A Trek to Adere, Africa Pected, the Hunter Fell in Step with the Hunter and the Hunted Me and We Walked As One

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August 11 _.,,... 1955

(;he ~ Cl1tct The Ministry of Fl "-ctr~ oJ owe rs tlt.e Cben ez er Church, :Detroit, Atich . I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes A Trek to Adere, Africa pected, The Hunter fell in step with The Hunter and the Hunted me and we walked as one. BAPTIST HERALD A WONDERFUL CHANGE CONTENTS A true story by an inmate of the Federal Reformatory of Chillicothe, This business of praying, whic~ I Ohio, after he had heard a sermon by Chaplain A. E. Kannwischer. had formerly considered somethmg It is a deeply moving acount of the power of the Word of God for kids and old women, began to Volume 33 No. 16 take hold of me, and I found ~yself By CHARLES HARRISON CRANDALL asking him for strength. and gmdance. August 11, 1955 As the habit of praymg became a steadfast part of my character, I found FOREWORD search is not in sport. He is not seek The Ministry of Flowers • ing trophies to adorn his celestial that I no longer felt a need to curse mansion for neither is he vain. But when faced with unfortunate circum Cover ...... E. J. Santee (HANGING one's entire personality stances. Also, I discovered how easy " The San ctuary of the Ebenezer is one of the most difficult tasks an in God stlu is "The Hunter." He is Church, Detroit, Michigan" searching patiently for you a nd me. it was to prevent my mind from ~e LOWERS ARE GOD'S silent messengers to our lives. Their subtle dividual can ever hope to accomplish. coming infiltrated with the filth which The excommunication of life-long During the course of my 19 years, touch puts a spiritual stamp upon us that nothing can erase. The "Th e Hunter and the Bunted" circulated around me constantly. By Charles Ha rrison Crandall 2 habits from one's character takes a I have hidden in t he brush, so to flower vases and blossoming plants on the church platform or in Strangely, I felt a change come over ~ 2 great amount of determination and the speak , fearful lest I be foun d and Baptist Briefs ...... me. The contentment and peace of the sick room become pulpits from which God reveals the glory of infallible help of a Higher Being than captured by The Hunter. I have slyly m ind which I had searched so dili Editor ial mortal man. At 19 years of age, I am tried to shake this Pursuer, but I have his handiwork and the wonders of his love. for prior to this change, wer.e " The Ministry of Flowers" ...... 3 now a testifying example of God's found that he can follow a trail with gent!~ now mine in reality. The conceit Flowers speak of beauty with a spiritual lift. Tennyson, the poet, " I Will Lift Up !\line E yes" ...... 4 extraordinary power. his eyes closed. Suddenly I stopped which I had for my personal appear to reflect! held a flower from "a crannied wall" in his hand and was inspired to "Sour ce of Strength In God" The environment of my early youth ance disappeared, for in his circle Rev. Walter Dingfield ...... 4 can only be described as pitiful. In Was I enjoying my freedom as physical characteristics are not taken say that if he could know all that the flower is in its created beauty, short, I was raised in the semi-slums much as I thought. Was I completely he would know "what God and man is"! Flowers in the church under " Heigh ts of Spiritua l Vision" into consideration. Rev. Fred Fuchs ...... • • . . . .. 4 of a large, industrial city. .happy in my present habitat? Was The false satisfaction which I felt score the minister's message of God's care and concern for us. "Con my past life as useful as it could h ave In a home devoid of Christian prin in myself after having successfully "A Sermon of th e l\'Iountains" been? Did I have peace of mind? I sider the lilies of the field! . .. How much more will God clothe you, Rev. c. T. Remple ...... 5 ciples and an incompatible mother deceived someone died away into knew immediately that the answer to oblivion. The gr eed I had for money 0 ye of little faith" (Matthew 6:28 and 30). Flowers direct us to the " The Missionary's Trek t o Ade re, Africa" and step-father, it was inevitable that, each of these questions was "no." lacking the proper guidance, I should a nd power disolved into nothingness. things of the Creator, to the truths of God, to the touch of his beauty Miss Ida Forsch ...... 6 After this question-answer session The low opinion I held for his chil go astray. ' upon our lives. Many a church service has been beautified and en "Sunday School Lessons" with myself, it was inevitable that I dren was redrafted and emerged as a Rev. B. Jacksteit ...... 8 ,Over a period of the last .. nine years, should wonder how life in captivity feeling of kinship and a desire to co hanced by the ministry of fragrant flowers that were brought by lov \Vhat"s Happening ...... 9 my life has been a series of sinful God's captivity-would be. After operate. ing hands to the sanctuary. With eyes feasting upon the splendor of and pagan offenses against both moral much consultation with myself, I de In retrospect, my only regret in Our Den omination in Action ...... 10 and social codes of correct behavior, flowers, it is certainly much easier "to worship the Lord in the beauty cided that I might as well give it a regards to my decision to change is June Con t ributions ...... i3 for I would not r ecognize authority in cha nce. What did I have to lose? that I did not decide to do it sooner. of holiness." any form. The strange thing about Instead of pouncing on me and No longer does The Hunter doggedly Roger Wil11ams Press News this is that, even at an early age, I Flowers also convey a message of loving concern by others in Rev. E. J. Ba umgartner ...... 14 casting me in a cage, as I had ex- follow my trail, but I follow HIS! knew God was after me. the name of Christ. Behind every bouquet of flowers there is a Obituaries ...... 14 Perhaps the reason it took me so thoughtful donor, a consecrated gardener, a loving friend. The very March of E vents ...... 15 long to find him was because some one was constantly trying to force him sight of the flowers in the sickroom or from the invalid chair or at Spice or Life ...... • ...... 16 upon me. I recall how I would turn the funeral service is evidence of the comforting truth that someone a deaf ear when faced with "religion." is praying for you and is helping to bear your burdens in the spirit • Also, I remember awakening in a of Christ. You are not alone. Others are remembering you before t he cold sweat several times during the Bi-weekly Publication of the past few years after having a dream throne of mercy. God's arm is never too short to help you. Your ROGER WILLIAMS PRESS in which I accepted God into my life. troubles are the concern of many, many people. That is the message 3734 Payne Ave., Cleveland 14, Ohio e Th e Costa Rican Baptist Conven e The fifth session of the Council of I was determined that I would not that flowers speak with a mighty even though silent eloquence. Martin L. Leuschner , D.D., Editor become a "religious panty-waist." tion in Central America held its an Baptist Churches of Assam and Mani nual meeting February 8-11 in San Recently I was sitting in a federal p ur brought together 100 delegates Flowers also touch our lives with peace and healing balm. Tired Rev. E. J. Baumgartner, Business reformatory chapel service, listening Jose, with six Baptist churches repre and missionaries in t he northeastern Manager sented and two new churches accepted eyes ar e rested and burdened souls are refreshed by the look of .'1 intently to a sermon entitled, "God section of India. A new constitution • How Can I Find Him?" The chaplain, for membership. The total member was adopted, under which the gr eater flo wer, resplendent with colorful glory. They speak of heavenly ship of the eight churches is 433, to whom I shall ever be indebted, had shar e of the responsibility for carry things, of things that only God can do and create, of the more perfect THE BAPTIST HERALD is a publication t he rare knack of speaking calmly, with seven ordained pastors, six pas of th e N orth American Baptist G en eral tors not yet qualified for ordination, ing on mission work is vested in the life to which Christ is ever calling us. They open to us the portals into Conferen ce w ith h ea dquarters ut 7308 Mad forcefully, and convincingly. hands of nationa l Baptists rather than ison St., F orest Parl,, I llinois. It a lso mam and two missionary couples from the the chambers of a "peace that passeth all understanding." In the tains an active m em bersh ip in t he Asso With t he sudden realization of what Southern Baptist Convention, U.S.A. missionaries. American Baptists, en ciated Church Press. his statement, "God is looking for President Adolfo Robleto was r e couraged by Adoniram Judson, entered silent beauty of the flowers we are called on to become still and "to SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $3.00 a year to you," meant, actual cold chills tin any a ddress in the United Sta tes or Cana d a elected. He r eports that the recent Assam in 1836 a nd established a m is know that HE is God"! - S2.50 a year for ch u r ches. under t h oo; Clu b gled up and down my spine. I thought political and military disturbance in sion center at Sadiya, on the upper Pla n- $3.50 a y ea r to foreign countn es . to myself, "Yes-that's so. He i s Costa Rica, which lasted three week s, Brahmaputra River. A chain of 13 Thank God for the ministering angels who tend the flowers )n CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Three weeks looking for me. I have seen evidence n otice requ ired for change of addr ess. did not seriously affect the churches. stations has since been developed When or dering a change, please furnish of it over and over again." It was the garden and then reverently and with consecration bring them to "In the city of Heredia," he writes, along the river, with 1,768 churches, an address sten cil im pression from a r ecent then I made my decision to change. "our Baptist church was holding a God's house to enhance the services. Thank God for those who in issue if y ou c;:m. 556 schools, six hospitals, and seven ADVERTISING RAT ES: $2.00 per inch, MY LIFE STORY revival when the pastor was put in dispensaries. The Baptist ministry of thoughtful love and Christian concern take the flowers to the sick, the single co lumn, 2\(o inch es wide. prison and the services were called evangelism, education and healing ALL EDITORIAL co rrespond ence is to be It has finally dawned on me, with invalids, and the shut-ins. Thank God for those who in the summer off. The impression we got was t hat conducted by the Assam Mission's 57 addressed to the Rev. Martin L. Leuschner. all the force and impact of an earth the local priest had used his influence months use their flower gar dens as blessings to be scattered among 7308 Madison S t., Forest Park, I llinois. quake, that God is the most persistent, missionaries is extended into an area ALL BUSI NES5 correspondence is to be with the local military commander to where 12,000,000 people live. Nagas, others! I know of a church where some unknown person w ith a sweet addressed to the Roger Williams P ress, unrelenting Hunter in existence. stop the meetings, but two days later 3734 Payne Avenue, Cleveland 14 , Ohio. Naturally, as in all things, God differs Garos, and other tribesmen, formerly spirit arranges for his pastor to have a fl ower in his coat lapel before they let us continue the revival and h.ead-hunters, have now become par En tered as second-class matter J anuary 9, gr eatly from hunters as we know the blessings of the Lord were poured entering the pulpit every Sunday morning. These are the servants 1923, a t the post office a t Cleveland. Ohio, tially evangelized, and 130,000 of them u nder the a ct of Ma rch 3, lll79. them. He is not a sportsman, for his out upon the church." are members of Baptist churches. of God whose ministry w ith flowers is a sweet savor unto him! tPrinted in U .S.A.) 2 BAPTIST HERALD AUGUST 11, 1955 3 SERMONETTES how iax we grow a nd often become gravitation will be too much for us, ity lo r each it. The Christian man's content to remain on the plains rather and down will go the head and down one security is in feeling his peril, t han to climb. Life can move on the eyes, and down will go the desires, an the condition of his strength is his ar ound us; yet we remain stationary. and we shall be like men that live in acknowledgment and vivid conscious We must make the e ffort to say, "I some mountainous country, who neve• ness always of his weakness. WILL lift up my eyes." T he ar t of lift their gaze to the solemn white Fina lly, notice the assurance of stir ring and lifting ourselves must be summits that travellers come acro£s faith. The Psalmist asks himself, com e a daily h abit. a con tinen t to see. Christian men a nd "F rom w hence cometh my help?" women too often walk beneath t he Then the better self answers the q ues I Will Lift Up THE EXILE'S THOUGHTS very peaks of the mountains of God, tion, timid self, "My help cometh from The psalm from which we ha ve a nd rarely lift their vision there! the Lord, w hich made heaven a nd taken our text was no doubt wr itten Notice also the question of weak ear th." May we, too, fully realize that d uring the time of the ex ile. W.e can ness. "From whence come th my help?" our help, in times of joy as well as Mine Eyes see the exiles, wearied with the m o The loftier our ideal, the mor e painful i n times of sorrow, comes from the n otony of the long- stretching, flat ough t to be our conviction of incapac- Lord . p lains of Babylonia, summoning up befor e his mind the distant hills where h is home was. We see him wonder in g A Sermon of the Mountains h ow he will be able ever to reach t hat place wher e his desires are set. We By REV. C. T. RE1\1PLE, Missoula, Montana see him settling down in hopeful as surance that h is effort is not in vain, P EOPLE of all ages have spoken nature. H e seems to have been deeply "l will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from since his help comes from the Lord. a bout the cruelty of nature. You do n ot in love with it. He reminded h is dis have to go very far until you see a ciples of the beauty of the fl owe~s . of whence cometh my help. My help cometh from "I will lift up my eyes unto the great measure of cruelty r ound a bout God's care for the grass. He also h ills. Away out yonder westward, us. T here does not seem to be much amazed his disciples by telling them across the sands lie the lofty summits the Lord, which made h eaven a nd earth" love a nd mercy in nature. If we a re that God cared so much for the worth of my fatherland that draws me to interested in real love a nd mercy , we less sparrows t hat it made a difi'erence itself." Then comes a turn of thought, (Psalm 121:1-2) t urn to the Lord J esus Ch rist. Natur e to h im whethe r they a re living or dy J\ m ajestic mountain scen e in the Ca na dian Rockies. m ost natural to a mind passionately respects power a nd migh t. ing. He did not walk in nature with yearning after a great hope. "I will J ohn Stuar t Mill looked for love a nd closed eyes. He saw the power and • lift up mine eyes unto the hills. From w isdom of God in it. Source of Strength 1n God Exa mples of prayer, lessons con whence cometh my help ? How am I mercy in nature a nd was bitterly dis cerning the future, and tbe subject of to get there?" And then comes the appointed. His disappointment in THE GREATNESS OF GOD By REV. WALTER DINGFIELD, Startup, Washington the ascension a nd return of the Lord final turn of thought: "My help cometh na ture induced h im to write thus : come to us from the Mount of Olives from the Lord, w hich made heaven " Nature impales men, breaks them on As the Psal mist looked into nature, T HE MOUNTAINS a nd the hills of cates that the hills a nd mountains arc (Matt. 24:3 ; J ohn 17:1; Acts 1:12; and earth." he was especially overwhelmed by the Palestine were much in the thoughts the wheel, casts t hem to w ild beasts, as dust and cha ff , ca pa ble of bcin j Zech. 14:4. These mounta in-top ex So then, th ere are three t hings burns them to death, crushes with greatness of God w hen he beheld the of the Scripture writers. Although mountains. H e was fully convinced melted like wa x, a nd ha ving their per iences of our Lord do rem ind us here--the look of longing, the ques stones, starves with hunger, freezes their general outlines are not strik that on ly God could move and act in foundations shaken (Psalm 18:7, 97:5; that we stand on Christ, t he solid tion of weakness, the assurance of with cold, poisons w ith e xhalations. ing, ye t these mounta ins a rc the fea Isa. 40 :1 2, 41:15; Jer. 4:24; Nahum 1:5) . Rock. fait h. such a mysterious way which resulted tures of the country itself. In P ales A single hurricane destroys the hopes in the b eautiful hills and mountains. tine proper there are no ~ no w - covered Therefore, as we behold the hills The hills suggest victorious Chris "I wm lift up mine eyes unto the of a season; a flight of locusts or a As he looked at the mou ntains, he mounta ins, nor are the slopes bedecked a nd mountains, we ca n be reminded tian living. Fina lly, by l ifting our hills." It's a r esolution, born of in fl ood desolates a district, a trifling fo und it very easy to pray and also with forests. Nevertheless, the P salm tha t our Father in heaven is even eyes to the hills, we find a personal tense longing. Now the hills that the chem ical change in the potato starves Yery easy to praise. That is why he ist typi fie:; the mind of the people stronger tha n tha t which he has cre lift to our own souls as we walk the P salmist is thinking about were vis a m illion people." said: " I will lifl up mine eyes unto the when he penned the line, "I will li ft ated. "The Lord is our Rock a nd fort Pilgr im pathway. Too often do we fee l ible from no p ar t of that long-e x It is very interesting to note that hills . . .." up mine eyes unto the b il ls" (Psalm r ess." the burdens a nd pressures of this life, tended plain where he dwelt. H e 121: 1) . gettin g down into the va lleys of des might ha ve looked until he wore his Christ took a d iITerent attitude toward The people o[ t he Old Testament REMINDER OF CHRIST pair and into t he ra vines of defeat. We eyes out, before he might ha ve seen were fond of mountains. There was SOURCE OF STRENGTH The hills r emind us of Christ's ex a llow the worldly pleasures, t he cares them on the hor izon of sense. But a l hard ly an aspect of God's nature When one reads the King James periences. By looking to the hills we of this life, the many responsibili ties though they were unseen, they were w hich they did not set fo r th in pic Version or this verse, he might be led can think a gain of Chirst a nd his re of our work to hedge us in. visible to t he hea rt that longed for tures of moun tains. When they thought of eternity, they said : "Before the to believe tha t the mounta ins were t he la tionship to certain ones. The ex To soar above these a nd to "be on them . source of strength a nd help. In this ceedingly high mount a in during h is top," we ca n go to the Bible, to prayer mountains were brought forth, or Do we know anything of that long ever thou hadst formed the earth and version a comma is placed after hills temptation experience shows us that and to fellowship meetings. By yield ing that the P salmist ha d? He was the world, even from everlasting to which would make t he next phrase, Christ did not yie ld to temptation ing to him we are filled with the H oly perfectly comfortable in Babylon. B ut ever lasting, thou art God." "from whence cometh my help," a (Ma tt. 4:8) . A fore-gleam of the com Spirit which gives us the victory that modifie r of the word h ill, thus sug for all tha t fat wealthy Ba bylon was ing K ingdom was prcs ~nted on the overcomes. Our song shou ld be "I'm not Palestine. So a midst t he lush When they wished to advise a soul gesting tha t they were the source of Mount of Transfiguration (Ma tt. 17:1) . pressing on the upward way, new to make God a refuge, they said : help. But are the hills sufficient to vegetation, t he wealth of water and It was on a skull -like h ill called Cal heights I'm gaining every day ." t he fertile plains, the Psalmist longed "F lee 0 my soul, as a bird to your give he lp to a soul? Obviously not. va ry where the Lamb of God was slain mountain." Whe n they spoke abou t Although we recognize our source As Christians we can lift our eyes for t he mounta ins, t hough the moun for us, bearing our sins in his own unto the h ills-not failing to see the tains are often bar e of green t hings. ihe privilege of pr eaching the Word of help as our Heavenly Father, yet body on the tree (Luke 23:33). of God, they said: "How beautiful we can continue to lift our eyes unto old rugged Cross on a hill far a way. It was that longin g tha t led to his looking to the hills. upon the mountains are t he feet of the hills, not for help, but to enjoy t he h im that bringcth good tidings, t hat bea uty and to learn some spiritual AN IMMORTAL LONGING publisheth peace." lessons. Heights of Spiritual Vision Unless we know something of that Mounta ins have played a \'ital part The hills symbolize the strength of By REV. FRED FUCHS, La Salle, Colorado immorta l longing to be nearer to God, t he Lord. As we le t our eyes r est in the history of the Bible. The law a nd fulle1· of C.hxist, and emancipated of Moses was give n on the Mount upon t hese horizon-breaking monu "I WILL LIFT UP mine eyes unto the from sense and from the burdens and ments of b ~a uty, we see in t hem t he t hey constituted thresholds by which Sinai. When J esus was tempted, the hills!" These words, written so many Deity could step down to earth. t rivialities of life, we have yet to learn de,·il took him to an e xceedingly high element of ruggedness and endur w hat the meaning of " walking n ot years ago by the Psalmist, still hold In t he busy life of the 20th century moun tain. The greatest sermon that ance. They give the appearance of a meaning for us today. /\lwavs men after the flesh but after the Spirit" being unmovable and eternal. we need often to lift our eyes from the possibly Jesus ever preached was de have sought for divine help f ;·nm the low levels of monotony and speed to really is. livered on a mountain . H is t ransfigu Yet, the Word of God, when speak heights. Mountains have been viewed ing of the majesty of the Lord, indi- heights to which our spiritua l vision So, unless we take up and persevere ration was witnessed by some of his as meeting places with Deity because will take us. Look ing up, we realize i n maintain ing a habitual a ttitude of Mt. Index and Stevens Pass Hig h way near disciples on a great mountain. Yes, stirring up and lifting up ourselves, Startup, Washington. (Continued on P a ge 14) BAPTIST H ERAX.Q AUGUST 11, 1955 5 under the platform were roused and came out to fly about the room to give their praises! As soon as the drum ming and singing stopped, t hey stopped coming out of their holes. The churchteacher had gone to Mbem for a churchteachers' confer ence, so one of the schoolteachers was in charge of the service. His talk was based on Ezra 8:21. "Separate your self from the evil ways of the people of the land." It was a cha llenging talk. After the service, all went to Sunday The Adere Cameroons Baptist Mission School in the grassland area of Africa, showing th e 13apti_st Ch apel or Ad er e in the background School. The three classes are being (left) and (at right) the younger pupils showlni; som e of their 11 andiwork. taught by the churchteacher and t he two schoolteachers. The two adult classes were combined for the day. MISSION SCHOOL Students at the Cameroons Baptist Mission School at Adere work on their sch ool farm, The Missionary's Trek to Adere, Africa! The Mission School of Adere was which had just begun at the time of Missionary Ida Forsch's visit. opened in 1954 with one class. This A weekend of adventures in the grassland town of Adere, visiting the year there are two classes, Infants I HANDIWORK AND THE FARM school house, a teacher's house and and II. The teachers' salaries are be kitchen. The importance of sending church ser vices, mission school, handiwork class and school farm and help ing paid by the people by means of a n On this particular day the children were engaged in handiwork. It was children r egularly to school was dis education tax rate. In 1953, thirteen cussed. ing to keep order in a shouting committee meeting villages got together a nd paid one shil fascinating to watch the little tots A str anger listening to such a meet ling for each tax payer (equivalent clean fibres for ropes and another ~o ing would be shocked to hear t he men By MISSIONARY IDA FORSCH of Mhem Africa 14 cents) toward the support of thell' kind for brooms which are used to shouting at each other and waving ' two schools L us a nd Koffa. In 1954 sweep the classrooms and yard. A few their arms as if they were going to they paid two shillings for each tax were weaving mats, som e were mak hit each other. At Adere they yelled DERE, a small town in the grass The rest house has three small t hat time, crocodiles can be found at payer. This was enough to open a new ing small school bags. Every child has A louder than I have heard at any other land country of the Cameroons, Africa, rooms. The two inner rooms have no most any place in the river. his own little bag in which he carr ies school, which was Adere. village, so that even I had to ask why is three days trekking distance from windows. Fortunately one wall of one After half a n hour's rest and medi his school books. T wo boys were Forty little tots attended the. first they were hollering at each other so Mbem and a good five hours trek from tation, we began our trek back to the carving wooden combs; some were of the rooms had partially fallen year . This year the enrollment is not loudly. "That is the way they talk to Lus, one of our larger mission schools village. We reached the Mission at making baskets. The five little girls down, which allowed a bit of air to quite as good with 56. The people _a re each other," said the teacher 9:30 A.M., hot and t ired. My cook had were moulding clay pots. In half an in this area. After riding for four and enter. This room served as my bed responsible for all the school build a .half hours along a rather pleasant orepared a delicious breakfast. hour's time one girl had completed room. It was stifling hot a t Adere ings. The second classroom h~s not LEPERS IN ADERE ALSO! stretch of valleys, you begin to climb and it was not much better in the Shortly after breakfast there was a one. The teacher showed me the many lit~ been built as yet, so one clas~ is held a hill, not too steep, but enough to tie house. shout in one of the teachers' housei;. pots the girls had made. After they Some of the men asked whether a ny in the church. It is very un sa t1 sfact~ ry keep you puffing. P. boy had entered to find a deadly are sun-dried, they are fired. All the help could be given for leprosy. With After having set up my cot, table since there a re no desks and t he lnd Reaching the top, you suddenly poisonous snake curled up in a corner handiwork articles, which are not joy I .was a ble to tell them that we and wash stand, I began to drink tea. dies use small boards on w.hich tc. look down upon a very large plain, There is no end to the number of cups of the room. After a great deal of used for school purposes, are sold. now have a doctor for the L eper place their writing books. Hospital and very soon news would on either side of which there is thick one can drink after a long trek in noise, the snake was killed a nd brought The money goes into the school fund. bush which is a hunter's paradise. such a hot climate. For the next two out for all to see it. After this inci One has to be constantly coaxing, A school farm has been begun. reach them of how they w ould be The palm trees in the plain are all and a half days my diet consisted of dent, I carefully shook out my shoes begging a nd threatening to get people This year the little children plan to helped. They were overjoyerl. There very short. I was told that years ago liquids, tea, coffee, a nd soup, mostly every morning before putting them on! to do something for their own good. plant corn, potatoes, tomatoes, and are so many lepers at Adere, and many many elephants roamed throughout tea. Towards evening it gradua lly be Much patien ce is required to work beans. T he soil at Adere is very fer are litt le children. One seldom sees CHURCH SERVICE tile, so t hey should have a good yield. this plain and uprooted most of the gan to get a bit cool. with these p eople. If we did every the more serious cases where the hands Even as "Infants" they are taught the a nd feet are nearly all gone since such palms. Gradually the elephants left, At 12:30 noon, the people began t o thing for them, they would never a nd now the h·ees are begining to grow THE DONGA RIVER gather for the church service. By one value of composting a nd the use of people will stay in their huts. learn to become independent. So we fertilizer . Part of the harvested pro again. The Donga River, which is also t he o'clock the small church, 15 by 20 feet, insist that they do all t he building, That evening colored slides w ere border line to the Northern Camer was packed. My cha ir .had been put duce will be divided among the chil shown out on the church yard. It was MY ADERE HOME even if it takes one or two years or dren . The rest will be sold and the oons, is only an hour's walk from upon the narrow, three feet wide plat a beautiful moonlight evening. At a more. money will go to t heir school fund. At the bottom of the hill is Adere. Adere. Early Sunday morning the form and beside the table that served previous visit I had taken several pic In the afternoon most of the big The village is rather scattered, com two schoolteachers and I walked down as a pulpit for the churchteacher. All of Monday was spent at the tures of their school and child ren. The m en of the village came for a Village pounds being here and there. You to the river. We left at 6:30 A.M. but Soon I had to push my chair as far school. Before 8:00 A.M. some of the children were overjoyed to see them keep winding along the narrow path already it was very warm. Waves of ba?k to the wall as possible, as the little child ren were already busy School Committee m eeting. One of selves. They shouted and screamed the teachers acted as chairman. The that leads across small streams and heat hit us as we walked up and down ch1~dren began to crowd about my feet, sweeping t he classrooms and the yard; with laughter. second one was secretary, since minutes valleys with thick bush all about. the endless valleys. However, we trymg to get a place to sit. One hun others carried drinking water. One Before going to bed, a ll boxes were ar e kept of a ll such meetings. Most After crossing one small creek, you passed a small compound where a dred and forty people had packed into large clay pot stands in front of the packed. I was going to get an early of the time was spent in discussing suddenly come upon t he Mission man was sitting beside a fire warm the church, of whom 100 were chil classroom which has to be filled every start the next morning so t hat we h ow the new buildings could be put grounds. It is a beautiful spot, flat ing himself. Some distance from the dren. It grew hotter and hotter by morning. Neatly against the wall are would get to the top of the hill before with no bush. But the buildings do river we could hear the roar of the the minute. As wave after wave of hung all the children's drinking cups. up in a short time. This included a the heat of the day began. As soon as not look beautiful, since all are in dire waters a nd see the mist rising in the odor from perspiring bodies hit me in Each child has his own. the dawn began to break, we were up. need of repair. bushes. After walking through some the fac<:: , I deeply regretted having left At 8:00 A.M. the band began to play. Within 15 minutes, my cot was packed Where was I going to sleep? Not in thick bush, we suddenly came upon rnY cologne at Mbem. Children could be seen running from Mr. Roland Ross, our denomi and we were on our way. By 7:00 the church, as the next day was Sun the beautiful Donga River. The song service was led by the a ll areas to take their places in the national comptroller, w as called A.M. we had reached the too of t he day! There was a little, low roofed How wonderfully cool a nd refresh children, first by a small boy of about inspection line. Hands, teeth , hair. and to his eternal home on August hill, a nd once again we bad·e Adere mud house a few yards from t he ing it was as we stood under the trees eight years of age and then by a girl clothing (what there is of it) are in 1st, after an illness of about one "Adieu." a few years older . It is not very often church which is supposed to be the and watched t he water swirl and spected for cleanliness. Then a ll "See, t he Lord your God h:ls put the that one sees such a vivacious song week. F urther information and rest house (guest house) but at the surge over the rocks! A little boy Jed marched into the classroom for morn land at your mercy; go up and occupy Jeader, especially a girl, but she got tributes will follow in a future present it is occupied by t he church us to a spot where we could sit on the ing prayers. After two songs were it, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, the people lo sing. With the beating issue of the "Baptist Herald." teacher. His house, eight by eight, is rocks and enjoy the beauty of the sung in the vernacular, the teacher led told you; do not be afraid or dismayed, of the drums, the clapping of hands occupied by one of the schoolteachers. river. At this time of the year the The denomination will miss this T hen you all came up to me ancl said and the shouting, it was indeed a joy in prayer which was followed by a On my arrival the churchteacher waters are low, but we could see by consecrated servant. and bring us back a report' ful noise made unto the Lord! Even Bible story. T wo children led in clos moved out of the rest house and the trees on the bank that during the ing prayer. (Deuteronomy 1 :21- 22). shared a room with the schoolteacher. rainy season it is very high. During the termites that were in the ground

BAPTIST HERALD AUGUST 11, 1955 7 associate pastor of the Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church of Pittsburgh, of which Dr. Hayse Braker is the pas tor. Mr. Holzer has served as the minister of the Temple Church for 18 Ir/Jilli years and has held many prominent ~ positions of denominational Leader ship. He will begin his ministry at • Miss Do Waterto nna Mae n b t he Mt. Lebanon Church, one of the A LESSON PLAN III. HIS PROMISES ARE SURE. I. GOD IS WORKING OUT A T wn, Wis h -na enhorst of tion. Mrs. Ferris and their children largest American Baptist churches of I. He has promised that: a) none GRAND DESIGN IN HISTORY ~~~~on of secr ~taryasf accepted the accompanied Mr. Ferris on this visit Pittsburgh, in September. Date: August 21, 1955 (Is. 45:4a, 13b). I erman or Re G K to Lorraine. A new r eading club was who come to him will be turned away School U ' s ecretary v. · · Theme: empty-handed (v. 2b) ; b) he will 1. That design is to raise up unto \ Biene t nion, and Rof the Sunday started by the church library for the e At the Children's Day program bless a nd glorify his people (v. 5); himself a chosen people and to pre sionedr 'B Secretary f ev. Lawrence boys and girls with an objective of HOPE FOR THE DESPAIRING 0 ·held at the King's Highway Baptist c) he w ill forgive and restore all pare and perfect this people for t he F orest p apt·t s t Youth the c omm1s· - 25 books to be read from June 26 to Church, Bridgeport, Conn., on Sun SCRIPTURE: Isaia h 55. who turn to him (vv. 6-7); d) he will glory he has reserved for them. starting hark, Illinois ~~low ship , at August 31. Rev. Harold W. Gieseke is day, June 26, five children were ded PURPOSE: To show wherein the re guide, and guide aright, t hose who 2. That chosen people is the "spi er Work th · e will be pastor of the church. icated in an impressive service. The is hope for the despairing. entrust t heiT lives to him, though it ritual Israel"-the believers in ChTist, e Th ere on August 8. pastor, Rev . Raymond P. Yahn, con e new . '. e The r esignation of Rev. G. K. Zim GETTING STARTED: The years may be in ways they do not under the redeemed, the children of faith. Church Parsonage merman as pastor of the T emple Bap ducted the dedication service. The immediately following World War II stand (vv. 8-9); e) he will richly b'less 3. Finally he lets nothing stand in _of Wishek N at the Ba ptist annual fellowship meeting of the CBY c?mp1 etion. It · ' : Dak., is nearing tist Church, Milwaukee, Wis. , became made all of us keenly aware of the and help a ll a long the way those w ho t he way of accomplishing that design. effective on July 31. He h as moved and SS Union of the New England As put their trust in him (vv. 12-13). s1te of the ol~s ~e1ng built on t he plight of the D.P.'s-the Displaced II. HE MAKES ALL THINGS SERVE to 1104 S. Second Ave., Maywood, Ill., sociation was held at the nearby 2. His promises cannot fail of ful moved. FoUowin ouse. Which was P ersons-who had been driven from AND FIT INTO THAT DESIGN ern architect . g the trena f d- on August 1. Mr. Zimmerman is the Madison Cottage on that Sunday aft their homes by the misfortunes of war fillment because: a) His covenant is (Isa. 45: 1-4, 13a). a one- ur e, the o mo new General Secretary of t he de ernoon, June 26. Mr. Yahn reported an everlasting one and has not been arsonstory ranch typ new building is and fo und t hemselves as unwelcome 1. E ven the pagan king, Cyrus, w as P nominational Sunday School Union. a bout the 31st General Conference at revoked (v. 3b); b) it is guaranteed age \ e struct The guests in alien lands where there was made an instrument for accomplish breaki vas begun . Ure. The church has elected Rev. George Waco, Texas, to the Bridgeport little chance for them to rebuild t heir by none other than his own Son (v. d ng ceremon· with ground- Church on Wednesday evening, June ing God's purposes for Israel. morning, as on Easter Sun- Hensel, to serve as the interim pastor. shattered lives. In response to their 4); c ) It is witnessed to by the bene H~r :.~s On July 1 the church also lost the 29. H e was speaker at the CBY and ficient and unfailing processes of 2. E ven the people who had crushed . Rev. L Ported by Harriet need, America-together wit h other Israel and been t he cause of all t heir · 0 · Wahl is th services of Mr. Donald Jenni, its or SS Union sunrise service during the nations-was moved to open its doors nature (v. 10); d) it is set forth in his • Th e pastor. General Conference sessions in Waco. misfortune now were made their e Bethel Ba . ganist and choir director for several to hundreds of thousands of these un own Word, which cannot fail in the years. accomplishing of its purposes (v. 11). benefactors and the means of ac., Ore., has extend Phst Church Salem e The ordination for Rev. Robert fortunate people; a nd many of our complishing God's purposes for them r ett A B ea a call ' ' · arker to Rev. Eve- e The annual meeting of the Ogden Fuchs was held by the Evergreen churches, as a result, have had t he (Ezra 1 :4, 6). becorne its 0 f Newark N J to Park Woman's Missionary Society was Ba ptist Church, Brooklyn, N. Y ., on privilege of helping some of these "De A LESSON PLAN 3. And so it always is. He makes favorab1 Pastor Ii h , . ., layed P ilgrims" come to America and . Y ad anno. e as r esponded held on Friday, June 24, w ith the Friday evening, July 22. He had met Date: August 28, 1955 even the wrath of man to serve him ~:~~hi s ministry ~~cte d that he would president, Mrs. J ohn Nixon, in charge. build a new life here. and turns it into blessing for his peo t he examining ordination council on Theme: A NEW START Woykgust, succeedin ~e Salem church The program featured a m essage by July 12. Rev. Sam Appel, a persona l The J ews in Babylon were D.P.'s. ple. the pastor, Rev. Fred Sonnenberg, the Only their displacement lasted through assist:· Mr. Barker gh ev. Rudolph R. friend of Mr. Fuchs, brought the or SCRIPTURE: Isaia h 45:1-4, 13; III. HE GIVES EVERY MAN A Bapt' ~t Pastor of t~s served as the showing of missionary Kodachrome many, many years; so long, in fact, Ezra 1:1- 7. 1 dination sermon. Rev. Robert Fuchs CHANCE TO BECOME A PART since \ Church of Clinton Hill pictures of the Spanish-American that they despaired of ever seeing 9 ~ is a 1955 graduate of the North Amer PURPOSE: To show that God of OF THAT DESIGN. 52. ewark, N. J., Field in the San Luis Valley of Colo ican Baptist Seminary, Sioux Falls, 1heir homeland again; a nd God, it fers the opportunity of a new start ·co rado, and musical numbers. The de seemed to them, had forgotten them. 1. To those who are outside the South Dakota. He served as assistant every lost sinner and every fall en fold he gives the opportunity to be • The Baptist y votional was led by Mrs. H. Wiede pastor for about six weeks, following It was to such people that God sent saint. tNaget at Madison Coung P eople's Cot- mann. Other officers of the Woma n's Isaiah with his message of hope a nd "saved" and become a part of the or h A • onn · graduation, at the Oak Street Baptist GETTING STARTED: One of my chosen people (Is. 45 :22). th . tnerican B ·'. is open to all Society are Mrs. F. C. Bauman, v ice promise. Church, Burlington, Iowa, supplying predecessors in a church I served 2. T o those who are in the fold but un~ill emaincter of t~P hst friends for prc.>ident; Mrs. J ohn P arker, secre the pulpit while the pastor, Rev. E. Sept. 4 A e summer season Developing the Theme: some years ago had a sermon that h e fall and stumble along t he way he the day · ccornmod . tary; and Mrs. Ot to Horn, treasurer. Wolff, was away at conferences. His loved to preach. It was entitled, "The gives the privilege of a new star t, to t' or Week ana a tions are ·by I. HELP IS AVAILABLE FOR THE wn. Mrs. Mab meals by r eserva- • On Sunday, June 26, Rev. Louis B. decision as to a full-time pastorate La nd of Beginning Again." In it h e restore what sin has destroyed, to re ager, can b e1 Runge will be announced in a forthcoming DESPAIRING. spoke of the wonderf ul truth today's Madi e reached e, the man- Holzer presented his r esigna tion as gain again w hat seemed to have been pastor of the Temple Baptist Church, issue of the "Baptist H erald." I. God has not withdrawn his help lesson sets before us. Whenever unde r irrevocably lost (Ezra 1:3, 7). son Beach a t P .O. Box 99, from them; rather, they have with the pulverizing blows of circumstances by tel ephone , 1'.1adison , Conn., or Pittsburgh, Pa., and announced that IV. HE MAKES THESE DEMANDS cottage is f . Circle 5-9551 This he had accepted a call to become the • Rev. Julius Kaaz, of Philadelphia, drawn themselves from him and have it seems to us that life has come to an 01 Pa., a retired minister, traveled more UPON THOSE WHO WOULD Bapf is t s a nd ththe · su.rn mer vacation· of been seeking help and strength f rom end, God sets before us "the land of HAVE A SHARE IN THAT DE t han 6,000 miles from his home in the wrong sources ( v. 2). . I Jy recomm e nde~1.r f n encts ana is high- beginning again." As often as we SIGN. 1955 HARVEST AND MISSION Philadelphia at the Home for the 2. God is ready a nd eager to supply stumble and fall along the way, he 1. That men turn to him in faith \ • R ev. anct M FESTIVAL PROGRAMS Aged, to attend t he General Confer their every need if they will but do gives us a chance to get up and march and contrition (Is. 45 :22). o~ Chicago, lU rs. George W. Lang ence in Waco, Texas (June 6 to 12), the following : a) recognize their need ahead again. When sin has gotten its 2. That they turn away from the birth of a son" have announced t he The programs and recita tion and then to visit relatives and friends material (English and German) of him (vv. 1-2); b) sincerely turn to way with us and with its stainless sin that has separated them from God ? een narnect D an~~ June 24 who has in Denver, Colo.; St. P aul, Minn.; La God a nd seek his help (vv. 1-3); c) steel chains of habit has bound us in a nd brought his judgments on t hem. l ~ pastor of the George, Mr. Lang for the Ha rvest and Mission Crosse, WI.is.; Chicago, Ill.; and Kan accept in humble faith the he lp h e a prison house of guilt and condem 3. Tha t t hey believe his word a nd tist Church of Clih .Umbolctt Park Bap- Festival Program to be observed kakee, Ill., before returning to Phila offers them (v. l b); d) believe that nation, he opens to us a door to free Lang a . icago Ii this fall have been sent to all accept h is offer of pardon and a new t he 1 e missionar · e and Mrs. delphia for Sunday, July 3rd. H e he will keep his promises ( vv. 3b-4). dom and redemption. When bitter start. Cameroons Afy. appointees for Sunday School superintendents celebrated his 82nd birthday at the t1·agedy and loss seem to have writ 1eave for A . • r1ca h . t to be received by the end of Forest Park H eadquarters and in II. GOD IS ALWAYS NEAR. 4. That they resolutely do what he this f fr1ca With • . op111g o ten "finis" to a ll tha t ma kes life dea r has commanded and take advantage a n . Mrs. La their son early July or early in August. This Kankakee, Ill., on June 29, at the 1. God has not forsaken the des and meaningful, he puts a pen into early date or dispatching the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Woodrich, pairing. T hey have forsaken him of every opportunity he offers them ~~ t at the comm~: ~o ~ l d not be pres- our hands tha t we might write an (Ezra 1:5). e . new rnissio .sioning service for progr am ma teri al w ill give the at w hose w edding he had officiated. (v. 6). other chapter, better, happier, fuller Conference in ~ar1 es at the General Canadian churches sufficient It was al so the birthday of Mr. Ed. 2. He is near at hand and may be tha n the last. Always-as long as life day evening J aco, Texas on Sun- time to pr epare for their Thanks Woodrich; his son, Edward; and his fo und and known if men will but do shall last- God gives us a nother THOUGHT FOR THE DAY , une 12. ' giving programs in September grandson, Wayne Wright. Mr. Kaaz 1he following: a) seek him w ith t heir chance, the privilege of a new star t, Of a ll Acts of man, repent • On Suncta and for the churches of the ser ved as pastor of the 1mmanuel whole heart ( vv. 6-7); b) repent of the opportunity of walking undis ance is the most divine. The speaker of th:· .;~ne 26, t he guest United States to plan for a Sun Church of Kanka kee from 1905 to their sinful ways and turn to him mayed into "the land of beginning of Lorraine v 11 st Baptist Church day in October for this observ greatest of all faults is to be con F .· , .n.ans w 1912. His ability to travel alone from (v. 7); c) accept his forgiving a nd again.'' scious of none. ~n is , a former ., as Rev. F reel G. ance. The offering is designated place to place and his eagerness to saving grace (v. 7); d) submit t hem A new start, "the land of beginning his Work in Lib P~stor. lie told about for t he foreign mission enter "visit ever ybody" amazed t hose who - Thomas Carlyle. ausp1·e er1a Af,. selves to the doing of his will (vv. 8-9). again," are possible because- ces of the LeT l!ca, under t he prise of our Conference. met him! T hank you for your inspir ourneau Founda- ing visit, Brother Kaaz! 8 AUGUST 11, 1 BAPTIST HERALD 955 9 The classes were as follows: Mrs. help our school. They were Miss B. R. Fritzke taught the Intermedi Doris L a nge who taught the nursery ates, "Answering Why's of Young class and Miss Marcella Menke who People." The Juniors were taught taught the intermediate class. From "The Christia n's Time and Talent" by our own group Mrs. Donald Kallweit Clinton Berndt and Mrs. C. E. Aldin taught the Primary Class and Mrs. ger. Mrs. Clinton Berndt and Da rlene Alvin Prang taught the J unia.rs. R ev. A deep spiritual tone ran through Schott taught "God's F amily" to t he R. C. Stading was our supervisor who the entire conference. According to Primary Class. The course, "God's directed the opening exercises and the Dakota Conference present plans, the next conference Creation" for the Beginners, was singing. will be held at Bismarck, North Da taught by Mrs. Delferd Strobel and The theme of our course was " Sail ~ kota. Mrs. A. K. Bertsch. There were 40 ing W ith Christ." This was well pre Dakota Conference New officers for the Conference are children enrolled with a perfect at r sented by the teachers. On Sunday as follows: Rev. A. J. Fischer, m od tendance. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton evening, May 29, the pr?grarn was at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, erator ; Rev. Henry Lang, vice-mod Berndt won the hearts of the children given when all the pupils and .the June 22-26 erator; Rev. Herbert Vetter, record during their one week (which passed teachers w ere dressed up in sailor too quickly) with us. We pray God's The conference opened at the First ing secretary; Rev. Manuel Wolff, uniforms con sisting of caps and ve.sts statistical secretary; Rev. Victor Pren blessing upon them as they are which the children had made dunng Baptist Church of Sioux Falls in their "Looking to the mission field." 1000-seat auditorium. Professor Her dinger, Children's Home representa the week. The children had a perfect ~A program w as rendered by the bert Hiller spoke on the conference tive; Sunday School Committee, Min attendance r ecord. Treats were. en isters: Richard Grenz, George Breit children on Saturday evening, May joyed each day which were furnished theme "But We See Jesus." Dr. E v 28, at which time the certificates were kreuz, John Grygo; Sunday School by the different members <;>f con erett Quinton, pastor of the church, ex awarded. Several children received ~he p upils and teachers or the Vacation Bible School at the Fl.r s~ Baptist Church, Lor ra ine tended greetings to which Rev. Alfred Committee, laymen: Elmer Wester gregation. On Friday a p1cni~ lunch Kansas, with Rev. Harold W. Gieseke, pastor, at the right. man, Raymond Deneui; Missionary Special Honor Seals in their certifi was enjoyed which was provided by Weisser r esponded. cates after working hard fo a chieve Committee, Ministers: Bernard Fritz central Baptist Church of George, ~~ The conference continued on them. the teachers. Thursday with Rev. A. Voigt bring ke, Raymond Dickau; Missionary We tha nk the Lord for the blessin~s Jowa. Our pastor, Rev. L eland H. Committee, layman: Wa lter Aman; The Christia n Training Institute · this ing a devotional message, "Anchored he bestowed upon us hat Friesen, conducted the baptismal Northwestern Conference General Council, Minister: Alfred Chorus of Edmonton, Alta., rendered dunn~ in J esus." Church letters were r ead blessed week and our prayer is ft •t ser vices and granting of the hand of ~~~~~ Weisser; alternate, C. H. Seecamp; a beaut iful concert to a large audi fe:!lowship to new members. in the morning business session as ence in our city a uditorium on June the seed so,~n will bear much rui well as in other sessions throughout Gene ral Council, laymen: Leo Friez; The Vacation Bible School theme, Northwestern Conference at Ap alternate, Fred Reddig. 1st. The J unio1· CBY presented a for his Kingdom. the day. Dr. C. H. Seecamp spoke on, program during a morning worship Mrs. Donald Kallweit, Reporter. "Sailing for Christ," proved to be a lington, Iowa, Considers the Time "Sanctified Unto Him." The men met Rev. Bernard Edinger, Reporter. period in the absence of our pastor on real time of sailing along towards a ly Theme, "The Christian Home" for luncheon on Thursday noon. The more realistic knowledge of our Cap June 5. The program was under the Lorraine Bapt ist Churc.h "As for me and my house, we will afternoon session was opened by a Vacation Bible School and CTI direction of our Junior CBY leaders, tain, J esus Christ. Although our devotional led by the Woman's Mis Has Successful Vacat10n Bible serve the Lord" (Joshua 24:15b). This Mrs. D. Strobel and Mrs. A. Moser. school was not a large group, all felt sionary Society. Conference business Chorus Program at McLaughlin, School was the inspiring and timely text re Mrs. C. E. Ald inger, Reporter. it had indeed been a successful voyage. 3essions and denominational reports South Dakota A most successful Daily Vacation Our hear ts were truly blessed to have lated directly to the program theme, occupied the balance of the afternoon. "The Christian Home," of the Nor th The First Baptist Church of Mc Concert Tour of Bible School was conducted by .the had with us the Gospelairs Quartet The evening service was in charge of L aughlin, S. Dak., he ld a Vacation First Baptist Church of Lon:ame, from our Seminary at Sioux F alls, western Conference held at the Ap t he Baptist Men. Rev. Richard Schil Bible School from May 23 to 27 with the Turtle Lake Baptist Church K a ns., from May 23 to June 3. Sixly S. Dak., and the Choristers from the lington Baptist Church, Aplington, ke presented a deeply moving mes great success, in spite of ad verse Choir nine pupils a nd 24 teachers and help Christian Training Institute of Ed Iowa, May 27 to S'(J. sage. weather. The opening exercises with e rs went "sailing with Christ" for the r.'\Onton , Alberta. Both groups ren Four long- to- be- remembered days Rev. 0. Fiesel opened the Friday Individua l members a nd organiza chorus singing and devotions under tions of the Turtle L ake Baptist two- week period. Average attend- dered a beautiful message in testi for those privileged to attend wer e sessions with a devotional period on the direction of our pastor, Rev. Ber ance was 93· highest was 97. Muf1 1 mony and song. spent in hearing this theme devel the subject, "Christ, Our Redeemer." Church, Turtle L ake, N. Dak., are nard R. Fritzke, were conducted in busily engaged in raising funds for credit for th~ good school goes .to t ~e On Sunday, June 5, we experienced oped by such outstanding men of God Conference reports, m ission reports, the church sancturay. A daily offer faithful department heads: Begm~is, as Rev. E mmanuel Wolff, B ur lington, and election of officers pr eceded an the construction of a n ew church. another time of Christian joy and ing was received which totaled about The choir presented a concert at the Mrs. Paul Schroeder; Prim~ry, ~s. worship with Professor H. Lueck of Iowa, whose theme was "The Home, address by Dr. George Lang, "Christ $23.00. This was decided by the chil R. s. Rolfs; Junior - Intermediate, ~;~· a Divine Institution"; Dr. Martin L. and His Church." Rev. Richard Goodrich, Turtle Lake, Washburn, our Seminary faculty, also with our dren to be divided for the church McClusky, and Bismarck churches. R alph Fowler . The pastor, the j former pastor, Rev. Henry Pfeifer, Leuschner, Forest Park, Ill., who ad Schilke spoke on the theme, "The building fund a nd the camp fund at Harold W. Gieseke, acted as genera dressed us on two occasions on the Christ Centered Family." Rev. Tho The combined offerings amounted to of the Central Baptist Church of Ed Crysta l Springs, North Dakota. over $450. super intendent. monton, Alberta. We a re grateful to subject: "The Home's Influence in mas Lutz opened the afternoon ses t he World" and "The Home's I nfluence sions speaking on the theme, "The The Rev. H. Schauer, pastor of the The P rimary department spent one the L ord for the messages God in period each day "discovering" our spired them to bring. on the Church," and also was the Captain of Our Salvation." After the Turtle Lake Church, directed the speaker for t he Sunday morning wor business session, Rev. John Grygo CONFERENCE GATHERINGS choir and organized the progra m and church. They studied the bell, ~he Mrs. Weldon Leisher, R eporter . or gan the baptistry t he communion ship hour; Rev. Adam Huber, Minne presented a m essage on "Con quering ~d e n omi n a ti ona l representatives the traveling schedule. It was a joy apolis, Minn., w hose topic was "The Evil." for the choir t o serve in this m anner table,' the stained gl~ss windows, and at these sessions) visited t he pastor's study a nd the World's Influence in the Home"; and The evening program was under the and they are gra teful for the generous Rev. John Vanderbeck, Elgin , Iowa, direction of the Woman's Missiona ry Aul!ust 10- 14-Southweste rn Confer response received toward the build parsonage. On Memorial Day, t~e 1 whose theme was "The Church's Influ Society with Miss Laura Reddig as en ce at Columbus, Nebraska. Dr. ing project. entire school took a trip to our beaut . ful church cemetery, where a shoi t ence in the Home ." the speaker. :Ra lph E. Powell, Rev. and Mrs. Mrs. Vernon R. Wolitarsky, Reporter. We were also privileged to have Saturday morning Rev. Victor George Henderson. service was held. , Prendinger spoke on "Trusting the ~~ The last Wednesday was "Visitors Rev. Clate R. Risley, secretary of t he Lord" and Rev. D. Zimmerman spoke August 14-20- lowa Junior and Sen Day" A large num ber of paren_ts National Sunday School Association, on "Breaking the Bonds of Fear." ior Camps at Camp Ingawanis, Southwestern Conference cam~ to see the Bible School '.' 1 ~ address us twice, his topics being: Rev. Henry Smuland presented the Waverly, Iowa. Miss Margaret action" a nd to inspect the pupils "Why Do You Go to Sunday School?" "Merciful and F aithful High Priest" Kitllitz. ~ handiwork. a nd "How Can We Make Our Com munity Sunday School Conscious?" and Rev. Schilke presented a formula August 20- 26- Central Conference Vacation Bible School H arold W. Gieseke, Reporter. Miss Laura Reddig, R. N., widened for being "More Than Conquerors." CBY Camp at Camp Tower Hill, at Baptist Church, Creston, Neb., At noon we enjoyed a Sunday School our understanding and appreciation of Sawyer, Michigan. Rev. J . C. With 25 Children Vacation Bible School, our Cameroons missionary endeavor luncheon presided over by Leo Friez. Gunst, Rev. a nd Mrs. Fred Hol Musical Programs and Guest The Rev. Bernard Edinger spoke on A Vacation Bible School was held by he 1· inspiring m essage before the "The Sunday School Standard." The zimmer . in the Cr eston Baptist Church, Cres Speakers at Okeene, Oklahoma W oman's Missionary Union. afternoon session was spent in work Aug. 27- Sept. 2-Atlantic Confe rence ton, Neb., from May 23 to 27 with We of the Z ion Baptist Church of The Commissioned Baptist Youth ing out the details and electing of CBY Assembly (place not definite both morning and a fternoon sessions, Okeene, Okla., feel humbly grate.ful planned two meetings, the delightful ficers for the newly formed CBY. T he as yet). Miss Laura E. Reddig. except for the nursery class only in to our Lord J esus Christ for the priv banquet on Saturday evening which banquet in the evening was well at September 1-4- Eastern Conferenece the morning. We had four classes ilege of adding to our church fellow was held at Blacks in Waterloo, I a., te:nded. Sunday morning ser vices with 25 pupils enrolled. as well as the Sunday evening service, and CBY and SS Union Confer ship twelve new converts an~ ~wo ad were held at the Trinity and the We sought to secure teachers both of which were much of a spiritual ence at the Bethel Baptist Church, ditions by letter. Several dec1s10ns for Northside churches. Sunday after thr ough the student ser vice plan but Christ wer e made during the "Gos stimulus. Separ ate breakfasts for the Buffalo, New York. Rev. and noon Miss L aura Reddig offered a were unable to. ~ were fortunate pel of J ohn Crusade" of several ·~eeks men and women were held on Mon Mrs. F red Holzimmer, Dr. M. L. Vn catlon Bible School children or the challenge to young people to give t heir in securing two fine young ladies from under the inspirational leadership o( day morning, with Mrs. Donald Gan lives in service for Christ. Leuschner. Baptist Church, Creston, Neb., Jlrescn t the Shell Cr eek Baptist Church to Rev. J ohn W. Walkup, pastor of the their closing llrQgram at t he c)1 11rch . sLrom, St. Paul, Minn., addressing t he 10 BAPTIST H ERALD A UGUST 11, 1955 11 I

Naomi Neher. Mrs. Wilbert Wolft In addition, the church moderator ~~~~~~ a~ e : moderator, Rev. H. w aiterelt; served as or gan ist part of the year. I women, and Mr. Richard Mulder was sponsored by the Missionary Guild M~. K. Bo~nau , told the story of G od'~ Pacific Conference L illian Graf, Reporter. Parkersburg, Iowa, addressing th~ L adies under the leadership of their vice-moderator , Rev. R . K anwischer · guidance m the pur chase of the new men, both of which were a real bless presiden t, Mrs. Etta Dreesman, and secretar y- treasurer, Mr. R. J. Stober'. pr? perty. A check of $100 was re ~~~~~ ing to those in attendance. was ably ser ved by them. The Convention donated $200.00 for ce ived from a friend in the United I The theme of the banq uet, "F ishers Camp project, and $300.00 to be sent S tates, w ho cannot be named at his Baptismal Service, Children's A Thought Spirited song-ser vices, ably led by to F or est Park for m ission work. In Day Program and Sacred Concert Rev. Don Patet, Randolph, Minn., a nd of Men," was car ried out in the blue own r equest. We as a church a re ver y a nd white decorations w hich consisted the coming years the Convention grateful for the loan of $10,000 from at Elk Grove, California Starter Rev. John Walkup, George, Iowa, and T ri-Union will be separated and I added much to the spiritual fellow of beautiful boa ts as centerpieces, boat the Church Extension Fund of the B y REV. R. C. MacCORM ACK, nut cups and program s of blue paper hold their sessions at different times denomination and for the grant of Two baptismal services w ere held ship of the m eetings. Rev. Emmanuel -the convention will in the future recently at the First Baptist Church, P arkersburg, Iowa Wolff ser ved as our moderator, and decorated with white anchors. A l arge $2,000 from the Nort h American Bap fish net was hung at one end of the begin on F riday e vening and end on tist General Conference. Elk Grove, California. W e rejoice I very ably and expeditiously handled Sunda y. with those who have taken this step of ~ REIGHT often bears a "perishable" the business affairs of the Confer ence. room and articles pertaining to fish The church building and adjoining ing were placed on the net and aroun d ,On Saturday morning under the parson age were purchased from a n obedience and have joined our fel Etam p in transit. P roduce such as let Statistically speaki ng there wer e the room. capable lea dership of R~v . R. K an American L utheran Church for lowship. tuce and other garden items must be 90 voting delegates, a~ d 159 re<>is Our pastor, R,ev. W. W. Knauf, spent I 0 The toastmaster, Gaylord Schrick, wischer, modera tor, th e Tri-Union $ 1 6,8 ~0 . The Immanuel Baptist Chu rch shipped carefully and quickly. severa l weeks attending the Pa cific ter ed in all, with the host church gave t he welcome w hich was followed bus~ ness sessions were he ld. A $2,000- cont n buted $8,000 toward the pur I wonder if the " perishable" stamp m embers housing 126 visitors. The by prayer by Ed B ar tels. The song proJect for our camp site was unani chase price in addition to $2,000 of and General Conierences. In his ab should not appear on every material record attendance at m eetings wa s sence Rev. G. R utsch, Rev. Carl J ung service was led by W¢ ndell Schaeffer. m~usly adopted. T wo buildings are volunteer labor to repair the edifice. thing which man sets his heart upon. keit of the Amer ican Sunday School I 527 on Sunday eveni ng. The group a lso enjoyed hearing an built on our n ew location at L ake Church pews ha d to be bought a nd T he hymn writer says, "Change and That this Conference was such a instrumental due t by Mr. and Mrs. Nutimik in the W hiteshell ar ea. T he considerable renova tions had to be Union, Rev. Cla rence Walth, Church Extension pastor , and Bible School decay, all around I see." Even of the success a r.id a tim e of real spiritua l Schaeffer. A Tribute to F athers was newly elected officers are: m oderator, made. students home for the summer months so- called solid things the Bible says, I and physical refreshing was due in given by Weldon P eters and the Re Rev. R. K amvischer ; vice- moderator B rief m essages of greeting were also "Moth and r ust doth corrupt and no small m easure to the unt iring ef supplied the pulpit. We are glad to sponse from Fathers by George De Rev. J . Kuehn; secretary, Miss Id~ brought by Rev. E. P . Wahl, president thieves br eak t hrough and steal." forts of Rev. Frank Veninga and the Neui. T he following were honored H offman; t rea sur~r , Mr. P a ul Berg have Brother K nauf back home and, of the Christia n Training Institute, L ife b rings i ts changes, welcome or members of the host church, who with gifts: Ben Schrick , t he oldest stresser, S. S. director, Miss Lynda and by Rev. G . J . .Th iessen of the accord ing to his fine report of the I more t han went the second mile in father presen t; Gaylor Schrick, the Rempel; yout h director, Mr. H erman Lauderdale Church. The pastor General Confer ence, we regret t hat otherwise. The th ings and people we anticipating and m eeting our every youngest father presen t; and Hille ry Effa; m usic director , Mr. Hans Ro brought the closing r emark s concern not more of us were able to attend. love may be soon departed, or we Our Sunday School observed Chil may be called to move out of these need; and also to the work don e by Krull, the father with the most sons ga lski; camp director , Rev. J. Kuehn·1 ing the joy of t he con"gregation in hav the Program Comm ittee under the pr esent. Carl Dreesman sang a solo editor for "T ri-Union Echo " Miss E ing its own church for purposes of dren's Day on Sunday, June 26. Wil temporary and perishable bodies, so I chairmanship of Rev. F r ed W. Mash a fter which a fi ne inspirational mes Redlich. ' · worship and evangelistic outreach. bert Wolff, superintendent of the Sen subject to accident and disease. ior Department, opened the prograr.1 ner for arranging such a worth- while sage was given by Rev. Willis Nichol Alterwards a time of fellowship was On Heart Island in the St. Law It was a blessing t o have Rev . E. P . wit.h words of welcome, followed by pr ogram. son. A missionary offering was re enjoyed in the downstairs auditorium rence R iver is a two million dollar Wahl, President of C.T.I., speak to a the reading of Scripture by E dwin I The delegates could well leave for ceived which will be used toward large assembly on Saturday evening. where coffee and cake were served Schuh. L illian Graf, assistant super castle, unfinished. It was built by a their r espective homes and commun the support of missionary, Dorothy The play portrayed by the McDermot to m any friends. wealthy man for h is wife. She died Walker. intendent of the J unior Depar tment, ities with the prayer in their h earts Chur ch young people was enjoyed by E. Hornbacher, Pastor. led in prayer. The program of m usic w hile the 365-r oom, 65 bathroom that, God helping the m, t hey would Much appr eciation was expressed many. I and recitations was in charge of Mrs. man sion was under construction. All endeavor to ma ke their own homes by the men for the hours spen t in Sunday was a day of special bless ~~ work was stopped. T ourists now step prepara tion by the various committees Naomi Neher , superintenden t of the more Chr ist-centered and Christ ing to all who attended. Rev. W. J . J unior Department. T he offering was quietly through the silent, darkened honoring, and would lend their e fforts and it w as t he prayer of a ll t hat Luebeck brought the morning mes Central Conference I and prayers to bring that challenge to through it the L ord himself might re designated for Church Ex tension interior and notice the crates of beau sage. The afternoon meeting w as held ~~~ work . tiful, imported, hand- carved wood their comm unities as well. ceive the glory. in the Grace United Chur ch. Rev. E. The choir under the direction of work r otting away. There is a touch Mrs. Fred L. P a ul, Reporter. Mrs. K enneth H a rms, Reporter. P. W~ hl ~md R ev. H. Herrmann spoke Recognition Service for Rev. and at this time . The mass choir under Edwin Schuh presented a sacred con of sadness in all this. Here is an il I Mrs. Otto Roth, Central Bapt ist cert on Sunday evening, June 26. ~ the direction of Rev . R. Kanwischer lustration of an inescapable fact. Vacation Bible School With 71 We were also privileged to listen to sang two numbers. Ma nifold were the Home, Chicago, Illinois There is a place without change, numbers by the male octet, the male Children at Baptist Church Northern Conference blessings received from our heavenly On Monday even ing, J une 20, a death and tears. Jesus spoke softly I Sheffield, Iowa ' father. W'{! express our apprecia tion group of fr iends met at the Central quartet, a vocal duet a nd a vocal solo. to his friends, "In my father's house ~~~ T he choir, consisting of 28 voices, has to the McDermot Church for their Baptist Home for the Aged in Chicago, a re many mansions: if it were not The Grace Baptist Church, S hef sen ed faithfully for the past nine Manitoba Convention and Tri gra cious hospitality. May God con Ill., to recognize the four years of field, Iowa, held two weeks of Vaca months. They will resume their min so I would have told you." Union With the McDermot Ave. ti nue to bless His work! service of R ev. a nd Mrs. Roth, super I t ion Bible School from J une 13 to 24. istry in the fall. The organist is Mrs. This is t he imperishable place! There were 71 children en rolled in Baptist Church J . Kuehn, Reporter . intenden t a nd mat ron of the Home, addition to 14 teachers. who a re l eaving the home as of Under ideal weather cond itions the Dedication of Newly Purchased July 1st. J U NE CONTRIBUTIONS-NORTH AMERICAN B AP TIST I We started at 8:45 A.M. and closed Manitoba Convention and Tri-Union Mr. Roland Ross, t he president of GENERAL CONFERENCE at 11 :30 A.M. We lined up outside convened w ith the McDe rmot Avenue Church and P arsonage, Immanuel Baptist Church, Edmonton, Alta. the governing board of the Home, a~d marched in to the song "Boys and Baptist Church of W innipeg, Man., w elcom ed the friends and introduced CONTRIBUTIONS F OR ALL PURPOSES G:irls for J esus." The Nursery, Be from June 23 to 26. A cordial wel P entecost Sunday, May 29 the Rev. Wm. Schoeffel w ho led us in C o n fe r e n ces June, 1955 June, 1954 June, 1953 I ginners, and Primary child ren went com e was extended to all delegates birthday of the Church of Ch;ist at some fine gr oup singing. Rev. J . C. Atlantic ...... $ 2,793.32 $ 1,260.13 $ 1,686.02 down to the basement a nd had their and friends w ho gathered to feast J erusalem, also became a mem orable Gunst conducted a devotional period. Central ...... 3,574.24 4,584.74 5,425.27 opening exercises a nd t he J uniors and upon the "Bread of L ife," by the local day in 1955 for the Immanuel Baptist Mrs. Carrie Gnass sang "Bless This Dakota ...... 3,021.02 4,248.58 2,596.73 I Intermediates went upstairs for theirs. pastor, Rev. H . Wa ltereit. Rev. Wm. Missio_n Church in E dm onton, Alberta. House." We do w ant that to happen Eastern ...... 646.05 3,728.46 1,069.29 They . had 15 minutes for t he opening Sturhahn brought t he open ing m es On t his Sunday w e w ere privileged to to our Home , particularly with our Nor thern ...... 2,753.01 3,075.24 4,803.8S· exercises and then they went t o their sage. The theme "Wihat God means hold a t:vo- fold observance-t he sec building of a new home practically Northwestern ...... 7,732.431 7,985,22 9,010.56 classes. We used t he Scriptu re P ress to us" was provided by the progra m ond anniversary of the church and under way. Dr. F . Woyke spoke of the Pacific ...... 2,233.06 1,373.62 5,578.24 material. At 11:15 A.M. for t he clos committee. T he messages and reports 2,049.41 I the d ed i c

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