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In fact, there have been times when the editors of Quote maga THIS ISSUE: zine, the national pocket-size, IN slick-print publication from Rich CIVIL rights legislation sought by President mond, Ind., have passed right over Johnson should be of concern to Baptists as in my stuff and picked llp something dividuals, the Editor says, but Baptists as a de from olde JIC 1 to fill up with. nomination or as a church cannot afford to make of themselves organizations for political action. Ain't that a sight~ What JIC is offering us this The editorial is on page 3. :week is purty strong meat, but it * * * ought to add some real strength IT'S contagious ... and it's seasonal. It seldom hits in the cold Of winter ... but beware the first ERWIN t. to ·the bones and sinews of those readers who have the gizzards to digest i.t. days of spring.• John C . .Hulsey describes the fever that has put him in such bad shape in our cover He's talking about something mighty danger st~ry on page 5. ous though, ''Clear thinking.'' * * * Some may think-if they are not. '' t~inking YOU'LL find a commentary on this week's clearly" - that the old feller is slightly off his ''Middle of the Road'' column in ''Personally Baptist rocker when they ~ee him saying that · Speaking." You'll want to read Mr. Cossey's clear Baptists are to believe all the Bible, and not just thinking ' ~ Clear Thinking'' on page 8. some parts of it that have been called ''Baptist * * * doctrine.'' NOW at r~sidence on the campus of New Or And what about him implying that the Bible ~s leans Seminary, Rosalind Street continues to an not the sole possession of Baptists, but is for all swer questions put to her by Arkansas Baptist who will believe it~ Do you reckon he is orthodox~ Newsmagazine readers. Today an Arkansas girl I don't know just how our busy and highly asks if it is possible to forego the latest fashions educated pastors are going to react to what he because of Christian modesty. You'll like Mrs. says about that old-time preacher whose preach Street's reply on page 6. ing out of a cheap .Bible, with not even a con cordance, meant so much to him when he was a Arl11111 llflfilf .:!~!:nR: Baptist Pres~ Aaa'n boy. ~ rj Associated Church Presa - ---~-----i::T_,---- EvangeJicnl Press Ass'n Once in a while you run into somebody who AprH 2, 1964 Volume 63, Number 14 seems to think we Baptists will really be in trou ble if the folks "out at the grassroots "-up the Editor, ERWlN L. McDONALD, Litt. D. cricks and 'cros.t the hollers-get to using their Associate Editor, MRS. E. F. STORES noggins. But olde JIC seems to think we are going Managing Editor, MRs .. TED WOODS to smell the patchin' if the folks ''at the forks of_ Field Representative, J. I. COSSEY the creek'' don't start doing some real thinking. Secretary to Editor, MRS. HARRY GIBERSON I Mail Cle'rk, MRS. WEJ,.DON TAYLOR Do you reckon- Brother Cossey really has 401 West Capitol Little Rock, Arkansas something when he says we ought to read our Published weekly except on July 4 and December 26. Second-class postage paid at Little Rock, Arkansas. Bibles, with clear heads~ Let's try it. Individual subscription, $2.26 per year. Church Budget, 14 cents per month m· $1.68 per year per church family. Club plan (10 or more paid annually in advance) $1.75 per year. Subscriptions to foreign address, $3.76 per year. Advertising rates on request. Al'tie:les carrying the author's by-line do not necessarily reflect the editOrial policy of the paper. Abb1oeviations used in crediting news items: BP Baptist PreSll; CB Church Bulletin; DP Daily Press: EP Evang AN editorial in the Christian Index, the Bap The President's appeal tist weekly paper for Georgia, called attention some time ago to the fact that the University of PRESIDENT Johnson, in an appearance be Georgia ''has put together its new coaching staff fore 150 Southern Baptists attending a Christian ,with 11 .assistants for the 140 or so football play leadership Conference in Washington last week, ers.'' urged the group to work for the administration's The editorial continues: civil rights bill and for "a new' fellowship" after " .Eleven assistants for 140 players is an ad its passage. mirable ratio for those who love their football. It APRIL 2, 1964 Pe~ge Thr~e is comparable with the staff at Georgia Tech and bers or outsiders. It is easy to forget to speak a other school_s which make a reputation in the good word about the Lord also. The difference sport. between a church with an "ordinary" spirit, and ''Our Georgia Baptist Convention has one full a thriving situation, may often be traced to the time Student Department employee for the 3,655 enthusiasm, or lack of it, on the part of the mem Baptist students on the campus. We have only one bers. Sometimes it is the optimism of just a few at Georgia Tech. That's the maximum for any who are willing to' say the right word that makes school and some have none. the difference. · "It really is a mixed-up world, We're mindful The words we say about our churches, and that the football crowd pays the bill and there is those who serve as leaders, have a great deal of no quarrel with football. Ours is merely the hope influence upon the effectiveness of the churches. that· one of these dayR BaptistR will be doing bet A chronic knocker may easily cause some who are ter." seeking a church home to look . elsewhere for it, What is the situation in Arkansas? The Univer or to just stay away, for ~orne people are willing sity coaching staff is composed of eight men, pl'us to · believe the knocker, too. That knocker should trainer and freshman coaches: All of this for about not stop attending; he would do well to stop 100 football players. At the University of Arkan knocking. sas we have one student secretary-.J amie .J oneR For most of us the problem of when to speak -for 1,938 Baptist Students.-ELM and what to say may be with us constantly; how ever if our attitudes are good, and we just work at it, we · may find that our words do influence Guest editorial othef s. They can bring encouragement to those who need it. They may have much to do with strengthening -the churches we might otherwise Don't knock church have lmocked.-Editor Horace F. Burns, in Bap tist New Mexican IN A trade publication we recently saw this statement: "Don't knock your church. It may have improved since the last time you were Guest editorial there." Such statements have a point when we realize that often those who knock the churches just haven't been around much. It is easier to knock Doing as we please and criticize if we don't know what we're talking about. That inside knock which comes from a WHEN I was a pasto1: I heard now and then member of the church is a little like the knock that remarks about centralization of authority and dic comes from the inside of an automobile engine: tatorial leaders. Since I was never conscious of it is usually the d.flfective, partI that does the any interference of denominational leaders in all 30 knocking.. 1 those years, those charges seemed to me a bit The person whose attitude is right is grieved ludicrous and more than a little sad. It is sad in his heart upon occasions when things are ,not when such talk spreads dissension and cripples right in his own church. He I does 'not broadcast to mission outreach. the world, but his words and deeds are carefully A man can retain his independence just as fully considered . . He seeks to right wrong where possi by deciding to work with his brethren as he can ble. He is anxious to heal any hurt, to guard the · by deciding not to work with them. Disraeli said, fellowship within the church, and improve the pub ''An independent candidate is one on "·hom no lic relations of the church within the conmmnity. body can· depend.'' He was referrin[" to the po Actually we are not bothered as much by the litical realm, of course; but even in the spiritual fact that some people knock our churches, as we sphere 'independence carried to the extreme could are that there are those who should boost their curtail a person's influence and usefulness. X one churches but don't do it. \Ye are certain that there of us wishes to still the voice of honest criticism are times when silence is golden, but there are and dissent. On . the other hand, criticism must also times \yhen it is 'sinful to remain silent. So never block the flow of cooperation and concern .often we fail to speak a good word for the church for the work of the Lord in the whole world. If when it would really be easy to speak up. Christ is LoTd, none of us has the rig·ht to do as Many a Baptist with good intentions may go he pleases unless he pleases to do right.-T. A. for months at a time without saying a good word Patterson, Executin Secretary, Baptist General about his pastor or church, either to fellow mem- Convention of Texas, in Baptist Standan! Page Four ARKANSAS BAPTIST T'raining Union Hobbies experience in matters of this na ture, noticed my early symp Sword Dril'l winners toms, so she says, several day~ ago and knew there was noth STAXE · Sword Drill winners Fish in' ing she could do to prevent my chosen .in the morning session of illness. So she said and did the State Training Union Youth -nothing about it. . Convention were Betty Ryan of fever- She can tell, she says, of my First Church, Rogers and Linda rising fever by the way I talk Griffin of Second Church, West and act and answer her simplest Helena. queries with a· mtlmbling, evasive The two will be sent to Ridge answer and with a far-away crest or Glorieta. Betty Ryan will glassy look in my eyes. Then, attend Ridgecrest July 2-8; and muttering to myself, she says, I Linda Griffin, Glorieta June 4-10. pick up 'my tackle box for tpe The winners in the speakers' Nth time and, walking to the tournaments Friday night were: window of my den, look out with Judy Freeman, Second Church, that old familiar, tell-tale stare. Arkadelphia, for the 17-18 group, And her diagnosis, as usual, is • and Pamela Shipps, East Main 100 percent correct. I AM A Church, El Dorado, for the 19-24. SICK MAN. Judy will attend Ridgecrest July My wife knows (bless her 2-8; .and Pamela will' attend Glor heart, she never complains') that ieta June 4-10. . from now until the snow flies Dr. Chester Swor addressed ~he late next fall that she will be a meeting twice. During the morn "fisherman's widow." - ing session he spoke on "Doers of So you see how it is at our the Word". That afternoon he I'M in pretty bad shape, in house. The maladY- is incurable, chose, "What If . . . " The Conven fact I am a very sick man- -fever but never fatal. Should any mem tion was attended by more than about 105 degrees. ber of your family or some 1,600. Only yesterday a deep-plu!lled friend of yours become infected Dr. Baker James Cauthen of cardinal lit on a barren limb of with this terrible disease, just be the Foreign Mission B o a r d one of our pecan trees and sang patient with him and kind to brought the evening message and his heart out to his shy little him and eventually he will recov lead the mission rally._ A total of mate and today dozens of cocky er to such .an extent that he will 103 young people responded to robins are strutting all over our be able to pass for a human be the invitation given by Dr. Cau lawn, expertly pulling up big, fat ing again. then in the decision 'service. The red-worms and a pair of mock convention theme was "Christian ing-birds were working like Tro Life in Action." jans building a nest in the hedge The Cover Music was provided by choirs row at the rear of our garden. of Second Church, El Dorado, and As if by magic, spring has First Church, West 'Memphis. broken out all over the place. During the afternoon confer And I tell you,. 1 AM A SICK ence, 10 Intermediates in 10 sep MAN. It is almost more than I arate conferences spoke on the can stand. For I have a serious ten commandments in Christian case of ."spring-fishin' -fever." _ living. A total of 100 Intermedi Already I have oiled my reels, ates spoke. tested the flexability of ·my rods, Awatds to each of the winners checked every tray of my tackle in the age 17-18 and 19-24 (plus box to be sure of an ample sup college students) tournament in ply of leaders, hooks, sinkers, cluded $380 tuition scholarships floaters, swivels, plastic worms, from Ouachita College. bream-killers, split-shot, lead heads and lures of a dozen varie ties and lovingly fingered the SOUTHERN COLLEGE will many gadgets that only a fisher entertain the early morning Bible man could name - much less class- of First Church, Walnut know how or when to use. Ridge, with a breakfast at 7:30 My wife, with many years of a. m. Sunday, Apr. 5, according to J. T. Midkiff, Baptist Student Union sponsor. This is an annual By John C. Hulsey -Luoma Photo event. APRIL 2, 19b4 Page Fiv~ Courtship, Marriage and the Home in the Puritan era. There are young women in 1964 who believe in and practice chastity, virtue, and modesty. There are on high school and college campuses right now young men who are adven turous enough to keep their own moral practices clean. They are determined to stem the tide and sty I e find life mates who have the cour age to live by the belief that the with· body is sacred. They do not con ceive of it as a cheap vessel for undisciplined sexual pleasure. modesty. One more fact: Scores of young people have learned the hard way that the signs on this new free way are misleading; that it won't get you where you really want to , go. "A man in the right, with God on his side, is ir the majority What shall we do? Keep your though he be alone."-Henry Ward Beeche1· own attitudes right. . They will have a g·reat deal to do with your QUESTION: "A group of us stricted it." (The Biblical View of own 'attractiveness and your in- high school girls are concerned Sex and Man·iage) fluence for good .. · about the extremely short skirts Young people of other genera: Do dress smartly yourself. De- that are the style now. We'd like tions were kept in line with Bible velop real skill in the art of wear to do something about it, but we standards by parental authority ing stylish clothes that do not don't know how to start. and by public opinion. Today's overstep limits of modesty. It was "Maybe there are others over democratic family and revolution- a smart (and popular) young the state who are as interested as ary sexual philosophy have in woman who said to me recently, we in stopping the short, tight large degree rem6ved "the high "We sit in a circle in Training skirt trends. We wish other girls fences" and left .the matter of sex- Union, so I always make it a point would write you so we could find ual morality for- each person to to, wear something with a full out through the 'Courtship, Mar decide for himself . .Quoting again skirt on Sunday, evenings." riage, and the Home' column how from Dr. Piper: " ... tendencies Some high school girls always other Christian people feel about of our age have removed the sup- look chic and correct, but never it. p·ort which the customs of an hi- seem to sacrifice chaste stand "Will you please give some space erarchical society had given to the ards. Interestingly enough, these to the discussion?" conduct of young people. . . . The very girls have an inner poise, a ANSWER: Bravo for Christian chaos of the last three decades , know-how, and a charm of per girls who dare to think for them- . has smashed the old values, and sonality that keep their date-cal selves! It is refreshing to know the absence of established stand- endars filled. It is evident that there are those of you who recog ar'cts commends adaptation to pub- they have high goals in life. nize that you are not puppets, lie opinion as the second best pol- They make the best use of their subject to the whims of the crowd icy." brains and their energies. and the world of fashion .. The connection between all this Guard carefully against tenden- Good procedure in dealing with and fashion trend.s is that modes- cies to be critical-even of those any problem is to face the · f;:t.cts ty ceases to be a consideration. who decline to ·cooperate with a involved and then decide on prac Someone expressed it this way: back - to - Christian - standards tical steps tha;t will actually help. "Having decided that sex is fun in-dress movement. What are the facts? You teen and that there are no longer ten- Pray daily and honestly, and agers lmow better than any of us, ets of righ't and wrong, people you will be g-uided from within perhaps, that there is a different have relegated chastity, virtue, and from without in what-to attitude toward the opposite-sex and mod~sty to the outmoded pre- wear, what-to-say, and what-to-do relationship today. The Bible scientific era." matters. standard has not \changed, but the Let me hasten to assure you general thinking in this field has that while the above statements changed. are factual and cross-section-rep Dr. Otto A. Piper, of Princeton, resentat~ve, they do not represent Mr::>. J. H. Street says: "Two generations ago sex the philosophy of all today's P. 0. -Box 853 was still surrounded by the high youth. New Orleans Baptist Seminary fences of a Puritan morality There are just as f ine Christian 3939 Gentilly Boulevard which both protected and re- young people today as there were New Orleans, Louisfana Page Six · ARKANSAS BAPTIST B~ 4'9i.t4 Baptist beliefs Dj 'Captut ';?la(M, · By BERNES K. SELPH , Th.D. Pastor, 1st Ba pt1 st Churc h, Benton THE CHRISTIAN'S CROSS Judson answers critics ADONIRAM Judson toiled and BY HERSCHEL H. HOBBS waited in Burma six years before Past President, Southern Baptist Convention he found fruit for First Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma his labor. Judson reach JESUS said, "If any man will 23 says, ". . . take up his cross ed Rangoon, July, ~orne after me, let him deny him daily" (author's italics) . So the 1813. He baptized self, and take up his c~oss, and Chr istian should be willing daily Moung Nau, his follow me" (Matt. to die for the sake of following f i r s t convert, 16:24). What did Jesus. As indeed it might have June 27, 1819. He mean by these been necessary then a:p.d for many His apparent fail words? since. But this involves more than ure m u s t have Certainly o u r Christian martyrdom. Lord was talking DR. SELPH p r e y e d on his Note that Jesus joined the about cross bear mind. No doubt he felt that Bap words "deny himself" and "take ing. But how are tists back home wondered about up his cross". This is more than we to understand the advisibility of putting money mere self denial as one gives up the word "cross." into the mission project. And this certain things to follow Jesus. It Dll. HOBBs . So often it is re- was one of their criticisms as a involves the · crucifixion . or sacri lated to some ·particular burden letter from Judson to Luther Rice fice of self and all that it entails reflects/ which one is called upon to bear. in a total dedication to the will After three years of work in Perhaps a wayward child, a hard and work of the Lord. Further Burma Judson wrote: "If any ask ship in life, or a physical ailment. more, Jesus' reference to the what success I meet with among However, these may be the com Y.hristian's cross should .be read in the natives, tell them to look at mon lot of all men, whether one is the light of His own. Note that Otaheite, where the missionaries a Christian or not. Jesus is talking He did not stop with "and be kill labored nearly 20 years, and, not of that which is involved in being ed," but added "and be raised meeting with the slightest success, a Christian. "If any man will come again" (Matt. 16 :21). So when after me ..." began to be neglected by all1 the the Christian dies to self, he re Chdstian world, and the very Jesus had just spoken of His ceives new life in Christ. So that name of Otaheite was considered a own impending death which was with Paul he can say, "I am cru shame to the cause of missions ; by crucifixion (Matt. 16 :21). And cified with Christ: nevertheless I "Tell them to look at Bengal it is in this light that we must live ; yet not I (ego) , but Christ also, where Dr. Thomas had been understand Matthew 16 :24. Peter liveth in me; and the life which I laboring 17 years, that is from -had rebuked Jesus for suggesting now live in the flesh I live by the 1783 to 1800, before the first con that He was going to die. In effect faith of the Son of God, who loved vert, Krishnoo, was baptized. Jesus said that instead of his try me, and gave himself for me" "When a few converts are once ing to keep Him from going to the (Gal. 2:20). made, things move on. But it re cross, Peter and his friends should Jesus followed this word with .quires a much longer time than I give consideration to their own the Christian paradox. "For who have been here to make a first im ' crosses. . soever will save his life shall lose pression on a heathen people. it: and whosoever will lose his life "If they ask again, What pros The disciples were familiar with for my sake shall find it" (Matt. pect of ultimate success is there? death by crucifixion. And in such 16:25). We live by dying, get by tell them, as much as there is that the victim was required to bear his giving,. and receive by renouncing. there is an almighty and faithful own cross to the place of crucifix This is the way, which Jesus walk God, who will perform his prom ion (cf. John 19:'17; Lk. 23:26). ed. And only thus may we follow ises-and no more. So Jesus says that if one would "If this does not satisfy them, follow Him, he too must be willing Him. beg them to let me stay and make to take up his own cross and bear Note that "deny ... take up ... it to his own crucifixion. Luke 9: 1 the attempt, and let you come, and follow ' are all aorist imperatives. give us bread. Or, if they are un They speak of immediate and abid willing to risk their bread on such ing action. These things a:re not a a forlorn hope as has nothing but if we live some twenty or thirty matter •of our choiees of conveni the Word of God to sustain it, beg years, they may hear from us ence. They are the commands of of them at least not to prevent again." (Smith, S. F., Missionary1 Christ. Only as we obey them can others from giving us bread. And, Sketches, p. 10) .we be said in truth to follow Him. APRIL 2, 1964 Page Seven Arkansas All Over------ Vaught on program NEW ORLEANS - Preaching Hospital dedicates chapel by R. G. Lee, doctrinal discussions ., by Seminary professors and four worship services led by W. 0. Vaught, pastor of Immanuel Church, Little Rock, highlight the third annual Pastor's Conference set for June 22-26 at New' Orleans .Seminary. Sessions are scheduled for Mon day through Thursday evenings and Tuesday through Friday mornings to allow pastors to preach in their churches the Sun days before and after the confer ence and attend all of the meet MEMBERS of the Queen family attending the dedication of Queen ings, according to J. Hardee Ken· Chapel were, from left: M1·s. A. E. Queen, Ira M. Queen, Mrs. J. F. nedy, dean of the Seminary's the Queen, A. E. Queen, M1·s. J. 0. DeHan, Miss Virginia Queen and Mr-s. ology school, who is conference di I. M. Queen. rector. QUEEN Prayer Chapel of Ar kansas Baptist Hospital was offi- cially dedicated at a special serv ice held Mar. 24 by Dr. Don Corley and Rev. Jerre Hassell of the Pas Hunnicutt ·honored_at Magnolia toral Care department. The program included a brief statement commending the work CAP A CITY crowds filled Cen of the late Dr. J. F. Queen; the tral Church, Magnolia, Mar. 15, hospital's first chaplain, for whom when members of the church hon the chapel is named. Dr. Queen ored Dr. Loyd L. Hunnicutt on died in 1962. the 20th anniversary of his pas-· Dr. Corley explained the signif to rate. icance of a prayer chapel in a it was a surprise observance, hospital and gave the prayer of planneq by the deacons without dedication. the pastor's knowledge. Follow Mrs·. Queen, who works in the ing the morning service movies Pastoral Care department, ,was were made of the congregation present at the service. Other mem greeting the pastor in front of the bers of the family attending were: church. Miss Virginia Queen, of the fac The evening service was inter ulty of Ouachita College, and rupted as the pastor stood to A. E. Queen, Judsonia, Dr. Queen's preach. Dr. Joe F. Rushtol). took daughter and son; Ira M. Queen charge and gave a brief history of of Little Rock, his brother; and Dr. Hunnicutt's ministry. On be Mrs. J. 0. DeHan, Little Rock, his half of the church, Gordon Rob sister. Also present were members erts, chairman of the pulpit com of the Board of Trustees. mittee when the pastor was called, youth center and two parking lots The chapel is paneled with wal presented Dr. and Mrs. Hunni have been purchased. nut and has a gold carpet. The cutt with a color television set. Total receipts of $1,846,785 pews, in walnut also, will seat 12 A reception followed in the din during the 20 years made possi people and the altar displays an ing hall. ble contributions of $484,188 to open Bible. A total of 3,350 has united with mission causes,. $960,168 to new The chapel is located beside the church during Dr. Hunni construction and other property. the hospital's new Marshall Street cutt's pastorate, 1,015 by bap The budget allocation in 1944 to entrance. The suite of rooms be tism. New buildings. include a the Cooperative Program was side it includes a family room, a parsonage, a sanctuary seating $100 per month. Today the combination family room-office 850, two three-story educational church's monthly contribution to for Mr. Hassell, associate chap buildings, two mission chapels and world missions through the Coop lain, and a room for the hospital's a home for the minister of music erative Program is $2,000 per radio and Muzac equipment. and education . .A building for a month. I Page Eight ARKANSAS BAPTIST Sc_ot preaches here Mrs. Yielding dies Leaves Ft. Smith MRS. Ruby Harrison Yielding, REV. Johnny Green, who has 50, 1706 Waterside Drive, North served as pastor of East Side Little Rock, wife of Lynville L. Church, Ft. Smith, the last two Yielding, died March 23 in her years, has re home. Funeral services were held signed to accept March 24 in Baring Cross Church, the pastorate of North Little Rock, by Rev. K. Bethel Church, Alvin Pitt and Rev. D. David Gar Muskogee, Okla. land. Green succeeds She was a lifelong resident of James Miller, who North Little Rock and a member resigned several of Baring Cross Church, general weeks ago to ac secretary of the Training Union, cept the Arko- secretary of . the Young Peoples MR. GREEN rna, Okla., First Sunday School Department, secre Church, near Ft. Smith. tary of Vacation Bible School, an activ·e member of the Sanctuary Before coming to the Ft. Smith Choir and a member of the Wom church, Green served for four an's Missionary Union. years as pastor of Goodwin Church, near Memphis, Tenn. PASTOR STEWART Other survivors include her NOW engaged in revival serv mother, Mrs. Loulah Bowen Har While pastor of East Side ices at First Church, Brinkley rison, North Little Rock; four sis Church, there were 153 additions (March 30-April 12) where Rev. ters, Mrs. Maze! Keath, Mrs. Ava to the church, 16 of these coming Larry O'Kelly is pastor, is Rev. Allan and ~rs. Opal Swaim, all for baptism. of North Little Rock, and · Mrs. Alex Stewart, pastor of Lochee Mr. Green is a graduate of Church, Dundee, Scotland. Virgie Caldwell, Hot Springs; three brothers, Ray Harrison, Or Southern Baptist College, Walnut This is Mr. Stewart's third Ridge. evangelistic crusade to the United ville and Freddie Harrison, all of States. He was active in working North Little Rock. Memorials , The Greens have four children: out arrangements for the 1961 may be made to the America Stevie 8; Kathy, .7; Carol, 6 ;· and Scotland Evangelistic Crusade in Cancer Fund. Kay, 5, which a number of Arkansas Bap tist ministers participated. Mr. Stewart is accompanied by Mrs. Stewart and they will be honor guests at a dinner at 5 :30 p.m., April 17, at Lindsey's Cafe, Jacksonville. Honoring them will be members of the 1961 Scotland Evang~listic Crusade. Mrs. Stewart is to speak to a Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting at Washington Avenue Methodist Church, North Little Rock, at 10 a.m., April 17. Mr. Stewart will be the evange list for a revival April 13-19 at Marshall Road Church, Rev. A. W. Upchurch, Jr., pastor, Jack sonville. He will address the North Pulaski Association Pas SEMINARY GROUP HOSTS McDONALD-Dr. and Mrs. Erwin I tors' Conference April 14 at a L. McDonald were guests at a recent Arkamsas state studen~ group . noon meeti11g at Memorial Hos banquet in Louisville, Kentucky. The group, composed of Arkansas 6tu pital, North Little Rock. dents at Souther-n Seminary and theiT wives, honored the McDonalds Other meetings he has engaged as the editor- of the A.rkansas Baptist Newsmagazine attended the annual in on this trip include one at meetings of the Seminary's Board of Tr-ustee.s, of which he is a member. Thomas Church, Bessemer, Ala.; Unable to attend the banquet due to flood waters, was Rev. Walter one at Arlington, Tex., and the Yeldell, also a Seminary tr-ustee, president . of the Arkansas Baptist church of which Rev. DeWayne State Convention and pastor- df Second Church, Hot Springs. Moore, a former Arkansan, is pas Seated in the pictu1·e , from right to left, are : Mr-. and Mr-s. Edward tor; and Philadelphia Church F. McDonald III (no relation); Mrs. McDonald; Dr. McDonald; Mr-. near El J)orado, -clay Hale; pastor. and Mrs. William H. Halbert; and Mrs. Robert E. Pless. APRIL 2, 1964 Page Nine O'Bryan leaves Dermott the Demott Church. Today, Tem McMillan on Crusade ple Church has a membership to ARCHIE Y. McMILLAN, min taling 168. ister of music at Second Church, The Dermott Church has helped Little Rock, will participate. in the to increase the growth and min Missouri Baptist istry of Wolf Creek Camp. sponsored Aus Contributions of the Dermott tralian Evangel Church to the Cooperative Pro i s t i c Crusade, . gram have increased from $3,836 April 13 - May 15. in 1957 to $5,143 last year. At the invita The Dermott Church gave up a tion of the Bap goodly number of its members in tists of Missou the summer of 1958 to start the ri, approximately Temple Church, leaving Demott 150 preachers and church has received 267 new mem MR. McMILLAN 30 ministers Of with 260 resident members. The music will join with the Baptists bers i nthe last six years and now of Australia in the crusade. has a resident mem.bership of 310. Each member will participate in The Cabot Church has recently three 7-day revivals while on the done extensive renovation and en continent of Australia. . largement of the pastor's home, Mr. McMillan will be in the Is including the addition of a bed lington Churc4, Islington, · New room and a utility room and the HAROLD ',O'BRY AN installation of central heating. South Wales, April 19-26; the REV. Harold O'Bryan has re Blacktown Church, Blacktown, signed as ·pastor of Dermott - New South Wales, April 26-May Church after six years in that po 3; and· the Bentleigh Church, sition to become pastor of First Bentleigh, Victoria,· May 5-10. Church, Cabot, effective April 1. The members of the Crusade A native of Pine Bluff, Mr. will leave their respective home O'Bryan is a graduate of Ouach towns April 13, and, traveling by ita College and of New Orleans air, will assemble in Los Angeles Seminary. and leave at 5 p.m. for Honolulu, Mrs. O'Bryan is the former where they will have Monday Miss Mary Jo Hankins of Pine night, Tuesday, and Wednesday Bluff, daughter of Evangelist and ·morning to sight-see and become Mrs. Joe H. Hankins. The O'Bry acquainted. ans have four children: Jod, 14; They will leave Hawaii Wednes Judy, 12; Jon David, 3 and one day at noon and will receive indoc half; and Jeff, 2. trination during the flight to Syd Mr. O'Bryan went to Dermott ney. in November, 1957, from the pas The Baptists in Australia repre torate at Sweet Home. His previ sent approximately 1.5 percent of ous pastorates also include Wil Australians professing the Chris mot. tian faith. At Dermott, Pastor O'Bryan led The crusade is a result of a meeting which was held in Lo1!).don in the clearing of a $15,000 in CLAYBURN BRATTON JR. debtedness on the pastor's home in 1960 during the Baptist World and a new educational plant, and NEW HOPE No. 2 Church, Alliance. led in the building of a new $117,- Black River Association, Rt. 1, The Foreign Mission Board of 000 church plant, including audi Hardy, has called Rev. Clayburn the Southern Baptist Convention torium, chapel, offices, Sunday Bratton Jr. as pastor. has no mission work in Australia. School rooms, library, and service Mr. Bratton is a student at areas. Only $10,000 remains in Southern Baptist College at Wal New ABN worker the building indebtedness. nut Ridge. He resigned his posi Dr. H. W. Thomas, who has tion as parts manager of a motor GRACIE Hatfield, daughter of served as chairman of the build company to enter the ministry Rev. and Mrs. Lawson Hatfield, ing. committee at Dermott, re last September. He is married and Little Rock, will be •employed in ports gains "other than material:" has two children, Vicki and Luann. the offices of the Arkansas News During the pastorate of Mr. magazine during the coming sum- ' O'Bryan the Dermott Church WALDENBURG is holding a mer as an editorial assistant. heiped Temple Church to grow dedication service for its new Miss Hatfield is a journalism into a self-supporting church aft building Apr. 5. Jimmy Costner major in her first year at Ouach er its beginning as a mission of Jr. is pastor. ita College. Page Ten ARKANSAS BAPTIST SBC News and Notes--- --~------~~------· ----- BY the BAPTIST PRESS Illustrations of the church state problems in the poverty pro gram aJle: tWar on poverty' would use churth Job Corps Program: The direc tor would be authorized to enter By W. BARRY GARRETT into agreements with any federal, Baptist Press Staff Writer State or local agency or pdvate organization for the provision of WASHINGTON - A careful resentatives the day after the such facilities and services "as study of President Lyndon B. President's message. are needed.'' This program would Johnson's "war on poverty" re provide "residential centers" for veals serious church-state prob Hays' appraisal "education, vocational training, lems. His program calls for a mass A T L A N T A - President and useful work experience." attack on poverty through a com Johnson is described by a Work-Training Programs: Both bination of federal, state and local White House assistant as fa public and private nonprofit agen governments, plus private · and voring "special aids, which cies would be aided in work pro nonprofit agencies. do, not pertain to religious grams for young people. However, In an obvious effort to avoid instruction" for children in projects "involving the construc the religious issue of federal aid his "war on poverty" pro tion, operation or maintenance of -to church schools the President's gram. any facility used or to be used for program would administer educa The statement was made sect~rian instruction or as a place tional programs through public in a lettf'r by Brooks Hays, for religious worship" would be agencies. However, he would pro consultant to the President, prohibited. · The "non-religious'' vide a variety of aids to private, addressed to Louie D. New projects of private agencies could non-profit agencies. C h u r c h ton of .Atlanta as president of be · aided. sc'Pools and agencies could devel Protestants and Other Amer Work-Study Programs: Stu op · parts of the progr2m provid icans, United. Newto:n has ap dents in institutions of higher ed ed they do not involve "sectarian pealed · for sepa~ation of ucation· would be al.ded in work instruction and religious wor church and state in the $962.5 programs to enable them to at ship." million economic opportunity tend sc}:lool. Such programs could l'he President launched a pro act. not involve those facilities of the gram that, he said, "strikes at the Hays said in his letter: school used for "sectarian instruc causes, not just the· consequences "The President favors ap- tion or as a place of religious wor of poverty. Our goal," he contin . propriate aid (on· the princi ship." ued, "is an America in which ev ple of equalizing educational Community Action Programs: ery citizen shares all the oppor opportunities) to public ele Both public and private agencies tunities of the society, in which mentary and s e c o n d a r y could be aided. If elementary or every man has a chance to ad- - schools, but would not rec secondary education programs vance his welfare to the limit of ommend the inclusion of pri are involved they must be admin his capacities." vate or parochial schools be istered by the public educational One-fifth of the natio:t;1!s popu cause this would violate the agency or agencies in the com lation is in need,· the President constitutional p r o vi s i o n s mu-nity. The Act requires that "no 'dedared. He said that the "strug with reference to separation child shaH be denied the benefit gle to give people a chance" must of church and state. He hopes of such a program because he is be pursued because it is right, ·that in poverty situations not regularly enrolled in the pub wise and .Possible to conquer pov some' special aids, which do lic schools." erty. not pertain to religious in; Family Farm Development: In a 2,800~word message to Con~ structions, for health and nu both public and private nonprofit gress and in a 39-page bill the trition of indiVjidual children, corporations would receive aid in President proposed a number of may be authorized without programs to develop family farms. infringing upon the Constitu sweeping programs to eliminate Volunteers for America: The di poverty in America. Sargent tion. rector would be authorized to "re Shriver, at present director of the "The President believes cruit, select, train and refer" vol Peace Corps, will be appointed by that parents who desire to do unteers for a wide variety of do the President to direct the new of so should have the right, mestic progr.ams involving both fice of Economic Opportunity. without. government 'aid, to public and private nonprofit agen · No time was wasted in getting send their children to church cies. Many of these, no doubt, and private schools and that the poverty legisl~tion before Con would be church agencies, but the gress. Hearings were begun be this freedom to choose · pri restrictions against "sectarian in fore the Committee on Education vate instruction should never struction and places of religious and Labor in the House of Rep- be impaired." worship" would apply. APRIL 2, 1964 Page Eleven Foreign Mission Board reports to the people with missionaries and govern ment officials in various parts of Africa and in Iceland for seven weeks. · Dr. H. Cornell Goerner, secre Doctor transferred to Yemen tary for Africa, and ·· Rev. Mere dith K. Roberson, the Board's first vice president and Africa committee chairman, were sched IN its March meeting, 'the be realized in their witness for uled to return shortly after the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Christ," he told the Board in his Board meeting· from a tour of mis Board transferred two of its mis report. "One cannot fail to be im sion work on that continent. Mr. sionaries to Yemen, small country pressed with the ability, dedica Roberson, pastor of Ridge Baptist of 5,000,000 people in the south tion, training, and insight of the Church, Richmond, Va., also vis western corner of the Arabian missionaries who come to grips ited the Middle East and Europe. Peninsula, wi.th the expectation wit~ the problems on the field." that they will begin a medical Moon offering up project. They are Dr. and Mrs. AS of March 13, the Foreign James M. Young, Jr., of Louisiana, Latin American hopes Mission Board has received $8,- who have been missionaries to the Dr. Frank K. Means, back from 187,402.81 from the 1963 Lottie Gaza Strip for nine years. Moon Christmas Offering, Dr. a tour of Latin America, report 1 If a clinic or hospital is opened ed: Cauthen announced. · This is $234,- in Yemen, Southern Baptists will "Three primary concerns grip 154.09 more than had come in be the first Christian group to their hearts: ( 1) a longing for from the 1962 offering by that witness in the country. spiritual reinforcements and pow -date last year. The final total will Southern Baptists now have not be kp.own until the books close missionaries under· appointment er, both in the churches at home and in their work overseas; (2) May 1. to 54 countries. the desire for a gT.eatly enlarged Also in March, the Board ap pointed 12 missionaries, bringing missionary staff; (3) financial re- Mrs. R. E. Chambers dies sources in sufficient supply to as- its overseas staff to 1,806 (includ ing 27 miSSIOnary associates). sure . stepped-up advance and ade- mMRS, • R • E . Ch amb ers, 79 , emer- The new missionaries, their native quate support for an enlarged mis- , itus Southern Baptist missionary states and fields of service, are sionary· staff." to China, died March 12 in a Den ver, Colo., hospital. Ronald N .' Boswell and Marlene Orient missions needs Drumgold Boswell, both of Texas, Mrs. Chambers had lived in and nearby Englewood for 14 appointed for South Brazil; James I Dr. Winston Crawley, secretary years. The former Christine Cof H. Green, Louisiana, and Barbara for the Orient, reported on the Hanscom Green, Illinois, for Mex fee, she was born in Coleman personal situation and needs re County, Texas, where her father ico; Orman W. Gwynn and Eliza vealed during his recent trip to beth Folkes Gwynn, both of Tex was a rancher. She was a school that area. He reminded the Board teacher and office worker in as, for North Brazil. that when the over-all goal of 1,- Rondal D. Merrell, Sr., and Texas prior to missionary ap 800 missionaries was set several pointment ·in 1913. Betty Caughron Merrell, both of years ago the Orient's share was Oklahoma, for Vietnam; Peyton put at 600, proportioned out to M. Moore, Mississippi, and Celia the various countries. However, he CHURCH FURNITURE Torres Moore, New York, for said, the number of missionaries Vietnam; and Avery T. Willis, Jr., is still short of the goal by 28 in Arkansas, and Shirley Morris Indonesia, 15 in Japan, 12 in Ko At Willis, Oklahoma, for Indonesia. rea, and two in East Pakistan. All of the men are ordained min "These ar~ places of highest pri A isters. ority for missionary reinfor-ce Spiritual awaken~ng ment this year," he said. Price DR. Baker J. Cauthen, executive Travelers return secretary of the Board, had just returned 'from Santiago, Chile, OTHER Board staff members Any Church C.an Afford where he partiCipated in a confer just back from overseas are Dr. ence for Southern Baptist mission Franklin T. Fowler, medical con WAGONER BROTHERS aries in the south field of Latin sultant, who spent six weeks lfill MANUFACTURING CO. America. "It was a great delight to ing an -emergency need for a doc Write or Call observe the dedicated work of the tor at Ek.u Baptist Hospital, Phone OR 5-2468 missionaries as they studied ways Nigeria, and Elbert L. Wright, BOONEVILLE, ARKANSAS whereby ma-jor effectiveness can business manager, who conferred Page Twelve ARKANSAS BAPTIST Woman's Missionary Union of Rev. C. E. Smith of Judsonia, Mrs. W. T. Lumbley of Holly Springs, Rev. and Mrs. J. S. Com Writers qf historical pageant pere,. all of whom went to Nigeria. In the latter group will be the family of Rev. E . L. Compere, who pioneered in missions on the western frontier. The pageant,- all of· which is docume-nted, is spectacular, in forming and inspiring: It will be presented at 7:30 p.m., Apr. 13, at First Church, Little Rock. The public is invited to attend. Nancy Cooper, Executive 'Secre tary and Treasurer Evangelism Cultivative commitment witnessing By Eual F. Lawson ' ONE OF the finest and freshest plans for reaching lost people has RICHARD L, GOODBAR NORMAN SCRIBNER COme to US OUt Of the mind and ON the opening night of the called into service during the Ko- heart of Dr. C. E. Autrey, direc- 75th ANNUAL MEETING of Ar- rean .conflict and was stationed a tor of the Division of Evangeli'sm, kansas Woman's Missionary Un- year in both Japan and Korea . . Home Mission .Board, Dallas, Tex. ion, Apr. 13, an historical pag- During. those stints .of. service he · , It is called the Cultivative Com eant entitled "I, PAUL, SEND was with. Army . Intelhg~nc~;. ~nd mitinent Witnessing Program; a GREETINGS ..." is to be pre- h.as contmued m that diVISIOn three-month plan of visitation sented at First Church, Little smce . r~lease from ~he Army. evangelism. The plan is outlined in Rock, by a cast of nearly 200 peo- Rehgi?us dr~m~ IS one of Mr. tract form, and is available free pie chos~n from Baptist churches Goodb~r s special ~nterests and he upon request from the office of in the Greater Little R'ock area. has wntten and d~rected pageants your state secretary of Evange- Richard L. Goodbar of Balti- and plays for his OWl). church, lism more, Md., is the writer and di- University Church, Baltimore, and . · rector of the pageant. The anthem for the Baptist state convention Untrained and inexperienced to be presented by the choir of of Maryland. For several years he church members can participate in First Church under 'the direction has had charge of the University the program. Excellent helps have of Dr. Jack Jones was composed Players of Baltimore, who are been provided, and wonderful re especially for the pageant by Nor- quite active in the field of reli- suits accompany the soul-winner's man Scribner, an outstanding mu- gious. drama. efforts. sician in Washington, D. C. He is Featured in the pageant is the Soul-Winning Commitment Day assistant organist at the Nation- ' beginning of Baptist woman's provided the names of scores of al Cathedral, organist at St. AI- missionary work in 1883. One of willing witnesses. Preparation for bans Church, and pianist for the the leading characters is Mrs. our 1964 Jubilee Revival crusades Washington Symphony. · J. P. Eagle, first president of the demands that these volunteers, and Mr. Goodbar is a native of Lon- Central Committee which later all willing workers, be put to work. oke, the son of Rev. and Mrs. became Woman's Missionary Un Fritz Goodbar~ now of Little Rock. ion. She served the organization Brother Pastor, if you want a He is a graduate of Conway High as president longer than any ' of warm and workable program of School. Following attendance at her successors. soul-winning visitation that will !Iendrix and Ouachita Colleges Because of devotion of Woman's insure prospects not only for your and graduation from the Univer- Missionary Union to the cause of crusade services, but: also, for sity of Arkansas, he did graduate missions, there will also be a spec your regular Sunday evangelistic work at Columbia University. tacular presentation of the first services, set up this wonderful Baptist missionaries to go from program at orice and you will see During World War II Mr. Good the state to foreign fields and to both seasonal and permanent re bar served in the European the home mission frontiers. The first sults from your labors.-Jesse S. atrf.l of action, and then was re- group will include the going out Reed, Director of Evangelism Page Fourteen ARKANSAS BA~TIST Tr·aining Union Sunday School Two homes Home-church cooperation New study programs The Lord is my landlord PARENTS' meetings are the TRAINING Union curriculum I live in his house materials have magnified the un very best medium we can use to (I Cor. 3:16; 6:19, 20) develop a good relationship be- changing truths of the Christian . tween the home If I withhold tithing faith for mor.e and church. Unless Then I am a chouse. than a half a cen parents and-teach (Mal. .3 :8) tury. Patterns of organizing · t h e ers are working This home he prepared me together, many of curriculum, how To dwell in on earth e v e r, h a v e the goals of reli For home in his heaven g i o u s education changed m a n y · He's given new birth. times. At the will never be real (Jno. 1:12, 13; 3:5-7) ized. Teachers of present time we ten ask, "How can And in the near .future are experiencing MRS . . HUMPHREY we lead the par- He'll call me to come MR. DAVIs significant change ents to recognize the importance (II Peter 1 :14) in the curriculum design. Dr. Raymond Rigdon of the of their role in Christian educa To enter with rapture tion of their children?" Unless Sunday School Board answers My faultless new home. several questions which may help we ha~e some medium of com (II Cor. 5 :1)-W. B. O'Neal municating with parents we can us understand some of the not expect therri to understand. changes now taking· place in We all will agree the child's ex meetings should be held. Some Training Union curriculum. periences in his department can · churches find it helpful to have a 1. What are study programs? become more meaningful as there meeting once a quarter. Others are Study programs are the bro_ad is better understanding between able to have effective meetings content areas which will be In his parents and his workers. This twice a year. In every situation, it eluded in the Training Union cur can be achieved through well· is pos~ible to have at least ' one riculum in the future. planned parent-worker meetings. meetin;{ each year. When only one These new study programs wi_ll When should we have a parents' meeting i-; planned, it is usually include all the ·content areas pres meeting? How often should these more profitable at the . beginning ently included in Training Union meetings be held? Who should at of the church year. ,curriculum plus some new empha- tend? These and many others are Various types of meetings may ses. the questions pondered concerning be needed during the year depend- One characteristic of a study a parent-teacher meeting. · ing on the needs of the parents and program is that it is an area of There are various calendar workers. To suggest some types: content essential for study by the dates on which a parents' meeting_ qtiestion and answer, panel discus- total constituency of a church if can be successfully held. At least sion, buzz groups, workshop, orien- that church is to fulfil its basic there fs no set time we can em tation, open house, etc. functions. phasize as the best time for every Use the parents as well as the In addition, a study program church. As well as the time being workers on committees such as: has relevancy across the total life program, publicity, invitations, span. This ·does not mean that different neither is the purpose always the same. welcome, transportation, decora- there will be a similarity of ap tion, refreshment, etc. Adequate proach or specific content dealt· The needs of parents and work planning and preparation must with in all age groups. It does ers and the ability of leaders to take place for a parent-worker mean that the study program is so plan and promote are important meeting to attain the goal set basic in the field of Christian ed factors in determining how often forth in the purpose of the meet- ucation that it has pertinency to · ing. the needs of persons of all age South and West, Inc. Every parent and worker repre- levels. Announces publication sented in the age-group or depart- 2. What study programs will be of ment should be expected to attend. included in the curriculum of A bopk' of inspirational Always make good provisions for Training Union? POEMS the boys and girls, using help out- Training Union will have five by side the age-group. study programs. They ·, are (1) MAY GRAY Are the boys and girls impor- · systematic theology; ~2)_ Chr~s With comments by well tant to you? Important enough to , tian ethics; (3) Ch~Istian his known editors . and poets. enrich their experiences continual- tory; ( 4) . church pohcy . a?d o~ 1 Available ly? One of your best avenues is ganization; and ( 5) t.rammg I_n Baptist Book Store the parents' meeting. Start plan- the performance of the basic Little Rock, Arkansas ning yours NOW.-Mary Emrna functions of a church. (~o be con- $1.50 Humphrey, Elementary Director tinuec1)-Ralph W. Davis APP 11 2, 1964 Page Fifteen miles, spoke five times in one day LETTERS TO THE EDITOR in a church, and had to pay his own expenses. Perhaps leaders of churches take it for granted that the Foreign Mission Board takes care of all the_people SPEAK the missionary's expenses when he is pers.onally invited to speak. This is not the case. The Board pro vides only $5 for the missionary's THE apel1ing and ttentence structure in this work for revival; we are revived department are those of the writers. The only expenses to Schools of Missions. editing of letters to the editor is the writing of to work! God revived Elijah. headlines and, occasionally, deletion of parts that The association should bear other are not regarded att essential. Christianity is aggressive. expenses involved. The Foreign However, if a people refuses to Mission Board ' does not bear any yield to God to carry out a task, expenses involved when a mission Grace upon them he will use their children. God al- ary is personally invited to speak ALL who name the name of ways uses weak things to accom in a church. Christ are surely eager to witness plish mighty task; any other way This is a plea directed to all great revival. But great revivals, would give man room to boast. church leaders who desire the beginning with pentacost is the If the Christians of America services of the furloughing mis work of God ' and not man. There really want thouroughgoing, per sionary. First, remember that the was a oneness in Christ in prayer. mnant rev1val, the Bible must be missionary is "worthy of his hire" Believers; Christians became come known to a degree that he (Luke 10:1-7). Second, in your in bound together in the bonds of fel- who knows it not will be appalled vitation to the ' missionary, spell lowship. The early Christians met at his ignorance." And with great uut your agreement to pay all of in homes to worship and pray. Our power gave the apostles witness of his expenses in terms of travel, homes do not belong to us, they the resurrection of the Lord Je food, and hou~ing. And third, stip are Christ's. ' sus: And great grace was upon ulate that he will receive at least Christianity in full bloom, car- them, all." Acts a modest honorarium._.:._Henlee H. ries the zeal of the communists, Sincerely, Barnette, Professor of Christian (if they really have any) coupled Wayne Morris Ethics, Southern Baptist Theolo with joy only one can own who gical Seminary, Louisville, Ky. knows he will live eternally with Furloughing missionaries Jesus. There is room for only one SOUTHERN Baptists would be Priming the pump God in the human heart. Outward shocked to learn that our mission formalism must yield to free wor aries were being exploited finan I AM writing also to express my ship. Tradition never brings re cially on foreign fields. Fortunate appreciation for your "Personally vival. Revival is a daily thing or ly, they are not. They are not being Speaking" column in the Arkan.sas not at all. We run the folly of lim exploited on the mission field, but Bapt·ist of February . 27 . The title' iting God when we appoint the right here in the homeland. of the article was "Priming the seasons. And then we must not be Furloughing missiOnaries are Pump." Being an old country boy like the ancient heathen who invited to speak in churches and from possum hollow, I can fully thought God would bless them if schools across the nation. This . is appreciate what a dry pump is and they captured Israel's ark. "When as it should be, for congregations how it needs to be primed. Mak God is not in the hearts of men, not only receive first-hand infor ing some effort to be a Baptist he is not in the midst of them." mation about missions; they are preacher also requires pnmmg Revival is a matter of faith. inspired to give more support in the pump; so · I can appreciate When God revives a people it is terms of personnel and money to that aspect of the story also. for a definite purpose. We do not world missions. However, institu Mac, I want you to kno\v how tions receiving their services often much I appreciate your "Person fail to provide any honorarium. ally Speaking" column. I have One furloughing missionary took read it for many years and always time out from his studies to drive read it first in your magazine. • CHANCEL FURNITURE • one thousand miles to speak in Notables in the last few· years • PEW CUSHIONS several churches. He received $10 were the articles on the room in for his services and had to pay the Miami Beach, Florida and the slo rest of his expenses out of his own gan above the fire place in the meager salary. Annuity Board Building in Texas, j{e;rJ Another missionary took his I remember both with a great ap family to a church 300 miles away. preciation,' because of the message He _had to pay all the expenses in they spoke in ~~ very personal way. MANUFACTURING CO. volved out of his own pocket . -R. G. Puckett, Assistant Editor, 2816 WEST 16TH STREET W estern R ecorder, Middletown, LI TTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS Still another furloughing mis sionary traveled ab1out a thousand Ky. Page Sixteen ARKANSAS BAPli ST Children's Nook H E G D N K c By Carrie I. Quick I M A E 0 5 A D N L w y TO read this proverb, start with the letter I in the center · of the puzzle. Do not· cut corners. The / y first word is in. 5 E ... - A w H A L I L T H L D N A L ANSWER ' E R I y p H 5 ·g: ~ sq.xaAOid ·sq'p~d Al{'l 'l;>a .:qp n~qs aq pt,m 'W!l{ a.8pa{MOU:>J:;>~ SA~M Al{'l II~ UI c T T H A T • By Hubert J. Dance ·BARBY and I were busily preparing our garden. they had only squatters' rights: We de.cided to make We had no intention of spying. We saw our neighbors the best of their intrusion and accept them as they as we straightened up oow and then to ease our ach had accepted us. We would overlook their presump ing backs. Their unceasing industry as they went tion and would have no part. in br~aking up their about their work made us feel somewhat guilty. home. For several elays we had noticed the two lurking about near us. Apparently they had been looking for Barby was looking through . the· window as the a homesite. · toiling pair, after days of drudgery, gave the work its last finishing touches. Their boldness was amazing. Although they were still almost strangers, we found them early one 'morning coolly sitting on our front porch. They "Barby, do you see what I see?" I asked, realiz s~emed to be planning to take over our property. ing that, for the present at least, we ;must yield gracefully to the sjtuation. Fortunately, this was a passing phase. After many consultations they selected a location. Now for over a week the house had risen little by little, Just as we had fearedl they had built on the jut ~ ting timbers which supported ·the wiring of ouT ga plainly a family project. rage. They were using the ·overhanging roof as partial The collection of materials, the laborious cement protection from the elements . . From this vantage ing, the ceaseless consultations and inspections made point they peered out at us with $elf-satisfied looks. it a burdensome enterprise. Ridicule of their me'thods got us nowhere. Their daring was irritating. Yet we "Barby," I repeated, pointing at the contented must admit they showed good judgment. The finished pair, "Mr. and Mrs. Robin Redbreast have finished structure was supported on a solid foundation, and their house and are preparing to start hol:lsekeeping. it was well adap~ed to its purpose. · They will be our new neighbors. I hope they like it To interfere at this shige would mean to exetcise here. They appear to be industrious and quiet, and a power we hesitated to use, though legally perhaps, we must make them entirely welcome." (Sunday School ~oard Syndicate, all rights reseryed) AP.''••L 2, 1964 Page Seventeer ' Middle of the Road The Bookshelf CLEAR THINKING Daffodills upon the hill, Aren't you ever, ever still? I see you nod and bend and sway The Second Coming, edited- by H. BY J. I. COSSEY To everyone who comes your way. Leo Eddleman, Broadman Press, 1964, $2.75 IN my humble opinion, clear If people. were as true and kind ANGEL MARTINEZ, Southern thinking in our Baptist ranks is A golden world we soon would Baptist evangelist of Fort Smith, our greatest need. We are too find; is a contributor to this· book of prone to wait for certain top lead As golden as your grassy bed sermons and essays of nine reli ers to speak out on issues and then With smiles for every nodding gious leaders. Each leader pre we accept or reject. Our top lead head. sents an aspect of the premilleni ers more than likely would be safe May Gray, Ft. Smith al- view of the return of Christ. to follow, but some leader at the Permission : The Teacher ·Martinez, the author of Jesus forks of the creek might be just Is Coming to Earth Again, is {t as safe.· We usually talk and talk, Mandatory chapel graduate of Baylor University, but we are slow to get around to Waco, Tex., and of Southern Sem COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. clear thinking. We need to do some inary, Louisville, Ky. (EP)-Air Force Academy offi clear thinking about the teach Other contributors include: Dr. cials, under fire because chapel at ings of the Bible. \ aul S. James, director of South tendance is mandatory; have is I once tried to do a lot of preach ern Baptist work in metropolitan sued a new statement of policy ing on "What Babtists Believe." New York; Dr. L. Nelson. Bell, ex here affecting three-fourths of the When we designate certain topics ecutive editor of CHristianity To Cadet Wing. as Baptist doctrine, one might day, and the book's compiler, Dr. At the request of five local min conclude that there are parts of ·Eddleman, who is president, New isters, Academy officials -have sent the Bible that might not be con Orleans Seminary. the policy statement to Air Force sidered Baptist doctrines. I think is available ' headquarters in Washington for The Secon-d Coming it is dangerous and unnecessary at -Baptist book stores. to pick out certain great truths review. The clergymen have protested ' and designate them as "Baptist Countdown, the Launching of Prayer in doctrines." I try now to preach on that compulsory chapel attend the Space Age, by David E. Head, great topics of the Bible that Bap ance is a violation of church-state Macmillan, 1964, $2.74 tists or any one else may believe. separation and of cadets' constitll "The theme of' space travel, which tional rights. In upholding the gives the title and idiom of this book, We Baptists do not believe a may be as repulsive to some · as it is single thing that is taught in the policy, Maj. Gen. Robert Warren, appealing to others," writes the autlior. Bible that other people may not superintendent, repor:,tedly cau "It has been chosen to remind us that believe if they so desire. What a tioned the ministers against those we are praying in a modern age, and who wish to take religion out of there is no need to apologize to God Baptist would teach would have to for that." stand the truth test just as if some American life. Divided into three sections, the book other group taught it. I believe deals with public worship, special serv that every Baptist should believe a preacher of just one book and ices, and private prayer. It is per11)leated and teach everything that is with witr warmth, humanity, and in there is just one book, the Bible, sight. taught in the Bible. Clear thinking for a preacher. Other works by Author Head, him should cause every Baptist to be I was taught while a child that self the minister of a large Methodist lieve any and all truth because it Christ started his church during church in Downtown Birmingham, Eng is Bible truth and 'not just because land, are: He Sent Leanness, Stammer the period that he was living in er's Tongue, and Shout for Joy. it is labeled Baptist. the flesh and I still ·believe it. I grew up in a once-a-month Whether we lean to the' right or Missionary, Go Home! by James A. preaching type of church. The to the left does not concern me, Scherer, Prentice-Hall, 1964, $3.95 pastors did not have but one book, but my belief is just what I heard Missionary, Go Home is a very inter the Bible. They did not have a dic from the preachers who had only esting and helpful study of the opposi tionary, nor a concordance, but. tion with which world, Christian mis one book, the Bible. My clear sions is being fac,ed in many parts of just a cheaply priced Bible with thinking forces me right back to the world today. Author Scheier, him· no special helps: The only teacher the Bible for all I need for the self a former missionary, deals with the they had was the Holy Spirit. I origin and progress of my church · philosophy, personnel, practices, prob do not believe any preacher, lems, successes and failure of the beliefs. I believe what I believe be Christian world missionary progtam. learned or unlearned, could have cause it is Bible and ·not just be He holds that in the practice of the a better interpreter of any Bible cause it is Baptist. I am supreme apostles there is authentic guidance for text than the author of the Bible, ly happy that I believe all the the Christian mission in every age. He the Holy Spirit. As a child, I be writes, "Christian unity, ministry, wit Bible and not just sections of it. ness, service-the apostolic approach lieved everything my once-a I am glad and happy that my has proved itself sure and more reliable month pastor preached and I still Bible beliefs and my Baptist be than the concepts we inherited from believe what he preached. He was liefs coincide. the nineteenth century." 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It was written in view of the SOUTHERN BAPTIST COLLEGE . prospect of peace in the time of LESSON TEXT: JOB 38:1-11; IS. 40:12-26; 42:1-12 Hezekiah and has the note of se GOLDEN TEXT : "THE EARTH IS THE · LORD'S AND THE FULLNESS THERE- curity in God's grace which can OF.' ~ PSALM 24:1 not be found in any other rela APRIL 5, 1964 tionship. (v. 22-23) IS the world in which we live a major concepts of God-His im ISAIAH sees God sitting "upon purely materialistic mass of minence and His holiness. Theolo the circle of the earth" related to, strange, self-existent objects and gy proves the first finally and per but superior to His creation. His forces, or is it an fectly in the incarnation of Christ. subjects are to be compared with inter-related cos History has proven the second the small things of the. earth, but' mos .sustained by time and time again by God's there is nothing known to which a Divine Being judgment upon sin and His bless He can be compared, Kings, princ greater than His ing upon righteousness. No sincere es and all rulers are subject to His own creation? On person can study open-mindedly this history of Israel without be purposes. None of them are eter this question hin nally sovereign. At His will they ges the destiny of coming unmistakably aware of the fact that a power FOR good ·all will "wither and the whirlwind modern man. In shall take them away." fact, that is the and AGAINST evil invaded thous ands of years of human history. This vision of the reigning God DR. WILLIAMS basiC b a t t 1 e- of the universe does not indicate grOUnd of the 20th century. All of No imparti"al scholar can review history since the beginning of the a weakling · in human affairs as the! political confrontations of our assumed by the confused modern day are but the surface manifes Christian era without being con vinced that this same · Power still theologian or the. braggart · politi tations of these differing philoso cal materialist who doubts that phies. exists in human affairs. 'fhe Old Testament simply and God is able to emerge from the The dialectic materialist (com turmoil of the 20th century. But monly identified with the commu clearly admits or assumes God. It does not attempt to prove God. thousands of years of human his nist) maintains that everything tory attest that God does control that happens in the universe is re History does that. A person may as w.ell try to explain the solar the destiny of man. He has not lated to materialistic forces and abdicated his throne to the god that history is to be interpreted 'system without the science of as tronomy as to try to explain his less in any generation. His moral only in this framework. We of re forces are still existent and opera ligious convictions cannot accept tory without the assumption of tive in human affairs. such a narrow c0ncept of man and God. If the idea of God is ignored his universe. There is no allow there are too many variables (v: 24). ance for human personality, the . which cannot be explained in his ISAIAH indicates that the pow will of ·man, the intervention of tory. Like Moses on · Mt. Sinai, er of men shall "not take root in God, the sovereignty of God or the man can best see God as He the earth"- that is,. they sli.all not sovereignty of man in such a phil marches on in history; we do not become permanent. or foundation osophy. When geared to material see his face but rather his hinder al to history. The·. ways of men parts. ist viewpoints by the materialist shall never be substituted for. the 1 philosophy, human motivation be In Isaiah 40 is found some of principles of God. ' comes too simple .. There is no rGom the most beautiful, inspired poe for revelati0n, conviction, determ try in all Hebrew literature. It Inherent in all evil are the forc ination, faith and other higher records some of the most ecstatic es which eventually spell its· attributes of man. They contend references to the greatness of God doom. Inherent in all good are the that man acts only as an "econo in all of the inspired words of elements of creativity which as mic animal" to satisfy his material God. In fact, the total poetic por sures its eternal nature. It is by desires. We contend that man is tion runs from Is. 40:1 to 44:8 no means true that "right is for at least a "spiritual animal" and without interruption. It may well ever on . the scaffold and wrong that his highest desires are simply have been set to music and used · forever on the throne." Wrong in related to his physical desires, if v!l special national occasions at. evitably dethrones itself. Time the wonderful "Messiah" has been and again we have seen great em (Is. 40:21-23) used for many years in Christian pires rise, sometimes ori the shoul- THE O,ld Testament reveals two nations. It exults in the majesty, (Continued on page 22) Page Twenty ARKANSAS BAPTIST NEW AMERICAN TEMPERANCE PLAN PAYS $100 WEE·KLY. •• even for life to Non-drinkers and Non-Smokers! At last-a new kind of hospitalization plan for you thousands- who realize drinkin-g and smoking are evil. Rates are fantastically low because "poor risk" drinkers and smokers are excluded. Since your health is superior there is no age limit, no physical examination, no waiting period. Omy you can cancel your policy. No salesman will ever call. 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Barks, Jubilee Revivals have reported that they rotted within to the Brookmoor Church, Baton Rouge, great success, according to' Jesse point of destruction. Often indivi La., singer; 6 for baptism ; 5 by Reed, Evangelism secretary for duals in history have arisen to be letter; 17 rededications. t:ome tremendous powers that de the Arkansas Convention. One pastor writes, he said, "For fied everi God. These have all come the first time in years we had a FIRST Church, C u 11 en d a 1 e, to naught in the course of a iew great number of people in the Camden, Mar. 8-22; Jesse Reed, decades. Most of them destroyed services who needed to accept Little Rock, evangelist; Malcolm themselves on the wheel of moral Christ as their saviour." Sample, singer; 22 for baptism; 7 judgement. When they turned to by letter; Robert A. Parker, pas evil to perpetuate their dynasty, Ashley Association s~atistics: tor. the evils poisoned their system un- . Prof. for by til it destroyed itself. FIRST Church, Harrisburg, This fate is the doom of every of Fllith Baptism Letter Corinth 2 2 1 ending Mar. 22; Dr. Joseph T. Me-' immoral system that modern man Crossett First 1 1 0 Clain, pastor, Maywood Church, attempts to perpetuate. Commun Ederi 0 0 0. Independence, Mo., evangelist; Fountain Hill ism will destroy itself in the ' im Mrs. Mary Shambarger, Southern morality of decimating the digni First 15 7 0 Gardner Mission, College, Walnut Ridge, music di ty of the individual. No system Hamburg 4 4 13 rector; 11 for baptism ; 3 by let' can long survive which selfishly Hamburg First 0 0 4 ter; 66 rededications; Curtis K. Magnolia 1 1 0 exists for itself, and therefore McClain, pastor. makes slaves and robots of human Mt. Olive 20 19 2 North Crossett beings. Governments, based upon . First 12 9 3 the assumption that man is not a Shiloh 1 1 4 FIRST Church, Corning, Mar. moral be i n g, cannot preserve Temple 0 0 4 8-15; Rev. Herbert Hodges, pas enough morality in human affairs tor, Second Church, Russellville,. . to assure its existence. The USSR 56 44 27 evangelist; W. R. Lloyd, music di- is now living on ~he moral credit rector; 8 by profession of · faith ;· or bank account of old-fashioned, Revivals 5 by letter; 5 rededications; W. puritanical Christianity. For for Richard Vestal, pastor. ty-five years they have been draw FIRST Chur·ch, Cherry Valiey, ing on this "account" and have not Mar. 16-22; Rev. Minor Cole, Pine FIRST Church, Corning, has re been making any new "deposits." Bluff, - evangelist; Grover Hol ceived recognition as a Standard One day in the future they will comb, music director; Miss Barba Sunday School for 1963-64. Jim have so exhausted the moral bank ra Mann, pianist; 4 baptized; 9 Vinson is superintendent. This is account that their check will rededications; Rev. Homer Hal-' the first time the church has "bounce," and the empire will co tom, pastor. reached this · standard ~ince the lapse of moral bankruptcy. In the mid-1930's, according to Rev. eternal scheme right is forever on FIRST Church, Crawfordsville, Richard Vestal, pastor. the tl).rone, and wrong is being Mar. 16-22; Walter K. Ayers, brought to trial in the crucible of Evangelist; John Angeletti, song God 's justice under which hot director; 9 for baptism; 3 by let SOUTH Side, Pine Bluff, Mar. ires always btJ.rn. ter; Ben Rowell, P,astor. 8-22; Paul McCray,. Vinita; Okla., . \ evangelist; Wilton Robinson, sing STUDY AT HOME GOSNELL Church, Blytheville, er, Kilgore, Tex.; 19 by baptism; Mar. 16-22; Jack Par~hman, Mt. Bible and Related Subjects 9 . by letter; Tal D. Bonham, pas Pleasant, Tex., evangelist; "Red" tor. Earn Certificate Johnson, ·Mountain Home, song · leader; ·52 for baptism; i3 by let Minister or Laymen ter; William Kreis, pastor. FRIENDSHIP Church, Marian na, Mar. 1-8; Kenneth Caery, pas Write IRONTON Church, Mar. 11-22; tor, Barton Church, evangelist; Seminary Extt:!nsion Dept. Rev. Jim Ryan, Foreman, evange Herbert (Red) Johnson, Moun P. 0. Box 1411 list; Rev. Edward Edmondson, tain Home, song leader; Charles Nashville, Tenn. 37219 pastor; 18 professions of faith; 8. Caery, pastor; 3 for baptism; 6 Little Giant Hotomatic rededications; 21 baptized at close rededications. Gas Water Heater No. 3 of service. Will supply all the hot water . needed for Bapfistries, Church Kitchens, Rest Rooms. Heats MT. Carmel Church, Cabot, TEMPLE Church, Camden, closing 450 GPH. 20 ' rise in tempera. Mar. 15; Paul •Wilhelm, Ozark, evange ture. 1nexperuive. Write for· Mar. 18-22; Ed Walker, Levy free folders on water heaters Church, evangelist; Jack Yar list; Dean Dickens, Arkadelphia, singer; and Fiberglass Baptistries. Lonnie Lasater, pastor; 7 for baptism; TTLE GIANT MFG. CO. brough, song leader; Eugene Irby, 1 7th Street, Orange, Texas by 'letter; 5 for special service; .45 pastor; 27 rededications. rededicati9ns. Pu~::: Twenty-Two ARKANSAS BAPTIST Attendance Report . A Smile or Two March 22, 1964 Sunday Training Addi- Church School U nion tions Berryville, Freeman H gts . 166 fi9 Dear ed: Blytheville First 692 1(1:1 I cant figer out the sense Chapel 50 Elephant ioke in them rummage sails. The Gosnell 4H 115 26 Trinity 256 122 2 church cross the rode has one Camden A FLEA and an elephant walked Cullen dale Fitst 451 219 29 side by side over a little bridge. near ever month sems like. First 55:3 192 :! Conway, Pickle; Gap 73 52 Said the flea to the elephant, after Sister Unstle, shes one of Crossett. Fir.st 5 9 I iS Dumas. F irst 365 122 they had crossed: "Boy, we sure there saints, sed she didnt E l Dorado East . l ain 314 128 2 did shake that thing!" like it much 'neither but thets First 938 211 4 jest the way they ben doin it Forrest City F irst 572 ! 60 :! :\lid way 59 42 fer years an years. She sed Fort Smith Is she mine? Barling First 144 47 near ever body did like she Grand A venue 816 324 "YOU can't marry without per ~1iss i o n 35 does. She has a rummage box Spradling 280 122 mission," said the minister. Temple 24 7 \14 in the celler full of junk. T rinity 318 155 "Why not ?" asked the swoon Ever rummage sail she totes Heber SprinJl'S First 22.1 72 Crossroads 21 ing swain. it down to the church an Hnuts ville Calvary 41 24 Jacksonville "Because she's a minor." emptys it out then fills it up Cha pel Hill 57 25 First ;;4 g 198 The young man looked stumped agin with stuff she bys and. Marshall Road 144 ()5 Second 264 126 for a moment, then asked: "You totes it back to the ~eller. It Jas per ~ 0 39 mean I gotta ask the Mineworkers' Jonesboro pears to me thet its a rite· Centtal 61 8 265 25 Union?" Nettleton 267 79 smart more simple to put my Lavaca First :J04 164 13 money in one of them six Little Rock - First 1.005 421 28 Who's who point .record holders. Thet White Roak 49 :J3 5 Imma nue l 1,235 43 1 27 way i only have to tote it one Fore~ t To we r 37 27 WHEELING the baby buggy Rosedale 301 119 14 way. Shore saves a heap of McGehee First 467 203 along, a young father was trying Chapel 88 51 7 trouble. Malvern Firs t 503 136 4 to control his howling infant. Marked Tree Fil·st 201 78 1 Monticello Second :127 ISO 26 "That's a good boy, Clarence. Easy North Little Rock does it, Clarence. Control your Raring Ctosg 742 190 II Souths ide 49 self, Clarence." Camp Robinson · 46 18 Berea 11 9 67 A young mother noticed the sit IN 0 EX Calvary 554 l(j[ 10 Forty-Seventh Street 193 80 6 uation and remarked "You must be A-Arkansas Baptist Hospital Queen Prayer Grave l Ridge Fii·St 229 11 3 Chapel dedicated pS Runya n 5:l 14 :j a wonderful father. You seem to B-BSU: Interesting contrasts (E) p3 ; Bap Graves Mem orial 138 57 I tist beliefs : Christian's Cross (BB) p7; Book Park Hill 832 318 3 understand little Clarence." She shelf plS; Bratton, Clayburn to New Hope plO Sherwood First 240 10:! 14 bent over the carriage and cooed, C-Children's Nook p17; Clear thinking (MR) Sylvan Hills Fit .:i t 283 106 I p18; Cossey, J. I. Using the noggin' (PS) p2; P ine Bluff, Centennia l 2:15 113 "Hello, Clarence. What's the trou Cover story: Fish in' fever p5 Rogers Fil·st 423 159 D--Daffodils , a poem pl8 Spring dale Firs t 480 164 ble?" E--Economy of operation p2 Van Buren F-Foreig n Mission Board report pl2 ; Foreign Firs t 491 ! 51 "The baby's name is Horace," missionaries on furlough (letter) pl6 Second 78 26 G- Grace upon them (letter) pl6; Green, John Vande rvoort First 69 51 the father interrupted. "I'm Clar ny to Oklahoma p9 Ward Cocklebur 55 36 H-Hatfield, Gracie, New ABN worker p10; Warren ence." Hunnicutt, L. L. honored p8 Firs t 459 154 13 J-Judson, Adoniram answers critics (BL) p7 Souths ide 49 34 M-McDonald, Dr. and Mrs. E . L . at seminary Immanuel 262 87 banquet p9 ; McMillan, A. Y . to crusade pl9 ; Wests ide H7 i\ 5 Down our way Modesty and style (CMH) p6 0-0'Bryan, Harold to Ca bot plO AN enterprising lad in our P - P overty w a r pll; Preacher poet pl5 ; Prim Baylor Sports-Recreation Camps ing the pump (letter) pl6 neighborhood earns spending mon R-Racial cris is : The president's appeal (E) p3 ; R evivals p22 1 Boys ey cutting lawns. S- Stewart, Alex visits Arkansas p9; Sunday School lesson: There is a moral universe j>p20,22 8-16 His father chided him because V-Vaught, W . 0. on conference pl'Oifram p8 Fundamentals W-WMU, pageant writers. pl5 he was slow in getting started on Y- Yielding, Mrs. Ruby dies p9 and Skills in Saturday morning. Key to listings: (BL) Beacon Lights of Bap Da:sec•aii-Basketball tist His tory: tCMHI Courts hip, Mnniage and "Oh, I'm waiting· for them to the Home: (E) Editm·ial: (FF) Fundame ntnlo get started," he said. "I get most of the faith: (PS) Personally Speaking: (SS) Sunday School lesson: (MR) Middle of the Roar!·; of my work from people who are (KYM) Know Your Missionari~. Baylor University halfway through." Coaches · Grrr ... A VERY unpopular cranky old wom JUNE-JULY- AUGUST Nowadays an was bitten by a mad dog an.d was advised by her lawyer to make a will THERE'S a truism making the because there was a possibility of Write: 1 Dept. of rounds of academic circles now to rabies. She demanded paper and pen the effect that the father who and wrote furiously for two hours. Physical Education wants his children to get an edu- . "It looks like an unusually long will," "SPORTS" cation these days may have to pull qer lawyer said. Baylor University "Will? Who's writing a will?" she a few wires- the television wire, snapped. "That's a list of people I'm Waco, Texas the hi-wire and the radio wire. going to bite." Page Twenty-Three / 'Memorial' to God Drive against religion PARK RIDGE, Ill. · (EP> MOSCOW (EP) - Commu- President Johnson was · the "vic nism's war on religion in he So tim of some faulty theological ad viet Union-which, U.S.S.R. of vice" when he proposed establish ficials say, has been lagging ment of a privately-financed me- will be revived with new empha . moria! to God in the nation's cap sis on atheistic indoctrination and ital, a Methodist publication said education, according to a five here. column, unsigned editorial in - _.._ ...• "The President's personal faith Pravda, the party's principal Protest persecution and his advocacy of church-state newspaper. separation are to be, commended," The editorial summarized the MONTREAL (EP) - A Mon said the Christian A-dvocate, a anti-religion campaign adopted treal rabbinical delegation, in rep fortnightly for Methodist minis by the Communist Party's ·Cen resentations to the Soviet embas ters and church leaders. "But theo tral Committee. sy in Ottawa, charged Russia logically he is in trouble." Citing the existence of "care with denying J~ws rights accord In the first place, an editorial lessness" in the effort against re ed other religious groups and na held, "a memorial is designed to ligion, it said that not all Soviet tionalities. remember that which was. We citizens have realized that reli Headed by Rabbi 1 S. M. Zam doubt that the · President intends gion is an· "ideological enemy" in browsky, the delegation asked the to speak of God in the past tense." flicting harm on Soviet society. Soviet Union to: But a more serious error is the The renewed campaign, it was 1. Allow Jews to practice their President's implication that "our stressed, will concentrate on the religion and transmit their cul nation has a common understand indoctrinati:.>n of party members, ture and language. ing of 'God'," the editorial added. trade union officials, youth lead 2. Permit communi-cation be "His theological advisers have ers and women. Russian women, tween Jews inside and outside apparently failed to inform him the editorial noted, constitute the Russia. that the most debilitating thing bulk of believers in the country. 3. Permit Jews to be re-united any of our religious bodies could with their families in other lands do today would be to agree upon Methodist editor dies from whom tbey were separated a common belief in 'God.' " and to permit religious articles to The editorial continued that WINONA LAKE, Ind. (EP)_.. be sent to Russian Jews. "the quickest way to lose faith in Dr. James F. Gregory, distin 4. Authorize a rabbinical mis God as revealed in Jesus Christ is guished editor and veteran mini sion to visit with Russian rabbis to generalize that God into some ster of the gospel, died unexpect in Worid War II. principles on 'which all men of edly of a heart attack at Warsaw, The statement was drafted ·at goodwill could agree." Ind., on March 6. the first All-Canadian Rabbinical Dr. Gregory, 65, was elected in Conference at Ottawa in January. Bar re-entry visas 1955 as editor of The Free Meth It was released March 12. odist, denominational magazine, Rabbi Zambrowsky said he KHARTOUM, Sudan (EP) by the General Conference of the sought no special privileges for The Sudanese government has in denomination. He was re-elected Jews in Russia but wante,d them structed its embassies and lega in 1960, receiving the largest num to receive the same treatment ac tions abroad to withdraw re-entry ber of votes cast for any officer. corded other groups. "We want visas of Christian missionaries no part in the cold war. Our con who have been working in this cern is purely brotherly," he said. country and are now on leave. In the world of religion • . . . IN an inter~iew ·in Minneapolis, Minn., Leighton Fo~d, an associate evangelist with Billy Graham, said that the Graham association is now giving great attention to student work. A clergyman from India will be added to the staff to serve as an ev.angelist to student groups. Sixty per cent of the "commitments to Christ" at Dr. Graham's crusades come from students. . . . . "A Faith for the · World of Tomorrow" 'will be the theme of the triennial conlerencce of the International Association for Liberal Christendom and Freedom of Conscience," to be· held in The Hague, Netherlands, August 18-23. Delegates will come from eastern and western Europe, the United States, Japan, India, and Africa. • . . . Current membership in the Evangelical United B:ethem Church is 757,719. In addition to United States members, the new deiiA)minational yearbook shows a membership of 10,044 in Sierra Leone, in west Africa; 32,013 in four European countries; and some 100,000 "adherents" in Germany who have not yet become members.-The' Survey Bulletin