op­ Much of the problem in regard to the idea of posed to it in the realm of religion. perfection lies in the fact that we tend to think of Just the mention of perfection in the context of it in fixed and mechanical ways—the perfection of a the spiritual life is usually enough to get an argu­ statue which could not be altered without spoiling ment started. “There is nothing human that is it, or the perfection of an absolute. We find no perfect; seeking perfection only makes miserable such suggestion in the biblical use of the term. Per­ Pharisees,” they say. fection is applied to living, growing persons. There is truth in both these statements. So long As John H. J. Barker has illustrated this point: as perfection is defined as the result of human “In our human conditions we often have seen effort or striving, it will always be unattainable loving relatives and friends gathered round a and may well make miserable Pharisees. The only young baby kicking in his cot or perambulator and thing is, biblical perfection is not the result of hu­ remarking: 'What a perfect baby!’ It is only as man effort or striving, and any trace of Pharisaism that baby grows and develops normally in a score is a sure confession that the entire truth has been of ways that the epithet ‘perfect’ still applies! If he missed. ‘remains’ in his apparent perfection without grow­ The Bible does insist on no less than perfection ing, very soon that ‘perfect’ baby becomes a dread­ for the people of God. Nor can the edge of this ful tragedy—the tragedy of the undeveloped child insistence be turned by claiming that perfection who has not ‘grown up.’ ” means only maturity in the sense of full growth. Because the very same Bible word used to describe IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT to notice that the area Christian perfection is also used to describe God in which perfection is to be found is not in light, himself (Matthew 5:48), the atoning work of Christ in judgment, in understanding, in body, or even in (Luke 13:32), the will of God (Romans 12:2), conduct, but in purpose as controlled by love. It is Christ (Hebrews 5:9), and the law ofliberty (james perfection of love, and as such is affirmed by both 1:25). Would any be so rash as to suggest that Jesus (Matthew 5:1(5-48) and John (I John 4:17- perfection in these instances is nothing more than 18). full growth? Dr. J. B. Chapman wrote: “The term perfect love is scriptural, and while involving a high profession, IF CHRISTIAN PERFECTION is not the end re­ is also becoming in modesty; for it indicates much sult of human effort or striving, yet perfection none grace, but makes net claim to either superior light the less, what then is it? Here we have abundant or outstanding advancement in growth and ma­ light from the Bible itself. turity.” Perfection in the biblical use of the term is “not But if the term perfection is subject to such wide­ faultlessness but blamelessness.” To be perfect spread opposition and may be misunderstood and means “to be whole or sound or true.” It means misapplied, should we abandon it? After till, there “to be wholly turned, with the whole will and be­ are a wealth of other terms by which to describe ing, to God, as he is turned to us” (Matthew 5:48). the state of the entirely sanctified. It is a call to purity of heart, and as Dr. J. Glenn To this it may be replied that to drop all bibli­ Gould has pointed out, steadfastly to purpose one cal terms which may be misunderstood and misap­ 10 (774) • HERALD OF HOLINESS plied would be to slash the Scriptures to shreds. The dictionary definition of Communism, he Perfection is a Bible term that must be defined pointed out, is “the common ownership of the and correctly applied, but which may not honestly means of production, held, theoretically, for the be abandoned. good of all.” One might imagine the Communist Further, it will be found that most of the opposi­ state to he like a modern chicken ranch—the state tion to the term is in reality opposition to what the is the keeper, and the citizens are the chickens. term stands for. As George Macdonald, the percep­ “Pretty good,” you might say; “an apartment all tive Scot, so clearly put the issue: “ ‘I cannot be per­ to myself; plenty of food and water; and all I have fect: it is hopeless, and He does not expect it.’—It to do is lay eggs.” would be more honest if he said, ‘I do not want to But then one day you decide not to lay an egg. be perfect: I am content to be saved.’ Such as he File state comes along collecting the produce of do not care for being perfect as their Father in labor. heaven is perfect, but for being what they call saved." “What’s the matter, Comrade Rhode Island Red- For there is a challenge in the truth of perfection. ski, no egg today?” he inquires. It will not permit us to rest in a partial victory over “No,” you chuckle, “I decided not to lay an egg sin. It lures us on to heights ahead which we would today. Must be spring fever!” never reach had we no high ideal. “Traitor,” the state replies. “We need your There is real wisdom in Goethe’s comment that cage.” “if we take people as they are we make them worse. The next morning there is another comrade in If we treat them as if they were what they ought to your “apartment.” And clown at the office is a new be, we help them to become what they are capable sign, “Fresh Stewers for Sale.” of becoming.” All totalitarian systems are the same in this re­ And with all the paradox that lies close to the spect at least. They all value the individual simply surface, the perfect are in God's time to be per­ to the measure of his usefulness for the advantage fected. Paul, who willingly aligned himself with of the whole. those who were perfect (Philippians 3:15), in the very same breath spoke of his desire to be perfected CAPITALISM, ON THE OTHER HAND, while in “the resurrection of the dead” (Philippians 3: vastly better than Communism, still tends to value 11-12). the individual in terms other than his inherent For the perfect are not yet perfected. The perfect worth. Usually the measure is possessions. are fitted for the race. When they receive the prize, When we ask, “How much is he worth?" we they shall be perfected. This is “the redemption of mean, “How much money does he possess? Flow our body,” destined to “be fashioned like unto his much property does he own? What possessions does glorious body, according to the working whereby he have?” The answer may be, “He’s worth a he is able even to subdue all things unto himself” million.” Or, “He’s worth about fifty thousand.” (Romans 8:23; Philippians 3:21) . Or, "He isn’t worth a clime.” For those who “light the good fight of faith," Even at the end of life, the attitude is the same. who finish the course, there is “laid up ... a crown “How much did he leave?” we ask, as if this were of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous in some way the measure of his life. The only judge, shall give . . . unto all them also that love true answer is, of course, “He left it all.” his appearing” (II Timothy 4:8). Then the para­ The measure of a man’s worth is not what he dox shall he resolved, and the perfect shall be per­ possesses, but what possesses him. And the true fected. value of his life is not in terms of what he leaves behind but of that to which he goes. Ihe Uncommon Common People It has been suggested that the common people CONTRASTING WITH ALL POLITICAL or heard Jesus gladly because to Him they were not economic measures of man is the measure of Christ. common. Each individual person in His sight was With Him, high or low, rich or poor, influential or of infinite value. For any, however humble, to gain powerless, beautiful or homely, successful or failure the whole world and lose his own soul was im­ were terms that had no application to people cre­ measurable loss. ated in the image of His Cod and Father. Herein is another of the great contrasts between Paul makes this point in Romans 5. It was not for God's thoughts and man’s. The measures of value the good or the righteous that Christ died. It was men attach to individual human beings are always not for man at his best. It was for man at his based on something external. worst. “But Cod commendeth his love toward us, Communism, for example, values the individual in that, while we yet sinners, Christ died for us” only in terms of his utility. A young chicken ranch­ er a few years ago described the Marxist philosophy (V’It 8} is ’the infinite love of Cod in Christ that makes in terms of his own trade. the “common man” so uncommon that his worth NOVEMBER 3, 1965 • (775) 11 is beyond the wealth of worlds. The soul is of in­ ternal values may be sought and cultivated to the finite value because it is the object of a love that neglect of many more in whom they are lacking. can never be surpassed. This is not to deny that the “up and out” need There is a point here at which we very much Christ as much (or more) than the “down and need a word ol caution. It is so easy lor Christians out.” It is just to express again a reminder that such external measures mean nothing in the sight almost unconsciously to adopt tlce world's measures of Cod, as far as His love and concern go. of value. We tend to be so easily impressed by I! it seems to us that the common people do not “status symbols,” by “success"—big and beautiful hear us as gladly as they did our Master, perhaps homes, fussy clothes tend latuy cars, extensive edu­ we should search occr own hearts. Perhaps we have cation. looked upon the common man too often as com­ The result may be that persons having these ex­ mon, and not as the uncommon person he really is,

Through Central, South America, and Caribbean Ambassador Coordinators Map 25,000-Mile Evangelistic Trek By ELDEN RAWLINGS Managing Editor

MAKING PLANS for the second Naza­ rado, on July 11, where in nearby Estes Orjala, a former missionary to Haiti, rene Evangelistic Ambassadors tour in Park Nazarene youth from North Amer­ is presently associate professor of mis­ two years, Rev. Paul Orjala and Dr. ica and several foreign countries will be sions at the Nazarene Theological Semi­ H. T. Reza have recently completed meeting in their quadrennial Interna­ nary. preliminary trips which took them on tional Teen Institute. In addition, both teams will have hopscotch schedules (see cover) through The sixteen college and seminary stu­ assigned to them an evangelist and mu­ Central and South America, as well as dents which will be chosen for one sic director. Evangelist Paul Martin the Caribbean. of two teams will be briefed by Reza will travel with team two, and Ray Dodging political issues, and empha­ and Orjala for five days prior to their Moore, Olivet Nazarene College music sizing, the impor­ leaving. Both directors have extensive tance of evangelism, missionary experience. Reza is Spanish both team directors Department executive secretary, and THE SCHEDULE were well received as TEAM I Dr. H. T. Reza—Coordinator they unfolded plans July 12-17 British Honduras for the tours which CHILEAN NAZARENES WELCOME July 20-31 A rgentina begin in mid-July REZA—Dr. H. T. Reza, coordinator August 2-7 next year and run for Nazarene Evangelistic Ambassa­ Chile dor team one, salutes a thank-you to August 9 21 Peru concurrently through August 24-28 late August. the greeting he receives from the Southeast Mexico members of Arica (Chile) First TEA M II Rev. Paul Orjala— The I960 Ambassador teams are now Church. He was there to plan for scheduled to leave from Denver, Colo­ Coordinator the Ambassadors tour. July 12-17 Barbados July 20-31 Brazil August 2-7 Uruguay August 9-21 Bolivia August 24-28 Haiti

instructor, who accompanied a team in 1964, will be song evangelist for team one. Reza and Rev. Sergio Franco, Span­ ish Herald of Holiness editor, will serve as evangelists where directors feel Span­ ish-speaking preachers are an advantage. Other staff members will be named at a later date. Following the Denver briefing, team one takes off for tiny British Honduras in Central America, and team two to a dot in the Caribbean called Barbados. Before they see each other again, the a brush-arbor meeting which should draw another 2.000 people from Tucs- dav to Sunday. While in Peru, the team will pil­ grimage on horseback to the grave of Esther Carson Winans, pioneer Naza­ rene missionary. T he team's last foreign stop will be in the Southeastern Mexican District, probably in the capital city of Tuxtla, Cutierres, which has a population of 82.000 people. Government support is encouraging. The citv has offered the municipal auditorium with seating for 3,000. Another 1,000 seats will be rent­ ed, which will be the only cost to the local churches for arrangements. Reza acknowledged that the tours were not without potential political problems. With countries involved in OUTLINE AMBASSADOR PLANS—Rev. Harry Rich (right), field superin­ political jealousies, and the continuous tendent in Haiti, discusses with two national pastors plans for the coming throat of Communist guerilla tactics, Nazarene Evangelistic Ambassadors. The Haitian planning committee is these mission fields should be top pri- hoping to secure a football stadium for the crusade which will seat 20,000 oritv on Nazarenes’ prayer lists, partic­ persons. ularly while the Ambassadors are there, Reza said. two teams will easily have travelled churches, of which Nazarene Missionarv In Barbados, the most densely pop­ 25,000 miles. Bovd Skinner is president, has offered ulated island in tin* world, Orjala’s team Skipping from one team to another to underwrite the entire cost of the number two will hold meetings in the will be N.Y.P.S. Executive Secretary crusade with no strings attached as to district tabernacle, which will seat about Paul Skiles. He- will be speaking and the guidance of it. T his is in Arica, 2.000 people. The district center is occasionally directing youth choirs. where the team has been asked to ap­ located in Bridgetown, and the five-day In British Honduras—Belize, accord­ pear in a public park. Of the 11 campaign could attract as many as ing to the nationals—Reza anticipates churches in Arica. 1 are Nazarene. The 15.000 persons. governmental support, and even a tent council expects from 1.000 to 3,000 to The team will fly to Caracas, Vene­ site near the governor’s palace which attend the weekend meetings. The zuela, and from there to Brazil. A one- will hold about three thousand people. Arica crusade follows a one-night stand night stand is scheduled in Brasilia, the The tent site will be in Belize Citv, in Santiago, the federal capital, where ultramodern capital in the wilderness, where more than one-third of the popu­ “Showers of Blessing” is also broadcast. five in Belo Horizonte, five in Campi­ lation lives. Xazarenes are already In Peru, 3a young Protestants—20 of nas, and one in Sao Paulo. In Cam­ praying, Reza said. All-night prayer whom are Nazarenes—have banded to­ pinas, a new auditorium seating about services are planned as the five-dav gether to form an evangelical associa­ 3.000 has been awarded the church for crusade grows nearer. “Showers of tion on a university campus. The team use during the crusade there. The Blessing." the weekly radio program of is expected to attract 2.000 in a public press has already announced the cru­ the Church of the Nazarene. has been meeting place in l ima. Eater, after sade. and Orjala anticipates the team programmed in English for several years team one divides to go two different will be televised several times while in Belize City, and will serve as a directions, they reunite in Chiclavo for there. "Showers of Blessing” is broad- springboard for N.E.A. efforts. Mis­ sionary I.. Edward (been is helping to SOUTHEAST MEXICAN CRUSADE DISCUSSED—Sitting amid the columns coordinate efforts there, where British of an attractively decorated Mexican church, pastors on the Southeast Dis­ Honduras Nazarenes have assumed the trict listen to Dr. H. T. Reza as he unfolds the potential of the five-day financial support of the crusade. Ambassador crusade. They responded by finding a large civic auditorium Team one next hops 3,000 miles to ivhich will seat 4,000 persons. Argentina, where they have two cru­ sades planned, one in Rosario and an­ other in Buenos Aires, a city of five million people. Interest bv other evan­ gelical denominations is high, and many ii have promised individual support. To allow Xazarenes in other provinces to catch some of the enthusiasm of the Ambassadors’ coming, a series of cru­ sades are being held a month prior to the arrival of N.E.A. Young Argenti- nans are anxious to do something of a spiritual nature to prove their value to the church. Reza said. He also reported that a half-dozen young Communists were converted, one of which asked Reza what he could do to help win his Communist friends to Christ. In Chile, the local council of A PARABLE OF MEN AND TABLES Behold, there dwelt in a certain country two men. One man sat down to a table laden with the fruit of his vine­ yard and the produce of his land and said within himself, What want I more? Mine own hand hath provided these things. And, because of mine own cunning, I am more blest than my fellows. And he ate alone. But, verily, there was another man who, looking upon his table, laden with the fruit of his vine­ yard and the produce of his land, said within himself, These good things come from the hand of God. He gave me the strength to prune the vineyard and to till the FORMER EDITOR VISITS—Dr. D. Shelby Corlett (second from right), soil. Then calleth he to his table former Herald of Holiness editor, and Mrs. Corlett stand in front of the those who had not been so blest Nazarene Publishing House press which note prints the Herald at the rate and shared with them his bounty. of 28,000 per hour. Dick Fields (left) is in charge of the lithographic section, including the high-speed press. His father, William Fields (right), operated Verily, I say unto you, the first the press which in 1936, when Dr. Corlett teas editor, printed the Herald man hath his reward—a full af only 1,500 per hour. Dr. and Mrs. L. T. Corlett are second and third from stomach and an empty soul. But left. Dr. L. T. Corlett is the brother of the former editor, and is president the second is not like unto him. of the Nazarene Theological Seminary. For in sharing he was blest and in giving he received. God’s king­ for one night in the stadium, and the Evangelism” was larger than Sunday dom doth prosper because he hath remainder in an outdoor theater which school in the Oklahoma City Lake View broken his bread with the hungry seats 0,000 people. All of this activity Park Church, according to Pastor Bill and shared his cup with the will center in Port-au-Prince, where Draper. thirsty. missionaries hope to establish a new Attendance in the Sunday evening THINKEST THOU THAT ONE church in a middle-class section of town service September 26 was OF THESE MEN IS THEE? from the Ambassador activity. Orjala 414. anticipates that the N.E.A. group will It wasn't because Sun- —(Pearl Cole for the General dav school was down. be on radio and television daily in the There were 394 persons Stewardship Committee) city where he once headed up mis­ in the church school sionarv activity. sessions, well above the SAY THANKS Team two will face a variety of lan­ 1964 average of 381. BY GIVING IN THE guage and weather problems. Spanish, The increase in night THANKSGIVING OFFERING Portuguese, Aymara Indian dialect, attendance reflected the French, and Creole arc used among promotion of special people to whom they will minister. Lake View music futures. Bro- cast to Campinas residents in Spanish. Weather in Barbados and Haiti will be Reaister dlu,cs " ('rc I>rlnted A public hall which seats about 2,000 tropical, mild in Brazil, but cold in which church members Uruguay and Bolivia. used in inviting new people. persons is being arranged for in Monte­ The special music included organ video. the capital of Uruguay. A five- selections by Curtis Chambers, an Okla­ day campaign is planned. homa City musician, and a variety of While in Bolivia, team two will divide vocal soloists. its time between work among the The ten Sundays of ‘‘unique evan­ Aymara Indians and the city of La Paz. THE CHURCH gelism” is under the joint sponsorship A one-night stand in a sports arena in of the Departments of Evangelism and LaPaz may draw between 3,000 to 4,000 Church Schools. It extends through people. Much of Nazarene work is November 28. centered among the Indians who locate AT WORK themselves on the Altiplano, 13.000 feet above sea level. The group will visit WORLD MISSIONS the highest lake in the world, Lake E. S. Phillips, secretary Titicaca, along with the Church of the Nazarene and clinic there. EVANGELISM New Guinea Council Plans Plans for the largest crowds—ranging Edward Lawlor, secretary up to 20.000 people in one service—are National Literacy Program Sunday Night Interest High The New Guinea Mission Council, being made in Haiti. The crusade com­ headed by Superintendent Wallace mittee is bidding for the use of a foot­ For Oklahoma City Church White, recently announced plans for the ball stadium for the five-night stand. Sunday evening attendance during the beginning of a literacy program for If this is not possible, then it will settle first service of “Ten Sundays of Unique nationals during its fifth annual meet­ 14 (778) • HERALD OF HOLINESS ing, but the first as an independent preparation of public school teachers. council. It was the tenth biennial meeting of Scripture and other religious ma­ Nazarene educators, which selects a dif­ terials arc now being produced in the ferent educational function for discus­ Wahgi language, which will he used to sion at each gathering. teach New Guineans to read. Of prime consideration was a uniform The council was made independent teacher education curriculum which as­ because of the increased number of staff sures graduates of being certified by an members. There are now eight mem­ increasing number of state education bers. the number necessary for an offi­ boards. National Council for the Ac­ cial council. creditation of Teacher Education “The busy sounds of construction that (NCATE) has recognized Bethany Naza­ floated through the windows constantly rene College’s teacher education curricu­ reminded us of the great opportunities lum, and is expected to give similar awaiting us in the completion of our recognition to Olivet Nazarene College, beautiful new hospital,” Reporter Carol according to Dr. Willis Snowbarger, Anne Eby said. education secretary. General Superintendent Y. H. Lewis Central Africa Zone Meets gave* the keynote address. District Superintendent Charles Strick­ land presided over the second annual Central Africa /.one assemble, August DISTRICT ACTIVITIES 27-29. speaking three times, and direct­ ing assembh business. I'he assembly was held at Lusaka. Zambia. Two Ordained in North Carolina Missionary and baptismal services Two pastors were* ordained and the were also held, according to Reporter elder's orders of a third were recognized J. M. Marks. in the North Carolina District assembly held September 15-16 in the* Charlotte IMa/a Church, according to Reporter GENERAL INTERESTS Loren F. Schaffer. Dr. George Coulter presided over the College Heads Investigate twentv-fifth assembly, where Dr. Lloyd B. Bvron presented his thirteenth re­ Teacher Certification Plan port. Membership rose to 3,291 with NEW GUINEA CHIEF—Thanksgiv­ 237 received by profession of faith. Two ing wouldn't mean much if the only About thirty Na/arene college presi­ new churches were organized and 11 gods you knerv were vicious spirits dents, deans, and teacher education pro­ churches qualified for the Evangelistic waiting to destroy you. Thousands fessors representing all I .S. and Cana­ Honor Roll. The district ranks first on of people in 1965 will sacrifice their dian colleges, met Friday and Saturday the educational zone in paying the dearest treasures to buy protection (October 29 and 30) in Chicago to air Trevecca College budget, and fifteen from evil spirits, Helen Temple, problems relating, in particular, to the churches gave 10 percent or more for Other Sheep office editor, said. They General Budget. North Carolina be­ will give their meager supply of food came a “millionaire” district in Sunday in offerings, and night after night go school enrollment. to bed hungry. Some will ev>en offer Winston Hatcliff and Albert Trues- their children to the gods in a vain dale. Jr., were ordained as elders, and attempt to buy peace. Miss Temple the credentials of J. McCray Holmes asks, “What must I give to bring from another denomination were recog­ salvation to this Papuan chief in nized. Elders John Soloky and C. M. New Guinea and the rest of the Kellv and Laymen John Wood and world, for ivhom He also died?” And Lanclin Barlow were elected to the ad­ she answers: “Give as it hath been visory board. given unto you this Thanksgiving Johnson Elected to Four-Year season.” Term in Southwest Oklahoma Southwest Oklahoma churches en­ of the fifty-year-old church took part. rolled 2,199 new Sunday school pupils, Revival services followed with Rev. added 295 members by profession of Mrs. J. I. Weaver, a retired minister. faith, and increased their income to nearly $800,000, according to a report bv Superintendent W. T. Johnson given . . . OF LOCAL INTEREST at the- seventeenth district assembly. Dr. Hardy C. Powers, general super­ Tulluhoma (Tennessee) First Church intendent. was the presiding officer over recently experienced a stirring revival sessions held at Lawton (Oklahoma) in which more than fifty people sought First Church. spiritual help. Three weeks following Johnson was reelected to a four-year the special services with Rev. Forrest KOREAN EDUCATOR TOURS— term as superintendent. McCullough, twelve persons joined the Park Hun (left) of the Korean Min­ Thedistrict again gave 10 percent church by profession of faith. Rev. istry of Education, uhose govern­ of its income to world evangelism. Bobby Janes, called to preach while a mental responsibility is to oversee Mrs. Geneva Hendrick, Terry Curtis, member of the Tullahoma church, re­ the schools and colleges supported by Marvin McDaniel, John Smith, and Har­ cently accepted his first pastorate, ac­ thirty-five religious organizations, old Garrison were elected to elder’s cording to Pastor A. A. Forsythe. recently visited Nazarene Interna­ orders. Victorious revival reports also came tional Headquarters in Kansas City. from the Hillsboro, Illinois, church and He pauses in his tour with Rev. Alabama Church Dedicated the Quincy (Illinois) Emmanuel Harper L. Cole, manager of Interna­ Services were held August 8 to dedi­ Church. Rev. C. E. Malone said ten tional Center. The Church of the cate the New Providence Church in the new members were taken into the Nazarene maintains a Bible school Antioch community near Andalusia, Ala­ chulrch at Hillsboro. in Seoul, Korea. bama, in which seven charter members After a short stint in the evangelistic NOVEMBER 3, 1965 • (779) 15 field, Rev. and Mrs. Eugene Smith have should go,” says the Bible. It is easier accepted a pastorate at Springhill, said than done. This means teaching Deaths REV. FRED FOSTER, sixty-tw o , died Septembtf Louisiana. the children the truth as it is in Christ 22 in his home in Harvey, Illin o is. He had send Rev. William R. McElroy has recently Jesus, which teaching takes care of every as pastor of the Harvey church since 1959, and accepted the pastorate of the Kendall- aspect of their well-being. It can be preached his last sermon September 19. Funeral services were conducted in Harvey bj ville, Indiana, church. He formerly done only by days, weeks, years of ex­ Dr. Mark R. Moore, Chicago Central District super­ served at Ridgeville, Indiana. emplary living—more by doing and be­ intendent. Rev. Foster's twenty-seven years ol Rev. William G. Hill, formerly pastor ing than by talking, although clear talk ministry was spent on the Chicago Central District He had served on the district advisory board. at Warren (Ohio) Champion Church, about things that matter most tailored He is survived by his wife; four sons: Harold, has accepted an assignment at Akron to the development of the ripening per­ Jay, Alfred, and Roy; one daughter, Mrs. Grace (Ohio) Ken more Church. sonality must not be shirked. Rutledge; eighteen grandchildren; four brothers; and After resigning as pastor at Misha­ Insofar as they are ours we can dedi­ two sisters. waka, Indiana, Rev. H. B. Hughes has cate them to God along with the rest of 0. C. DELL, S r ., seventy-six, died September 11 entered evangelistic work. of a coronary thrombosis at W aycross, Georgia. He had served the local church as Sunday school super­ intendent and church treasurer. THIS SUNDAY'S LESSON Funeral services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. Robert Agner, and Rev. J. B. Hutchinson, Brian L. Farmer "SH O W ERS of BLESSING" Trinity Methodist minister. He is survived by his w ife; four sons: 0 . C., Jr., Topic for November 7: Oscar, Paul, and Jack; four daughters: Mrs. Vivian Program Schedule Tomberlin, Mrs. Dorothy Head, Mrs. Mary Strick­ land, and M rs. M artha Jones; fourteen grandchildren; Hannah: Self-giving Mother four great-grandchildren; and one sister. S c r ip t u r e : I Samuel 1:1—2:26 (Print­ November 7—“Twice the Maximum," ed: I Samuel 1:1-2, 10-11, 20-28) MRS. MATILDA CORYELL, seventy-five, died July by Russell V. DeLong 25 in Meridian, Idaho. Rev. A lfred Jones, Meridian Golden Text: Train up a child in I he pastor, conducted funeral services. She is survived November 14—“A Missionary Chal­ by three sons: Early, Wesley, and Melvin; seven icay he should go: and when he is old, daughters: Mrs. Arbutus Munzanreder, Mrs. Hazel he will not depart from it (Proverbs lenge,” by E. S. Phillips Ruska, Mrs. Doryce Caulk, Mrs. Dorothy Klett, Mrs. 22:6) . Ruth DeWaard, Mrs. Joyce L a w , and Mrs. Elaine November 21—“The Siamese Twins,” W i Ison. Had Hannah not been so infertile at by Russell V. DeLong first, one wonders whether she would MRS. LELA M. FARNSWORTH, sixty-eight, died have taken just the same attitude to­ September 17 in Stockton, California. Rev. Robert wards her firstborn, Samuel. NEW "SHOWERS OF BLESSING" OUTLETS Sutton conducted funeral services. She is survived W M 0V Ravenswood, W.Va. by her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Ann Jordan; As often happens, after once becom­ 1360 kc 12:15 p.m. Sunday three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and two ing a mother, Hannah subsequently con­ WMGS Bowling Green, Ohio sisters. ceived much more easily, being blessed 730 kc 5:00 p.m. Sunday W 0NW Defiance, Ohio MRS. JENNIE CUNNINGHAM ROUNSEVELL, sev­ with three more sons and two daughters. 1280 kc 8:00 a.m. Sunday enty-two, died August 17 at her home in Danville, No doubt she was an exemplary mother KHFH Sierra Vista, Arizona Illinois. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. to them all and ready in her heart to 1420 kc 9:15 a.m. Sunday S. A. Smith and Rev. J. T. Myers. She is survived KVSA McGehee, Arkansas by her husband; four sons: Dale, Arthur, Donad, dedicate them all to God; but when she 1220 kc 9:00 a.rri. Wednesday and Wayne Cunningham; four daughters: Mrs. Ruby prayed for Samuel she was ready for WELR Roanoke, Alabama Berry, Mrs. Clara Mae LeMay, Mrs. Levon Monroe, 1360 kc 4:00 p.m. Sunday and Mrs. Anna Brown; two stepsons, Charles and any sacrifice, any consecration, any price Richard Rounsevell; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Mary just so long as she was able to have a Walker; twenty-five grandchildren; thirteen great* child. grandchildren; five sisters; and four brothers.

We all view with increased value REV. MRS. OLIVE RIFE, eighty-nine, ordained by blessings which were once withheld and Dr. P. F. Bresee in 1914, died September 19 in which may not be bestowed again. In­ our consecrated lives. We can offer Chattanooga, Tennessee. Funeral services followed in Chattanooga First Church, where Mrs. Rife was deed, this may well be a reason why, ourselves to them as supports in a a member. Among her survivors are one daughter, at times, God does withhold His blessing boisterous world. We can introduce Mrs. Charles Curl. —why it appears He is unhearing to our them to the most vital ideas. We can ERNEST W. THOMAS, seventy-five, died August 8 prayer. gently show them the place of prayer in Pasadena, C alifo rn ia. Funeral services were con­ Children, however, (though all we and at times enter it with them. ducted by Rev. A . Gordon Blacklock, Alhambra, parents regard them as mixed blessings But they are not altogether ours. California. He is survived by his wife; one son, at times) are really equally precious There comes a time when we must Vernon; and two daughters, Mrs. Lucille Thomson whether they come readily or only after stand back, recognize another very sov­ and Mrs. Evelyn Painter. wearisome and distressing visits to in­ ereign individual, say a prayer, and Announcements fertility clinics! They are also terrific hope for the best. MARRIAGES responsibilities, responsibilities which re­ Lesson material is based on International Sunday — Miss Carlene Adele Ponsford and Mr. Gary quire real men and real women to ade­ School Lessons, the International Bible Lessons for Cooper, July 23, at Bresee Church, Pasadena, Cali­ quately discharge. Christian Teaching, copyrighted by the International fornia. Council of Religious Education, and is used by its BORN “Train up a child in the way he permission. — to Rev. and M rs. Noble E . Berryhi11 of Port­ land, Oregon, a son, M ark Noble, on September 29.

— to Rev. and Mrs. Bill Norris of Pinellas Park, Flo rid a, a son, Ronald W ayne, on September 27.

— to Rev. and Mrs. Richard H. Leffel of Balboa, Canal Zone, a daughter, Darla Annette, on Sep­ tember 23.

—to Rev. and Mrs. Wm. J. Nichols of Fort Wayne, Indiana, a son, W illia m (B illy ) John, on September 2. A Thanksgiving offering should be a SPECIAL PRAYER IS REQUESTED by a reader in California "for my dear husband testimony of love and gratitude for in a sa n ita riu m ." manifold blessings. Those who receive Directories and do not share embezzle God's mercy. BOARD OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS Office: 6401 The Paseo Kansas City, Missouri 64131 HUGH C. BENNER, Chairman General Superintendent V. H. LEWIS, Vice-chairman GEORGE COULTER, Secretary HARDY C. POWERS G. B. WILLIAMSON SAMUEL YOUNG 16 (780) • HERALD OF HOLINESS Corner.” It could hardly be better. I noted with interest your answer to the question regarding use of ‘‘salaried men” rather than evangelists in evan­ gelistic assignments. The letter sub­

sequently published in the ‘‘Pro and Con” column responding to your an­ swer was also of interest. Pro: Personal Evangelism should with our fine church publica­ Now 1 have a question of my own. I was so thrilled and stirred to do tions. Do you not feel that the “effectiveness more witnessing for my Christ when I I have read every article in the last test” should be applied to the salaried glanced at this week’s Herald and read issue of the Herald of Holiness, some of men in question as well as to the evan- the thrilling testimony of John Petrehn them twice. How each could be so gelist? and his enthusiasm for lay witnessing. thrilling surprises an old man like me. Perhaps we have simply come to . . . Would you kindly send me sam­ F r e d C. M y e r the point in our history where the evan­ ples of any tracts I might use and how New York gelist as such should be dispensed with. I might obtain copies of the marked If this is true, would we not be better version of John’s Gospel That You Pro: Biw eekly Herald off—and more fair to men involved— Might Have Life, and price, etc.? I One of the most apparent considera­ to accept the idea and make the neces­ mail them in letters, greeting cards, tions from both a cost and a readership sary adjustments? As it is, we place take them calling and visiting shut-ins. standpoint is the frequency of publica­ sincere, devoted men in an impossible M r s . B e t t y P e e p i.es tion. Once a week is just too often. situation by commissioning them to do Michigan Readership statistics, 1 am sure, would work we intend to have others do. The young adult retreat on the Cen­ prove that the great majority of people D a v id K . W a c h t e l tral Ohio District ended yesterday. My never get through with one issue before T e finesse e wife, myself, and the other folks who the next one arrives, and the goal of Con: Racial Hatred attended from Shepherd (Columbus) any publication should be that it be We have different churches for Eng­ enjoyed it very much. read. lish-speaking Negroes, Mexicans, Cubans, Rev. E. K. Richey, our fine pastor, The greatest improvement in the etc.? Why not integration? Hate be­ has always encouraged us to be personal Herald is, obviously, the layout and gets hate; love begetslove. That is evangelists. The Lord has been pleased makeup. Many more improvements why our race (white) has so much to bless the efforts of the church and could be made if the magazine were trouble with different races. Most white much growth has resulted from various paced and better balanced. Evangelists’ people hate them—so their hate begets visitation programs in the past. slates, for instance, should be absolutely hate. The emphasis at the retreat this year removed. (These could be published O . L . S m it h was on personal evangelism. Gordon in a separate little folder for distributing Missouri Walker from Campus Crusade for Christ or inserting—never take the valuable was the speaker. We who attended for space in the Herald.) With the advent the most part have been greatly chal­ of litho the use of photography should lenged and encouraged with the pro­ be greatly increased—people would like cedures being used by this organization, to visit our college campuses, the Pub­ and we at Shepherd are immediately lishing House, mission hospitals, interested in starting a program of work churches and congregations around the for all who will partake of the inex­ world, news happenings, prominent pressible joy found in soul winning. members, etc., etc. This we can do Your article in the September 15 through pictures and more pictures. issue of the Herald was identical with The Herald should be a publication the training we received and used at of a dominant, worldwide religious de­ the retreat. . . . nomination, appealing to the various We love our Lord and Saviour Jesus ages and interests of its members and Christ and attempt each day to witness friends. As such, it should be a com­ to others; we attempt to win them to munication of the church; and the Him and the Church of the Nazarene, church consists of administration, min­ where sanctified fellowship and holiness istry, and the vast body of laymen. This are the ordinary and normal situation. organ should allow all of us to say R o b e r t E. J a c o b something to each other—in other words, Ohio to communicate. Then there would be value, interest, and progress. Con: Biw eekly Herald FT C . B l a n c h a r d I hope you never cut the Herald of Minnesota Holiness publication to twice a month. The Free Methodists and now the Wes- Pro: Full-time Evangelists leyans and the Pilgrim Holiness church For some time I have intended to have done this. I am afraid our young express my sincere appreciation for your "Any special piece, Reverend—neck, people are not spending the time they excellent handling of “The Answer back, wings . . . V* NOVEMBER 3, 1965 • (781) 17 N.Y.P.S. banquet on the Southeast Dis­ to Hammond (Indiana) Woodlawn trict during Skiles’s tour. Church. Mr. Vaughters, doing student recruit­ Rev. Bill Jetton has recently resigned ing on the side, said he talked with as pastor of the North Little Rod twenty-five Mexican young people who (Arkansas) Grace Church to accept a are “good prospects” for the San An­ call from the McComb (Mississippi) tonio seminary. First Church. James L. Sankey, a retired marine The Bible College offering to . . . Of People and Places sergeant, has accepted the assignment of October 18 is $68,833.58; 1,943 Christian education minister at Nash­ churches have sent their offer­ Chaplain Kenneth B. Clements, former­ ing. This puts us well on our ly the pastor in Manhattan, Kansas, has ville (Tennessee) Bethel Church, ac­ way to achieving our goal of been called to active duty in the U.S. cording to Pastor Doyle C. Smith. $200 ,000. Army, and has been assigned to Fort Rev. H. Warren Mingledorff, formerly Will the churches who Knox, Kentucky. Lieutenant Clements pastor of Sebring (Ohio) First Church, haven't yet sent their offering has pastured since 1962, when he com­ has accepted the pastorate of New Bed­ to Dr. John Stockton, general pleted his training at Nazarene Theo­ ford (Massachusetts) First Church. treasurer, please do so as soon as possible? Any individuals logical Seminary. Pastor's Son, Wife Burned who wish to make a personal John M. Anderson, investment in the Bible College a music instructor in In Garage Gasoline Mishap may also send in offerings. the Pomona, Califor­ James Doney, three-year-old son of The general church, the Bible nia, school system, Rev. and Mrs. John T. Doney, Kansas College Board of Control, and recently received the City, Kansas, is expected to be hospital­ the Board of General Superin­ first Doctor of Phi­ ized for a period of between two and tendents appreciate the re­ losophy degree in three months, after suffering burns over sponse and thank every church. Music Education 30 percent of his body, October 14, in a But let’s go over the top soon! awarded by the Uni- * gasoline fire. V. H. LEWIS versity of Southern Mr. Doney is the pastor of the Kan­ General Superintendent California. A graduate of Pasadena sas City (Kansas) Stony Point Church. Sponsor College in 1952, he has been music di­ After discovering the fire, the boy’s Nazarene Bible College rector at Upland (California) First mother, Mrs. Evelyn Doney, beat out the Church since 1956. Dr. Anderson’s flames with her hands. She suffered father and father-in-law are both min­ burns to her right hand, arm, and leg, Skiles Introduces "IMPACT," isters in the church. and was hospitalized for three days. Quizzing to Mexican Youth Dr. Arnold Airhart, Canadian Naza­ Apparently the child spilled a can of Paul Skiles, N.Y.P.S. executive secre­ rene College president, addressed a gasoline on his clothes. It was ignited tary, introduced recently to Mexican capacity crowd in a historic church out­ by the open flame of a water-heater Nazarene youth a translated edition of side Winnipeg, Manitoba, on the oc­ pilot light. The gasoline was kept in IMPACT, a personal witnessing tool, casion of Canada’s Thanksgiving Day, the garage for a lawn mower. The and developed two Mexican Bible quiz October 11. The service, organized by child has burns under his chin, on his teams to illustrate how to use the new the Greater Winnipeg Ministerial As­ stomach, and first-, second-, and third- quiz book on Romans. sociation, was conducted in the Parish degree burns on his legs. Skiles spoke to Northern, Central, and Church of St. Andrew, a stone structure The Doneys have been at the Stony Southeast Mexican District N.Y.P.S. Con­ completed in 1849. Point Church, which is on the Kansas ventions through Interpreter William C. Rev. W. Fred Moore, formerly pastor City District, since December 29, 1964. Vaughters, president of the Spanish at Nashville (Tennessee) Bell Road Nazarene Seminary in San Antonio, Church, has moved to Dickson (Ten­ Texas. nessee) First Church, where Rev. Tom Seventy teen-agers attended their first Cox formerly served. Mr. Cox has moved t)f t l h ‘ R tV O 'fU iS Ic

Missionary Arrested By Indonesian Military D j a k a r t a , I n d o n e s ia (EP) —Rev. Har­ old Lovcstrand, missionary serving with The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM) , was brought from West Irian to Djakarta by the military and placed under house arrest. Dr. Vernon Mortenson, general di­ rector of TEAM, said in Chicago that the forty TEAM missionaries in West Irian have tried not to get embroiled in the political disputes. Evidently the Indonesian government wants active support from the missionaries in its drive ANXIOUS BIBLE QUIZZERS—two teams of four Mexican youth on the to win over the inhabitants of West Central Mexican District tense under the strain of the first Bible quiz Irian (formerly known as Dutch New program on the district. Guinea) . 18 (782) • HERALD OF HOLINESS The Amazing Tree RECENTLY we planted trees which we hope will furnish a grove of beau­ ty in the city of Oakland in the fu­ ture. However, the places in which we were instructed to dig the plant­ ing holes were filled land. We en­ wer comer countered many rocks, pieces of asphalt, and hard clay—which had evidently been compacted well, for we found that a shovel was not Conducted by W. T. PURKISER, Editor enough to penetrate this ground. It took picks and persistence to get the When a child is born does the soul come from God or Adam? Doesn’t God job done. alone have the power to create the human soul? If the soul comes from The question was asked, “How do God, how can it have original sin? they expect trees to grow in soil There arc three views with regard to seem that God would then be the source like this?’’ One of the Park Depart­ the origin of individual souls. The first of the sinful tendencies the Bible teaches ment men replied, “Oh, they are is described as the “preexistence” theory. are inherent in the natural man (Gene­ hardy and will grow almost any­ It is tiie idea that all souls were created sis 6:5; 8:21; Psalms 51:5; Romans 7:7, where they are able to get a few before the beginning of time, and are roots down." 14: I Corinthians 3:1; Ephesians 2:1-3). Since this planting I have been embodied in individual human lives as The third theory, which seems to thinking about these amazing trees. these are generated. This view stems me most biblical and reasonable, is We recall seeing trees growing out of from the Greek philosopher Plato, and named "traducianism.” It is the view I crevices in great is not widely held by Christians. that the individual soul originates with lledges of rock. The The second theory is the one implied the body by the powers of propagation I tree has amazing in your second question. It is known with which God has created the race. lability to get roots as "crcationism,” and is the belief that This is at least implied in the statement, 1 down in almost im­ at conception or quickening God im­ possible situations. "Adam . . . begat a son in his own like­ I The growing root mediately creates the new soul. One ness, after his image” (Genesis 5:3) . and I will break rocks, serious objection to it is the suggestion seems to offer a reasonable explanation lupheave concrete, of your third question. If the soul is for the fact of original sin. land will grow great an immediate creation of God, it would distances to furnish nourishment for the tree. By a wonderful system of I’ve had a discussion on the Holy Trinity that I’m disturbed over. Is it natural processes the tree finds what possible to separate the Three to the point that you may worship one it needs in food and chemicals to above the others, or look on one as being more powerful than the others? flourish. To me this seems sacrilegious. Please set me straight. The trees that really get their While I don’t know just what the the Father. The Spirit glorifies the roots down and anchored cannot be discussion was all about, you sound Father and the Son. upturned or uprooted. They will pretty straight to me. There will always he a sense of mys­ stand during the storms. They may The historic Christian doctrine of the tery in man’s thought about God. How lose a limb once in a while and may Trinity affirms basically two things: become twisted and bent by prevail­ could it he otherwise? If a finite mind ing winds, but there they stand— (1) The trinality of Persons within the could perfectly comprehend an infinite symbols of endurance. unity of the Godhead—as the Nicene God, would what was grasped really Likewise, the Christian must be Creed expresses it, “There is but one be God at all? more interested in developing ade­ living and true God . . . And in the Yet the idea of Three in One is not quate roots than in what groivs above unity of this Godhead there be Three altogether beyond us. In one human the ground. Many times people top­ Persons, of one substance, power and personality there are body, soul, and ple spiritually because they are shal­ eternity: the Father, the Son, and the spirit. In one complete government low-rooted and ill-grounded. God Holy Ghost.” there are legislative, judicial, and execu­ can help a person to get his roots (2) The distinction within the God­ tive functions. One sun is known as down even in rocky soil, so that he head of the offices and functions of the mass, heat, and light. Water is one, will not be uprooted by ill winds and opposing forces. This grounding Father, Son, and Spirit. yet solid, liquid, and vaporous. comes about by the persistent work These two ideas are derived from The important thing is to recognize of Bible reading and daily prayer biblical teaching concerning the unity that “God was in Christ, reconciling the life. If God can cause the tree to of God, the deity of Christ, and the the world unto himself’ (II Corin­ flourish, He can do even more for personality and deity of the Holy Spirit. thians 5:19) , and in “the communion of us today.—J. Wilmer Lambert, Pas­ Father, Son, and Spirit are equal in the Holy Ghost” we experience the love tor, Edenrale Church, Castro Valley, eternity and power. Yet the Son gives of God and the grace of the Lord Jesus California. honor to the Father and is glorified by Christ (II Corinthians 13:14). I would very much appreciate your interpretation of Jude 22-23. I have heard it claimed that this means it is scriptural to wash your hands of some It is easy to believe when we are individuals, and that you need have no compassion for them. in the sanctuary with crowded pews, Jude 22-23 reads, “And of some have doubting souls who need your pity; a pleasant feeling of holy together­ ness, and with souls at the altar. But compassion, making a difference: and snatch them from the flames and save this may not indicate the quality of others save with fear, pulling them them. There are others for whom your our love as much as the testing place, out of the fire; hating even the garment pity must he mixed with fear; hate the when in spite of all we have done, spotted by the flesh.” very clothing that is contaminated with the unspoken questions of our hearts There is no thought here of having sensuality.” rise with nagging persistence. It is compassion on some, but not on others. 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