Are Tent Meetings Outdated?

■— Church of the Nazarene General Superintendent Powers

It Is N o t S urp rising *

Sam Jones, a Methodist evangelist of an­ The Bible tells us that “ men loved darkness other generation, said on one occasion he was rather than light, because their deeds were entertained by a farmer in the Midwest and evil” (John 3:19). This is a searching state­ one morning his host announced there prob­ ment and is still true. There is a reason for ably would he a tornado that day. That after­ such situations. Men have a stake in defend­ noon Jones stepped out of his room and saw ing darkness and that stake is that they lave a “twister” moving along the ground nearby. darkness. Their sinful, selfish interests are He asked his host to explain his earlier ac­ involved. Hence do not be surprised when curate prediction. His reply indicated he had men defend it. When these conditions pre­ lived in the area for fifty years, and when vail, such results are inevitable. When we the atmospheric conditions that prevailed that love darkness, we will defend darkness. When morning were present, a tornado inevitably wre have had our fill of godless living, then, resulted. When certain conditions were pres­ “if we confess our sins, he is faithful and ent, certain results seemed inevitable, was his just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us conclusion. from all unrighteousness” (I John 1:9). And “if any man will do his will, he shall know Today’s world is in tremendous upheaval, of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or and this includes the professed Church. When whether I speak of myself” (John 7:17). men defend sensualism, materialism, immo­ In the midst of these troubled days when rality of all kinds, and seek to blot God from men’s hearts are failing them for fear (Luke all their thinking by one method or another, 21:26), it is well for the child of God to seek and all under the guise of “maturity,” “tol­ his comfort and strength from the Bible and erance,” “an up-to-date viewpoint,” or some in prayer, in full assurance that, though other excuse, then the child of God should heaven and earth may pass away, God’s word neither be surprised nor deceived. will never fail (Matthew 24:35). Alazarene colleges and their professors offer young persons the constant challenge of the Apostle Paul: “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ”

No Price Tag Too Great • By Allen H. Young

ere it is the last of summer imum of one year in one of our of men and women who make up already. Soon it will be Nazarene colleges, and more if at the administration and faculty of H September. What then for all possible. I realize that our our schools. As they walk across our young people who are graduat­ schools are liberal arts colleges the campus or on the platform for ing seniors? What about their and that they are limited in the a chapel service, there is a silent future? I have been giving a great areas of engineering and some oth­ testimony that challenges the stu­ deal of thought to this and would er such professions. dents with the words of the Apostle like to share with you what is on It is, however, possible to go for Paul, “Be ye followers of me, even my heart. a year or two to one of our schools as I also am of Christ” (I Corin­ Usually young people reflect and then transfer to a university thians 11:1). For this there can pretty much the feeling of the offering the courses of the chosen be no price tag too great! parents with regard to furthering profession. The year or two at one Our professors are not second- their education. If the parents of our Nazarene schools can de­ raters who could not be teaching have been diligently encouraging termine the entire course of life for elsewhere. Many of them are and helping their young people our young people. For this, no superior in their respective fields. plan to go on to college, most of price tag is too great. They could be commanding much them will want to do so. larger salaries in colleges and uni­ Often the case is that parents Life and physical sciences are versities across the nation. They consider primarily the monetary taught from a Bible-centered ap­ prefer to make an investment in cost of a young person going to proach. Literature is taught often the lives of our Nazarene young one of our colleges. This, of course, using literary works of godly men people. If they think your young has to be faced. It should not be and women. Music is taught as people are worth it, shouldn’t you? the primary consideration, how ­ “the language of the soul.” Op­ ever. The primary consideration portunity for participation in many A few years ago we learned that should be the divideiids—not the musical groups is available. Psy­ between 90 and 95 percent of the investment. chology, philosophy, and the other young people of our churches who The next consideration should courses offered are made relevant attended our Nazarene church be where they would continue and meaningful to the Christian schools were saved to Christ and their education. It is my opinion concept of life. to the church. that every one of our Nazarene Then there is the constant chal­ I have found it true in my few young people should spend a min­ lenge presented by the high calibre short years that a person is able

A U G U ST 3, 1966 • (467) 3 to do just about what he or she wants to, if he wants to badly enough. It is up to parents to challenge young people to develop their potential so that their lives might be purposeful and meaning­ ful. The better prepared, the greater the blessing God can make them to be to the world in which they live. For this there is no price tag too great!

About the Cover ... Dr. T. M. Anderson, Wilmore, Ky., who has spent most of his life as a teacher, evangelist, and Bible expositor, explores with Dr. J. Fred Parker, Nazarene A Bible Studi Publishing House book editor, a facsimile of the original King ..... James Bible, a • By James W. Tharp limited edition of 1,500 published by the World Pub­ lishing Co. The original oliness” is a prominent term in both the work came forth Old and New Testaments. The Epistles in 1611 in Eng­ H fairly gleam with it and synonymous land from the hand presses of expressions. Thus the Christian is called upon the king’s printer, to understand the meaning of holiness and its Mr. Robert Bark­ related terms. Especially should those of the er. Mr. Barker had his print- shop on Aldersgate Street, made Wesley an-Arminian persuasion seek a clear un­ famous again more than a hun­ derstanding of what the Bible teaches concerning dred years later when John the deeper work of grace. Wesley’s heart was “strangely warmed” after attending a In brief, holiness is that state of spiritual life church meeting on this street wherein the believer is abundantly alive unto The Bible, subject to the same God, inwardly cleansed from the nature of sin, hazards in printing as any or­ dinary book, appeared with a and powerfully filled with the fullness of Jesus typographical error in the Book Christ. of Ruth, where Ruth is once re­ But as to the meaning of holiness, let us go ferred to as “he.” The publishers strove to from a brief definition to a more practical de­ achieve fidelity to the original scription and say that . . . book in every detail, even to Holiness is a freedom. “But now being made the extent of having a special paper milled. The book contains free from sin, and become servants to God, ye 1,464 pages which measure 10% have your fruit unto holiness, and the end ever­ by 15% inches, is bound in lasting life” (Romans 6:22). leather, embellished in gold leaf, and priced at a neat $200. Holiness is a freedom from the principle of If you’re going through Kan­ sin through the death of our old corrupt nature. sas City this summer, it would “ Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with be a worthwhile stop to see the Bible, as did Dr. Anderson, as him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, well as visit the Publishing that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he House and International Center. that is dead is freed from sin” (Romans 6:6-7). —Managing Editor The Bible teaches that God has designed a salvation for believers which includes freedom

Volume 55, Number 24, AUGUST 3, 1966; Whole Number 2832. HERALD OF HOLINESS: W. T. Purkiser, Editor in Chief; Elden Rawlings, Managing Editor; Bill Lakey, Staff Artist. Contributing Editors: Hardy C. Powers, G. B. Williamson, Samuel Young, Hugh C. Benner, V. H. Lewis, George Coulter, General Superintendents, Church of the Nazarene. Unsolicited manuscripts will not be returned unless postage accompanies the material. Opinions expressed in signed articles -are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Church of the Nazarene. Published every Wednesday, by the NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE, M. A. Lunn, Manager, 2923 Troost Ave., Kansas City, Missouri. Subscription price, $3.00 per year, in advance. Second- class postage paid at Kansas City, Missouri. Address all correspondence concerning subscriotions to: Nazarene Publishing House, P.O. Box 527, Kansas City, Mo. 64141. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Send us your new address, including "ZIP" code, as well as the old address, and enclose a label from a recent copy. Printed in U .S .A . PHOTO CREDITS: Front cover, Dave Lawlor; page 3, Max Tharpe, Statesville, N.C.

4 (468) • HERALD OF HOLINESS i the Meaning of Holiness

from sin. But the glory of this Ghost which is given unto us” which is the head, even Christ” freedom involves more than a birth (Romans 5:5). (Ephesians 4:13-15). into the new; it also includes a Fire is a symbol of the work of In our passion to proclaim sanc­ death to the old. It means the the Holy Spirit in both the heart tification as a second definite work death of the cross—death by cruci­ of the Christian and the life of the of grace we must be careful not fixion! Church. On the Day of Pentecost, to overlook the ministry of the “cloven tongues like as of fire” Holy Spirit progressively also to he stirrings of the “old man” rested above the heads of the be­ lead the sanctified believer into an (the old life with its lievers. Regardless of the different ever-deepening and more mature T corrupt and condemned types of personalities represented walk with God. source) need not rise up in the in the Church, there is always a Holiness is a fruitfulness. “But Christian to disturb his peace of heartwarming flame crowning and the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, mind, to war against G od’s will, to stamping the life that is sanctified peace, longsuffering, gentleness, spoil the image of Christ, to enslave and filled with the Holy Spirit. It goodness, faith, meekness, temper­ the spirit, and to frustrate the grace is the fire of devotion. By this ance” (Galatians 5:22-23). of God. There is a wonderful deliv­ flame the heart is clean, the motive erance from “the body of this is pure, and the eye is single. oliness is a fruitfulness— a death” (the old organism of cor­ Holiness is a fixedness. “ And reproduction of the virtues ruption). It was an authentic de­ the Lord make you to increase and of the Saviour in us by the sire for freedom from this disturb­ abound in love one toward another indwelling Spirit. “And that ye ing depravity that made Charles ... to the end he may stablish your put on the new man, which after Wesley sing: hearts unblameable in holiness be­ God is created in righteousness and fore God” (I Thessalonians 3:12- true holiness” (Ephesians 4:24). Take away our bent to sinning; 13). The Holy Spirit never destroys Alpha and Omega be; Holiness is an establishing grace human personality, but He purges End of faith, as its beginning, in which we become rooted and it in order that it may bear the Set our hearts at liberty. grounded in Christian faith and likeness of the Saviour. doctrine. “Till we all come in the Holiness is a flame. “I indeed unity of the faith, and of the baptize you with water unto re­ knowledge of the Son of God, unto pentance: but he that cometh after a perfect man, unto the measure of SERENITY me is mightier than I, whose shoes the stature of the fulness of Christ: I am not worthy to bear: he shall that we henceforth be no more Hearts full of faith, baptize you with the Holy Ghost, children, tossed to and fro, and Eyes lifted high, and with fire” (M atthew 3:11). carried about with every wind of Behold the stars Through darkened sky! Holiness is a flame of devotion doctrine, by the sleight of men, For faith enriches what we see, pouring forth from the dynamic of and cunning craftiness, whereby And brings a sweet serenity. our new, Christlike nature. “B e­ they lie in wait to deceive; but cause the love of God is shed speaking the truth in love, may By PEARL B. MCKINNEY abroad in our hearts by the Holy grow up into him in all things,

A U G U ST 3, 1966 • (469) 5 Are Tent Meetings Outdated?

large part, churchgoing America has become a “cult of the comfortable.” But there is another side to this same coin. Is there a place for a vital Christian With culture, affluence, education, and the com­ experience in today’s sophisticated, fast- forts of modern society, the Church suffers from moving world? Is revival, in the Bible a lack of outreach, a complacency with reference sense, still possible? Here is the story of one church that to the spreading of the gospel. As government answered, “Yes," to these questions, and and schools have taken over more of the job of of a church and pastor who dared to be different. It is the story of what hap­ meeting human needs, the Church has become pened when God came on the scene in increasingly insulated from the pressing problems an old-fashioned, Holy Ghost, tent revival of mankind. And it is fundamentally an urgent meeting held in this day in a major California city. drive to help sinful men solve their spiritual problems which has characterized the vital Chris­ tian outreach. A Church That Dared to Be Different • By William K. Shearer In spite of the trend to comfort and com­ placency, the Linda Vista Church of the Naza- rene in San Diego, California, has dared to be ifty years ago it was a commonplace occur­ different. Last summer for two weeks, from ence. July 11-25, the Linda Vista Church held an old- T oday, it is unusual. fashioned, tent revival meeting. FPeople don’t hold tent meetings anymore. Why What were the factors which brought about should they? this unique approach to the winning of souls in Most churches have completely adequate, even this metropolitan complex of a half-million peo­ ornate buildings. There is no need to meet in a ple, in a city offering all of modem society’s tent. advantages in great abundance? Many churches—even some of those that began The first factor is the nature of the church and years ago with evangelistic fire—have settled its members. down. Church members, along with society as The Linda Vista Church of the Nazarene is not a whole, have become more affluent, more cul­ large, numbering sixty-one members at the be­ tured, better educated. For many church mem­ ginning of the revival. Further, the membership bers, today, meeting in a tent would be beneath is not wealthy, and the church itself recently what they consider to be their dignity, for, in endured a prolonged period of hard times in

6 (470) • HERALD OF HOLINESS which the doors were almost closed ing approach would draw a crowd two weeks we’re going to have re­ for lack of support. But a group of from the outside world to the vival. Everything else has been set dedicated members held on, be­ church. aside. lieving that God had a plan and The church board vote to hold “There was total freedom of ex­ purpose for the church in Linda the meeting was unanimous, and pression in an atmosphere that was Vista. Within the past year, big immediately the all-out effort was obviously prayed down. The music strides have been taken toward under way. was southern in style. It moved. solution of most of the church’s The men of the church held What Pastor Buby’s choir lacked major problems. seven all-night meetings to pray in musical knowledge and ability, Through these experiences there for revival. The women of the it made up for in spirit and sinceri­ has developed within the church church met once a week in day­ ty. The participation was fantastic. family a complete spirit of unity. time prayer services for the tent Buby has uncovered musical talent The people are totally unified on a meeting. that the people themselves didn’t program of outreach and evange­ Men and women alike fasted know they possessed. They brought lism which has more than doubled during the pre-revival period. their instruments and played, and the size of the Sunday school in Many gave up two meals a day those who couldn’t play clapped the last year, rising from 80 to an for each of the three days imme­ their hands. average of almost 200. diately preceding the commence­ “It was amazing to realize that The second factor is Linda Vis­ ment of the revival meeting. this group of people was so de­ ta’s pastor, Rev. Preston Buby. Cost of holding the tent services dicated that they contributed over A vibrant Christian with a glow­ came to about $1,200. M ore than $1,000 beyond their regular giving ing testimony to a sinful world, a month in advance members of to make the tent meeting a success Pastor Buby has one goal, winning the church had pledged over $700, and revival a reality. individual souls to Christ. Called and an amount equal to the pledges “Perhaps nothing better il­ to the church two years ago, he had come in before the first service lustrates the spirit of the meeting has bloodied his knuckles knock­ was held in the tent. Although the than the fact that in the midst of ing on doors. The people of the church is primarily composed of their own revival the people of the church have been affected by his wage earners, several families Linda Vista Church raised an ad­ attitude and enthusiasm. pledged $100 each toward the suc­ ditional $100 for support of another A third factor is the dedication cess of the revival. revival meeting being conducted of Linda Vista’s Sunday school su­ Six thousand pieces of literature by the denomination’s Southeast perintendent, Elvis Brown, who were distributed door to door, in (colored) Church. has given countless hours of time parking lots, and through the mail. “Several times during this meet­ to visitation, and who worked tire­ ing,” Millhuff says, “I closed my lessly to solve the many m e­ Atmosphere of the Meeting eyes and felt as if I were in one of chanical problems in connection Evangelist Charles Millhuff de­ Uncle Buddy Robinson’s illustra­ with the tent meeting. Licensed scribes the tent meeting in these tions of fifty years ago. I saw as a local preacher, in addition to words: people shouting and being blessed. operating a business. Brown fre­ “It was the most amazing meet­ The meeting was beautiful and quently preaches and holds revival ing I have ever seen. People came totally uninhibited spiritually.” meetings as well. and sat night after night, and no Revival Results The fourth factor which greatly one wanted to leave. Singing start­ What results did the tent revival contributed to the success of the ed each night at seven o’clock, and show? Did the meeting have an revival is the ministry of the evan­ services lasted until ten-thirty, but impact on the community? gelist, Rev. Charles Millhuff, of no one wanted to go home. Attendance was never less than Kansas City. A powerful preacher, San Diego is a big city. It 100 at any service, with many Millhuff has been marvelously wasn’t as if you were of the services drawing blessed with oratorical ability, out in the ‘sticks’ som e­ from 150 to almost 200 platform style, and sermon content where, where no one people. Pastor Buby ranking him with the best and had any other says that people most forceful evangelists in A m er­ place to go. came to the tent ica today. “The peo­ that never would Finally, the people of the church ple’s atti­ have come were passionately devoted to the tude was, to the revival program. For two months For prior to the meeting they went all out in preparation, believing that God would honor their efforts in a tremendous way. Pastor Buby and Sunday School Superintendent Brown were convinced that the unique tent-meet­

A U G U ST 3, 1966 • (471) 7 church. Attendance included peo­ have wanted to be a Christian all Linda Vista story, they testify, ple from ever walk of life, and all my life, but I never had the nerve illustrates the success which the socioeconomic groups. to go to an altar before.” church can achieve by daring to As direct and indirect results of —A group of surfers came to be unique, different, alive, and the revival, the Linda Vista Church scoff at the meeting. One of them evangelistic. has taken in over thirty new was saved at the altar; “We believe that the gospel is members. —A woman for whom the church for everybody,” the Linda Vista More than 110 seekers found sal­ had prayed for eight years came people will tell you, “and we are vation, sanctification, and other to a service to be gloriously re­ concerned for the salvation of help at the altar. There were deemed. men’s undying souls. We believe numerous seekers at most services, our church has a part to play in many of them brand-new converts Outreach God’s redemptive purpose, and we who never before had accepted The ten services contained three want to be in the center of His Christ. Not only will they make an essential elements: a rousing song will, doing His work.” impact on the Linda Vista Church, service, earnest prayer, and rugged Church critics may be correct, but about one-half of those receiv­ preaching. The people loved it. today, when they say that too much ing spiritual help were from other God came on the scene night after of Christianity is being submerged churches, and will now go back to night. in a “cult of the comfortable.” But strengthen the work of their own Linda Vista’s pastor and church vital, evangelical Christianity is churches and denominations. members believe that the kind of very much alive at Linda Vista in What kind of people received community outreach achieved by San Diego, California. Here is one help at the altar? Here are some their tent meeting is the kind of community where old-time religion examples: outreach the church at large must is on the m ove with a biblical im­ —A navy man, husband and develop if vital Christianity is to pact and outreach seldom equalled father, found God after years of survive in today’s world. The in our time. existence in a backslidden state; —A mother of seven children was gloriously saved; —A university student accepted Christ; —An aged father saw his adult son sanctified midst shouts of victory; PR A Y EE —Lives were changed. People quit drinking, smoking, and other habits; HY pray —A drunkard came to the altar And half a n'orld axcay with his wife and son. All found New power, new love. salvation. New strength to meet the day, —A handsome lad, a recent high Its stumbling stones to move, school graduate, was saved and Are there because we, pray. sanctified. He told the evangelist, “You have done everything for We fast and pray m e!” And half a world away —At a Sunday school altar ser­ God's hand is laid vice, twenty-five children were Upon the ill, the fearful and afraid, saved. Nine of them went to the altar for the first time in their And demon power is backward thrown, lives; And Christ redeems His own, —A colored couple and their For whom He died one awful day. young son were saved. “The greatest moment of my life was I.ord, help us pray. when my son followed me to the Soon ends our time of day. altar,” the father said; So great the need; so i’ast His grace! —Three young servicemen came My soul, seek oft the secret place, for help. One was saved, two were And pray, and pray, and pray. sanctified; —Healing services were held each night with actual results re­ By JEAN L. PHILLIPS ported; —A young man answered a call to preach the gospel; —Four strapping teen-age boys were saved. One of them said, “I

8 (472) • HERALD OF HOLINESS Gerald E. Brooks family

llie Miracle oilransiormed Lives • By Gerald E. Brooks

he first time my wife and I We really couldn’t afford the come up to the altar and accept heard the phrases “Praise expense of driving all the way to Jesus Christ as their Saviour. Im­ T the Lord’’ and “Amen” California, but I was spurred on mediately Satan began his decep­ was in a Church of the Nazarene. by the words my mother had spo­ tion, using one of his greatest We looked at each other and our ken at various times during the weapons, one’s own self-pride. thoughts were: Well, the religion past seventeen years about how “You cannot go up there in front of these people is really “way out.” happy Aunt Gladys and Uncle of these people and let them know Mike were in fellowship with their My wife, June, our three child­ you are a sinner. Besides there is ren, and I were on the last leg of Saviour, Jesus Christ. nothing wrong with going out with a sixty-day leave. We were visit­ Also, in 1959, Uncle Mike’s doc­ the gang to drink, dance, and live ing an aunt and uncle in Bell, tor had discovered dreaded Hodg­ it up. After all, some of the nicest California. We were also on the kin’s disease in his body. Uncle people you know are at those last leg of our marriage. My ha­ Mike was operated on with the parties and they go to church bitual overindulgence in drinking doctors doing all they could—and every Sunday. You know you en­ and gambling were not only wear­ they gave him just six short months joy gambling, and you meet a lot ing my nerves thin, but my wife’s to live. My mother had also told of influential people at these nerves also. us that the Lord had touched Uncle gatherings. So be content to go The last five years of our mili­ Mike’s body and healed him. Un­ with the multitude. You are doing tary career had been an assign­ cle Mike, with his radiant smile, just fine by going to church about ment in Germany. W e had met is still living, working, and testify­ once a year. Why change now?” many nice people in Germany and ing for his Saviour, Jesus Christ. we enjoyed Europe. However, The beloved Holy Spirit counter­ the low-priced alcohol, continuous This is what had spurred me on attacked with: TDY (temporary duty assignment) to take the long trip to California. “ These people already know that trips, and gambling opportunities The time: June 27, 1965—a little all are sinners, and they love you. on all sides didn’t help my weak­ over one year ago. You know when you go out with nesses. There was that empty feel­ the gang and drink and dance that The place: First Church of the ing within me that was gone only the next morning isn’t what it Nazarene in Maywood, California when I had partaken of a few high­ should be. You know that your —a suburb of Los Angeles. balls. The next morning, however, gambling takes money away from the emptiness was back along with At the close of the sermon an your family, giving you a terrible a new hangover. I knew there was invitation was given to all those temper that disturbs your already more to life than this. living without God, asking them to disrupted stomach and starts argu-

A U G U ST 3, 1966 • (473) 9 We are now a Bible-studying family and are fast learning f the importance of family altar

50 Years Ago

(From the editions dated August 2 and 9, 1916, of the "Herald of Holiness")

On Church Attendance ments at home. Your nervous importance of family altar. Our The pulpit does not need stomach must be soothed by tak­ lives are changed completely. politics, economics, social re­ ing tranquilizers. And, as for the There is no more drinking, smok­ form, the latest novel, or any church people, you notice how ing, dancing, going to the movies, of the sensational methods for happy they are—that special ‘glow’ and very little television viewing. drawing back a losing church about them, their kind smiles. You We praise the Lord, our living God, attendance. Only a return to know you and your family should for all He has done for us. W e are the Bible and Pentecost is be going to church every Sunday. indeed happy in our new life. needed to bring back the old- Take the first step and Jesus will In September, revival came to time fire and power to the help you go the rest of the way. our church and the evangelist pulpit, and the old-time in­ Tell the Saviour you know you are preached on something new to us, terested hearing by the mas­ a sinner. Confess all your sins to “sanctification.” ses.—Editor B. F. Haynes. the Lord and ask Him to forgive The word “sanctification” did not you.” get through to us. We told the Old Satan returned and whis­ evangelist and our pastor that our Leaping Christianity pered, “What about that pride of experience was different. We yours?” Yes, I let Satan win an­ knew that Jesus took care of True Christianity is agile. other victory. everything when He forgave us our The halting, limping, slowly- rendered obedience and ser­ The following night, Jesus Christ sins. vice is not G od’s picture of again knocked on the door of my The very next night the sermon the Christed man, though heart. That time I knelt by the was—that’s right, you guessed it— such is a fair description of divan in the living room and ac­ sanctification. During the sermon the best of the w orld’s ben­ cepted the Lord as my personal I was searching my heart, “Lord, evolence. When the gospel Saviour. Jesus came and took all you know I have consecrated my enters and has its full way my sins away. all to Thee. Lord You know I will not let anything worldly stand with the heart, the halting Early the next morning before between us. Lord, let me know if lameness disappears, and as we left, I removed a bottle of I am the way You want me.” an hart we leap and bound whiskey from the trunk of the car When the evangelist gave the along the way of service to and set in on the kitchen sink— altar call, I ivas on my way. I Him and to our neighbor.— fully knowing I wouldn’t be need­ prayed and asked God to give me Editor Haynes. ing it again, ever. a pure heart. I felt nothing but I Four days later, arriving in Den­ knew I was sanctified. We were ver, Colorado, the Lord let me named ministers of visitation for The Religious Paper know that I should also quit the church, and it is wonderful to P roblem cigarettes. Two weeks later we go out and talk to people about our It may be humiliating to arrived at our new duty station, Lord and Saviour. confess it but it is a fact that Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, We thank God for leading us to very few, if any, denomina­ Mississippi. the Church of the Nazarene. Our The very first Sunday we went precious Lord and Saviour, Jesus tional church papers have to the First Church of the Naza­ Christ, has given us much light to ever been self-supporting. rene in Biloxi. We enjoyed the fine walk in and His words are very Most of them have always been published at a loss, and services and especially the friend­ clear: “Wherefore Jesus also, liness of the pastor and congrega­ that he might sanctify the people still continue so. . . . Oc­ casionally the church paper tion. with his own blood, suffered with­ Three weeks after our arrival my out the gate” (Hebrews 13:12); has been able to forge its way wife, June, accepted Jesus Christ and, “ Follow peace with all men, through and become self- as her personal Saviour. Shortly and holiness, without which no supporting, but this is, and thereafter our three children— man shall see the Lord” (Hebrews has always been, the rare e x ­ Rodney, Susan, and Michael—went 12:14). ception. . . . —Editor Haynes. to the altar and accepted this w on­ We found the keys to heaven (Ed. note: And still it is!) derful salvation of our Lord and through the priceless cleansing and Saviour. sanctifying power of the blood of We are now a Bible-studying Jesus Christ. Praise His holy family and are fast learning the name!!

10 (474) • HERALD OF HOLINESS Take your first step in the wonderful ivorld o f . . . . . this message is for you!

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International Center of the Church of the Nazarene, Kansas City, Missouri, showing (left to right in foreground) the General Board Building, International Headquarters, and Nazarene Theological Seminary. The Nazarene Book Store appears at upper left.

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Because our denomination is growing so rap­ nual influx of students coming to the Seminary. Twenty-six Nazarene churches in greater Kansas idly, constant plant expansion is necessary and City are ready to welcome newcomers and pro­ our work force keeps increasing. This provides vide places of worship and participation. In ad­ ample opportunity for advancement and makes for maximum use of every employee’s capabilities. dition, a progressive, growing community offers a multitude of cultural and aesthetic advantages Kansas City, with its international headquar­ in music, art, and natural beauty, to be enjoyed ters, has been the heart of the Church of the Naz­ by those who have the time and inclination to arene for more than half a century. Representa­ seek them.

• CI erk-ty p i sts • Artists— layout • Stenographers with shorthand ® Experienced proofreaders a Correspondents ® Letter pressmen • Cost clerks o Offset pressmen • Machine bookkeepers • Offset plate makers • Calculator operators • Offset cameramen • Shipping and mailing personnel • Bindery men « Warehousemen • Compositors—hand and machine • Opportunities for supervisory and ® Maintenance men with electrical management trainees background

10c NANCY CLARK Formerly of JAMES SPRUILL Williamsburg. Virgin>a Nancy worked in civil service. In lieu of a call to full time Chris- The newly installed Web Offset tion service, she came to the Press is a major responsibility Publishing House with the pur­ of Jim's. Even in the mechanics pose of channeling her secre­ of printing there is a certain ro­ tarial abilities to the Lord's work. mance. for "one thing I enjoy In comparing the positions she about my work is the realization notes that there are "no regrets that the printed material may m changing, for salary and ben­ reach people who might not efits are adequate, and I feel otherwise hear the Word of God. that every letter I type is my There are unlimited challenge small talent being used for God and satisfaction in working for and His kingdom." the Publishing House."

r n iL L ir n . k iumAKUbUN ROBERTA HOOVER Formerly of Moron, Missouri Forrin r:y of [ji'thany. Oklahoma Phil graduated from Olivet Naz­ Now in the order-clerical depart­ arene College in 1964 with a de­ ment. Roberta has an apprecia­ gree in business administration. tion for the working conditions. He has found that the necessary "I came to work at the Publish attention to detail in sales work ing House knowing I wouid be in is complemented by a constant a Christian environment and enlargement of vision "I have working with Christian people, developed a greater sense of ap­ which is far from the conditions preciation for the Church of the on my previous job. My life has Nazarene as I've felt the pulse been richer in the Lord than ever beat of its activity and life. It is before. I love my work and enjoy a thrill to see the circumstances every bit of it." and decisions which affect and mold our church."

CRANDALL VAIL formerly of BETTY FUHRMAN West Somerville, Mass. Formerly of Portland, Oregon As you read Nazarene literature, Betty, after earning her master's pictures and drawings make it degree in English literature, rev­ come alive. With a background in els in the diversification of commercial advertising. Crandall work including major editorial came to the Publishing House assignments for the House. "One eleven years ago to work in the of the most rewarding elements art department. "These have is an enlargement of outlook. been years of personal enrich­ The international flavor of daily m ent— for I have felt without work and the constant emphasis any doubt that I have been in on worldwide needs carry one’s His will and that my life was in perspective beyond the pro­ some special way being used of vincial." God "

MARILYN STARK Formerly of York, Nebraska RAY NEISLER Formerly ol Roulrlor, Colorado A recent employee, Marilyn knows what it is to begin a Ray, a former air corps officer "new " job. for she came at the and employee of United Airlines, time of transition to IBM in the joined the Publishing House staff subscription department. "A def­ after receiving his degiee in inite impression that God wanted mechanical engineering He sees me in His service in some ca his work now as a ministry pacity led me eventually to the "causing His word to reach a few Nazarene Publishing House Here more eyes and ears If I improve I have found great satisfaction any specific function of the plant in doing the work of the King­ or equipment I affect positively dom. It’s a real joy to work for the growth of His Kingdom. For a Christian institution." this I am thankful."

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"The Unknown God" we can know nothing of Him. For the knowledge He gives us of himself is not only knowledge Walking the streets of ancient Athens, the about Him. It is acquaintance with Him, through Apostle Paul found an altar with a strange in­ His Son and His Spirit. scription. It was dedicated to “The Unknown We shall have an eternity to learn more about God.” In his sermon on Mars’ Hill he used this Him whom we have come to love because He in his introduction, “Whom therefore ye ignorant­ first loved us. In the meantime, as the fathers ly worship, him declare I unto you.” used to say, “He who hears God’s Word can bear One has only to read a small portion of modern His silences.” What we do not understand we discussion about God to sense how up-to-date may safely leave in His keeping. these words are. Raw, naked atheism is not wide­ That God cannot be “spelled in blocks of logic” spread in the West. God is a conversation piece. is no true barrier to faith. It is correct to say But the God the moderns talk about is an anony­ that “God is not a theorem to be proved; and if mous, faceless, and unknown God. He were, He would hardly be worth the proving.” Archeologists have found a Babylonian peni­ Nor is God an object to be studied. The tools tential prayer written centuries before Christ. It of science— the microscope and the telescope— is addressed to “the god whom it may concern.” cannot focus upon Him. The proper reply to the There is a strangely modern sound to these an­ taunt of Russian Cosmonaut Major Titov that cient words. he had seen nothing of God during his flight in What, after all, does our society know about space was that of the American officer who said, God? That He is an infinite Creator, a cosmic “All he had to do to meet God out there was First Cause? That He is a benevolent grand­ to get out of his spaceship!” father who guarantees that everything will turn And the medical doctor who declared that he out all right in spite of the wickedness and re­ had examined the bodies of many human beings bellion of His creatures? That He is “the un­ and could find no trace of the soul might well be moved Mover,” far from the factory and market­ answered, as has been suggested, with the words, place? “When you are dead and they examine you, they How much about the true God is unknown, will find no trace of your passion for medical re­ even in this twentieth of the Christian centuries! search.” Where, in examining a piano, will you His power, His presence, His purpose are un­ find a Beethoven sonata? known. His goodness and His grace are unknown. None of this is meant to imply that we could His uncompromising holiness is unknown. find God if He had not first sought us. But be­ Yet the Bible, His Word, is full of truth about cause He has introduced himself to us in His God. His power is revealed in creation, and in Word and through His Son, we find Him, not as His mighty acts in history. His presence is mani­ “the unknown God” but as “the God and Father fest in the very survival of any measure of truth of our Lord Jesus Christ.” and justice. His purpose is set forth in the send­ We know Him as Saviour, as Sanctifier, and as ing of His Son to be Saviour and Lord. Sovereign. The hymn of Civil War days is just At the heart of the universe is not the unknow­ as appropriate now as it was a century ago: able, not the impenetrable mystery. At the heart He has sounded forth the trumpet of the universe is the true and living God, who That shall never call retreat; has revealed himself in the face of Jesus Christ. He is sifting out the hearts of men Before His judgment seat. WE MAY WELL ADMIT that God’s thoughts Oh, be swift, my sold, to answer Him! are not our thoughts, and His ways are not our Be jubilant, my feet! ways. If we could comprehend Him fully with Our God is marching on. our finite and limited minds, what we thus under­ stood would certainly not be the God of the Bible. Better Off Not Worth So Much But that we cannot know all there is to know Vance Havner tells of a leopard skin made into about God must not be used as the basis for a a high-priced coat that hung in the window of shallow agnosticism which argues that therefore a furrier’s shop. A passer-by looked at it and

A U G U ST 3, 1966 • (475) 11 said, “That old cat was better off before he was be converted to the service of the Lord and ex­ worth so much!” changed for the gold of eternity. And this is Unfortunately, the same thing may be true of one rate of exchange that is always favorable. people. To be better off does not necessarily A family group was discussing a distant rela­ mean to be better. It may result in being much tive. One of them commented, “He certainly is w orse. getting on in the world.” From her chair, Grand­ The most dangerous times in the history of na­ mother asked, “Which world?” tions and individuals are not times of hardship This, of course is the crucial question. In this and adversity. They are the times of ease and commercial age, money seems necessary—and prosperity. This is so clearly seen throughout most of us have little control over how much of the Bible. Its writers are much less concerned for it we shall have. Yet the things we need most are their readers in times of reverses than they are those things no money can buy: contentment, in times of success. health, and above all, spiritual soundness. That people of wealth may indeed serve God It is still better to be “rich in faith” though wholeheartedly is quite true. Abraham and among the poor of this world (James 2:5) than David were wealthy men by the standards of to be “worth” more in the world and a pauper in their day. While our Lord had no place to lay the things of God. His head, some of His followers were men of means— as, for example, Philemon. The thing is, it is harder for the prosperous They Also Serve than for the poor to trust the Lord completely. One of the encouraging recent developments in The rich man may enter the kingdom of Heaven. the total work of the Church of the Nazarene is But Jesus said that it would be “hardly” (Mat­ the increasing involvement of laymen in full-time thew 19:32)—a word that does not here mean positions in its work. Four of our General Board “scarcely” but “with difficulty, finding it hard.” executive officers are laymen, and many other The other side of the coin is that one may be lay people serve in responsible places at Head­ in bondage to the things he wants but doesn’t quarters and the Publishing House. have, just as much as he may be in bondage to The Herald of Holiness this week carries an the things he does have. George Macdonald, who informative insert prepared by the Nazarene could speak from experience, remarked, “But it Publishing House, stressing this area of the is not the rich man only who is under the church’s work. dominion of things; they too are slaves who, We are told in the Bible to pray about having no money, are unhappy from the lack of “labourers” in the harvest. That this applies it. . . . If it be things that slay you, what matter first to those who preach is no doubt true. But whether things you have, or things you have there are many kinds of labor in the church that n o t? ” can better be performed by lay people than by In one circumstance only may a person be m inisters. better off when he is “worth more.” It is when We should have learned this lesson from the he takes care to use his means for the glory of sixth chapter of Acts. The Church had not long God. been at work until business concerns began tak­ Whatever the enigmatic parable of the unjust ing more time than the apostles felt they could servant in Luke 16 may mean, it certainly teaches give. They did not neglect the business. They us that “the mammon of unrighteousness” may turned it over to “men of honest report, full of the H oly G host and w isd om ” w hile they gave < ry >. s.s.-yrs-ss -S-S 's-ss---- themselves “continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.” Publishing House and Headquarters activities demand a wide range of skills, and run parallel God’s children may neither knoic nor to those of administrative and publishing con­ understand the intervening high spots and cerns engaged in secular trade. There are open­ supporting details. But they can he dead ings for capable workers in many departments. sure that the ultimate end of consistent If a man is known by the company he keeps, faith ivill be victory. Even death and the a company is known by the men it keeps. Rated grave are crushingly outnumbered. . . . All by this—or any other criterion—the Nazarene the evidence is not in, but faith's victory Publishing House stands with the best. is sealed and sure.— Selected. To those with lives to invest as well as a living to make, the editor would like to commend the Nazarene Publishing House as a challenging and worthwhile area of service.

12 (476) • HERALD OF HOLINESS "Let'IToward o l uslie Itake / i L q counsel i n r r v l together" Abundant4-1-» •-'' /KlnUnrv.(Nehemiah 6:7). ~7 \ Living

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Observations on Resentment

The insides of a cat were being watched through a fluoroscope in the laboratory. As the professor put it in laymen's language, "This cat's inside machinery w as running like a sewing machine." The food w as being taken in, deposited in the stomach, and progressing in keeping with the digestive processes of cats. Then! The door was opened and the experimenter brought into the room a dog which the cat w as known to dislike. The cat continued to eat, but nothing w as the same. His back began to bow. His fur rose. His eyes dilated. Something began happening on the inside, too. The food continued to be taken in, but the digestive processes began slowing down until finally they stopped. The food still w as being taken in, but nothing happened to it. The professor turned in dead seriousness to the class, "If resentment does that to cats, what do you think it does to human beings?" Resentment works like that. Everything goes along fine until resentment develops, and suddenly everything else grinds to a halt. Most people who harbor resentment do not understand the price they pay for their feelings. Friendships are broken. Jobs are lost. Homes are demoralized. Psychosomatic illnesses develop. Personality grows brittle and unbending. Resilience and flexibility are lost from the personality. Emotions become unstable. Energies, which might have been turned outward in productive pursuits, are turned in­ w ard and productivity drops; effectiveness dwindles. All of this comes from resentment. It is the worst disease of the mind. Many persons tenaciously cling to their resentments because they feel they are justified in holding them. But justified or not, no person can hold resentment who wants to live a productive, happy life. No person in the Bible w as more justified in holding resentment than Joseph. He could have fought back, felt sorry for himself, or floundered in the use of other ineffective defense mechanisms. But he did the only thing any strong man does, he rose above the persons and the places which might have provoked resentment within him. His brothers had rejected him. His boss's wife had lied about him, and the butler who promised to remember him didn't. Further, he wasted some precious time of his youth in a prison, serving time unjustly. What are the preventive measures against resentment? Or what is the cure if resentment already has made its inroads in a person's mind? Here are three observations: 1) Become aw are of the causes for resentment. There is usually, not one, but severalcauses for resentment. Resentment is a form of anger which grows out of jealousy, feelings of hostility, and feelings of frustration at our own inadequacies during the time of injustice. In Joseph's case he w as first of all a rejected teen-ager. At seventeen he w as sold by his brothers. He was handed a severe injustice in the lie told against him by Potiphar's wife. He w as for­ gotten by a good friend whom he had helped. And last, he w as frustrated by confinement in jail at a time when the thrust of life is at its strongest. 2) Resentment which begins with a specific experience can become diffused and spread out to tarnish everything life touches. Life is not lived in compart­ ments. People who are resentful in one part of life will either handle the resentment immediately or it will spread into other areas of life. Resentment that crops up on the job, in the home, at church, or in social relationships will soon spread like gangrene to all areas of life. 3) Resentment can be cured only by your own willingness to receive the cleansing of the Holy Spirit. A person may rationalize his problem of resent­ ment by believing his feelings are justified because of the injustice he has suffered. He may further excuse himself on the grounds that t%sentment is a problem everybody faces. This does not change the fact. Resentment is a sin. And there is no adequate solution for sin except forgiveness and cleansing.

AUGUST 3, 1%« • (477) 13 There’s no three-minute minimum charge, and if radio conditions are good they may converse just about as long as they want. NARF has its headquarters in Kan­ sas City, Mo., at International Center. Transmitting and receiving equip­ ment, given by a late member of the Fellowship, is the nerve center for communication with overseas mis­ sionaries. Gary Moore, "Showers of Blessing” m usic director, operates the International Center contact. The net­ work offers a facility for maintaining contact with missionaries in foreign fields, as well as encouraging fellow­ ship among pastor members of NARF. General Superintendent V. H. Lew­ is, an ardent “ ham ,” is advisor to the Fellowship. There are some one hundred fifty members in this country and abroad. Contacts with overseas include mis­ sion stations in the Cape Verde Is­ lands, Uruguay, Peru, Guatemala, and Germ any. The fellowship is constantly making new friends. The notes for this article, Dr. IV. D. McGraw, superintendent of the Oregon Pacific District, keeps in in fact, w ere taken by the writer, also touch u-ith area pastors and his home through his car transmitter and a ham radio operator, in a two-way receiver. radio contact with W. D., as he is familiarly known to brother “hams,” while the superintendent drove from Portland to Seattle. Listening to Dr. Ham Radio Has Multiple McGraw talk from his automobile radio station was almost like being in the same room with him. “Arm­ chair copy,” the “hams” would call it. Use by Church Leaders The result of that radio contact, which By R obert Foy McGraw in their Portland home. Mrs. began quite informally, was a new, McGraw has also been “bitten” by and we hope a lasting, friendship for In beating long-distance telephone the ham radio bug. With her husband both o f us. tolls, Rev. W. D. McGraw, superin­ on the road, she takes over the If that isn’t fellowship, then we’ll tendent of the Oregon Pacific District, transmitter, and through prearranged pay for your next long-distance tele­ has found a better way of keeping in schedules, they can keep close contact. phone call back home. touch. Dr. McGraw is among a variety of Nazarenes who have learned the value of amateur radio. This superintendent is on the road most of the time super­ vising his churches in distant corners of Oregon. Contact with the more than seventy pastors is essential. He finds ham radio an effective medium of doing just that. With a mobile transmitter and receiver in his car, Dr. McGraw is able to range far and wide, and still be in touch by a mere flick of his finger on the microphone. As he drives, the superintendent may check in with one of the mem­ bers of the Nazarene Amateur Radio Fellowship (NARF). Perhaps he will make a schedule ahead of time to talk with Rev. Ken Bryant, another NARF member and pastor of the church in Puyallup, Wash. While Dr. McGraw is cruising the freeways, the two ministers can discuss mutual church plans and problems. Not the least important is the super­ Gerald H. Moore, W 0H SP , is shown at the controls of the International intendent’s ability to talk with Mrs. Center station of Nazarene Amateur Radio Fellowship in Kansas City, Mo.

14 (478) • HERALD OF HOLINESS Old Records Received by Headquarters Archives The record of minutes of the John Wesley Pentecostal Church, Brooklyn, N.Y., which was organized in 1896 and was one of the bodies later to m erge with the Church of the Nazarene, was recently received into the archives at International Center. The large, heavily bound book con­ tains the m inutes of the organizational meeting, and a list of charter mem­ bers who came into the church Octo­ ber 15, 1896. Also received recently was a picture NEW OLIVET BUILDING— Ludwig Center, a $900,000 college union building of People’s Evangelical Church, Pro­ on the campus of Olivet Nazarene College, was dedicated bg Dr. Hardy C. vidence. R.I., organized July 21, 1887. Powers, general superintendent. May 31. The Center, ivhieh will be the The building was erected in 1891. heart of Olivet's campus life, houses student food services, student offices, This church was the earliest organized snack bar, post office, barbershop, laundry facilities, bookstore, a president's among holiness churches which later dining room, game room, and various lounge areas. The building was named merged with Nazarenes in the 1907 after Dr. S. T. Ludwig, late general secretary. General Assembly in Chicago. Pictures of general secretaries, Rev. R. Pierce (1907-8), Rev. Fred H. Mendell (1915), and Rev. E. J. F lem ­ ing (1919-39), have also been ob­ Members of Parliament tained, but A rch ivist R. R. H odges needs a picture of Fred C. Epperson, secretary of the General Assembly held in 1911. Should persons know of Hear Graham's Warning living relatives or other sources National leaders in Britain were More thn 300 people attended the where such a picture might be found, warned by Billy Graham that England early morning meeting that was made Hodges suggests their writing the is at the crossroads of destiny. His up of a “cross section of public life in Archives, International Center, Church message came a few days before the England.” of the Nazarene, 6401 The Paseo, British crusade closed July 2 in the Sir Cyril and Lady Black were host Kansas City, Mo. 64131. 100,000-seat Wembley Stadium when and hostess to the members of Par­ m ore than 2,000 buses and several liament, local government leaders, Church Notes Fiftieth special trains brought people to hear Lord Mayor of Westminster, and Charter members and former pas­ the American evangelist. church officials. tors were am ong those celebrating the “The course you take will determine After Graham presented his stern fiftieth anniversary of the Cherry the course of history,” Graham told warning, he declared that the secret Grove church, a rural congregation about one hundred fifty members of of strength of any nation is not in near Cadillac, Mich. Dr. Fred J. the Houses of Parliament present at weapons but in “a faith in God.” Hawk, Michigan District superinten­ the breakfast in a fashionable London He said that “your society can go dent, spoke at one of the anniversary hotel. They had rushed across the on the momentum of the past for a services and dedicated a new addition city from an all-night seating in the while but then something must give. to the church. House of Commons. You may fall without a fight.” The evangelist called for a new puritanism of self-control, honesty, and high morals in God. "Britain and America could have a great spiritual awakening. It could reverse history and the course they are now taking,” Graham said. “This could have a mighty influence on the world and maybe save the entire human race.” Colorado on New Zone In line with reorganization of edu­ cational zones, the Colorado District becomes a member of the Northwest Nazarene College zone. The move cam e as a result of the action taken in the 1964 General Assembly which realigned the college zones to make room for two new junior colleges. The district was formerly a part of “FAMILY WEEK" REUNION— Rev. H. C. Watson (left) and Mrs. Watson the Pasadena College zone. During are the parents of four children, two sons and two daughters, all of whom are actively engaged in the ministry, and xi'ho during National Family the coming assembly year, Colorado’s Week enjoyed a family reunion. Next to Father Watson are the sons, Roy education budget is to be divided and Luther, with their brothers-in-law, Rex\ Jim Weeks and Rei\ John IVinc. equally between Northwest Nazarene The family of ministers pastor churches in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. College and Pasadena College.

A U G U ST 3, 1966 • (479) 15 MORE THAN 200 persons gathered in the recently completed Church of the Nazarene in Sarzana, Italy, for the dedication of one of the first Protestant churches in the country. Started by former district superintendent. Rev. Rocco Cerrato, the project was completed through the efforts of the present superintendent. Rev. Paul Wire, and Pastor Mirano. The photo at right is of the dedication service, at which Middle European Superintendent Rev. Jerald D. Johnson spoke, through Interpreter Rev. Milazzo. Mr. Wire is seated on the platform.

Kids Express Love to D.S. News of Revivals held at the district center recently. Evangelists C. Hastings Smith and Thirteen cabinfuls of boys and girls Overland Park, Kan .—Two tornado Paul Martin preached, and James at the recent Nebraska children’s alerts during the Kansas City District Bohi sang to large crowds which cam p contributed $54.41 in a love camp meeting, one of which forced the braved heavy rains and storm alerts. offering for Dr. Whitcomb Harding, service to close early, failed to dimin­ More than a hundred young people Nebraska District superintendent, now ish the positive results of services joined a medical missionary, Dr. Sam­ recuperating from a heart ailment. uel Hynd, during an afternoon mis­ “Many of the campers gave up sionary service to dedicate their lives. their handcraft in order to give more generously toward your love offer­ 'Showers of Blessing' ing,” a camp spokesman said. “Praise Montgomery, Ala.—Twenty-five God for the blessings they received Program Schedule persons found spiritual help during a for their part in the offering.” revival at First Church here in which Rev. Gordon Winchester served as Couple Celebrate Fiftieth evangelist. Rev. and Mrs. E. L. Askins will August 7—“Your Appointments celebrate their fiftieth wedding an­ with God,” by Fletcher C. Moving Ministers niversary August 13 in Tucson, Ariz. Spruce They pastored on four southwestern August 14—“Are You a Spirit- Rev. Melvin McCullough from Ft. Worth filled Christian?” by Fletcher (Tex.) Wedgwood to Kansas City (Kan.) districts. Shaw nee. C. Spruce Rev. Bob Cox from Andrews, Tex., to August 21—“The Peril of Re­ Burleson, Tex. A capacity crowd honored Mrs. sisting God,” by Fletcher C. Rev. Aubrey Ponce from Sitka, Alaska, Florence McClellan, Topeka (Kan.) into retirement due to a serious heart con­ Spruce d ition. Fairlawn pianist for twenty-two Rev. David Blum, from Red Deer, Al­ years. berta (Canada) First to Wapato, Wash­ ington. Rev. Thomas M. Taylor from Spring- ville, Calif., to Bakersfield (Calif.) Brent­ w ood. Rev. William Leonard Hall from Shafter, Calif., to Sanger, Calif. R ev. L arry H. L ew is, student, to Little­ ton, C olo. Rev. Albert Allen Frederick from D ay­ ton, Ky., to Turkey Creek, Ky. R ev. C. E. S tanley from Ft. Madison, Iowa, to Fairfield, Iowa. Rev. Glenn Lord from Coffeyville (Kan.) First to Scottsbluff, Neb. Rev. Eldon B. Leach, student, to Ains­ worth, Neb. R ev. H en ry T. B e y e r from Sulphur (La.) First into the evangelistic field. Rev. Willard L. Emerson from Heming- ford, Neb., to Moorhead, Minn. Rev. Glen Lenz from Albion, Neb., to Van Horn (N.M.) First Church. Rev. Eugene Vickery from Anderson (Ind.) Fairfax to Marion (Ind.) Lincoln Boulevard Church. R ev. L arry E. M athias from Orland, Ind., to Muncie (Ind.) Wheeling Church. R ev. Paul E. M ou nts from Wapato, Washington, into evangelistic field. Rev. Glenn W. Schafer from Hermiston, Ore., to Petaluma, Calif. Rev. Floyd Young from Harrington, CALIFORNIA PLANT DEDICATED— General Superintendent Hugh C. Wash., to Downey, Calif. Benner preached the dedicatory sermon for the San Luis Obispo, Calif., R ev. O scar H. S h eets from Kokomo (Ind.) Forest Lawn Church to Winamac, church, pastored by Rev. George O. Cargill, above. The total evaluation Ind. of the three-unit church is approximately $350,000. Rev. Marvin Cochman from Enid (Okla.)

16 (480) • HERALD OF HOLINESS Cleveland Road Church to Florence, S.C. tendent Young. (N.W.M.S. convention, August 9 Rev. H arry J. F elter from evangelistic Moving Missionaries and 10; N.Y.P.S. convention, August 10; S.S. con­ field to A llow ay , N.J. Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett McKay, 826 K ai- vention, August 10.) Rev. Harold J. Glaze from evangelistic zuka Cho, Chiba Shi, Chiba Ken, Japan. field to D ow n ey, Calif. Mrs. Wanda Knox and children, c / o NORTHWEST INDIANA, August 11 and 12 at Reu. J. D. P ea cock from Florence, S.C., Nazarene Mission, Banz, Western High­ Indiana University Extension Kokomo, Indiana. Pas­ to Sumter (S.C.) First Church. lands, Territory of New Guinea. tor Glen Williams. General Superintendent Lewis. Rev. Jerry Carr, student, to Cle Elum, Rev. and Mrs. Charles Stroud, c / o E. L. (N.W.M.S. convention, August 10; N.Y.P.S. conven­ Wash. K isner, P.O. B ox 367, M inco, Okla. 73059. tion, August 9; S.S. convention, August 8.) Rev. J. F. M cC lun g from Canadian, Tex., Miss Elva Bates, P.O. B ox 44, M babane, to Fort Sumner, N.M. Swaziland, South Africa. VIRGINIA, August 11 and 12, at Roanoke First Rev. Gordon Brayshaw from Manchester Rev. and Mrs. Elward Green, P.O. B ox Church, 8th St. and Highland Ave., Roanoke, Vir­ Brooklands, British Isles, to Croyden, 597, B ethany, Okla. 73008. ginia 24013. Pastor L. E. Humrich. General Su­ British Isles. Rev. and Mrs. Robert Pittam, A partado perintendent Williamson. (N.W.M.S. convention, Rev. A luin C. Sim pson from Brampton, 387, Rivas, Nicaragua, Central America. August 9; N.Y.P.S. convention, August 10; S.S. Canada, to S h elbu rn e (O n tario) G race Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Wynkoop, 7244 convention, August 10.) Church. Southeast Ogden St., Portland, Ore. 97206. Directories Ret). Edgar Crcig from Wapella, Sask., Rev. and Mrs. Charles Tryon, c / o B ob Canada, to R ock y M ountain House, A l­ Swanson, 1520 No. Pennsylvania, Oklaho­ GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS berta, Canada. ma City, Okla. Office: 6401 The Paseo Rev. William E. Clark from Knoxville Kansas City, Missouri 64131 (Tenn.) Lincoln Park Church to Annapo­ HARDY C. POWERS: lis, Ind. Announcements District Assembly Schedule Rev. John B. Rice from Morehead, Ky., BORN Tennessee ...... August 10 and 11 into retirem ent. — to Rev. Bob and Jeannine (Dean) Brown of Kansas City ...... August 17 and 18 Rev. E. M. F o x from Wurtland, Ky., to Scott City, Kan., a son, Stephen Ray, on June 28. Roanoke (Va.) Villa Heights. -—to Rev. and Mrs. Walden Chandler of Bethany, G. B. WILLIAMSON: Rev. John W. Bullock from Nyssa. Ore., O kla., a son, La rry LeRoy, on June 22. District Assembly Schedule to Newburg, Ore. V irg in ia ...... August 11 and 12 Rev. Floyd Cummings from Boise (Ida­ SPECIAL PRAYER IS REQUESTED by a Christian lady in Kansas for a very urgent South Carolina ...... August 18 and 19 ho) Hillview to Payette, Idaho. unspoken request, and that her loved ones will be North Carolina ...... September 14 and 15 Rev. Eddie West from Washington, Iowa, saved; New York ...... September 23 and 24 to Monticello, Iowa. — by a Christian lady in Texas for an unspoken Rev. C. H. W ilson from Eureka, Kan., SAMUEL YOUNG: Salina (Kan.) Trinity. request concerning her husband's job; to — by a mother in Illinois for her physical and District Assembly Schedule Rev. Charles L. Yourdon from Bonner spiritual needs; Kentucky ...... August 11 and 12 Springs, Kan., to San Antonio (Tex.) East — by a Christian friend in Indiana that God will Minnesota ...... August 18 and 19 Terrell Hills Church. deliver in the midst of most trying circumstances; North Arkansas ...... August 31 and September 1 Rev. O len C. G ran ger from Piedmont, — by a Christian woman in Washington for a young South Arkansas ...... September 7 and 8 Mo., to Vandalia, Mo. couple about to be divorced, that peace may be Joplin September 14 and 15 Rev. Vernon L. Wilcox from Eureka, restored and the children saved. Calif., to S acram en to (C a lif.) N orth HUGH C. BENNER: Church. District Assembly Schedule Rev. W. Perry Winkle from Juliaetta, District Assembly Information Iowa ...... August 10 to 12 Idaho, to H erm iston, Ore. TENNESSEE, August 10 and 11, at Nashville Indianapolis August 17 and 18 Rev. Floyd Kirkpatrick from Monticello, First Church, 510 Woodland Street, Nashville, Ten­ Louisiana August 31 and September 1 Ind., to Logansport (Ind.) Fairview nessee. Pastor T. E. Martin. General Superintendent Southeast Oklahoma ...... September 7 and 8 Church. Powers. (N.W.M.S. convention, August 9; S.S. con­ Rev. Norman Lowry from Idaho-Oregon vention, August 8.) V. H. LEWIS: District to Mother Lode, Calif. 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3...... - $ ...... - State. International Institute Missionary to Japan Draws Teen-age Crowd Dies in Plane Mishap A total of 1,150 teen-agers from The body of Rev. Charles Melton, churches throughout North America thirty, a missionary to Japan, was participated in the third quadrennial recovered Sunday, July 17, from the Nazarene Young People’s Society In­ wreckage of a light plane forty-eight stitute, July 5 through 11, at a hours after it crashed into a mountain Y.M.C.A. camp in Estes Park, Colo­ N.P.H. Employee Killed on the island of O Shima near the rado. Japan mainland. It took more than 300 adults to direct the activities, ranging from the By Lightning Bolt The plane which first international Bible quizzing James E. Spruill, thirty-eight, a Melton was flying tournament to the 600-voice choir Nazarene Publishing House employee crashed into a moun­ and the 100-piece band which per­ and active in youth work at Kansas tain about three hun­ formed frequently. City First Church, was killed Satur­ dred feet from the top An added thrill to the teen-agers day afternoon, July during bad weather was a firsthand look at the departing 16, by lightning during which closed in sud­ Nazarene Evangelistic Ambassadors, a picnic while on va­ denly. The plane did sixteen students who left for Latin cation with his family not bum, and persons America the day the Institute closed. in Birmingham, Ala. who discovered the Charles Melton The N.E.A. appeared before the group H is sister-in-law, wreckage said that the in the Sunday afternoon service. Mrs. Norma Jane young missionary apparently died Following a message by Evangelist Bumpus, was knocked instantly. Edward Lawlor, more than 150 young to the ground by the His wife, Billie Jean, identified the people indicated that they felt God’s same bolt, but recov- body. call on their lives to become ministers James Spruill ere(j Mrs. Bumpus of the gospel. More than 200 others lives with her husband, Robert, in a Melton was en route to Yokohama, came forward for prayer, affirming Birmingham suburb. where he was to have met Field Su­ their willingness to let God direct The tragedy occurred during a re­ perintendent and Mrs. Bart McKay, their lives. Dr. Lawlor preached dur­ union of the R. F. Bumpus family, of returning from furlough, and Dr. and ing four of the services. which Mrs. Spruill is a daughter. Mrs. Richard Taylor of Kansas City. Missionary Harmon Schmelzenbach The funeral was held July 20 in Dr. T aylor is to spend a year teaching of Africa gave the morning devotional Kansas City First Church. in Japan Christian College at Chiba. messages. Spruill was chief pressman in M elton, whose home was in One of the young persons who dedi­ charge of the new Miehle rotary off­ Charleston, W.Va., was mission treas­ cated his life commented to an Oregon set press. His picture and a quotation urer and had served as an evangelist. N.Y.P.S. president: “I didn’t know regarding his work appear in a special This was his first term to Japan. what to do, so I just cried, because it section of this issue which explains In addition to his w ife, he is sur­ felt so good.” The blond-haired, crew- work opportunities at the Publishing vived by three children: Walter Lee, cut teen-ager said he felt God’s call House. nine; Clarisa Marie, who was six on to become a missionary. Spruill is survived by his wife, the day of her father’s death; and Bethany Nazarene College teen­ Pauline; two sons: Ronnie, twelve; Michelle Lynne, three. agers defeated the Olivet Nazarene and Gary, eight; and his parents, who College Bible quizzers in a hair-rais­ live in St. Louis, Mo. ing finish in which the Bethany team won three final rounds to take the Dakotas Talk Merger Serviceman Seeks first international title. A merger of the North and South Church in Goose Bay Paul Skiles, executive secretary of Dakota districts is under considera­ the N.Y.P.S., was the Institute co­ tion. Preliminary discussions were Dr. Edward Lawlor of the Depart­ ment of Evangelism reports corre­ ordinator. held in June at the respective district assemblies with considerable senti­ spondence from Nazarene Serviceman ment reported favoring the plan. John E. Andre, who is working to establish a Church of the Nazarene in The proposal is to create one Da­ kota district of fifty churches in the Goose Bay, Labrador. two states under one district superin­ Mr. Andre has been in touch with tendent. The plan is scheduled to Rev. Robert Woods, superintendent of come before the Board of General the Canada Atlantic District, and with Superintendents. It may come before Dr. Orville Jenkins of the Depart­ the G eneral A ssem bly in 1968. ment of Home Missions. Mr. A ndre is particularly anxious A Bible teas presented to Frank to contact Nazarenes who may be liv­ Carlson upon the occasion of his ing in Goose Bay. Any service per­ retirement at age sixty-five. Mr. sonnel with APO addresses given as Carlson, a pressman for fourteen A P O N ew Y ork 09677 or know n to be years at the publishing house, came living in G oose Bay should be referred from Cincinnati, Ohio, and will re­ either to “Moving Nazarenes,” % De­ turn to make his home there during partm ent of Evangelism, 6401 The the coming years. Shown with him are Production Manager Arch Ed­ Paseo, Kansas City, M issouri 64131; or wards (left) and M. A. (Bud) Lunn, to Mr. John Andre, B ox 1325, APO manager. N ew Y ork 09677, N ew Y ork. Key Words in Next Sunday's Lesson The Answer Corner

By Ralph Earle Conducted by W. T. Purkiser, Editor GOD S WAY IN THE HOME Exodus 20:12; Mark 7:9-13; Luke 2:51-52; Ephesians 6:1-4 (August 7) What is your opinion of a situation where the Sunday school records are consistently “padded”—when, for instance, a head count may show 98 and • Tradition (Mark 7:9)—The Greek the register report 112-15? This doesn’t happen just once. It is a regular word is paradosis. It com es from the thing. verb paradidomi, which means “hand I’d say it’s bad business. padded statistics. They simply minister over, hand on, hand dow n, deliver, If there is any institution that ought to human pride, and as a friend of mine entrust.” H ence paradosis means to tell the truth and be transparently would say, “ show too much of what something delivered or handed down, honest in all its activities, it is the holiness people are supposed to be rid and so “ tradition.” church and its departments. of.” Jesus’ reference here was to what There is no value whatsoever in was called “the tradition of the elders.” This was the teaching hand­ Please explain the difference between the pastor gossiping about the people, ed down orally from earlier rabbis. and the layman gossiping about the people. In the same way, every church has There is none. certain traditions. The danger is that these, as in the case o f the Pharisees, gain more attention and authority In both I Corinthians 3:1-3 and Galatians 5:18-21 we have a list of the than the W ord of God itself. works of the flesh, the result of carnality. Three of these are listed in both • Stature (Luke 2:52)—The word passages, namely: envy, jealousy, and quarrelling. However in the Corin­ helikia means “a stage of growth thian passage the people who do these things are called “babes in Christ,” while in the Galatians passage Paul says that “they which do such things whether measured by age or stature.” shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” Please explain. It has both of these distinct senses in different passages in the New Testa­ I take the two lists to be in reference Paul uses the term “ works” in Galatians, ment. In John 9:21, 23— “ He is of to two very different kinds of experi­ a term which always means “ deed, or age; ask h im ”— there is no doubt that ence. The Corinthians passage seems to act.” He does not use such a term in “age” (mature age) is the correct me to be speaking of tendencies or pro­ Corinthians. translation. Just as clearly the same pensities which even babes in Christ can I do not mean to “ whitewash” the word means physical “stature” in and should resist. The Galatians passage Corinthians, for a number of them ap­ Luke 19:3—Zacchaeus ran ahead of deals with the outcome of such tenden­ parently lapsed into sinful acts and the crow d and clim bed up into a cies and propensities when the will con­ they desperately needed to follow Paul’s sycamore tree to see Jesus “because sents to them and they become com ­ exhortation, “ Having therefore these he was little of stature.” There can mitted sins. promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse be no denying the fact that the term In other words, the distinction to ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh has both connotations. me seems to be between the principle of and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear But there is endless debate as to sin in the heart—limiting the expression of G od” (II Corinthians 7:1). which is the correct meaning in Mat­ of spiritual life and at times even re­ T h e glory of the gospel is that it pro­ thew 6:27 (Luke 12:25)—“Which of sulting in acts of sin—and the deliberate vides for both types of need. For the you by taking thought can add one and abandoned yielding to sinful pro­ one who is guilty of the works of the cubit unto his stature?” (or length of pensities which bars all such from the flesh, the sinful acts that spring from a life). Some would also debate what kingdom of God. carnal heart, there is forgiveness and is the proper sense in the passage Zclos, “jealousy" (also translated regeneration (I John 1:9; Titus 3:5-7). here about Jesus’ growth. Was it in “zeal") , and eris, "strife, contention, en­ For the “ babe in Christ” who is troubled age or height? In spite of the fact mity." are the two items the lists have with evil tendencies and propensities that the prevailing meaning in the in common. Hut, y o u see, these may within the heart, there is the grace of Septuagint and the papyri is “age,” represent either attitude or act. The entire sanctification (Ephesians 5:25-27; and so some scholars prefer that here, attitude is carnality. The acts are sins. I Thessalonians 5:23) . it seems to us that “stature” makes much better sense. Would you please explain Isaiah 65:17-25? I have been told that this refers • Nurture (Ephesians 6:4)—The to a paradise here on earth much like the Garden of Eden before Adam Greek word paideia comes from pais, sinned, which Jesus will establish when He reigns, and that life and living “child.” So it means literally “the will continue much as we live today. rearing of a child.” Here it probably There are two schools of thought with 3:9-13 and Revelation 21:1-22:5 and signifies “training” or “instruction.” regard to this and other similar passages believe that the prophetic passages refer In H ebrew s 12 (5, 7-8, 11) it is ren­ from the prophets. There are those who to the eternal state, a reconstituted uni­ dered “chastening”—perhaps better hold the interpretation you mention— verse from which evil is banished. They “discipline” (RSV; also here). that these are conditions which will pre­ are intended to emphasize the complete • Admonition—This is nouthesia, vail during the millennium, a thousand- blessedness of that final consummation from nous, “mind,” and tithem i, year transition period between the sec­ of all things. “place” or "put.” So it signifies a ond coming of Christ and the Great These are easy matters to argue, and putting in mind. Here it means Chris­ White Throne judgment. difficult to decide. I personally lean tian “ instruction.” Others take their cue from II Peter toward the latter position. THE INVESTORS A NEW 16-mm sound, color film that EVERY Nazarene should witness BEFORE becoming involved in the great Denomination- wide Community Survey next month (Septem­ ber). Every member will find this a thrilling Shows how time invested in boys and girls pays experience as he witnesses scenes of off in big dividends in the years ahead. 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