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E GEL August 17, 1958
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~THE FRAGRANCE OF HIS NAME Chaplains " set up shop " in Ala s ka (see pog e e ight) ~WHERE ARE THE OEAD?
~ ENRICHED IN ALL UTTERANCE
~ SCHOOL BELLS RING AGAIN and other articles of s piritual inte rest THE EDITORIAL VIEWPOINT
The Pentecostal
• EVANG L Bloodshed In the Middle East WEEKLY VOICE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD AUGUST 17, 1958 NUMBER 2310 The headlines tell of a bloody revolt in Iraq, civil war in Lebanon, and a tense si tuation in other Bible lands. The news reminds us that EDITOR .. ROBERT C. CUNNINGHA~{ the Middle East is \"'here human government began and it is there EXEClITI\'E DIRECTOR . 1. R. FlOU'cr it will end when Christ returns. LAYOUT EDITOR Lrslic IV. Stili/II EDITORIII.L A~SISTA:oIT Elm Af. J olmJOII \nlilc Christians everywhere arc praying fo r peace, we know from EDITORIAL POLICY BOARD the Scriptures that there shall not be lasting peace ;J,S long as men J, R. FIo"'H (nt~irm~n) . Howard S. Ilu.h. D. 11. are !.inners. There shall be waTS alld rumors of wars until the \lci.aullhl"l. R,,~ H. \\'e~(I. A~ron A \\,it'on Prince of Peace returns to earth to take the reins of government in His own hands. In fact, before that day comes there shall be CONTENTS morc bloocbhed in the i\liddle East tha n the world has ever seen. The Where Are the Dead? .... Raymond l. Ca,.; 3 Bible says so. It was in the Middle East that the precious blood of n.e Fragrance Chri st was shed on the Cross. It was there the moh cried, "His of Hi, Nome ...... Ale,.;ander Lindsay 4 blood be On LIS. and on am ch ildren:' It will be there the blood will flow How I Found Peoce ...... Maudie Sorter 5 so deep it will reach the horse bridles for a di stance of 160 mi les Enriehed in All UHero"ee ...... Robert W. Cummings 6 (see I~ e\'e!at i o !l 1-1 :20). What a blood bath it will he for the wicked! Thi, Prese nt World .... Harold C. Mintle 8 Some would classify the cruci fixi on of ChriH merely as the execution School Be ll, of a good man, a martyr for His cause. They would put the killing RinS! Again ...... _ Charles W. H. Scott 10 of Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, on a plane that is only sl ightly foreign Million, New, ...... Cyril Carden 12 The Family Fortune ..... __ . Victor Trimmer 14 higher than the assassination of King Faisal and Premier Nuri es Said, Family Altar .. _...... R. G. Champion 15 the rulers o f Iraq. In Cod's sight there is no comparison between Home Million' New, ...... 16 Jesus and any other person. lIe was divine as weil as human. He Peace for the Poi"teI ...... Luther Cayton 17 was born of a vi rgin. conceived of the Holy Spirit, with no trace Reyi.,oltime New, ...... Stanley Michael 18 of sin in I li s being. lie di ed as an innocent Lamb to atone for the Your Queltion, _...... E. S. Williams 19 sin s of others. His blood was holy blood; therefore it hac! power S&inday Sehoal LeSion ...... J. B. Bishop 20 to wash away the si ns of the whole world.
The in spired apostle declared that we arc redeemed not \\'ith OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL COUNC IL corruptible things stich as silver and gold "but \\'ith the preciolls R atl>h M. Rigg$ (G(Tl. Supt.). T. F. Zimmumnn. G, F. Lewis. TIen \\'ebb, C. W. II. &ott. {. R. blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot" HOl"(r. M. U. 1\'(t •. d. Noel I'(rkin. II. S. lll,h. P II. McLnu;,:hlin, A. A. \\'ilwn. 1( . II. \\'e~d ( 1 Peter 1:18, 19 ). It wa s Cod's loving will that Christ should be execut ed. H ad He !lOt shed His pure and precious blood, \\'e would have no hope of entering heaven; but now we may confess • . . . We believe the Hible !O be our sin to Cod and obtain H is pardon. th~ in$pire THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL i. pubh.bed .."l<1y .p), lb. (;o,\",1 Publishing lIous •. .0 tb~ .,m, .dd ....)-I& for IJ ..... k •• U-7! for 0 IU'. on neb .ubocription. 'JoI W,,, Pae,lie S ••u •• Sp,,"a1,~ld 1. Mo .• U,s.A._ no•. F. Z,rn"' ..m'". E.o""u l iv ~ FOREICoN LANDS (u<~p t C,n,d. ond J'UAS ""un",.. ·) SINGLE SUBSClUPTJON_ Di ...." . $oI.Z5 10' """, l'U-$&2S to, ...·0 1 . ...- 'Il.ZS ,"" th,... nUNDLE RATE (min,mum 0/ ADDRESSES If'! THE U.s. AND U. S. POSSesslOf'! : SISGLE SUBSCRlf'TION--$l.! 2 A SCRIPTURAL ANSWER \Nhere Are the Dead? Is death a dormitory for slumbering spirits? Does the soul go to purgatory, perdirion. or paradise? What did Jrsus say about it? BY RAYMOND L. COX ME;\" I.aYE un:. TilEY AR~: OOI;\"G awakened by the kiss of dawn on resur immortality to light through the go ... pel." e\'erything pos~ible through medical I"cction morning, \\'e 1ll11 .. t look to the (\eW Testament, and scientific means to prolong their But does the Bible teach this theory? theil, for the fu ll and final dl\'ioc reve lives, and they are meeting \\' ith rel It must be franklv admitted that lation ahout the state of the dead. ative sllccess. The devclopment of there are a few iso\at~d verses in the Docs the New Te<.,tallleTlt designate wonder drug~ especially has lengthened Old Testament which at first sight death as a dormitory for shllohcri ng the life expectancy of the average seem to support "soul sleep'-' Howe"er, sollls? human being. if you ransack the Bible you can fi nd Absolutely not! There is not Olll' Nevertheless what Shakespeare said a proof text for almost anything. The \'erse, not olle sentence, in the whole centuries ago still stands true today: l3ihle e\'en says, "There i:-. 11 0 god"; New Testament that tcachet> that "Dy medicine life may be prolonged, but before the atheiH claims sc riptural theory. :--.'ot Olle ... tatelllellt from the yet death ,,-ill seize Ihe doctor too !" authority for his infi deli ty he ought to lips of Chris!. Not 01le IItterance of ~ lan' s appointment with death is in investigate to whom thai statement i .. II is anointed apostle~. cvitable. The Dible decrees, "It is ap attributed! On the other hand, there arc IIWIIY pointed unto men once to die" (He T he apostle Peter warned that "no passllgl's Ihat refute it! brews 9 :27) . Since death is inevitable, prophecy of the sc ri pture is of ally For example, je~lI:-' told tlu: story the question framed by job ill ages pri\'ate interpretation" (2 Peter 1:20), of the rich mall and L.'l7anl.... Two past still demands attention : ").[an This means that lliblical statements mell died! The rich mall awoke in a dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man must not he i ~ola t ed from their COIl place of misery, while L'lzarlls' desti giveth lip the gho:.t, and 'l<'/l('r(' is h(,,1" text nor used to ... uppon somc theory nation was a place of bli .. s. Instead of (Job 14 :10 ). which is contrary to the cOlllmon sense sleeping in death'!) dormitory, the rich \\"here arc the dead? of Scripture. man's soul was conscioll'i. Ilc ... aw ami heard and spoke. J felt the fl ame. :\lany have been the answer:. to that Xow the apostle Paul declares deci re H e remembered his famih' who w('re question, But the most frequently re si\'e!y that je;;us Christ "hath brought still 011 earth. He called across thl' peated responses arc four: the dead life and immortality to light through chasm :;eparating perditiOl~ fr011l the arc said to he in paradise, perdition, the gospel" (2 Timothy 1:10), Ilere is abode of the right com ami a.,ked purgatory, or a dormitory-a dormitory a most significa nt re\·elatioll. It is 11 0t Abraham to send Lazarus to preach for sleeping sOlll s. announced that Ihe Saviour brought life and immortality into existellce hut rath to hi s brethren. "Theil he said, J pray DORMITORY er into light. llefo re Christ and the thee therefore, father, that tholl \\"o\1ld Thousands of religious people arc gospel, then, these spiritual realities cst send him [I...,azaru~ I to my fathe r's embracing the proposition that at death were shrouded in my stery. David sang house: for I ha\'e five brethren; that all Ihere is of 111all is cOlllmitted to the of "the va!\ey of th e shadow of death" he may testify unto them, le st they also grave, there to rest unti l the resur (Psalm 23:-1- ). Before Christ immor come into ihis place of torment" (Luke rection. This "soul sleep" teaching tality wa s believed in but oot under 16:27, 28). i\'olice that this rich man (Ihat might he termed the "Sleeping' stood, The existc llcc of a life after himself described hi s en\'ironmcnt after Beauty" theory) holds that death itself death was recognized, but its Il ature death as a "plarc of torment." is a dormifory for ~llIm heri!1g spirits. was clouded with ullcertainties. ilut This doomed soul's interest in pre The soul Mbrrlwlcs in the grave until when jesus came lIe "brought life and (Continued on poge twenty-one) ,\ ugU'It 17, 1958 3 by ALEXANDER LINDSAY rr liE SOXG OF SOLO~IO:-; IS " BEAt:T1- ful love wng with a spiritual meaning. II is unique ill that it is the only book in the Bible that draws a!:iide the veil and reveals the holy, intimate commun There arc [\\-0 kinds of suffering. ion and fellowship of the heaycnly physical and mental. The Kame of Bridegroom, JeslIs Christ, \\ilh His Jesus-rightly understood and helieved Bride, the Church. This indeed is holy in-heals both. The Apostle tells the ground. sick that if they will call for the elders One cannot read the Song of Solo to pray for them and to anoint thern mon without being deeply impressed with oil in the Kame of the Lord, with the thought that only an intense they will be healed (Jamel> 5:14). personal love for Christ can make such Faith in the Kame of Jesus not only communion pos!>iblc. \Ve can pray heals physical sickness; it also heals without it, but cOHllmolion of this type mental sickness. A certain mall was is more than prayer. It is only possible greatly hurt by an unkind remark made when our whole being goes Ottt to God by a brother in the Lord. It hurt like in loving devotion and complete sur a sl ive r in his heart. A sl iver in the render. Surely the highest fUllction of finger is easily gotten rid of, but a a redeemed soul is to worship God in sliver in the heart is quite another spirit and in truth. matter. YOll cannot get at it so easily. In the Song of Solomon I :3, the The dear brother felt it so keenly Bride calls to the Bridegroom out of he was unable lO sleep that night, Lut a heart full of fervent lo ve, "Thy as he tossed to and fro on hi s pillow Name is as ointment poured forth." he began to whisper the Name of Jesus. The Bible teaches that our Lord had lie kept repeating that blessed Kame many names, all of which are rich in softly, and as he did so the mental pain meaning. They express the many ex grew less. Finally hi s trouble disap cellent qualities in His character and peared and he fell into a sound sleep. works. I saiah, moved by the Holy T here is power in the Xallle of Jesus Ghost, tells us "his name shall be called to soothe our sorrows. \Vonderful, Counsellor, The mighty Faith in His Name not only soothes God, The everlasting Father, The our sorrows and heals our sicknesses; Prince of Peace" (lsaiah 9 :6). John it also saves our souls. It is written, the Baptist called Him "The Lamb of "Thou shalt call His name Jesus : for God, which taketh away the sin of the He shall save His people from their world" (John 1 :29). But to the Bride sins" (r-. ratt. 1 :21). The Kame of "his name is as ointment poured forth." Jesus is omnipotent. "\Vherefore God In order to understand what the also hath highly exalted him, and given Bride meant, let liS consider what oint him a name which is abovc every name: ment is II sed for. 1 t does two things: that at the namc of J CSllS every knee it refreshes by its fragrance and it should bow, of things in heaven, and soothes by its healing powers. That things in earth, and things under the is the thought expressed by the poet earth; and that every tongue should when he said, confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to "Ho,it! S'd'eet the Nome of Jesus the glory of God the Father" (Phil sounds lipians 2 :9-11). hI a believer's ear. The Bride tells us that His Name is It soothes his sorrows, heals his not as ointment in a bottle but as 'Wounds, ointment "poured forth." 1\0 matter And drives mmy his fears." how excellent the healing qualities of ragrance of HIS NAME 4 THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL ointment may be, it will do no good a-; Before long a Pentecostal preacher long as it is sealed up. It Illlbt he came to our community and built a poured out and applied. hrush arbor. People wefe praying for If Jeslls had remained in hea\'en and :he !'..1lvalion of souls, and God was refused to come into thie; world of sin, moving. I was more wretched than He never could ha\'e saved anyone. ever. I began to wonder about these lIe had to come to where we were. people who said they were full of the "The Son of Man is come to seek and Holy Ghost. T wondered if the shout to save that which was lost" (Luke ing and fallin!{ under the Spirit were 19:10). Jesus poured out His life. He real I remarked that if my husband or li\'ed for others. He held nothing back. my timid Aunt Sessie were to ShOllt, "Though he was rich, yet for your maybe I would belie\'e there was some sakes he became poor, that ye throllgh thing to it after all. It wasn't long his poverty might be rich" (2 Corin until Allot Bessie gOt sa"ed and was thi::ms 8 :9). Doubtless we all ha\'e HOWl filled with the Holy Spirit. I heard friends that will help us in a pinch. later that she shouted and prai~ed God. but who is there that would be willing Then r..lother ca111e to see us. Having to become poor that we might be ri ch? FOUND been saved a short time before, she Truly there's not a friend like the 10\\'1)' wanted to go 10 church. Reluctantly. Jesus! And now by His grace we have we went along with her. not only eternal life but also "an in PEAC The first night the preacher spoke heritance incorruptible, and undefiled, on excu ... es, empha-;izing that no one is and that fadeth not away, reserved in excused from !>erving God. Since re heaven for us" (I Peter I A). -by \'i"al meetings were beginning ill the But He not ani}' became poor thai church. w{' decided to go again. The we might become rich: the greatest MAUDI£ SORTER Spirit began to move; and my. my. blessing of all is that He became the how awful I felt-just as if I were Son of Man that we might become going to die. But 1 still wasn't right sons of God. "Behold what manner of with God. love ... that we should be called the The preacher look his text from sons of God" ( 1 John 3:1). He be W IIII.E MY Ht;SRA:-\O WAS 1:-\ TilE Luke 17 :24-36: " I n that night there came as we are, yct without sin. that service I began thinking of making shall be Iwo men in aile bed; the one we might become as He is. Some peace with God. ?lly heart began call shall he taken. and the other shall be day He is going to present us faultless ing out for rest. peace. somcthing that left. Two women shall be grinding before the presence of H is glory with would satisfy me. Where could I find together: the one shall be laken, and exceeding joy. Hallelujah! it? )1 y husband and I had tried the the other left. Two \Ilen shaU be in Not only in life but also in death world-night club!>. dances, Illo\·tes. the field: the one shall he taken. and He was poured out for others. ;'1Ie Sut we could find no peace. Thanh: the other left." I felt, "0 God, ha\'e poured out] I is soul unto death" ( Isaiah God,.a Christian neighbor was praying mcrcy on me, for I surely don't want 53 :12 ). They mocked Him and cried for our salvation. to be left behind. If there is peace for as He hung upon the cross, "He sayed r was more miserable now than ever me, have mercy all me and let me others; Himself He cannot f;a\,e" Plat before. 1 was under conviction. hut find it," I didn't kno\\ how God thew 27 :42). I t was the only way we did not know it. ;\Iy thoughts turned was to do it. but I wanted to gin' could be saved. "Except a corn of to God now more than cver. J WOI1- 11im the challce. so 1 rnndc my way to wheat fall into the ground and die, it dered if somewhere there could be the altar. abideth alone: out if it die, it oringeth found a peace and reM for Illy sm I found God. Oh, what peace and forth much fruit" (John 12:24). He sick soul. Would I find it? joy flooded Ill)' soul. All Ill}' sillS were died that we might live. r remember going hy a church one gone. It was so re:11. Why, \\hy had 1 When Mary of Bethany broke her day and seeing a Bible which lay ope11 110t sought God sooner ';l alabaster box of ointment and anointed in the window. SlOpping for a moment. r did not ha\'e to search ally longer. the Lord Jesus. the fragrance from the J paused to a!;k myself, "\Vhat church for I had found at last the peace that precious spikenard filled the house. is right? Where can I go to find rest I had been wanting. I only regret the But when the great heart of Jesus for my soul? Is there no hope? \ Vhat years I w:\!>ted in sin; I am sorry 1 broke on the cross of Calvary, the frag can I do to be saved ?, didn't C0111e to Christ sooner. rance of His wonderful love filled the God looked dowl1. .\ltho\1gh He Thanks be to God, \\'ho takes notice world and tirew men to Him frOIll the didn't answer just then, I believed lie of a sinccre. hungry. ~in-s ick heart and uttermost parts of the earth. How true heard my first prayer to Him. Not saves him. I havc bcen saved ten ycars are the words of the Bride, "Thy name long after this my husband was dis now. :\Iy husband and I arc both is as ointment poured forth." charged frol1l the service, and we ministers of the gospel. \Ve can ~ay moved to Texas. Oh, TIl)' heart was that the peace and joy we found years "See, from His head, His hands, His bleeding for rest. :\ly soul cried out to ago is still real loda),. Thank God feet, God, "Is there no peace for me ?" \Ve that we found peace. Sorrow and 10i:e flow mingled dQwn; were st ill trying to find peace, not (Jlr. alld Mrs. Floyd Sorler arc Ille Did e'er sitch love alld sorrow lJJeet knowing that to have peace was to pastors af WiggjllS1:il/e Assrmbly of Or thorns compose so rich a ('r(yz.:n !" cOllle to Jesus, the Prince of Peace. God, ROllle 2, Com'oc, Texas.) August 17, 1958 5 ICHED ALL UTTERANCE When one is filled with the Spirit of God he is filled wlIh the Spirit of praise and song. by ROBERT W. CUMMINGS Spirit-filled Christians are anything but silent. How JN$TMUCTIVt; ARE TilE PARALLEL praise and \\'or ~hip and love and long hearts of certain men that the realify passage s in Paul's leiters to the Ephe ing the Word supplies ! of the experience mentioned in Acts sians and Colo~s ian s! For example, let Fire must have fuel and oxygen as 2:4, 10:45 and 19:5,6 was undated. us look at Ephesians 5 :18-20, "Be well as a fireplace in order to burn. He made them to kno\\' that this was fiJled with the Spirit; speaking to your God has chosen us to be the fireplace: still ';the earnest of our inheritance" selves in psalms and hymns and spirit the fuel is the \\'ord of God and the with which lie would "seal us until ual songs, singing and making melody oxygen from heaven is the Holy Spirit, the day of redemption." So our fathers in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks the breath of the Almighty. Some have ceased to be interested in the idea always for all things .... " mi stakenly thought that U'i" were in alone: they came to God claiming the Notice how like it is Colossians 3: 16, tended to be the fuel. This is only UGlily. 17, "Let the word of Christ dwell in true in sofar as the \\'ord has become God did not disappoint them. The re you richly in all wisdom; teaching and incarnate in us-according as the Word sult wa!; untold blessing. Spiritual real admonishing OIlC another in p~alms and has had {ree course in our lives. nut ity came into the lives of thousands of hymns and spiritual songs, singing with too often we have put the useless soggy discouraged and hungry believers who grace in your hearts to the Lord. And wood of natural wisdom and natural fonnerly had only been fed the "husk" whatsoever yc do in word or deed, do philosophy on the fire, and have re -that is, merely the outward form and all in the name of the Lord Jesus, duced it to smoldering or even smoth idea. ghring thanks to God and the Father ered it altogether. Now we too have di scovered that· by }-lim." The Pentecostal mo"e11lent com back of the words of John the Bap The similarities afC vcry striking; yet menced when groups of Christians be tist, ;;He shall baptize you with the through the points of difference in the gan to believe that God actually offers Holy Ghost and with fire," is not only opening command, the Spirit of God the experience described in the Acts a great promise but a mighty reality. would teach us a very important lesson. of the Apostles which we call the \,Ve have received the reality. Now we "Be filled with the Spirit" is often Baptism in the lloly Spirit. That part can tell hungry souls that cOllle to liS, preached among us and we know ex of the Word laid hold of Our pioneer "\Ve know from personal experience perimentally what the writer means. leaders. The idea of the Baptism in and practical possession that God will But what many fail to grasp is the the Holy Spirit had always been pres keep His promise to everyone who be equally important admonition to "let ent in the Church. But about the turn lieves. " the word of Christ dwell in you richly of the century God put it into the The Holy Spirit has shown us that in all wisdom." there is mighty reality in this promise. When one is filled with the Spirit We of the Assemblies of God know of God he is filled with the Spirit of that this promise is for every believer praise and of song and of thanksgiving. and we rightly insist that every believer The Spirit of God is anything but "get the cash" for this check that our silellt. He asks {or expression and ut Redeemer has made out to "whosoever terance. TIe is often symbolized by will." So God honors His \\ford and fire and by the tongue, an organ of our faith in it, and to everyone who expression. This is what He seeks frOIll endorses the check and presents it at us. He Himself is fire burning strong; heaven's bank and refuses to turn away but He is the fire of divine love, rich from the window without its being and full and wise. \Vhere that fire honored, the mighty Baptizer keeps His bums, it desires expression-otherwise promise. it will be smothered. The Holy Spirit Why is it that we transact business found full est expression in the Word with God in this real way as far as of Christ. And Colossians 3 :16, 17 the promise of the Baptism in the 110ly teaches us that the Spirit still seeks Spirit is concerned, but merely give expression through the matchless ve assent to even more glorious prom hicle of the Word of the living God. Robert W. Cummings ises? \Ve sing about them, preach about What rich and varied expressions of them, read them as a religious exercise, 6 THE PENTECOSTAL EVANCEL and even pray about them, yet oftcn and it does not dwell in us richly. fail to realize that it is infinitely more ] esus intended us all to be like the Seminary President Urges important that we experience the mighty man He described in :'latthew 13 :52: reality which is presented in these "Every scribe which is instructed unto Revival of Idealism promises. "For all the promises of the Kingdom of heaven is like unto a God in him are yea, and in him Amen, man that is an householder, which A prominent Bapti;;t educator, III a unto the glory of God by us." bringeth out of his treasure things new baccalaureate address at Cornell Uni What does this statement of 2 Co and old." \'ersity, Ithaca. New York, ca lled for rinthians I :20 mean unless it is this: The Spirit and the Word always more individuals who are willing to "go (1) God is saying, '·1 stand ready to work together, He who was the in off the deep end" and take a stand in fulfill every promise and T am able to carnate \\'ord of God never preached fa\·or of their ideals and beliefs to do so." until lie could say, ';Thc Spirit of the bring about a better world. (2) To every belie\'er who says "Let Lord is upon me." The Spirit ne\·cr Dr. Wilbour Eddy Saunders, pre::; i it be so for me, Lord," God stands came in fulness until the person and dent of Colgate-Rochester Divinity ready to demonstrate and impart the the work of the \\'ord was fully re School, told the university audience reality behi11d th e idea contained in the vealed and glorified. Then Pentecost that the current revival of interest in words. was out poured. The Spirit finds full religion a ll American campuses is not (3) The glory of God is only real expression only through the Word of producing any "knights riding off in ized by those who obtain the reality. Cod. This is why those who know the shining armor to b•• ttle for rightcous God is honored and glorificd \\'ord of God best are the Olles who (4) ness." Instead, today's campus religion only by those who take possession of express and cOll\'ey the blessing of the is calculating and respectable, he sa id . the reality, not by those who only Spirit in the greatest fulness when H e 1t has abso rbed the "cool and cas ual" understand the idea and the words manifests 11i s power and glory in the attitudcs of the modern man, in COII congregation. which clothe it. trast with the "hot and sharp" ideas of The H oly Spirit came to teach us So these two parallel passages are the thirties, "At onc time," he pointed complementary. \Ve cannot be filled even the words to use when we arc alit , "American universities used to pro with the Spirit to the extent that presenting spiritual realities. "\,Ve havc He duce a certain number of thosc who wished to fill us unless the \Vorcl of the received, not the spirit of the world, were eager to carry the banner of Anointed One dwells in us richly in but the Spirit which is of God; that we Christ to China, Japt.n. Africa, or the all wisdom. Neither ca n we know the might know the things that are freely slum scctions of our cities, or in 111111- Word of God nor allow it to dwell in given to us of God. '-'Vh ich things also istry to labor groups," we speak, not in the words which liS richly in all wisdom except we allow Asserting that the world makes littlc man's \visdol11 teacheth, but which the that \Vord to be taught and anointed Holy Ghost teacheth" (1 Corinthians and used by the Spirit in expre::;s ioll progress through the so-called "well balanced" individual, he cantioned: 2: 12, 13). Therefore let us take the of song and praise and se rv ice and "T he man who can alwavs see both Spirit of God more seriously as a worship, in teaching and admonishing sides of the question and ·good in teacher, and like good students let us one another, and in giving thank!; al n~t1ch both of them makes little difierellcc study His textbook so that He can ways for all things. \Vhen we give a in the world by his li ving. Long after lead us into the great realities. It is proper and balanced emphasis 10 the he has gone six feet tinder, the world He alone who can make the \Vo rd of commands of Ephesians 5 :IS and Co will be looking for those who are going Christ mean so much to us that it will lossians 3 :1 6 it will be said of liS, as off the deep cnd, who arc not well dwell in us richly. Hc alone can teach of the Kew Testament Church, ;'Yc hal anced. 1£ advance is to be madc in us to combine spiritual realities with were enriched by hl1n in all utterance, the world, " be continued, "somebody spiritual words. and in all knowledge. . so that ye come !I1mt howl loudly for it. i\1 en must behind in no gift." ~ .. When we were baptized in the H oly make commitnlelltS, and thi s means tak Spirit He gave tiS utterance in an un Hardship makes man bitter or better . ing chances." known tongue, But He also gave us wonderful anointed utterance in words of praise and worship from the \Vord On August 25, Assemblies of Cod Sunday of God. l\hny of us misunderstood School leadcrs will gather ill Springfield, Mis· and thought that henceforth the Spirit souri, for the fIfth annual Ad va nced Christia n would al ways supply the words with Training Schoo!. Ol'er 30 classes will be of· which H e wanted utterance. So we fered-cach under th e gu idance of a capable just "let H im ha\'e H is way," as we and cxperienced instructor. A.C: r.S. covers thought, and waited for Him to supply the promotion, progra m, curriculum, and or liS wit h all 'the words and phrases and g;mi:r.at ion of th e Sunday School. thoughts which H e might wish to usc as the vehicles of expression. The result with many of us was thai we never did learn any new expressions. The S'l.me expressions taught to us by N ATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPARTM~N T the Spirit )'ears ago arc the onl)' Olles 434 W EST PACIFIC ST R EET He is able to use, because we arc not SPRI N GFIELD 1. MISSOURI instructed in the Word of the Kingdom, August 17, 1958 7 rf" ' NEWS AND NOTES ON OUR TIMES PRESENT WORLD - hushand:. who squander away the projCt't a:. a llIb:.lonary projcct. Alaska family pay checks, of wi\'es who spend Aoout a dozen modest cabins will be ALASKA IS WARNED AGAINST time at the slot machines instead of in built by thc call1per~. These will be the LEGALIZING GAMBLING the family kitchell, and of children who fir~t dwellings the Yill:lgers ha\'e had Senator Alexander Wiley of Wi!)con l}Ccome utterly demoralized." \\ ith windows, floors, and wall parti !'>ill sounded a warning in the United ~lr. \\rilcy went all to say that "cvcry tions. \ Vhile building, the volunteers States Congress that the new stale of once in a while somcbody proposes that li\'e in three prefahricated huts. They Ala<;ka will di sappoint many of it '; sup legalizing a sin is the way to eliminate have impro"iscd water and sanitary porters if it votes to legalize gam sin. \\'hat kind of a sense of morality fa cilities. For drinking water they boil bli ng as a method of balancing it s do proponents of these foolish notion~ or treat the muddy water of the Yukon. budget. lie ci ted newspaper reports have?" he a<;kcd the Senate. ,. How can Tools and machinery for the project that Alaska may do this. " I earnestly one establish greater morality by con arc being supplied by the .\laska Rural hope this will not prO\le to be the doning immorality?" De"eJopment Board. case," the Senator s.1. id . " In my judg He warned that the forces of the ment, the history of legalized gam underworld invariably move into areas bling in Ihis country constitutes a COIll where gambling is allowed. ;'Legalized Education pletc indictment of the whole ap gambling is not Ihe solution to Alaska's "TEACHER OF THE YEAR" SAYS SP IRITUAL proach." problems," hc asserted. VAL UES NEE D EMPHAS IS Senator Wiley recalled his service The nation's "Teacher of the Year" as a member of the special committee QUAKERS REBUILD ALASKAN VILLAGE told a Chicago group that public schools to investigate interstate crime, headed by Fifteen young men and women are should "Definitely be encouraged to put Senator Estes Kefauver. "Virtuall y devoting their slimmer to a Qllaker more emphasis on teachi ng moral and everywhere that legalized gambling has project to help improve living condi spiritual ,·allles.'· ~I iss J can Listebarg been tried as a so-called rCYCllllC tions for about 110 Indians and Eski er, who was named "Teacher of the raiser," he sa id , "it has turned out to be mos at Beaver, Alaska. The isolated Year" by the U. S. Office of Educa a net loss to society and ha s been settlement is six miles bclow the Arctic tion, told a group of clergymen, edu abandoned." F or every dollar that a Circle. The volunteers- fro m all parts cators, and laymen that thi s can be city or state takes in from gambling of the United States, and two from done without teachin g religious doctrine. taxes, "it loses $5 in higher police abroad-will reconstruct the villagc Teache rs often arc reluctant to talk costs, higher court costs, higher peni away from the Yukon R iver which has aoout religion in the classroom. she tentiary costs, and higher relief costs." been gradually eroding the present said. but added that this fea r should be And he added. "Therc is no way to homesites. The American Friend s overcome in the teacher-training institu reckon the cost of broken homes, of Service Committee is sponsoring the tions. "There arc areas of religion that "', .. "", .. ,",","', .. ,, .. ," """""" """ """"'",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"",'"'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''-'''''''''''''''''''''''''""""",'," ,""""''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''.,"""',.,.,"""',. .. CHAPLAINS MINISTER TO AMERICAN TROOPS IN ALASKA This photo and the cover picture were token during cold weather exercises at Fort Richardson, Alaska. The COver photo shows three chaplains getting their "church office" ready. Chaplain (1 Sl It.) J ules Ballas is hanging the familiar "chaplain" sign while Chaplains (1st Lt .) Maurice J_ Errico and (Major) John E. Simpson finish unlooding their ahkio sled The picture at right was tak.en during Protestant Sunday services in the field. Organist at for left is Chaplain's As- sistant (Pvt.) Dovid R. Shelby. Si nging is being led by Chaplain .~ ! Simpson. Chaplain Ballas is standing with the men. Chaplain Ballas was one of a small corps of chaplains sent 1 to Alaska to serve the spiritual needs of the men in the Cold Bay Tosk Farce. He hos now returned to his regular station at Fort lewis, Washington. There are 15 Assemblies of God ministers currently serving as acTive duty chaplains. Further infarmotlan regarding these chaplains may be obtained from the Servicemen's Division, 434 West PacifiC StreeT, Springfield, M issouri . 8 THE PE="TECOS TAL EVAXGEL can be mentioned without teaching sectarian doctrine," she declared. She pointed out that if the puhlic school will teach the desirability of moral and religious values. the church school can supply the Christian moti\'ation. Miss Listebarger is a second-grade A "SUMMIT CONFERENCE" IS BEING PLANNED by the bIg powers as we teacher in Ames, Iowa. go to press. It promIses to be a history making event. We asked CHAPLA IN INITIATES A COLLEGE our General Superintendent. R. M. Riggs, what in his opinion would IN ANTARCTICA be the prophetic sIgnificance of the event. He said: "The summit A newly-formed educational institu conference underlines the fact that our world is now one. It also tion in Antarctica has been named focuses world attention upon the Middle East which Is the area both "Little America College" and Navy of Gog and Magog and of Armageddon." Brother Riggs added: "It Chaplain Alfred R. Saeger, Jr., Protes all brings us closer--rapidly closer--to the end of thIs age. Christ's tant chaplain of Operation Deepfreeze coming is very nigh." J II, is the Dean. The 34-year-old Luth eran chaplain initiated the college as IN A MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, the International Council part of his recreation program for the of Christian Churches (a fundamentalist group) protested against men who arc confined to their quarters the proposed visit of Premier Nikita Khrushchev of Russia to the most of the time now that winter has U. S. for,a summit conference . The council said that "if there was set in. ever a spokesman for all that the devil and hell r'epresent in the The chaplain has no problem in light of our glorious Christian faith, it 1s Khrushchev today," getting the men to study. \ August 17, 1958 9 O NE OF TilE REASONS FUN fJN(;ANIZ ing the Assemblies of God in 1914. as expressed in the Word alld /Vi(II('.f.f -- call of December. 1913, W RING AGAIN -I 'en Assemblies of God schools across Ihe nation offer Christian education by CHARLES W . H. SCOTT in a genuine Pen(l'eosta! environment. A,ssi,strml G/'I!/'m/ Suprrinlorrioll. Assrmlr/ir,s of (,'m/ commensurate with the level at which Rohert Craig as the Glad Tidings Uible ).Iusic. Beginning with 1957. Cll.!. they operate. (2) To maintain a high I nstitute, it is one of the older school:-; has had a program granting an )'L\. moral and spiritual standard of life among us. The college \\'3S relocated in Hcligion degree for completed work for both faculty and student body, in in beautiful Bethany Park in 1950 and 011 a graduate level. keeping with the spiritual aims of the renamed in 1954. The college offers The campus of Central Bible In Assemblies of God. both a three-year and a four-year pro stitute, nestled among towering oaks in Realizing that "school bells will ring gram leading to a diploma or degree in the heart of the Ozarks, has recently again" in just a few more days, we the areas of Uible, Theology, Missions, been improved with the addition of a are prcsenting these schools to you Christian Education, and Sacred Music. beautiful new classroOIll. lihrar.v, and with brief comments about each of Bethany is currently in the midst of an administration building named \ \'. L them. We trust this information will expansion program to provide a new Evans lIall. Fulfilling the commission be helpful in making a choice as to student lounge. an auxiliary dormitory, engraved on its cornerstone. Central where your son or daughter should and new utility facilities. Bible I nstitute has heen instrumental in attend school. training over four hundred of the pres CENTRAL BIBLE INSTITUTE ent seven hundred and fifty ,\ssemblie:-; BETHANY BIBLE COLLEGE en was established in 1922 for the training of God missionaries 011 the foreign joys a beautiful setting among the giant of ministers and missionaries. This fields. California redwoods in the foothills of college enjoys the privilege of being the Santa Cruz Mountains at Santa located in Springfield, Missouri, the EASTERN BIBLE INSTITUTE. Cruz, California. Founded III San city where the national headquarters of at Green Lane, Pennsylvania, concen Francisco in 19 19 by Ur. and 1\·1rs. the Assemblies of God is situated. Like trates on a three-year course in the field several others of our Bible Colleges, it t)f Bible. The objeclive of this school offers both a three-year diploma and a is to send workers into the han'cst TI~ author of this article is Executive Dir« four-year B. A. degree in Bible, ~tis field with a burning mess.1.ge. a strong tor of the Dellartmenl of Education. Assem blies of God. sions, Christian Education, and Sacred faith' and an intimate knowledge of the 10 THE PENTECOSTAL EVAI'GE[, \Vord. Many of the graduates of NORTHWEST BIBLE COLLEGE Eastern Bible Institute, challenged by of Seattle, Washington. on the shores the yision received in the school, launch of Pugct Sound. offers a four-year into pioneer ministry and establish new training program for ministerial stu~ churches. dents with a Bachelor of Arts degree The school is located amid beautiful and a graduate program offering an rolling hills in eastern Pennsylvania, ~r .A. degree. The school al so has a a short distance from the teeming cell Junior College Department for students ters of population. Its location gi\'es desiring general education and pre the students ample opportunity for professional program which lead s to practical Christian service in the nearby an Associate of Arts degree. metropolitan areas, as well as through This school plans to move its campus out rural secti ons. f rom the northeastern part of Seattle to a thirty-five acre tract at Houghton, EVANGEL COLLEGE located ill which is also located in the greater Springfield, r.,'lissouri, is America's only Seattle area. The new campus is a Pentecostal four-year Liberal Arts College. The campus covers fifty-nine choice well-landscaped property over looking beautiful Lake Washington. ac res located 011 U. S. Highway 66 at the northeastern entrance of the city. Construction on the new educational buildings will begin soon. It is antici Authorized by the 1953 General pated that they will be ready for oc Council, this school began operating in cupancy by September of 1959. 1955 and has been granted accredita tion and certification for work done by SOUTH-EASTERN BIBLE COL the "Committee on Accredi ted Sc hools LEGE located in tropical Florida in and Colleges" of the University of the he.'\rt of the citrus belt at Lake Missouri. land, offers a program described in the Evangel College is dedicated to the school motto as "Scholarship in a task of providing for its students the Spiritual Atmosphere." Founded ill highest type of academic instruction 1935, the school was first located at available in a Liberal Arts College, New Brockton, Alabama. It was moved combined with ~ Christian environment to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1940 and to its that is evangelical and Pentecostal. presen t location in 1952. South-Eastern offers an academic E\'angel College will round out its four-year program by adding a fourth and Bible program conducted at the year of work this fall and \\·ill graduate collegiate level, issuing a diploma for its fir st class in 1959. three years of work and a Bachelor of Arts degree on the completion of four NORTH CENTRAL BIB L E years in either Theology, English, COLLEGE in Minneapolis, :Minnesota, Bible, or Christian Education. This was founded in 1930 by the North year's graduating class was the largest Central District Councf.1 of the As in the hi story of the sc hool. The mis semblies of God, now known as the sionary vision of the student body was LAUNCH "CHECKUP COUNTDOWN" Minnesota District. In 1937 the school refl ected in the missionary offerings in your Sunday School this September! was moved fron: the l\lilll;eapolis Gos which exceeded $8,000 fo r the school September is Checkup Month! pel Tabernacle to the modern five-story year just closed. Redstone, Dart, Hawk, Snark, Jupiter, building in which it is now located. Atlas, Thor- all are important missiles SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA After operating fo r twenty-five years in maintaining our nation's defenses. BIBLE COLLEGE overlooking the '·Checkup Countdown" is important in as a three-year T heological School of Pacific Ocean at Costa l\'lesa. near the fering diploma courses only, the Board the minist ry of your Sunday School! (COt1 l inued on page eighTeen) It charts the course for your future of Directors in February 1955 author Sunday School endeavor. ized a change to a four-year program The stages III ·'Checkup Countdown" with both diploma and degree courses. are: T he college now offe rs a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology, Religious WORLD CONFERENCE 4 September 7 Checkup on Pupils Education, Missions, and a diploma 3 September 14 Checkup on Person course in music. The annual enroll of Pentecostal Churches nel ment exceeds three hundred and fifty 2 September 21 Checkup on Facili students. TORONTO, CANADA ties and Equipment 1 September 28 Checkup on Sunday Music credits earned at North Cen September 14-21, 1958 School tral have been accepted by the MacPhail For information on housing, eTC., o September 28 Mail Checkup Form College of M lIsic toward a degree in write to James Montgomery, Local that field. Simi lar transfer relations Conference Secretary. 50 Euston Ave NatioDaI Sund.y School Department have been establ ished with the Min nue, Toronto, Ca.nada 434 We.t Pacific Street. neapolis College of Music. Sprinrfield 1, Miuouri. August 17, 1958 I I FOREIGN MISSIONS OP NARMS AT ASSIUT ORPHANAGE by CYRIL CARDEN Four children who come to the orphonogt: after their mother was killed. Four little cbi ldrcn were playing age eight; Kanger, six; TOllfeek, four; happily while their mother waited for and i\Iarium, two--were taken to the their fathe r to return from work. Assiut Orphanage, where they were re When hc arrived home he seemed in the cei\·ed by Lillian Trasher, the "Nile best of spirits, smiling and happy. He .:\fother." They were welcomed into asked for a cup of tea and, in the their new home, wherc they will re process of receiving it, the tea was ceive proper care and real Christian spilled. The happy mood ended abrupt love, and they will be taught the things ly and the father went into a rage. of God. He seized a large stick and hit his wife It was in October 1910 that Lillian on the head, then seizing another weap Trasher said good-by to America and on again cTtlelly attacked her. The set sail for Egypt, the land to which oldest boy screamed and was threatened God had cal1ed her. In February 1911 with similar treatment if he didn't stop. she was asked to visit a dying Egyptian His wild anger abating. the man mother of a three-month-old baby. came to his senses and, after locking \ Vhen the mother died, the baby was the four children in the house with given to Miss Trasher. This was the their dying mother, he gave himself up beginning of her li fe's work and the to the police. Assiut Orphanage. \,Vith the exception The police found the children crying of two short fllrlough periods she has beside the mother, who succumbed a remai ned at her great task. In the past few minutes later on the way to the forty-seven years she ha s cared for hospital. Thcn the childrcn-Tadrous, thousands of Egypt's chi ldren in similar 12 THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL ChriSlions watching baplismal service Baptizing at Hiroshima BY EARL TAYLOR At the b.aptismal service of the Boplismol service at the orphanage; 41 boys, 5B girls and 16 widows were baptIzed. Hiroshima church on Easter Sunday 1958 there were eleven persons bap tized, among them an old grandmother, a fanner prisoner (a six-time offend plights as the first child she accepted. rolled ill the Port Said Bible School, er), and a crippled boy. To them all she is "~lama." this youngest member of the family, This was the most glorious bap The orphanage has equipped thou now a fine young man, entered to pre tismal service I ever attended. It was sands of young men and women to take pare for the ministry. pouring rain, as ),011 can see by the their place in society, but the "Nile Assiut Orphanage is a faith work. pictures, and the water was so cold ~lother" is never happier than when Children received at the Orphanage arc we could hardly stand it. But ihe bles one of her boys dedicates his life to as needy as those received forty-seven sing of God was really there. bring the gospel of sa lvation to his own years ago. There are nearly I,ZOO in The se rvice was held at a river ncar people. the Orphanage, the largest !lumber ever the city. The president of a bus com In 1942 a poor widow and her family cared for at anyone time. Gifts of pany had been s..1Ved recently and he of four children arrived at the Orphan money from churches and friends are furni shed a private bus to take us out age. The children were accepted and the only means by which the Orphan to the place of baptism. The blls educated and are now Jiving useful age operates. Your offering will help driver's wife was one of the candidates lives. In the accompanying photo of the greatly. Send it to "Assiut Orphanage, for baptism, as was also the wife of widow and her children the youngest Assiut, Egypt, % Foreign r-.1issions De (he bus conductor. \Ve are praying for is seen standing in front of the mother. partment, 434 West Pacific St., Spring the two husbands. Recently when new students were en- field, 110...... Drother Kitano, the national pastor, has done a wonderful work in Hiro sh ima. He has been there only two years and has now baptized forty con verts. Thirty-seven of that number are st ill act ive in the church. For Japan that is a record! ...... • A group of the orphanage children at on open-air servIce. Baptizing a crippled boy. August 17, 1958 13 The Chri,tian1!l!!!t1; "CHECKUP COUNTDOWN" IS ANNOUNCED ~eptember will be Checkup Month 1Il \~selllbl i es of God Sunday Schools. Checkup :>'lonth provides the ideal oppor tunity to lake an in\'clltory of the past Sunday School year (October begins the new year) and make final preparations for fillillg out the annual Checkup fo rm. The areas of emphasis will be; Sept em he r 7 Checkup on Pupils September 14 Checkup on Personnel September 21 Checkup on· Facilities and EQuipment :;eptember 28 Checkup on the S\lII day School-mail the annual Checkup form. It is hoped tha t a "Checkup Co unt down" will be conducted in all the As ~emb1ies of God 5\1\lllay Schools and that e3ch Sunday School will mail it s Checkup on S""\l"tnhcr 28! NATIONAL SUNDAY SCH OOL D EPT. 434 Welt Pacific Street, Springfield I, Miuouri circumstances occur, and what great efforts are made to compensate for this lack! In my trayels I have seen families whose fortune was very meager, and yet in my associations with them 1 • di scovered they had a fortune that was • of more "alue than the things whidl finances can pro"idc. " MOT" IY H. "R " U~O .. " ~O". RT ' The family that has love, a love that is expressed in compassion and concern, is a happy family. The families where there is singing and merriment, the fn111ilie s which enjoy a very real sense of peace and confidence, where faith THE F ILV FORTUNE in God is real, and trust is not only taught alld talked about, but is a part of everyday living- these families ha\'e BY VICTOR TRIMMER a fortune even more secure than a comfortable bank account. Their se curity comes from a knowledge of God and Il is Word. Such security goes be THE FAMILY CAN BE HAPPY WITHOUT A LARGE yond the problems and needs of this INCOME IF CHRIST LIVES IN THE HOME life; it reaches beyond the vaHey of death and promises reunion with ioveo ones in the life to come. Here is a E VERY FATIIER WANTS TO BE ABI, E This feeling of concern for the trcasure moth and rust cannot corrupt, to take care of the physical needs of his physical needs of the family is most a fortune that thieves cannot steal. fa mily. H e has ambitions to give his commendable. Not all are able to see Every family can enjoy it regardless of wife and chi ldren the extra things that these desires realized. Many times the their station in life. make life a little morc pleasant and family fortune is very meager. Some \\' here is this fortune foultd? First enjoyable--the !lew toy, the new dress, times lack of ability or lack of oppor of al1, the parents must find this for money fo r school, and many other tunity have so limited a father's earning tune for themselves. It bas been pro things. power that he has not been able to vided through the unsearchable riches It gives the father a great deal of provide all the necessities, to say noth of God Himself, who gave His Son as satisfaction to be able to provide fi ing of the luxuries. Sickness often has a ransom, to die ':til a cross in our nancial security so that his love and con devoured the family fortune, and many place. Jesus paid the full price for Sill, cern for his family will be seen even pleasures of life have had to be sacri and in accepting Him there comes the after he is gone. ficed. How the heart aches when such rich experience of eternal salvation ac- 14 THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL companied by the treasures of real peace, joy, security, and faith, You cannot leave or give to your family that which you do not have, however great your desire may be, You must have it yourself first, This family fortune is presen'ed and increased by making worship and Bible reading as much a part of the family life as gAILY B1BLIt ,U;AD1NGS BY !t, G. CHAMPION eating and playing, A parent cannot l~ave to the society in which he lives, whether it be government or schools or any other agency. the financial respoll sibility of taking care of his family; Monday, August 18 Thursday, August 21 neither can he shift the spiritual re R., .. d: ~Iatthew 1-1 :1-13 Read: XahullI I 1- 15 sponsibility of providing this spiritual L., .. rn: "!low mudl more shall the blood Learn: "The l.ord i~ I':oocl. a strong hoi.! family fortune to the church or the oi Chri~t ... purge your ("on~cier1<:e from in the day of trlluhlc, and he knoweth Sunday School or the preacher, The dead works to serve the living God'" them that tru~t in hU1\" (Xahum 1;7). (Hebrews 9 :14) parents themselves are responsible to For the Parent: ('\dditional material on For the Parent: Rel·iew the ministry of "XahuJIl, tht' I'rllphl't llf VengC'all((~ and God and to the family to point out by John the Rapti~t (~fatthew J). Emphasize ;\Iercy'· will be iound on SIl1Hla)"'~ J.e~,oll p.ecept and example the source of the his fearlessnes~ and the el'ents that Ie(i tu pa){~'.) From thi~ pa"aJ.:e elllpha~i"e some true riches. his death, Show ho\\' llerod's conscience of r\ahllm\ tl·aching~ ah~Hlt (;oc!. lie was troubled over the whole affair (v. 2). points out that Go,1 (\) i, a kalou~ Cod, Then discus~ the idea of the conscience, I· 2; (2) takes \"l'n!,:eance, I', 2; (3) )0; ,howing how it helps u, know right and ~Iow to a(1~er, 1-. 3. (4) i~ great ill power, A CHRISTIAN HOME wrong, Emphasize that comcience Illn~t I· J: (5) ha, gr.:at pOWer in nature, n-, The influence of the Christian home he directed hy the Word of God. 3-5; (tI) is good, I· 7; (7) rrotect~, 1". 7, (R) knoll" !lis own, I'. 7, (IJ) will deqro)" is well illust rated by the fallllly of .\11- Quellion Time: \\'hy was Herod's con ~cien(e bothering him? (I', 2) \Yhen is the wicked, II' 8-IS. drew ]\turray, Fi\'e of his six sons be con~cience a reliable guide? (See above) Que.lion Time: \\'hat Ilere some of the came ministers, and four of his daugh J)iscus~ John'_~ fearle~~l1ess. thing~ :\ahul1l t:lught :lho\1t (;01\ ' ters married ministers, Ten grandsons became ministers, and thirteen of them Tuesday, August 19 Friday, August 22 missionaries. These family statisti(,,, Read: ;\latthew 14 ·13-22 Rell.d: Romans IJ 1-7 (Sund:lY\ Les~ol1 speak for themselves. Learn: "And Jesus went forth, and saw a for Juniors) great multitude, and was mOI·ed with COnl Learn: "I~ender therefore to an their ].>assion toward them, and he healed their due~: tribute to whom trihute is due, sick" platthew 14 :14). CI1~tom to whom e\hto11l: fear 10 whom QUIZ FOR JUNIOR READERS For the Parent: Jesus is a cOnlpa'isionate fear; honour to whom honour" Saviour. (Read and discuss Ilebrews 4: For the P are nt: The (hri,tian ~hot11d Move These Bible Mountains 1-1- 16.) Jesus' compa~sion extends to be a good eiti~cn of hi~ cOl1lnHtrlity and physical needs (such as sicknesses and 11i5 country. Fl11pha~iH' ( I) we are to ht In the column at the left are sOllle im hunger-emphasized in this passage) as obedient to civil \eader" where their laws portant events of Bible times_ In the well as spiritual. Because III' came into do not (Qnflin with God's law: (2) wc;: column at the right are the 'mountains on this world and became like one of us, should ha\'e respect for the law of our which these events took 1)lace. Can you Jesus is able to help us- lie understands land; (3) good citizenship irwoh·es ohedi move these Bible lllountains so as to match our problems. J.et liS remember to seek ence to all in authority· -including the the mountain with the event? Do it by His help in all things. home, school, and chureh_ placing thc letter of the mountain in front Quellion Time: \\'hat specific physical Que.tion Time: \\'hat docs good eitizen of tIle number of the event. The first needs does this passage record that Jesus shil) involl'e? Why should we be good answer 1S given to help you get started. met? (vv. 14, 19-21) citizens? EVE.NT MOUNTAIN ... J. T,n Commandments ,. Seir Wednesday, August 20 Saturday, Augusl 23 .2. where N oa h , "k Read: Job 1·1-11; 23:10-12, 4210 (Sun rested b. Cakary Read: Matthew 14:22-36 Learn: "Then they ... worshipped him, day's Lesson for Pri111arie~) ...3. the burning bush ,. Sinai ... .4. where Moses died saylllg, Of a truth thou art the Son of Learn: "I am thy God: I will strength .... 5. Solomon's temple d . Carmel God" (Matthew 14 :33). en thee; yea, I will help thee" (Isaiah 41: ...... 6. where Jesus died For the Parent: Review the material 10)...... 7. where Judas betrayed ,. Ararat studied yesterday. After feeding the For the Parent: Ilave the group review Jesus f. Olives 5,000 Jeslls sent His disciples ahead while the story of Job. Stres~: (1 ) Job's testi ..... 8. where Elijah ca lied h- I Ie took time to pray. Emphasize the mony, 1 -1; (2) Satan's desire to came rael to decide between g. ~Ioriah need of prayer in ou r lives. If Jesus needed Job to lose his testimony, I :6- 12 and 2: God ,nd Baal prayer to prepare Himself for His 1-7; (3) the trials that came to Job, 1 :13- h. Horel.> ___ 9. where th' Samaritans work, how much more do we need it! 19 and 2:7; (4) Job's faith in God through these trials, 1 :20-22, 2:10, and 23:10- 12; worshiped (in Jesus' .. Gerizim Have the grollp discuss the events of the time) latter part of this chapter, I)ointing out (5) the blcssing5 which came to Job as .. 10. dwelling place of Esau j. Nebo how miracles caused men to acknowledge a result of his faithfulness to God, 42:10. that Jeslls wa~ God's Son. Miracles should Que.tion Time: \Vhat lessons does Job's always point us to Jesus. faithfulness in time of trial have for us? Que.tion Time: \Vhat significance does \-Vhat accusation did Satan bring against v. 23 have in our lives today? (See above) Job? August 17, 1958 15 1?~"Vivnltjll/e has beel1 a parlller !II Church Exlension by providiPiU many co ntaels for piolleer pastors BY STANLEY MICHAEL ( C T liE BIGGEST PRORLE:'I FAC ING Al';Y new pioneer pastor is how to "break the icc" and to make those important and needed contacts. How can he sell RADJ:O the people in that community Oll his church? Since the ministry of REVIVALTI:'lE PAVBSTHB began, it has been a means of introduc ing the Pentecostal message to untold millions every week. Upon making WAY personal contacts, the pastor or other members of hi s congregation have found an open door because the people they visi ted were already li steners to PIONEER Ih:vIVALTIME. Individual s and whole C HURCf-I --=-- families have been directed to an As r.;c mbly of God as a result of li stening to this anointed and convicting broad cast. Just Ihi s week 'l.. letter came frOIll a any church became a problem; but the for the broadcast in that it has bro\1 ght pastor in Ontario, Canada. He said: Lord worked it out. They moved and encouragement and blessing to them '· Since I wrote you last, the couple for were surprised to find thcmseh·es' al personally. When the going was hard wh01l1 J rC< luested prayer have come most next door to an Assembly of Goel. and the situation seemed di scouraging, back \0 the Lord. Now they are seek XOw the whole family hayc been saved they would listen to R EV IVALTDf E and ing the baptism of the I ioly Spirit. It and arc attending the church regularly. the Lord would give them new strength is our first family in our new hOlllC A pastor's wife writes from Texas: for the ta sk. mission work. \Vc arc thrilled 1" j'\Ve wanted to share the good I1C\\·S ,\ pa~tor in J\I iSSOll ri wrote: ,. J am A lady in onc of the northern States with you and the. REV!VALTBI E Prayer the young minister who felt like quit wrote her te:itimony to the effect that Bam!. \Vhen we cal1le here, we had ting, bu t I knew I couldn·t. As yOIl for ten years she had been backslidden , sixteen or eighteen in S unday School. prayed Sunday night. God flooded my hut while li 5telling- to REVIVALT I ME :\"ow we are having fort)' to fifty. soul and r knew that \\·e accompli..;h ~ hc knelt and renewed he r fellowship Four were saved in the last month, 'not by might. liar by powcr, but by with the Lord. Living thirty miles from and six have joined the church. There my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts."·' were only two C. A." s; we now have And from Kel\' Jersey comes this 20." letter : .. [ \\"ant you 10 know that your From J\ lin nesota a pastor writes : sermon was 'balm in Gilead' to my "\Vords can nevcr express how much wife and me. You reminded li S that ,..- ,PULPIT the members in our pioneer work enjo)' little is much if God is in it. The your mini stry, Brother Ward, especially enemy of our souls would have us hc .lnro/blir.1of Gilt! :-' Irs. R., \\" ho was saved through the di scouraged and faint-hearted ill the lllinistry of R E\,IV /\LTI~ I E. This lady work of the Lord, but 'thanks be to ~ " .lIioil'/l'I:I .lliJ,qiJzior has shown marked growth and is 110\~· God, which giveth us the victory see king the infill ing of the Holy Spiri!." through our Lord Jesus Christ.' \ Ve are PREPUBLICATION OFFER I n North Carolina an evangeli st was a young couple pioneering a work for invitcd to go into a new t01\" 11 where God here." A pace-Ien;nc monthly malazine for the Pentecostal minister. SermQn stoute ... , Bible there had been 110 Full Gospel church. An A rizona pastor said: j'l am , Iudi ..., ho",·t 16 T HE PENTECOSTAL E VA NGEL HOME MISSIONS person who does come. \\'e wor~hip in III America today than (,H'r hefort' and thaI all rndians get a silable chelk an old house and it isn't vt'ry im'iting there are more radio stations too. frOIll the Go\'ermnent each mOllth. But to many of the bl1:-.incss peoi,ie in town, Eyery week Re\·j\'altime goe~ jnto mil this is not. the case. A great number of but with a program like J{H!\'ALTl\I]:': lions of home~, mtroducing Illen and Indian tribes li\'e from hand to mouth. we're proud to ask them to listen in." women of all walks of life to our If you want to know 1I10re ahout' thi ... , A pastor in Florida makes this com church and to the Pelltcco:-tal llles!)3ge. just take a trip acro~s our \\'e~tcrn ment: HI \\'i"h to express Illy per~onal The Asst'mblies oi Goo launched 205 States and you will see the poverty of appreciation for REVIVAI,TIME. \\'e have new churches last year, thou~ands of Indiall~. Thl'Y have been just recently released it oyer our local Pray for this great work of Church prollli~ed many things hut thes(' prom station here and it is reaching into Extemion, \\'e arc glad Rf.\'I\·!\I.TI\lE ises have not been fulfilled. They han' homes with sl1ch a convincing mes«age can a~sist our Home :\Iissiolls Depart been a~sured of food and land where that many are being stirred." ment and our pioneer pa;,tor:-. III open they could raise their (lWI! cattle, sheep. Some would minimize the impor ing new churches. Radio is paving the and crops. But what did they get;' tance of radio in the daily life of most way. It i,~ helping pastors to reach their A pile of rocks or land where nothing people. But there are more radio sets cOl11ll1unities for Christ. would grow, They harely exist. i-.Iissionaries of some other dt'lIoll1i· nations have falsely promiscd Ihe In· dians that by joining their church or by doing ccrtain things they c..111 find Peace for the Paiutes peace and help. But they n('\'er ;,how them that JeslIs Chri~t is their peace and hope and life. These false "shep· BY LUTHER CAYTON herds" do not care whether the Indians know anything aoout the Bible or how to pray for thelllselve~. \\'hen we at W E HAVE BEE~ Il\" X]:':V .... DA FOR before us. The surface hasn't e\'en been well over three years, which is many scratched for many. many things ha,'c tempt to gi\'e them the true gospel, it i .. "moons" in the Indian way of speaking. hindercd 1I~. I n~ufficiellt finances, in hard for them to understand and they During this time many llro.' Indians adequate cquipmellt, our OWIl lack of become confused. Only Illuch prayer. have been born into this world, while physical strength. and miles that ha,'e patience, and perseverance a"ail to en many others ha\'e gone out into eternity. to be tra\'cled are a few of the dif lighten their darkened hearts and mind,,_ The tragedy is that some of them left ficulties that make this field hard to But, oh. what joy when the light this world 'withollt God. c,"angelize. shines through! It is worth e"er), trial. Each day that goes by brings eternity The 1 ndian himself has had a social c\'cry heartache to see olle soul fincl just one day nearer to each of us; gospel for fifty years or more, along Christ. and therefore the challenge is just that with his customs, lI"itch('J'af t, tradi· Please keep praying. giving, ;\1lc! ]"(' much greater to go. seek, and win. tions, and Peyote wor~hip. \'eyote is a membering the work and your mis Soul s a re being saved and some fi lled drug derived frOIll a cactus plant, and sionaries here in :\evada. To know with the Holy Spi rit. There have been the fndians use it in cOllllection with that we are 1I0t fo rgotten gives liS fresh many outstanding healings here among a pagan religious ritual. The drug courage and added incenti,'e to labor our people. But there an; so many yet eventually 1).'l.ral)'7e" its victims alld is untiringly in the place of our calling_ untouched by the gospel! a slow but sure death to all who li se it. May God bless all who ha\'e stood by lh T here are only four Assemblies of It is sometimes m;ed along wi th mari so faithfully. God missionaries in the whole State of Juana. Your contribution for the l :-JDIA:\ K evada, It is reported that there are I n order to reach the Indians with l\IISSI O:-.JS FU~D should he clear· now in the United States some 55.000 the gospel we first must get their con Iy marked and sent to- Indians ; and O\'er thiny million in the fidence. Sometimes this takes a long 1I 0~ I E MISSIOXS DEI',\RDIEXT \\'estern Hemisphere. This gi\'es liS a time. 4 34 WEST PACI FIC STRn~T concept of Ihe t remendous task that lies :.. rany people h,1\"c been made to think Springfi eld I. ~I i'isouri , - t Bethel Indian Assembly far the Paiutes in One of the Sundoy Sc hool classes a t Be thel One of The peyote churches which dot the Yering ton, Nevoda Indlon Assembly Indian resefV'Qtl ons throughout the country ,\ ugmt 17, 1958 17 RA DIO DEPARTMENT member of one of the branches out here. It is far from me; however, it is not too far to go to hear the Word of God." -'" rs. 1\1. CARLISLE, ENGLAND: "How we look forward to your program every week. \\'e praise the Lord for FROM AC ROSS the faithful preaching of His Word and the mess."1ges in song. It does indeed mean a lot to us situated in a country F RO.\t TWENTY·f1VE RADIO STATIONS you to pray for me so I might be district and thrills our hearts to know outside the United S iales, the REVIVAL· able to hear normally again. Since then that the gospel is going into so many TIME broadcast is reachi ng many thou· ] '''c noticed progress. I belie"e in coulltries."-l\1i5s D. sands of people. !\Iany of our mis· prayer."-Mrs. R. sio naries have reported the tremendous S1". CROIX, VIRGIN ISLANDS, effect the broadcast is having in their GLASGOW, SCOTLlIN!) , "Fo,,' "Some time ago r wrote to you about areas, breaking through the barriers weeks ago J li ~tened to you pray for getting RE"IVALTL\IE messages to these that had been hindering their efforts the sick and afflicted. I had had a skin Vi rgin Islands. Well, God has sweetly condition for almost five years. YOll for the Lord. answered prayer and we arc getting Letters and te !.limonies have come said to come around the ' radio and J them through Puerto Rico. T cannol from Illa ny COUTltries. Recently a sen'· did so, raising Illy hand for healing. tell you how happy I am. 1 just live iceman told how the broadcast en· That night the itching stopped. I had fo r that time. It is the only Pente· couraged hi m while he was in a strange had dermatitis in my hair and could costal message ' hear for the week and land. lie began a little work there and not even go into a shop to buy a new you call imagine how very hungry I today it is a thriving church. hat. That is almost fi\'c weeks ago, and get."-V.R. Another man stated that when he the healing still remains."-!o.lrs. \\'. These, and many more, are looking was in the service in a foreign land, WARWICK EAST, I3ER.I!U!)k forward every week to the ministry of REVIVALTL\IE. There are many li,ring in twenty·five or thirty fel lows would .. , was healed of a sprained back while the areas where REVIVALTL\IE is now gather around their radios to li!.ten to li stening to a sermon you preached. heard \\·ho still need the glorious gospel Rf.VIVALT IME. Not only has the broad Praise God, H e did the work C011\ of our li\'ing Saviour. \Ve urgently cast been a blessing to servicemen pletely."-Mrs. T. away from home, hUI letters have cOllle need you to pray with us fo r these f rom various citizens of foreign COUIl JAMAICA: "I really enjoy your preciolls souls. Pray that this broadcast tries. services. They are wonderful. bel ieve will be used to bring them to Christ. In me. \Vhen your brondeast ends, r feel order that REVIV.-\LTI ~ I E may continue REIII181L1TATION C EN T E R, thnt 1 could just keep listening to you to go to these people , send your letters MONA, JAMAICA: "J received your ~the se rvices are 50 touching, so in of help to REVIVALTI~IE. BOX 70. letter and was o\"erjoyed to hear from spiring. I have decided to become a SI'RI KGF1ELD, ~10. you. I am very thankful to you for your prayers. I am full y reli eved of the cramps that I was having. "-N.C. JlONOLULU, HAWAII: "You \\'o!11en have gone from its classrooms ha"e answered many of our prayers into varied types of work, both secular concerning the Word of God on your School Bells and ministerial. broadcast. Three years ago God saved SOUTHWESTERN 818LE IX Illy soul and delivered me fr om a hope STITUTE is another of our Asscm less alcoholic condit ion, and now I am Ring Again blies of God schools rendering valuable a missionary evangelist for God. Every sen 'ice to the youth of our constituency. Sunday we go to the jail to gi"e out (Continued from poge eleven) It is situated at Waxahachie amid the the Word of God. Your message comes rolling farm lands of North Texas, about over our car radio as we drive there great metropolis of Los A ngdes, is thirty miles south of the great citr of from home. ]t gives liS such courage both a Bible College nnd a Liberal Dallas. and strength to go on ."-~Irs. :\1. Arts College. I t offers four years of In addition to a regular lligh School AYLESBURY, BUCKS., ENG study for a Bachelor of Arts degree cour:.e, Southwcstern offers a Junior LAND: "1 praise the Lord eve ry day in the following fields: Theology, College program in the Liberal Arts for men like you. Since I have listened E nglish Bi ble, Christi an Education, field. A four-year Bible Coll ege cour:.c to yOll, 1 have been able to under ~riss i o n s, Sacred 1Ilusic, Education, culminating in a Bachelor of Arts de· stand my Bible better and, as a result, English, Socia! Science, and 1\1 usic. 1t gree is al so ;:\\'nilable fo r ministerial I have been able to live Hearer to my also awards the Bachclor of T heology students ami others \\" ho arc interested Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."- R.B. degree for an additional year of study in obtaining a Bible cducation. The in Theology. school also offers a fifth-year Bible LANVASSJOEN, BERGE.\', XOR The college was founded III 1920. program leading to a Bachelor of If'A V: " Recently I wrole you. asking Since that time many young men and Theology degree. 18 THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL A new library building is being planned for Southwestern which will be named for Dr. Peter Christopher Nelson, who founded the school at Enid, Oklahoma, in 1927. CANYONVILLE BIBLE ACAD· EM Y located at Canyonville, in south Your Questions western Oregon, between Crater Lake and the Pacific Ocean, offers to the ANSWERED BY ERNEST S. WilLIAMS boys and girls of the nation a regular standard High School course as pre Why d o you teach healine a. one o f the IIllless the Lord Clearly leads olle to con scribed by the Oregon State Board of .ien. that .hould fo llo w thole who beJiewe, fe!'s openly. I f we have "inned again~t Education. and at the .ame time di.approve of the h an the church, and the facts are known, Founded by A. :'II. Shaffer in 1935 d linw o f .erpenh 7 ( M a rk 16 : 17, 18). then confession :.hould be made to the as a Pentecostal High School. it has \Ve disapprove of the handling of \\hole church. continued to stress spiritual values serpents because Jesus said, "ThOll along with its academic program from sh:dt not tempt the Lord thy God." \\·hen James '\rote. he Llleant that its inception. If by accident a person were bitten, those who arc sick ought to examine We are happy to present this in as was the apostle Paul on the island their hearts. If they know they ha\"e formation about the schools of the As of :'Telita, he might then look to God done that which is displeasing to the semblies of God so that you may pray for protection. But when people delib Lord. let them confes~ this and thu~ for their success. The Lord has greatly erately presume to handle snakes I make the way clear for the Lord to enabled us in recent years to upgrade belie\·e they take thelllseh'es out from mo\"e III with healing power. all Our schOQls and today they offer under di,·ine protection. And some, • • • a most acceptable educational program as you know, ha'·e been bitten and have to the young people of our mo\'ement. Doe. the Bible leach Ihat infant. en died. joy the fellow. hip of anwel. and have The primary objective of all these the ability 10 '0101 inlo the Ipirit world 1 Assemblies of God schools has been to * * * Since the Bible forbids Ollr seeking train men and women in the funda II it wrone for a penon who hal re_ mentals of the \Vord so that they in ceived the Holy Spirit to uk Cod for fellowship with the unseen world, 1 turn may step out into the churches, mOre Pentec.o.tal fire, when he .eel o lhen am Sllre God would not permit the with more than he ha. ? mIssIonary fields, schools, offices, angels to violate thi s by taking lip factories, and business world and take One reason why the Bible warns us felJowship with infants (Deuteronomy the reality of Christ and Ilis more not to for5..1ke "the assembling of our 18:10-12). Angels have been seen, and abundant life to a needy generation. selves together" is that we might be an it could be that an angel might appear inspiration onc to another. \Ve cannot, to a person now. Hut of this we may Beginning with 1954, the Education be sure-when a persoLl claims frequent Committee of the Assemblies of God, however, always judge our experience by comparing it with the experiences of communication with the Ull see n world, charged with the over-all direction of whether it be in the form of angels our educational endeavors, has been others. Our purpose for receiving more from God should be higher than for or spirits of de;").d men, it is the work setting aside a special day for co llege of deceiving spi ri ts. rCCOb'11ition. September 21, 1958, will us to be equal with others. If we be COLLEGE DAY. 1\fany churches measure ourselves by ourseh-es aud * * • will have teams of students and commend ourselves among ourselves. What did Jelu, mean when H. .aid, faculty members from the various we are not wise (2 Corinthians 10:12). "Cive n o t that which i. hoi,. unto the schools in thei r pulpits presenting the 1£ the height of our standard is man. dow." (Matthew 1:6)1 needs of their indi vidual colleges. instead of Christ, we are missing the O ne thought is that those thing e; Your offering in behalf of our school mark; but we lIlay safely seek God for which are to be offered to God in program wi!! be a worthwhile in vest more of H is po wer if our purpose LS sacrifice arc not to be defi led by nn-. ment in the future of our movement. to glorify God. clean relationships. Looking at the Offerings received on this day should * • • verse from thi s standpoint. the holy be sent to the Department of Education comllLun ion ought not to be offered to Jame. inllruch, .. Conf..... your (ault. on. at Springfield, l\Iissouri, and may be to another, aDd pray one (or &Dolher, that those who are unworthy. See also I designated for the particular school of ye may be healed." If we con(e .. our in Corinthians 10:21; 11:27-29; 5:1 1-13. your choice. 'Vhether designated or ward ill feelinw. to othert are we DOt likel,. Perhaps Jesus also meant that if people undesignated, your church will receive to create divi,ion, or to opeD the "Way (or spurn the saving message they may be denominational credit if the offering is wo ..ip 1 left to their contentious hatred. sent to the Department of Education. I f a pe rson has committed a secret Should further information be de sin known only to the Lord, let him sired on any of these schools, a com confess that sin to the Lord only. 1 f II }'o u ha1'e a spirilual /Woble m ,or an\" munication addressed to the writer of he has sinned against another also, let q!us/iol1 abO!4t Ihl' Bible. }'014 art illviltd to this article, in care of The Department him confess privately to the person, u"Titt 10 <' Your Questions," Thr Pen/etos/ol El'ilngl'l, 43-1 IV. Poci/ic St. Spring/it/d, of Education, 434 \,Vest Pacific, Spring unless he has injurcd that person's Missouri. Brolhrr Williams will onS"!I'rr t ither field, Missouri, will speedily bring an reputation. I think that secret thoughts ill Ihis (011411111 or b), 0 pcrsonalll't1rr (i/ }'Oll answer to your inquiry. might well be sett led with just the Loi'"d. sf'lId a stamped Sl'l/-addrrssrd flu,tlopt). August 17. 1958 19 "kind'" as to \\'ink at sin and fondly bless those who en gage in it. God is good and loving and kind. nut that is only part of the truth! God is also a holy God, "a con Sliming fire." And because He is just and holy lIe cannot S~~L~ condone sin. God is patient, but He is not weak. Because lie docs not instantly punish men for sin does not mean that .,,.11'.' O'VlO'"'' .". WO.c~ o ..... TII they go unpunished. One of the great truths running all through ::\ahum's prophecy is the certainty of God's judg Nahum, the Prophet 0/ Vengeance and Mercy ment upon men and nations that sin. The de~trl1ction of );incveh is an illustration of the certain destruction that SIf,lda)l School Lesson for Augllst 24, 1958 awaits the kingdoms of this world, which are built on foundations which arc only h\1man; and the ultimate ~Al!1..'~1 1 :1-15 triumph of the kingdom of God, which is built on the Jonah preached repentance to ~ine'teh, and that city's foundation of truth and righteousness. repentance is a model to all sinners who would receive 2. Behold fhl' Good,zess of God. "The Lord is good, God's mercy. But \yith the passing of the years Nineveh a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them lapsed into horrible and unequalled wickedness, fr0111 lhat trust in him" (Kahum 1 :7). Like a diamond set m which she would not turn. Conse I. Behold tile Se'l'erity of God . "God IS jcalous, and .the Lord revengcth; the Lord revcngeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his ad"crsaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. . \Vho can stand before his indignation? and who can' abide in the fierceness of hi s anger? his fury is poured out like fire" (Nahum 1:2,6). Ungodly and unregenerate men-and many of them ministers !-preach a God who is something like a fat. good-natured "Santa Claus," a God who is so "good" and 20 THE PENTECOSTAL EVAI\"GEL Jesus nowhere suggc!>ls the grayc to be thcre is an ulcittlate end to puniShment a dormitory for the soul. True. de...d in purgatory, whilc hell's torments are Where are bodies slumber in the soil, but the soul protracted forevcr. Yet therc is no is not asleep. The ~oul continues to be necessary lilllit to the duration of suf· the Dead? conscious after death. fcring in purgatory shon of the judg nut where is it? Where is the soul? ment day_ However. there is not a single word PURGA.TORY STAT E CITY ASSEl\!BLY DATE EVANGELIST I' \STOR ANN IVE RSAR IES TO BE O BSERVED \Villiam Kautz \\'. C, Land Ark. Hop<: Gospel Tab. I\US. 10-31 i\E\\"CO~1 ERSTO\\':-J, OI-lIO-Anni\'er I\US, 2)-31 Virgil $. Ed~·the \\-arcns T homas BClwenut' Calif. Colton • A of C ~ary service Sunday, Au~u~t Ii, 2:J(} p.m, •• A of G Aug. ZO-)1 Christian I!ild Alton L. Todd Fontana at As~emblr of God, observing Daena Car,l( Garberville F ir~t ,\ ug 13-31 Fishcr·Check Robert I'arkimon ncl's 10th annil'crsary as Xewcomer~tOI\n Carden Grove • First Aug. 19-Z4 Virgil & Edythe \\'arcn~ Halph 1\larkc} pa,tor and 30th annil-crsary as a mini~ter. Colo, Gmon City First Aug. 12-18 Christian lI i1d I J. Ki,scr Gues! speaker \\ill be C. \\'. lIahn, Ohio Grand lunction A of G Aug. 26-Scpt. 7 Eskdin Fanlily Kenneth Schmidt District SllPerintendent.-By ~Iyrtl(' Sauer Ill. Palla First '\Ug. 17-31 A. F. Di:-'Iusto Part) Ethel Arnold hrl.'Y, Secretary-Treasurer, Quiney A of G I\ug. 27- Bob & Geri \Vinforrl J l\1 Grahalll Ind. Greensburs A of G /\ug. 19·31 Ada E. Lear J E. Friend COUKC1L BLt":FF~, 10\\,A Rni\'al time Rally and 27th Anniversary Obsel\' Ilobut • A of G Aug. 18·22 Dcdclow-Friedcrici R. J. Bagg~ alice !o be 3:! First ASSembly of Gpll, l11l ntinston • A of C Aug. 25-29 Oedclow-Friedcrici Edward Summerf,cld Council Bl uffs, September 9 11 GIlt'~1 Teffe llaute First Aug. 13·24 Bob & Lillian \\'altrrs Wm_ D Saunders spe:l.ker will be C. ~1. \Vanl, r~C\'i\'alllTlle Kans. Hutchinson First Aug, 12"24 E$kelin Family I. L. Boulware minister. (c. E. Turner i~ pa~tor.) Topeka A of G Aug. 2Z-Sept. I O. E. & 11311ie Cadd,s Ol"er Hol!is L,_ Denham Springs First Aug. 19-31 Jimmy Swaggart L. L. ~lcCu"e Md. Cumberland Ccntral Aug. 3-17 Willard C~ntclon Frank J_ Frmo Ma~. Cardner • A of G Aug. 18-29 B"ch\\';Ilter-Broscy I'erlc~' Ilcr$C}' Classified Ads ",linn. So. St, Paul • A of G Au g, 19-J.I Dick Stevens FJIl1i1! wwrence :'Iather Mo. Edgar Springs A of..c Aug. 24- Gleuna B)'ard \Ielba l\lace RATES: 3Sc a ..,ord m,nimum charg' SSOO. !Jr_ Aug, 13·24 Fra"k E, Martin Harmon Fun for~ subn,irtin " ~n ad, .... ri,e for e<:>n,plrte infor "Iountain Grol'C A of C rnation and co!'t bhnk. Ad,lr.n: Ad"."i,i"//, l\hn' N. r-,·lex. Albuquerquc ··A of C Aug. 17-30 Richard F.. Jeffrey Groler Risner. Ir. all.r, THE P ENTECOSTA L EVANGEL. 4'4 W_ Pacific SI, Sptinglidd I, Miuouri. Lo"ington A of C :\ug. 21- Bill Newby Orel :\, Boteler N. Y. Cayuta A of G Aug. 24-Sept_ 7 \Vm. & Ethel Vomlre \V, C Fraray SC HOOLS AN D COLLECES Ncw Rochelle A of C Aug. 12-17 D. J. Paglia & wife Bruno ~lalara Oneonta •• Revival CentAug. 12-31 Eddie i\lcnaldino l\!. S. Williams t'O:o.:TINL-F; YOL'R EntTATlO:O: "h.,~ lh. N. Oak. Stanley A of C Aug. 24-Scpt.4 Panl Clalk & Wife l\\arvin Carlson Ia~uhy and adn'inistration aH .~p~".nc.d in .p,nt 11-11 a!ld educa.ional ",all.", ~uth,..utcr" n,l,l. Ohio Greenville A of G Aug. 24-Sept_ 7 Frcadns SeJI J, A Sih'J Institurc_ \\'au.hachi., T.~as. Fan "me"" I.. "i". l\lartins FCTT)" A of C Aug. 19-5ept. 7 John lIigsinboth:lln A J. Jcn~en S.pt.ml>•• 8, 19)8. Napoleon A of G Aug. 19- L, Cillam Ljon Rogcr Culbertson H E LP W ANTED Okla, Oklahoma Cit), P3r\;: Aug. 24.Sept.7 E. C. Lagmay & wife E. W Ilolder L. l\\ EXCELLENT OPPORTt::o:rrn~S ;n ell",l, .. " Sand Spring$ Sky View Aug. 17-31 Dal'id Essary Reed organ;,a!;on for "lI'i"'r.d n""n, li,... " .." l,ral' OrCi. Milton·Freewater Fi~t Aug. 19- lohnn)" Hoskins & wife L. OilS Triplett ',e"l nurses, ho<>~'. ho".~k ..".u and ..,f!i~c ..... orku· 10-24 The Singing Rotherls Robelt Ku lzer T .. ,ili.... "1 Hawn I'\'''rsiog Hom., 1I0~ S%. FIDr~"':~. h Wellsboro A of G Ang, O .. go", Phone II-\\'. Tex, Beaumont Victory Aug. 24- i\1c1vin l\lcKnight B. 11. Clcndennen Dallas Bluebonnet Aug. 10- 1~lnes \Veal'er R. l\\ Sparks FOR SALE 22-26 \\" V . GIant \Vm. F liagcma" EI Paso Firs! Aug, ACCORDfONS. C/"i.llia,,. hllY di,ecl from /'n Harlingcn First Aug. 17- Ernest l\h~"'ell & wifc R. R. Taylor pon~ r s. 1'.lmoU\ 11"lia" ",.,k" l.ifctit,,~ ~u" •. "'· tcc, To 65'.; disc<>"" t. Alao Roo • Children's Re"i\'al •• Tent l~e vi,'al ['EWS. P ULPtT ANt) CHANCEl. FL"R~lnan:. Lo .... direct 'price•. Ea.ly delivery. free cat.l0K""" Announcements should reach the Department of Evangelism 30 d~y$ in advance, due to the iact Rtd!""ton Company. !)cpt, A .. SCtanlon 2, P"""arl. that THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL is made up Z4 d~ys be/ore the date which appears upon 1t ,·3,,,,.. August 17, 1958 21 Chri~t 10 11.\\'e "hrollght life al1(\ inl {'\'('ry (·hri.,ti:m. Chn... t·...... tatenlt'nt, llea\'ell IS a real nlld wUlI(krful mortality to lig-hl Ihrmlg-h th(' go~pt'l." "To day shalt thou h{' with me 111 place. :\Iany mock that hea\'en i., hut If purgatory t'"i~b a~ a fa("(or III im paradise." a ... ",ure ... a blt· ...... (·d dt'",tiny "pie in the sky," all enchanting ncn'r llIortality. thel1 CllrI~t I1m ... t have ilhttlli neyer land. But if the Bible tcll., the nated it wi th Iii .. ll'achillJ.{'>. But far PARADISE truth, hea\"{'11 i" n·al. J(''-Ih ... aid. "j go frOIl! illuminating tlte d()~:trine, J{· ... lI~' \\'here art' tht" de:ul? Xut III a to prcpare a place for you" (john 14' "'('CUlleI sa~'illg (HI til(' no.,., (Olllpit:ldy dormitory, and nelt in purg'at{)r~' The 3) ...\nd Paul explained that "to be c1i.,pt)-,('d of the whol,' Idea 1.lIk(' 2.~ horn-again. B1ood-\\"ashed SDIII,,; of til" ah~ellt from the body" is to he "pre~elll 43 rc(ord., I h~ n·.,pOIht' to lhe prayer cea~ed ... aint~ populat<.' Paradise! with the Lord." The rightcou,,; deafl of the dying thid, "\'t'rily I say IInto There are tho",e who wotlld mt('r arc now at hOllle with Jt...th, enjoying' thee. To du.\' shalt lholl hl' with 111(' in rupt with an obscnntum that Je~lIs dt' the raptures of the "!and that i.., iain;r paradi!:>e." li\"('r('d the promise of Luke 23 :43 only than day." If cver th{,H' \\as a lik('ly rallclidatc to the dying thief. But 2 Corinthian:-. PERDITION for purgatory, Ih" dYlllg' thid was tlt;lt 5:8 includes all helievers in the same But not everybody i" righteous. Xut man, If pllrgntnfy e"i~l'>, ~hO\dd !lot destination. "\\'{' arc confident, I say, c1!eYybody ha ... been horn again. Thus Je su~ hn\·t' d('("inr('d, "To tlay .. halt tholl and willing", ratht"r to he ah~cn t from not cverybody will arrive in paradbe. he ill purg-atory"? But ("hri .. t did lIot the hody, ami to h(' pre,,;ellt with the J esus said, " \ "erily, verily, I say unto say that. :\0 purgatot\' W~h !l{'eded. l..ord" "\\'ith llIe in paradi ... t'" ami thee, EXf""cpt a man be horn agaill, h t" (,ither for the (h·inj..(" Ihi(.'f or for u,>. ··prt ... ('111 with the 1.onl" de~crihe the cannot see the kingdom of Cod" (John he<.:at1~e "the hloocl of .I<'SIl'> ehri .. , hi'i idelltical hli.~s of the re])l'lItant lhicf 3:.1), Tht'reforc. an altl'rn 22 TilE PFXTECOSTAL E\".\S(.EI. Most of the books ,ho .... n hove been wntten by authors who h.,\'e a num BOOKS ber of children'. booh to their credit_ These book! lire most :IUro-clive, '0 D~L ,aNt LITTLE FOLK GOD PLANS FOR HAPPY QUESTIONS CHILDREN ASK f8\ FAMILIES by De na Korfker \!!.) Simple answers to puzzlinj{ (IUe~tion~ by EIi:robcth 8_ Jones o childn.'11 a,k, hy the author of "Can You \ lovely, large, well-illu~trated book of Tdl ~Ie?" 39 \lun1in~ tllle~t;tlm are a~ked devotions for children. Contains poel1l~, and all~\\"ered, ~u("h que~tion, a~' \\'hat prayers, and scripture "er~es along with art' lightning HOW DO YOU TRAVEL? ROUND ABOUT ME t(i\ by Miriam Schlein by Eli:robcth B_ Jone5 ~ Every page in this "different" picture Del'otionai thoughts for little folk by hook holds a fresh surprise. Here are all tile author of the first book listed abol·C. kinds of fascinating ways to travel: "Bird Round About Me contains gentle and de travels in the air. ~Ionkey swings from tree lightful stories tho'\! will help children to to tree. Eskimo travels in his sled. llano; cu[trvate an appreciation for God and H is ill Norway goes by ski. How do YOIl nature. $ma!J fingers will point with de travel? In a big red bus? III a long gray light to the many true-to-life photographs. train ? In a bumpity car? III a silver Poems, stories, prayers, and Bible verse, plane?" Paul Ga!dolle's lively pictures have recorded, P rinted in rich sepia. Board the spirit of the imaginatin words. 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