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5-2-1968 May 2, 1968 Arkansas Baptist State Convention
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liance upon the easy working of the machjnery; you may have compromise and concession, and· a policy of give,-and-~ake, but not until love rules th.e Personally spirit will the life settle into rich, massive,.W.orthy music ... Unless we have love eve·rything else goes . for nothing.'? · . speaking •J 1 1 • ••• Lord, help us -· to' put the· "give" ahead ·of the , , ' • II get ..,· , "' .. l ' • • ' j. j I
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·'''THERE, is ' n,o proble~ in giving.:" • 1 [ l 'f' ( '' ~o . wrote P~stor Emmett F. Parks'· of ' Fir'st Church, Covina, Calif., in his ·church bulletin re IN THiS ISSUE: . "'.. cently. ' ~ Y.o.u only have problems when you tryto get;"· says Pastol' Parks: "You may have a prob- , ANYONE who has seen the devastation 'af ·a lem te ·ge:t k!p~ness and warmth from another per- fire will never forget it. On pages 8 and 9, 0:am-es son, but.Isn t. 1t wonderful that you are absolutely Staggs r.e'lates the story of ·the fire which 'de free to give it whether 'anyboay else does· so or. -stroyed Immanuel Church, Ft Smith, and' 'the' re not I" · building of this church. Read " .Beauty· from •ash- This 'would seem to i~ply that 'you cannot , es. " ' · ' · .:·;, ,_' '. make somebody love you by demanding that he do BSU t d t f · Aka. ·n b · · t so or by blastiJ)g . him because h.e does not ·b-ut . . s u eon s rom. r n 8 as Wl. e . gomg .o 'l: . • d ·f , . • ! . the BWA Confetence m Berne,· Switzerland-, th1s that the way t o ue assure o a person s 1ove IS . , F · th · t · t · t· · · · 7 · •· . 4-'h " • , b f sum.ner. or eir s ory, urn o page . to 1ove th. a t person-putt mg ~·e give- e ore the "get. " · ' ' · ·· ' '. • ' \ I \ • • 't I • WANT to· he~p somebody_:_do · something · When someone is unkind toward me, I am real worthwhile~ They need New Testaments in Viet- _ly . ~ore ''on the .spot'' than is the other -person. nam, and belongings iu Greenwood. Turn to pttges F.or. I ·must decide. :wh~th~:r - I will reMt and how I 6 anrl 7 for the· stories. ·· · · will react. COVER story, page 19. I can decide just to ignore the unkindness. If \. I can abide in this course of action (or inaction) it· may be that the other person will retent. Or he ., may jab back with further hostilities! If I decide• to strike back in kind, the war is on. And whether it be "cold" or "hot," wars are Arl11~1~ Baptist a lot easier to start than they ar~ to stop. ~ Volume 67, No. 18 May 2, 1968 But if I can hold onto my temper and, with ERWIN L. McDoNALD, Litt. D. 'the Lord's help, · actually have some genuine com Editor, passion in my heart for the hostile one, perhaps Associate Editor, MRS. E. F. STOKES I will be able to love that person, in deed arid in Managing Editor, MRS. FRED E. ASHCRAFT truth: If I can, there is good prospect that the un Secr'eta·ry to Editor, Mas. HARRY G IBERSON lovable one will love back. And when that ha:P., Mail Clerk, MRS. WELDON TAYLOR pens, there comes ·a tremendous change .in person 401 Weet t;apJtol Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201. Published weekly except on July 4 and December 26. Second·class posta11e al relationships. _p_ald at Little Rock, Arkanaas.
Individual aubeeription, $2.76 per year. Church bucllret, ~6 cell~ per Says Joseph Parker, in commenting on I Cor month or f1.92 per year per chureh family. Club plan (10 or inor.!. ~ld annually In advance), $2.26 Per year. Subscriptions to forelan inthians 13 : addreaa, $4.76 per year. Adve11lsin11' rat-es on request. ' Opinions exprened in edltol'lals and sbmed articles are those of the ''Where there is. an abundance of love all the wrltet·. llfembe•· of Southern Baptiot Prae Association, ABiociated houseke.~ping goes easily, whether it be in a little Cllul'ch Pre~~•, Evangelical Press Association. Abbreviations .uaed in crediting newa !tams: BP Baptist Pr1111e; _tli cottage or a gre•at palace or a church comprehend ~ Church Bulletm; DP Dail:v Preae; EP B. •ngellcal Press; LC Local Corre~~pondent ; AB AHociational Bulletin : EBPS Euroi>ean Baptist ing multitudinous of character, opinion, l}nd Prea Service. force. Where there is no love there can be no re- ....._ __Page Two_ I ARKANSAS BAPTIST I .~~ ~---__..;_--~------Ed ito rials ters, ~estaurants, and clubs, and it ·is just a matter Printing deadlines of the Board issuing licenses and collecting the • A church reporter was concerned over the fact license fees. ' that our attendance column always 'reports for the One· thing• has certainly been accomplished, at
Sunday before last. W:hy, she ·wondered, was not least terhj5orarily1 .for those wanting open bars. the report she mailed us on a Tuesday not carried The w~~ r : -has been muddied, and it is not likely in·the paper dated Thursday of that week t that. any of the private clubs will face any raids . The answer· is tha.t it· fakes. several days, after in the int~rveni:hg weeks it ~~ll take to see what our materials are in to the printers, for th_e type the courts ·will say about the ABC Board's inter to be set, corrections to be made, the printing pretation of the ancient act. qone, and the papers addressed and taken to the And, of course, with the mixed drink~ freely :uost . office. Our sc~edule is nec~ssarily much dif- accessible .again,. the Gov~r~or doe~ not ha.ve· pres ferent from wh~t :J.t would be 1f the paper were sure. on h1m to mclude a. hquor-by-the-drmk pro- published· daily. ' 'pos~l for. the special se·ssion. · ' The Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine actually In the meantime, ahq-11t ·all the dry forees of goes to press on Monday night of the week for the, state c~;tn do is to watch the turn of events which it is dated. Sq, Wednesday or Thursday of and be ready for any eventuality. And with an t4e pr.evious week. .. must constitute the deadline for inf.8.~ous initiated act on our books that allows the most of the copy. Of course, iJ?. the case of · eveuone to have his g:allon of booze and case of real .hot news, we can .cut into our schedule for a .beer:-ev~n in dry territory!-· no one who likes the page or 'two as lfite as Monday, the day we are .stuff need be sober long, open bars or open jug. going to press. ·. · · ·Since the earlier we receiv.e the news the' bet- ter, ,churches. and reporters are urged to get their wh at . we c a n d 0 news to us promptly. Statistics-for our attendance column, for e~ample, should be in the mail to u~ WHEN so many of the' fo~ndations o.f our so not later than Monday, the day after the Sunday ciety are being destroyed, '' wha(can the righteous for'\vhich the reports are being made. do1"· · · · · · hom~~~. • ..In the case of coming events1 such as What, for example, ·can churches and church comings, groundbreakings, dedications, etc., we people do about the f~undations ()f hom:es that are like to have complete asfvance ·reports two weeks being· eroded or prevented from forming, ·by pov- to 10 days ahead ·of the events. ~y having s~ch ·erty . and social· ev:ilf:l Y · · , events reported in the paper in advance, the · ·. Much, ·suggests Southern Baptist DuPre'e Jor oburches have the advantage of this extra an dan Jr., who has just been named_to the new post nouncement and promotion. . of "religious liaison officer',. with the Office of Economic Opportunity, with headquarters in W asl1ington. · ABC and open bars Dr. Jordan's main assignment will be working .' According to Governor Rockefeller's polls with' church people in the interest of cooperation between church and state in helping needy people quotations, the· pe-ople of ~rkansas. are ·pretty evenly· divided. on the question of hquor-by-the to help themselves. . qrink being. served up, in public hotels and res In a letter carried in "The People Speak" de taurants and/or in so-called private clubs. Which partment of this issue, Dr. Jordan spells out in detail several ·things Christians and churches can means, of course1 that there would not be the pro rlo to help in the War on Poverty. .. verbial "Chinaman's chance" for a liquor bill to pass at the upcoming May· special session of the State Legislature. For what politician, unless he 0 ett 6,1 ti..e /J-44-t himself be inebriated,· would cast a vote r!ght D' ~head of the election that could be . expected to The greatest institution in this world is a alienate up to half of his constituents t church. It was Christ who said, ·"I will build my .. So, .the three-man Alcoholic Beverage C.ontrol church." Great in its origin, in the .spiritual char Board have got their heads together_.:..without the act~r of its membership, in its heavenly order, and Governor's knowledge, of course- and decided in its purpose, is the local church. This paper lives that we really do not need any new laws, that the to love. and serve the churches.-Baptist Adavnce, 1935 liquor law provides for the licensing of ho- ·Jan. 25, 1902 MAY'2, 19o8 eaa Jhree The people speak- Beacon lights of Baptist history
What we can do Baptists .west of Mississippi* r . BY BERNES K. .SELP.H, TH.I;), [Editor's Note: This letter, written PASTOR, FIRST CHURCH, BENTON to a Florida pastor, is appropriate for churches and church people everywhere. Those interested in helPing in the War "The United' Society for the ~pread .of the GQ,spel"· was the first Baptist on poverty wm fi;,a, ma'{Ly practical society for the purpqse 9f ·missions organized west of. the Mississippi River. John suggestions here.-ELM] Mason Peck had gone out to 'St. Louis under the auspices of the Triennial For months now, many church ,lead Convention in 1817. In 1818 he had organized a church in that city and soon ers have been asking us what they can other groups of Christians had organized into churches which formed an Associa do in the War on Povel'ty. While you tion. At its second meeting the missionary society was set in motion. are in the .best position to know how Young Peck found his city wicked an'd irreverent. Some of its citizens re your community might make the most portedly engaged in a mo~k celebration of the :tord's Supper. They burned the effective response, it occurred to· us that Bible amidst coarse songs and blasphemy, boasting that the Sabbath should never we might suggest a few specifics for cross the Mississippi. But this did not disturb the Pt:eacher. So arduously did he your consideration. In turn, we would , throw himself into his work that in three years' time the newly formed society welcome any sharing of your. own ideas, had assisted in establishing 50 public schools in remote ·settlements. A plan of , pal'ticuiarly those which have grown out "itinerant missions" was devised to meet the needs of the sparsely settled areas. of local projects. Mite societies were formed and a college planned for the education of the minis try. It also supported Isaac McCoy in. his Indian work. . . . One im·~rtant area, particularly this summer, where churches can pro !But opposition reared its head in the form of antimissionism. -Zealous, unin vide invaluable assistance is in camping formed preachers from Kentucky fought the .progress of the gospel. They stoutly and recreational activities. The chances opposed as unscriptural all Sunday Schools, mission societies,, and every other are you have personnel and/or physi effort at extension .of the work. cal facilities which could be used much Jealousy underlay much of this. One objector was frank to admit that. his more than in previous years. You might -opposition was based on the belief that as .big trees ov>ershadowed the little enlarge your programs to bring in trees in the forests, so the new missionaries. would be the learned men who youngstel'S from poverty-level families. would minister to the people while the. unlearned, native preachers would become You might even initiate special or extra unpopular. · I programs·for them. This noisy· crowd partially influenced the Triennial Convention to withdraw ... Vacation · Bible Schools might be its support from the western missions in 1820. This wa:s a terrible blow to the • e~anded or extended to care for pov devoted men who had. consecrated their lives to the hard work on the frontier. erty level youngsters. You could also ·Just how · these hardy Christian messengers supported their families has never employ poverty level people in these .been fully explained, or understood if explained, but they kept doggedly at their and other programs. There are many labors. Two years later the Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society voted to jobs which poor people with minimal pay Rev. Peck five dollars a week to help keep him on .his field. training can do very well.
• • • In the most important 1a~ea of *Charles L. ~hite, A Century of Faith, (The Judson Press, Philadelp_hia, 19'32) employment, you can encourage busi nessmen in your church to hire more P. 312 of the poor. Some of them may require special . training, but money so invested usually brings in rich dividends. wi·th the Community Action Agency serving your area, please get acquaint Missionary notes • . . Specialized summer tutoring ed with that staff and the programs Rev. and Mrs. Alex F. Garner, South mi-ght be offered through individuals they administer. They might have s·ome ern 1Baptist missionaries to Argentina, and/or groups in your church. You critical need you could meet or specific suggestions as to where you could are living in the city of-Haedo (address: probably have housewives who are for. 3 de Febrero 860, Haedo, Buenos Aires, mer teachers, along with high school provide the most help. Argentina). He is a native of Fort and college students who could do this well. · · There are so many different ways Smith; she is the former Charleta Bein you could provide assistance, we could dorf, of Pope County. He pastored First . . . Some of your people might vol not begin to list them all in this let- Church, Leedey, Okla., prior to their unteer as Vii'STA Associates, while ter. ' appointment by the Foreign Mission others may be interested in serving as Board in 1952. regular VI'STA volunteers. The VISTA Of course, you understand that most Rev. and Mrs. Marvin R. Reynolds, of-fice at this address will be happy to of Jhe things we have mentioned can first . Southern Baptist missionaries to answer any specific inquiries on these be difficult tasks, and could generate programs. · more criticism than thanks. The need the Mrican nation of 'Botswana, ex;pect is great, however, and the opportunity to move to Francistown, Botswana, on • • . Your church as a whole, Sunday is all around us. Be assured that we May 5 (address: P. 0. B
MAY 2, 1968 Pa, e. Five Arkansas all over---~------Penologist speaks Church's 'Bibles· for Vietnam' on penal reform An expert penologist's ·views on sends soldiers New Testaments penal reform will be aired here in Little •Rock tonight (May 2), "Bibles for Vietnam" is a new min "I have ~ried without success for "\'hen Jam'es V. Bennett, for many istry of Wilmot Church, Wilmot, C. Dee three months to secure pocket Testa- . years director of the Federal Bu Birdwell, pastor. .ments. These· Testaments -~re my most reau of Prisons and commissioner urgent need. Numerous. men have asked of the Federal Prisons Industries, Through. this activity the Wilmot me for one and I have had none to give speaks at an open meeting. Church has already sent 200 New Testa them. If you could find a way to secure ments . to a chaplain in Vietnam and· is .The program is scheduled for and mail to me about 200 of these, I the Central Presbyteri~n Church, raising funds to send other consign would appreciate it so very much." ments. at 2()th and Arch streets, under Persons wishing to conttibute to this the joint sponsorship of the Great It all started when Pastor Birdwell ministry may send their contributions er Little Rock Ministerial Associa received a letter from a U. '8. service to the Wilmot .Church, designating them tion and the Arkansas Council of man in Vietnam appealing to his church for ..Bibles for Vietnam." Churches, and is open to the pub back home (in Wilmot) to send "little ' lic. hand Bibles" for use over .there. Supply pastor a~ailable Wrote the soldier: "I have •one favor to ask of you if Robert H. Watson, 000 So. 22nd St., it is at all possible. The chaplain over Arkadelphia, 79123, has announced that ----Deaths here has had trouble getting those lit he is available for supply preaching on tle hand Bibles (New Testamenta). The second and fourth Sundays, or as a FRED B. HARST'OOK, 65, No. Little half-time pastor. division can't get a hold of any. So if Rock, April 24. Mr. Harstook was born you people back in Wilmot could ·send at Blockton, Ala., but had lived in No. a few it sure would help the morale of Mr. Watson is currently pastor of Refuge Church, Story, which he serves Little Rock for 40 years. He was con the men here in Vietnam. There arl ductor for the Missouri Pacific Lines. quiet a few men here who would enjoy on the first, third and fifth Sunday of each month. ' reading them. I myself know that read He was a member of Central Church, ing the Bible helps." He ·will consider churches in any the U. E. Moore Bible Class, Big Rock reasonable driving distance from Arka Masonic Lodge 63'3, Shrine Temple and Mr. Birdweli mailed his personal New delphia. the Order of Railway Conductors, He Testament by return mail to the pJ.'i was a life member of the Shrine Cr\p- vate and wrote to his chaplain for fur Mr. W~ts'on has been a preacher for pled Children's Association. ' ther information. The chaplain replied: 17 years. Survivors include hit~ wife, Mrs. Min- . nilee Walls Hal'sbook; a daughter, Mrs. Mike Allen, No. Little Rock; a sister, Mrs. Forrest Grant, Ft. Smith, and a granddaughter.
MRS. HOUSTON SWAIM, 86, of England. She w ~ s. the widow of J. Houston Swaim, was very active in the c·hurch and Woman's Missionary Union, until illness and blindness prevented her activity. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Survivors include a son, Joseph W. Swaim, and a daughter, Ruth Swaim Hoggard of England, t·hree granddaugh ters and two great-grandchildrep.
.MRS. F. E. NORFLEET, 79; Tulsa, Okla., formerly of Des Arc, April 20. The widow of the former mayor of Des Al'c, Mrs. Norfleet was a school teacher in that town for many years and a former correspondent for the Arkansas Gazette. . MISS Helen Gennmgs, Miss Uuackita Baptist University of 1008, was presented Survivors include five sons: Charles a book and a corsage of roses by Paul H'enry, president of the Ouachita Former L. 'and George A. Norfleet, both of ·Students Association, when she appeared in ker hometown of Batesville Mar. 27 Mississippi; Dr. Frank F. Norfleet, pas to sing with the Ouachi-Tones at a church-building progrann for the Batesville . tor, y.rornall Road Church, Kansas City, First' Church. Henry presided at tke program designed to raise an initial fund Mo.; Dr. Edward K. Norfleet, Oklaho of $100,000 for the church. (Photo by Claude Sumerlin) rna, and Daniel E. Norfleet, Tennessee. I Pa e Six State BSU students to Berne
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DR. LOGUE· .AAlSS. M'tR ICK MISS NUTTER. MISS ROGERS MISS PEACH MISS PRICI:
MR. GORHAM MR. HARDMAN MR. SMALLEY MISS WOODWARD
Dr. Tom J. Logue, State Baptist Stu Not shuwn: CATHERINE ADAMS, ANCEL HATFIELD, The group will leave from Little dent Union Director, will lead a group JERRY GARRISON Rock July 15 and return August 5. of Arkansans to ·Berne, Switzerland, for the seventh Baptist World Youth Con Those registered for the tour are: ·ference, July 22-28. World Youth Conference and during the Miss Ancel Hatfield, Fayetteville; Jan tours throughout Euro.pe, the students ice Myrick, Odessa, Tex.; Katherine More than 6,000 young people from will be forming internatioiUlil · friend Price, Jonesboro; Ann Woodward and around the world will attend the con ships, growing in world-awareness, and DOr~thea Nutter, Little Rock; Jim Gor :ference. sharing mutual concerns and personal ham and Penny Peach, Waco, Tex.; commitme)lts,'' said Dr. Logue. Catherine Adams, Susan Rogers and Jer In addition to the meeting in Berne, ·ry Garrison, Southern State College, • the Arkansas tour members will visit Magnolia; James Smalley, BSU direc five other countries in Europe, spend tor at Southern .State; Winston Hard ing about three days in each country. man, BISU director, State College of Ar kansas, Conway; and i>r. Logue, Little •Scheduled 1visits include a full day's Needs of victims excursion to Oxf~rd and the Shake Rock. 1 of Greenwood storm speare country of England, as well as . "There are a few more spaces avail· time in London; Copenhagen, Denmark; Pastor Lonnie Lasater of First -able on the Arkansas tour," added Dr Rome, Italy; Madrid and Toledo, Spain; Logue. 1 and Paris, Fi-arice. Church, Greenwood, reports that the 14 persons killed in the April "Through the week at the Baptist 19 tol'llado that demolished much To P.reach in Brazil of Greenwood included five wh( were members of his chureh. Lewis E. .Clarke, pastor of First First Church, Conway, has Among 40 persons injured were Church, Marianna, has been invited by new associate. pastor five members of the church stir the Forei•gn Mission Boanl of the remaining in the hospital. Southern Baptist Ross LYnn West, a native af Louisi Pastor iLasater requests prayers ; Convention to be one ana, has accepted a call from First for his church and his city. of the Southern Church, Conway, pastored .by William Baptist Convention T. Fly:nt, to becom~ its associate pastor. In answer to many :inquiries · pastors to take part from p'eople asking what can be hi evangelistic serv Mr. West will begin his service to done, Mr. Lasater replies: "Our ices in Brazil in Sep the church in June, following his grad needs will .be mostly furniture, tember. The revival uation from Southern Seminary, Louis cooking utensils, .bed clothing, and, services are a pre- ville, Ky., where he is working on a of course, we can always use food . lude and preparation master of Divinity degree. and · money." for the Crusade· of I He has a BA degree from ·Louisi the Americas' to be The First Church plant and the held in 1969. The ana Polytechnic Institute, graduating home of the pastor were not in magna cum laude, and is married to the MR. CLARKE church V 0 ted· in the path of the srorm and escaped business meeting last week to send former Martha Sheryl Myrick. Mrs. da:rpages, Pastor Lasater reports. West is a teacher and a graduate of their pastor. Mrs. Clarke will accom Louisiana Tech with a BA degree. ( CB) pany him.
968 Page Seven Be~~ty from ashes
BY JAMES STAGGS
·. IMMANUEL Church, seconds "before the front portion collapsed in flannes,-Photo courte81J Southwestern Operatina qo. .
For the members of Ft. Smith 1m sumed by t.ne fire. manuel Church, the transformation from ashes to beauty took only six Sermons and notes collected during weeks. Dr. Zeltner's seminary training ·and subsequent 25 years of ministry were Early in the morning of Jan. 17, fire reduced to ashes. Keeping his sense of virtually destroyed the building at So. humor in the face of tragedy, he prom 1-6th and "J" streets, that had housed ised his congregation no more 'warmed the church since 1928. · over' sermons. On March 3, the congregation began Immanuel's members are especially worshipping in their new location at grateful for all of the help and offers 2201 So. Dallas, in a building formerly of assistance extended them during the owned by the Druid Hills Baptist tragic aftermath of the fire. Church. Even while Ft. Smith firemen were still hosing the smoldering rubble, of fers of aid came pouring in from all di rections.
Page Eight ARKANSAS BAPTIST Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Mis first revival. was set up in the Jones' home. souri, and Kansas in addition to Ar During the interim period following The fire and the ri!Jlid chain of kansas. the fire, until they moved i~to their events that have taken place since have new quarters, the church worshipped in thrust new and .greater ·responsibilities An example of outside sympathy the United Commercial Travelers' Hall, upon Immanuel and its leaders. was a wire from Dr. Chester Swor, at 1022 West Dodson. · well-known Southern Baptist youth But out of the ashes of destruction evangelist of Jackson, Miss., stating Sunday School, however, was scat has emerged a greater unity and sense that he would forward a set of bo~ks tered over a large area, with classes of p)lrpose and a greater challenge for to the pastor. Dr. Swor expressed a sen held in individual homes, the tempor the members as they move into one ef timental attachment to Ft. Smith Im ary offices at 1605 Uodson Ave., and the city's newer, fast-growing areas to manuel, where he h,ad conducted his in the UCT .Hall. A temporary nursery broaden their service for Christ.
EDUCATIONAL building, So. Dallas rmd 21.qt Sts. Mo1·e tllan llalf of' the build ing i.~ ·iu u.~e, including wing at ri(JTit. Pa1·t of the j o?'l)le1' .office . cnmp l e~ · is leased until 1970.-Photo by 'Doc' Miller.
NEW 'home'-located at 2201 So. Dallas. Left wing is a fellowshlp hall which is also being used /01' educational purposes.-Photo by 'D·oc' Millr1·
"To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for a.9hes ..•"-Isaiah 61:3.
MAY 2, 1968 Page Nine From the churches------ Trinity, Benton, d·ebt-free Clerks rate 'outstanding' in BeHer Minutes contest
Out of the 20 Arkansas entries in the 1967 SBC Better Minutes Oontest, ten were rated "outstanding," the .highest' rating attainable.
The contest is currently sponsor~d jointly by the Research and Stat'istics Department, the Sunday School Boa.rd, the SBC Historical Commission, and State conventi9ns. .
~ssociational clerks participate !\:. - h-.;..... ~-..., •.....,. . - . ,... - ·Rev iv a Is ., 1 OPEN h!YUBe was held recently for the newly c01U!!tructed pastorium of First, ·Northside Chapel, Eudora, April 7-14; :Rev. J. B. Wascom, Oak Grove, La., Churoh, Bwrling, pastored by Sardis Bwer. The house is construoted of white briok and feat'WI'68 a built•in kitohen with smack bar, a fannily room, living room, eyangeUst, Mrs. P.eggy Jones, Chapel three bedrooms, two cerMnio tile baths, wall.to-wall carpeting, a oovered patio, music director, SOn·g leader, Bill Bor- central heat and air conditioning. The properfly is valued at $16,500. 11\nd, OBV, pianist; 28, additions, 23 pro fessions of faith, 3 by letter, 2 by s~atement. L. J. Ready, pastor. "I am grateful for the industry and First Church, Tapachulla Choipl;l, Old Receives scholarship guidance of the seminary professors in Mex.,, five-day revival; Harold Boyd, helping me attain this honor and op Ft. Smith, evangelist; 49 by profession Jeffrey O'Neal Kelley, a native of portunity!" he said. of''fitfth and ba_;Ptisni1 200 rededications. McGehee and a senior at Southeastern B~~~~ ~II, pastor. ' Seminary, Wake Forest, N.C., has been The son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Kelley awarded a scholarship at Vanderbilt of McGehee, he is married to the for . N-Umber Nine Church, Blytheville; 4 University, Nashville, Tenn. mer Norma Williams of Dermott: They professions of ·faith, 4 rededications, 5 have two children. b)'l ' letter. Bill Cardwell, pastor. Also a Woodrow Wilson designate, he will be studying in the field of ethics He is a graduate of Arkansas Agri Steel Bridge Ohurch, Lonoke, April and sociology; He plans a • career of cultural and Mechanical College, Col 5-7; Ouachita Univ~rsity team: Sam At teaching. lege Heights. kins, evangelist, ·steve :Perdue, song di rector, Sandr.a Hopgood, pianist; 3 pro fessions of faith, 1 for baptism, several rededications, 2 by letter. Jack Hogue, A new de luxe· style pastor. f'o'r Spring's ma11y gift events- W.l~~t ·church, DeWitt, April 7-14; Rev. Malcolm Stuart, Honolulu, Hawaii, eva~gelist, E. L. Spharler, First Church A popular gift music minister, song leader; 13 profes throughout the year, sions of faith, 1 by letter, 2 for special THE NEW SCOFIELD sertice, 30 ·rededications. Homer A. REFERENCE BIBLE is Bradley; pastor. particularly appropriate for presentation to the Bay.ou -Mason Church, Lake Village, graduate, for weddings, A~n. 7-18.; Janies Watts, pastor, Swift anniversaries, and other Water Ghurch, Greenville, Miss., evan occasions of special gelist; J. V. Morphis, song 1leader, Mrs. tribute. It is a gift of J'atrles Rice, pianist; 6 professions of continuing usefulness; faith, 6 by letter, numerous rededica a gift of lasting tions. John D. West, pastor. significance. Fisher Street · Church, Jonesboro, Ask to see the complete April 8-17; Dr. Jim Millikin, evangelist, selection of NEw Henry Van Ravenswa-ay, music director; ScOFIELD de luxe styles. 11 conversions, 3· by letter. Bob Alex This foremost evangelical reference ander, pastor. study Bible is available First Church, Benton, Ky., April 12- in a wide range of 14; Walter K. Ayers, staff evangelist, quality bindings and a First Church, Little Rock, evangelist; choice of colors. Ronnie Hampton, song leader; 1 for Illustrated: NEW! Hand bi;\Ptism, 6 rededications. J. Frank ·G ~:.ioed Morocco, leather Young, pastor. lined, gold edges. Ultrathin Oxford India paper. Pag·e East Main Church, El Dorado, April size: 5 3/t x 8 °/o, only 7/s" 28-May 5; Edward G. Robinson, evan thick. BLACK, BLUE, Or RED. gelist; Glen Morgan, pastor. .09187x. $30.00 Meridian Church, Crossett, May fi; Order from Your .Baptist Book Store Rev. Wayne Carpenter, pastor, Calvary Chutch, Camden, evangelist. F. C. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS ! New York Chambers, pastor. MAY 2, 1968 Page Eleven Southern Baptist datelines-----_...... ,__-~.,- New child-care Bapr•st march denied, emphasis other. plans· unaffected Children's homes executives, in a re cent meeting of Southern Baptist. Child WA•SHINGTON-A permit for a pub at the Washington Monument. Care Executives in Gatlinburg, Tllnn., lic march and rally by Baptists here Cumbie's reassurance came after he voted to C . Baptist radio-tv news , writers form a·ssociation F-T. WORTH- Southern Baptist news editors and correspondents, at a rec~nt meeting at the Southern ·Baptist Radio and Television Commission's In te'rnati'onal Communications Center in Ft. Worth, formed a new orgariiza.tion designed to improv'e the flow of relig- ious news. • ' Called the Television and Radio News Editors Association of the Southern' CATCHING Channel Catfish ca.n be contagious. Bapti~t Convention, the new organiza tion's purpose will be to work with the Fried catfish and hushpuppies are as traditional in Arkansas as ham and radio staff of the Radio-TV Commis eggs. Not only are catfish tasty eating, but they ar~ fun to catch, sion .to assure that rad.io listeners re ceive complete and current news on re .Many fishermen go after catfish with trot lines, some jug fish, while still ligious matters. others use limb lines (single lines that are attached to limbs that overhang the water). A growing number of anglers have discovered the sport of cwtching The Commission's news department catfish on hand-helq poles and lines or on rods and reels. Catfish baits run the prepares and tape-records news pro gamut from the lowly earthworm to sophisticated homemade and store bought grams for the- individual states and concoctions. ships them out for broadcast. More than 300 radio stations in 11 states now car There are three kinds of catfish in the state: channel catfish, blue catfish ry the programs. (no blue channels), and flathead ·catfish or 'yellow cat.' Bullheads or mud catfish are also common but . they are not counted in the limit which is 10 for cat ·Correspondents from the 11 states fish. Channels may grow to slightly over 20 pounds, while blue and flatheads served-Texas, North Carolina, South may exceed 100 pounds. Carolina., Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennes see, Louisiana, Mississippi, ·Georgia, Many lakes and streams have good 'catfishing,' but probably none surpasses Oklahoma, and Missouri-will serve in the Arkansas River, where tons have been caught by COlJlmercial fishermen and the new association. sold as 'White River Catfish.' Appoint~d to, the Association's advi , Catfish are such a prized table delicacy that many people buy them at the sory committee were: Erwin L. McDon local fish market, ~ut ~o a catfisherman this is the last resort. ald of Arkansas, Mrs. Evelyn Strickland of Tennessee, 'MiSIS Joan Harvison of These words. were included in the Oklahoma, John Roberts of South Car 'opening paragraph of an "Open Letter olina, Jesse Stricker of Kentucky, Jim of Concern" dra:i)teq by seminarians at Lester of Georgia, Joe Abrams of Mis Bethel Seminary here in the wake of sissippi, Ross · Edwards of Missouri, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s ass·assina- --About people Jerry Pate of Texas, and officials of tion. · · the Radio and Television Commission. (BP) The students reaffirmed their faith in the Scriptures, their love for Jesus HAROLD LIN;DSELL, 54, professor Christ and their duty to preach the of Bible at Wheaton, Ill., College, a Seminarians apologize Gospel. However, their statement de private, non-denominational college ell!.red that "the compassion and love of which emphasizes conservative theol .to non-white community ·Christ at times int9l'fered with His mes ogy, will become editor of Christianity sage of the Kingdom.'' Today on Sept. 1. ST. PAUL, Minn.-"As members of I the Baptist General Conference and as They z-OOommended thait their semi Litidsell, a Southern Baptist, will present and future pastors, we wish to nary and local churches of the Confer succeed Carl F. H. Henry, an American express our sense of shame in our in, .ence make it known that J!lhey are open Baptist, who will continue as an editor adequate involvement in concrete social to students and parishioners of r all at-large, but who plans to devote full issues." rac€s. (BP) time to study, research, and writing. Your state convention at work------John T. Sisemore to lead retrebt ---''----~... F·eminine intuition by Harriet Hall Spring' on· Mt. Sequoyah Nowhere do flowers seem more in a~undahce than on this mountain. The white frothy blossoms of the wild plum trees and the pretty pink blossoms 9f'' the redbud were among the fiTst t& make their appearance. Next came the 'Qri"ght'' yellow fQrsythili, the. rose-·petaled japonica, and the purple and whfte lilacs adding delicate· perfume to_ the breeze. Multi-colored tulips, yellow jonquils, and pink thrift in profusion add color near the ground . . . and wild viole'bs and . otht~r tiny wildflowers give sparkle to the hillside. I think I have never seen a prettie;r spring. Each day brings something new. The flowering peach bloomed just.· after ., the Japanese magnolia and the pink a:nd white dogwood have been so lacy !!-nd r beautiful. Next c·ame the honeysuckle, then the iris, and now it's time for the peonies--'Which are among my favorite flowers. When I thin~ of camelias and azaleas, though, it's hard to pick a favorite. ~:.a\1· Spring brings fresh music to ·the earth • . . the song of the bh:ds, the gentle wind in the trees, and little streams that are bubbling ,again. , Aft~r.:~ad ing a recent column";wbich I- entitled "How young are yo11?'-• a friend sent.'nie a po~ which is good scra,P·book material and perhaps fits the mood of this column: Keeping Your Birthdays MR. SISEMORE Age is a quality of mind,:... John T. Sisemore, supervisor, adult If you have left your dreams .behind, field .services unit, Sunday School de If hope is lost, trartment, Sunday School Board of the If you no longer look ahead, Southern Baptist ·Convention, Nashville, If your ambitions' fires are dead will be a principal leader at the Adult Then you are old. ·Sunday School Workers Leadership Re But if from life you take the best, treat at Paron Baptist camp, Mar 2•4 And if in life you keep the jest, and 25. ff love you hold- A native of Oklahoma, Mr. Sisemore No matter how the birthdays fly, is an alumnus of Moody Bible Institute You are not old! and Chicago Music College, Chicago; If the unknown author of this little poem is still living he or she is. Multnomah College, Portland, 'Ore.; and "younger ~han springtime." My thanks to the sender of the poem, and let us Southe'rn Seminary, Louisville .. He holds all thank our Creator for the hope of eternal spring which is ours in Him. an honorary doctor ot literature degree. Commet~ts, . suggestions, or questions, may be oddressed to Mrs. Andrew Hall, Mt. Sequoyah Drive, Before joining the staff of the Board's Flyetteville, Ark. Sunday School department in April 1~7, Mr. Sisemore was for seven years director of the religious education de partment. of the Baptist General Con Youth. convention facts vention of O.regon-Washing'ton. Earlier, he served as minister of education a:1d Total registration for the State Youth sas revivals ·April 6-20. The week of music in churches in Texas. Convention was 2,399, the highest in March 30-April 5---the week before hlstol'y, The actual attendance was ap Easter-will be the week that the Youth He has written numerous articles, proximately 2,500. Convention will be held. We .believe that pamphlets and curricular materials for There were 31 as this one-day convention for young peo publications o:fi;he Board. He has writ sociations and 199 ple will help rather than hinder the tqn seven books and contributed chap churches represent Crusade of Americas. ters to several others. Two of his books ed. The next conven are in the Southern Baptist church tion will he held on . study course. He supervises the adult, April 4, 1969, the There were 228 decisions at the eve ning service . of the Youth Convention cradle roll, and extension work of the Friday before Eas ·-sunday School department of the Board. on April 12. These 228 young people ter. This April, 1969, were from 90 churches. The retreat will open with supper at date will come be 6 p. m. Friday, .May 24, and will close tween the two Cru 'Decisions were as follows: • conver with lunch on Saturday, May 245. Cost sade of Americas ~ions, !ZO; church-related vocations, 20; for overnight lod·ging and meals is ~atnpaigns. East Ar- . exploring opportunities in church voca $4.66:-Lawson Hatfield, State Sunday MR. DAVIS kansas revivals will tions, 3'1; rededication, 1•57.-RaLph W. School Secretazy ' be held March 16-20,, and West Arkan- Davis Page Fourteen ARKANSAS BAPTIST The ~ bookshelf . Thjj World of Picasso, by Lael W er always inventive. Kauff,man, Time-Life Books, 1968, · $4.95 t!mbaker and the Editors of Time-Life Books, Time-Life. Books, 1008, $7.95. As would he expected of . a French The World of the FJ.'og· and the ' - cookbook, this bo'ok .not oniy provides This 190-page volume is the eleventh Toad, by George Porj;er, Lippincott, scores q( typical French dishes but has in the illustrated Time-Life Library of 1'967, $4.95 lots inevitable "wine guide.'' But Baptist Art aeries. Author Porter, "wlio .. hp.s observed teetotalers will find much to their lik i:t:J-g in the foods sections. The authors carefully explore Picas hundreds of these creatures< 'which the Romans called "the jumping ones," pre eo's rol~ in forging the modern era To avoid damage that might result in art and· altering man's perception sents in word and photo the living to the book, with its wide coliection of of art as has no one else since the worlds of the frog and the toad. color photogra)>h!l, ever.y recip·e is dup Rena~f)sance. The main distinction between the licated in a ·spiral-backed file which ac frog and the toa~ is that the frog is companies the book at no additional ·The pook focuses on the growth of cost. the artist's talent, revealing a multi smooth skinned and aquatic. and the faceted personality charged with in toad is warty and terrestrial. •' satiable curiosity and an instinct for Mr. Porter's ·vivid de'scrip'l;ion of wood A Cup o' Kindness, . ~Y Hugh C. ori~inality. lands and wild country is a very in Stuntz, Abingdon, 19·68, $2.9'5 teresting aspect of the book. .' · ~casso•s ·· styles · are chronologically Here are stories reflected from many documented in a series. of picture es sourees, some religious, · some secular, says. Now in his 86th year, the artist The Co(}king (}f Provincial France, by but all of them painting to.ward higher works vigorously and continues to be M. F. K. Fisher and the Editors of levels of tnoral, mental1 and spiritual popular,_ frequently controversial, and Time-Life Books, photographs by Mark living. · ' Do all need to repent? I '· BY HERSCHEL H. HOBBS Pttstor; First Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, OklahGma, past president, Southern Baptist Convention ,.,/ .ca*e ttot to call the r'ighteous, but sinners to repentanoe"-Luke 5:32. In her new book' ,F Did .fesU!l mean that "righteous" people do not need to repent, or that "~nhera" iinh~ need to do !!O? Certainly not. For this would contradict tho overall teaching ot . the New, Testament. To understand this verse one must consider EUGENIA·, ' ' tha context. ' .' Jesus. was a dinner guest in the home of Levi, a converted publican .or· .tax PRICE i~tp.ere·r. He. had invited his friends or other ;publicans. The Jews despised them a~ traitors: since they served their Roman oppressors. To the Pharisees "publicans reinterprets a rtn.tth-loved and ·Sinners'' was one collective term. By contrast they regarded themselves as Christian song and finds '~riQ'hteous." So they · criticized Jesus for eating with "sinners." guidance for tqday in 1 • ln their own 'judgment Pharisees were' righteous. But Jesus did not so regard thenr (Matt. 5:20). He exposed and condemned their hypocrisy · (Matt. 23). How every line and th~u8ht. eVer, with irony, in our text Jesus took 'the Pharisees at their ·word. For sake of · al'guni,ent He recognized their claim to self-righteousness. . ... • tl .So He said, "I came not to call ·the righteous." In the Greek text the nega- · JUSl' AS tive participle ou~ comes before the verb. This emphasizes the negation. "Came" tenders a perfect· tense of the verb. This also expresses the intensive meaning of· "catne." In effect He said, . "I most -certainly have not come to call the right I AM . eous.'' · He came to call "sinners to repentance.'' He is in the business of saving repep.tant sinners, not the proud self-righteous. It is more . difficult to reach "This is Genie at her best," th~ latter than the former with the gospel. says SHERWOOD E. WiRT! the editor of Decision; ''and her "Repentln'ce" means a change of mind, heart, and attitude, or a complete best is a shaft' of glory that turning about in our entire l~fe. The self-righteous person feels no need of such. This does not mean that he does not need to repent. In his proud opinion he breaks into. ordinary lives feels that he does not need it. with marvelous effect. She has t~ken the old song and In effect Jesus said, "Where would you expect to find a physician but amo~g upd~ted ft a hundred yeal's to sick people" (y, 31)? So the Great Physician came to heal the sin-sick. Actually speak to dur condition." . He said that so long as the Pharisees continued in their hardhearted way, there was nothing that He could do for them. · · ORDER FROM YOUR BAPTiST BOOK STORE • $3.95 So :'instead of saying that righteous people do ri~t need to repent, He said • tha~ all men jlte sinners and n'eed to repent. Those who continue to insist that tHey : ~re righteous and need no S.aviour can not be saved. For Jesus is the ._...... (~~:~~:~:~:~ ~:on:'~l~ •...... ~ SaViour of repentant siJlners, not of the proudly self-righteous. Page Fifteen ~AY ·2 '1968 Arkansas Baptist State Convention CONTRI UTIONS REPORT Total Cash Contributions Reeeived In Offlee of Executive Secretary of Executive Board of tJte Arkaii.R88 Baptist State Convention Durlnc t.he Montba of January 1-March 31, 1968 I Notify Dr. S. A. Whitlow, 401 West Capitol, Little Rock, ArkansAs, if any errors are found in this report. C.:ogpera,jve Desig~ t;ooperatlve Deoig- Cooperative Desi&'· Cooperative Desia· Proaram nated Churches Program nated Churches Program nated Churches Program nated Churches 240.16 ARKANSAS VALLEY fmmanuel, Rogers Grubb Springs . 71.33 62.5~ Cotton Plant 1st 375.00 537.13 1,663.92 Hal'l'ison lat 4,404.39 3,928.72 Crosby 60.00 Barton $ &66.69 l 49.00 Hopewell El Paso 36.00 114.00 Bl'ickeys Ui.66 10.86 Lakeview 188.92 165.4M 30.82 Lowell · 120.82 47.00 Jasper , 386.09 194.00 Good Hope Brinkley let 1,749.76 1,664.03 . 232•66 100.00 Chatfield · Mason Valley 126.46 175.00 Lead Hill 36.00 76.37 Grace Monte Ne 249.62 112.00 New HOPe • 60.00 Gregory 7.60 86.00 Clarendon 466.58 360.76 26.00 Pea Ridge 1st 633.61 62~.6~ Northvale 429.90 502.16 Griffithville 37.60 Elaine 8,631.64 966.42 Oregon Flat 89.64 Higginson 66.83 168.26 Friendship 112.12 90.13 Pleasant Hill 67.92 73.26 67.16 Rogers 1st 3,427.88 1,013.61 Osage 105.97 22.29 Hunter 86.63 67.76 Helena let 2,666.00 1,8-'4.17 Parthenon 109.80 36.36 Judsonia 460.00 830.09 Hughes 1,200.00 1,262.60 Siloam Springs tat 18().03 2,909.80 2,934.13 Prairie View Hiii_.__ Kensett 200.00 Lambrook 78.26 106.21 South Side, Lead Liberty 67.47 Lexa 300.80 376.85 Sugar Creek 39.82 10.00 Sulphur Springs 1st 40.00 20.00 McCrory 289.60 669.26 Marianna 1st 1,733.32 1,338.65 Union 30.00 33.65 McRae 30.00 256.60 Marvell 1,089.93 889.80 36.49 40.00 Sunny Side 217.05 155.46 Valley Spring• 12.60 25.00 Midway 7.50 Monroe 169.28 60.17 Western Grove 14.20 Morrow 87.96 Moro u;o.oo Sl8.41 Trinity, Ro&"ers 34.69 16.55 Twelve Corners 45.00 82.00 Woodland Heights, Harrison Morton 10.00 'forth Side, Helena 183.20 Mt. Hebron 43.01 20.00 Park Street Mssn. 15.00 27.00 76.00 Total 15,265.68 11,936.05 Total .?t?85.80 6,846.61 Pangburn 63.84 ~ettys Chapel BUCIU'IER Patterson Rehobeth 18.00 14.36 BIG CREEK Abbott 47.05 31.00 Pleasant Grove so:o2 8.00 Snow Lake County Line 2.00 Bates 1U5 Pleasant Valley 16.00 Turner 221.22 100.00 •Elizabeth' 6.00 Calvary, Waldron 22.20 Raynor Grove 7.66 28.8() West Helena 3,706.22 2,180.36 Enterprise 16.00 Cauthron Rocky Point .64.34 15.52 West Helena 2n Mt. Spring Msan. 8<6.88 Uniontown 26.30 Havana 34.86 80.00 Immanuel 379.22 100.00 Myrtle Street Masn. Van Buren 1st 4,57!!.30 l,&o9.04 Hopewell Lafe 12.00 128.58. Van Buren 2nd ll!.l2 Kelly Heights 24.29 Lake Street 16.00 Total 12,866.91 8,631.04 Webb City 181.39 13r.oo Knoxville 97.66 41.00 Ligbt 78.00 CARROLL Woodland lUO.OU London 132.97 39.00 Marmaduke 143.35 170.00 Beny'lille 4!16.05 447.60 Batson Miisn. 18.00 27.00 Moreland 14.51 Mounds · 56.97 Blue Eye 46.00 Total 11,984.10 6,377.41 New Hope 167.68 23.60 Mt. Hebron 28.29 Eureka Springs 412.00 212.70 CONCORD Ola 336.12 1<66.60 New Friendship 68.95 4-6.01 Freeman Heights 799.97 361.00 Barling 97.07 54.29 Pittsburg 16.00 New Li"berty 18.00 Grandview 237:24 90.00 Bethel Plainview 27.30 N-utts Cha11el 82.82 100.00 Green Forest 656.07 357.03 Blo9~Qcel' 15.00 . Pl'eeasant .V.I~ 42.1& Oak Grove 80.10 Omaha · 85.44 146.60 Bluff Avenue 366.81 Pottsville 1st 31.6·6 8a.56 •· i'arl'gould tat 6,910.86 3,462.43 Rock Springs 46.00" • 20.00 .BooJ'Ieville 1st 1.726.00 Ro'>(~ ' 128.67 146.P9 Plea•ant Valley ~.vo Total 2,611.4. i7 1,62 4.~3 Branch 127.63 Russellville 2nd 493.91 341.80 Robbs Chapel 66.00 60.00 CENTENNIAL Burnavi,lle r-...... Cen~erville Mssn. 10.00 Rock Hill 2.00 Almyra 2,uu~ . oo 1,557:82 Cljlvary, Ft. Smith Total 3,292.04 3,619.99 Stanford 90.00 25:ii~' De Witt . 1,9.00.00 1,265.'46 ' !,373.44 1,<669.46 . 'I)ELTA Stonewall East Side, De Witt Charleston let 1 , 74~ . 12 · 1,218.80 Arkansas City 375.00 642.4tl Third Avenue 161.00 83.00 East Side, Ft. Smith Aul~s. 6.00 Unity 45.00 Gillett 93.00 210.00 Bayo11 MasQn 77.80 Village Gillett 1st 69.84 ~t~~ 1Entet-prise 119.14 Cl,Ol Bellaire 316.10 495.88 Vines Chapel 10.00 Hagler 19.76 71.00 Excelsior 112.00 124.00 Boydell 6.00 Walcott 217.12 North Maple 108.56 Ft. Smith 1st 13,262.76 9,881,72 Oh~ekasaw 882.90 120]'4 West View 147.66 280.00 :fteydell 30.00 185.00 Glendale 293.43 40.66 CollJ~ . T in scaffold accident 1 Archie ButtJS, 1 pastor, Fajroaks Church, has announced that Edwin Three employees of the .l:"lttsburgh .Hancock; 119, surrendered to preach on , Plate Glass Company working on the April 1'5. Mr. .. H.an new Olffice building for the Arkansas · cocl~;; a member (}f Baptist State Convention, at 425 West Fairoaks Church, is Capitol, were injured in the fall of a a gradua.te of Wynne scaffold on April 2'4. High 'School, and a Admitted to Arkansas Baptist Medi student at Arkansas cal Center for observation were: Paul State University, Shirley, 42, ·of Route 6, North Little Jonesboro. Mr. Butts Rock; Wayne James, 29, of 1201 West stated that Mr. Han Twenty-second .Street, North .Little cock is the third per son to surrender to . Rock, and Floyd Sutton, 4'9, o~ .Searcy. preach in recent All three were reported in satisfac MR. HANCOCK weeks. tory condition. Ne~ qssistanr pastor .I ·Bill Elton, pastor of First Church, Dr. William L. i.l:l BY ELIZABETH PHILLIPS Nothing is more persuasive than the sound of music! It In England, churches were more strict. The only songs makes us sad or happy. It lulls us to sleep or· awakens us. allowed in worship service were the Psalms. Since they, were It can make us feel like marching triuD!phantly. or, ''it· can taken from God's own Word, it was thought they were the fill us wit~ a deep feeling of reverence. only songs worthy of being used in church. •Any one who tried to write a hymn was called conceited to think he could Oul' church services wo11ld b.e incomplete without beauti do something better than God! ful music and ;;~inging. Yet tltere wal'l a time when little sing ing was done .. Only speclal choirs were allowed to sing, in The singing, if you could call it that, was often distress Latin. Most of the peopl~ could not understand Lati-n. ing. There were few hYmnals at that time. A clerk read the Psalms, ·one line. at a time. The people sang that .Jine It was Martin Luther who felt led to change all this. and waited for. the next. !Born in Germany just a little more than four hundred years ago, he was a poor miner's son. Martin Luther had a beauti All of. the Psalms are beautiful to read. To be sung, ful voice and was divinely talented in music. He felt the e&pecially without written. music, they were sometimes rath people needed hymns so they could sing God's. praises, as er dull. Isaac Watts believed people could worship God by well as read his Wo~. singing. He tried to change the song service. Once, he com plained about the untuneful Psalms that were sung in his The first hymnal was published Germany in 1524. It in father's church. The answer was, "Then give us -sq_m~thing contained 01.1ly eight hymns, four of which were written by better, young )lianl" Luther himself. The people· were overjoyed. They quickly learned the songs and sang them eveiywhere--even in the Watts eagerly accepted the challen!fe· He had been com marketplaces and' while doing their ~bores. posing poems since childhood. By the following Sunday, he had written "Behold the Glories of the Lamb." It was ac One of Luther's greatest hymns is "A Mighty Fortres~ cepted by the church and was highly praised! ' Is Our God." He was inspired by Psalm ~6-. There were many bad times in the life of this man. He looked to God for That was the beginning. During his lifetime, Watts comfort. Others found comfort in this son, too. Soldiers sang wrote 650 hymns. He awoke Christians to the joy of singing. it on the battlefield. The hymns found their way to America. Benjamin Frank This man of song loved children. He wrote. many happy lin heard them and liked them. The first book off his print- tunes for them. One of the best known is the cradle song ing press was a collection of Watts's -songs. - which we know as "Away in a Manger." Children all over the world sing it with love. It is thought that Martin Luther Isaac Watts was -inspired by Psalm 90 to write ''{) God, wrote this song for his small son, Hans, in 1530. We can Our Help in Ages Pa&t." Wat ts also wrote "Jesus Shall close our eyes while singing and have a mental picture of Reign Where'er the Sun" .and "When I Survey the Wondrous the baby Jesus in the manger. Cross." Thanks to this man, at Christmas time we jubilantly sing, "Joy to the World! The Lord Is -Come." The last stanza is a prayer which perhaps you would like to say: 'l'liere are those who say Watts lived a lonely life. . He never married or had a family of his own. Yet, he considered Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay the children of the world to be his own. He wrote countless . Close by me forever, and love me, I pray; luUa·bies for them. Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care, And fit us for heaven to live with Thee there. When Is·aac Watts died in England in 1748, a monument in his memory was put in Westminster Ab_bey. Pictured on the monument is Watts writing at a table while angels Isaac Watts, who· lived in England, was another man who whisper songs in his ear. helped churches- to use songs more. He lived about two hun dred years after Martin Luther. (Sunday School Board Syndicate, all rights reserved) , {'age Twenty ARKANSAS BAPTIST ------Sunday IS ch ool Ie ssons Life and Work 1 May 5, 1968 Written for our bles·sing Psalms 119: 97-104; Nehemiah 8: 9-12; BY DR. L. H. COLEMAN, PASTOR, IMMANUEL CHURCH, PINE BLUFF Romans 15: 4 · This is the final in a· series of five les the people stood (v. 5) the' reading be ·This lesson treatment Is baaed on the Life and sons dealing with the. Bible, the Chris Work Curriculum for Southern Baptist Church· gan with prayer. (v. 6). tians' textboGk. These lessons have ea, copyrlaht by The Sunday School Board of 1 the Southern Baptist Convention. All rlarta re The people's .first reaction was that emphasized tl,e value, influence, effect served. Used by permission, of weeping (v. 9) . . Perhaps many that and pu11p0se of God•s Word. The Book of day learned th~ :J;'equirements of God Books is alive and exerts a living, vi frained [his] feet from every evil way'! (v. 101) and has hated "every upon their lives. They had failed to ke.ep tal, dynamic power in the hearts of the laws of God and genui.ne remorse those who appropriate its message in false way" (v. 104). God's word has helped him not to depart from this of conscience followed. Their tears soon tlieir lives. When we read t~e Bible and turned to joy because they were in receive its truths, we receive the very · sacred teaching or instruction (Cf. v. 102). structed that "the joy of the Lord ·is message of God. your strength" (v. 10). Israel's joy Note b1 Hebrews 4:12 that the writur Has the Bible had a remarkable ef was in her Lord. states that ~· . • . the' Word of God is fect upon your life? First eat it like food and receive spiritual nourishment; III. Hope Focused Upon God's Word quick." The W{)rd "quick" literally (Romans 15:4). means ''living" or "full of life." Jesus next fix your mind upon these precepts .likened his word to seed (Luke 8:11). so that your thoughts are thoughts of The final passage is a summary state Seeds do not appear to contain life, but heaven; finaUy your' actions will accen ment. Things "written aforetime" evi they do. So the word of God contailnl tuate the fact that the Word has guided dently refer to God's Word. He states life and is God's incorruptible seed. you in the right paths. in 'simple words that the s·criptures were When planted properly in the human II. Encouragement From God's Word. for our instruction. The Scriptures were heart, the harvest will come forth. (Neh. 8:9-12). gi'ven !?O that man might be made "wise unto •salvation" (II Timothy 3:15), and L Love For God's Word (Pflalms 119: Ezra-Nehemiah origirlally was one have direction in daily living. 97-104). book in the early Jewish Scriptures. Hereby hope sprin~s from 'Putting Psalms, 1, 19\ and 119 deal with the The book has as its, prfncipal theme the rebuilding of the wall~ of · Jerusalem. into practice the principles contained in Word of God. Ple'RSe read these in their the Scriptures. The Christian's hope is entireties. Psalms 119 is the longest of (Please read Neh. 2:17, 18; 4:6), With out trying to probe into the critical prob founded and grounded in the Word of the Psalms and contains 17~ verses. The God. Word of God is mentioned by different lems, of which there are many, we do words: law, testimony, judgments, stat not know the author of the book and The lesson today should cause us to utes, commandments, precepts, word, most scholars refer to him as ' "the rethink our Christian experience. How ordina?ces and ways. ' compiler." The book covers a very im can the Bible have a profound influence portant period of Hebrew ·history open and power in our lives .unless we per The ' Psa•lmist declares, "Oh how I ing with Cyrus, King of Persia, and mit it to do so? The Word can have an love thy law" (v. 97). He goes on to ( ~losing with .Mexander the Great. unbelievable effect but so many of our compare the Bible with the sweet taste During the rebuilding of the walls people are deceiving themselves because of 1:\oney (v. 103). The Bible is deli- we see the close cooperation of the they know so lit tle of the Bible. The dous, qelightful, deleetible food for the preacher and the layman. Ezra was the · lesson should challenge those who read soul. The taste is wonderful, but think priest and fiJ.lfilled a vital role. MAY 2, 1968 ------~--"P-=age Twen!Y:-0. e The wisdom of self~control ' . International . l ,, ' May 5, 1s6s . •' BY VESTER E. WOLBER P!lOFESBOR, J?EPARTIVIEN:l' OF ·RELIGI ' ' I,\ .r The ~el Paae Twenty-Two ARKANSAS BAP. I·NDEX A Smile or Two AHendance Report A-Arkansas Legislature roster pG; Arkansas Aprll 21, 1988 Baptist State Convention: contributions report Sunday Training Ch. pp16, 17, · 18, 19; BSU students to Berne BWA Choreh Sehool Union Addns. Conference p7 ;· Clerks "outstanding" In Better Alexander First 68 88 'Minutes Contest p10 ; Arkansas outdoors: Catfish Berryville -fit' for a king p18; ABC and open bars (E) p3 First 162 60 Freeman Heights 129 4e S..:.Barllng pastorium bas open house pt'1 ; Camden First 444 111 Baptist beliefs: Do all need 1f. repent T p16; Crossett Bookshelf p16 : Beauty from 'ash'es (Ft: Smith fire) First &64 164 pp'S, 9 ; Beaeon lights of Baptist history: Baptists Mt. Olive 277 168 4 west of the Mississippi }W· ' ' ' Diaz 228 138 8 Dumas First 250 ~6 0---Ciarke, Lewis t a i,H·each .in Brazil •P7 ; Cover El Dorado story, p19; · Cole, Minor interim pastor p10; Chil Caledonia 61 26 dren's nook p20 East Main 808 106 'Ebenezer 164 68 2 F-Faulkner, Sharon to · Malvern as music First 711 466 1 minister p10; Feminine Intuition: Spring on Mt. Victory 73 41 Sequoyah pU Forrest City First 487 121 l Fort Smith G-G1·eenwood tornado victims' needs p"' ; Gen First 1,12() 3fi3 2 nings, Helen Miss OBU 1968 p6 Towson Avenue 166 99 Gentry Firat 177 60 H-Harsto'ok,' Fred· B. dies 'pil Gt~rdon Beech Street 128 60 . ' Harrison Eagle Heights 1~5 .66 ' K-Keliey, Jeffre; re;elves ' scb~l~,~orship pi1 Hi·ghflll First 112 6() I ' • I • '· • • • 1 Hot. SP,.Ings Piney 207 110 ' N-;-:t'forfleet; Mrs. F. E. dies p6 Jacksonville Bayou Meto 139 96 6 P-Printing deadlines (E) ' p3 • J ' Marshall Road 484 194 22 Jonesboro S-Swalm, Mrs. Houston dies pG ; Southern "PREACHER gets too personal. Al Baptist Convention: Baptist march ·denied p12; Central 496 157 Radio-TV writers form orgljnization plS ; Semi ways talks about me when I'm there." Nettleton 300 122 ' narians apologize p18 Lavaca 241 184. Little Rock ' 'r-Trinity, Benton debt-free P'lO -ARK-E-OlpGY • -by .Gene Heriin&ton Archview 193 70 2 Gaines Street 399 182 ' 9 W...:._Whitney, Guy, resigns as Scranton Chapel Geyer Springs 658 21p 5 pastor P7 :. West, Ross, to Conway p7 : What we 'Life Line 6()8 187 11 ciui do (E) pS; ·What we can do' ~L) p6'; Wilmot Rosedale 90 ·chttreh sends Bi'bles to Vietnam p6 ; Watson, Filial fin~s~e Magnolia Central \ ~~~ 224 • 6 Robert .available for supply, p6 Marked Tree Neiswander 86 67 Mother: ·'~If· you wanted- to go • Monticello :First 289 98 • ·4 fishing, ·why OKLAHOMA OITY, Okla,_;Metho Chinese deity· Marxist ~saint' dist Bishoy W. Angie Smith, Oklahoma City, has announced that famed evan ..\ gelist Oral 'Roberts will .be received into ·In two decades, ,the Cultural Revolution of Red China has succeeded in the ministry of The Methodist Church eliminating all surface evidence of religious aC!ti:vities. at the 1'968 . session of the Oklahoma Annual Conference. This is the report of 57 Australian students recently returned from a three week tour of the mainland, and their · report agrees with information regularly The widely known faith-healer and compiled by political and religious observers in Hong Kong. president ·of Oral Roberts University Of Tulsa has been affiliate'd with the Pen _ A foreign. resident in Pe!dt:ig . tol<,l the stu.dents that an estimated- 200,000 tecostal Holiness Church. Moslems th_roughout the country had been killed and that fanatically anti-religion A. spokesman fo;r the Oral Roberts emphasis of the present Revoluti9n has dealt Christiani-ty crippling body blows. Evangelistic 'As-sociation in' Tulsa 'in With equal fanatical zeal, Chairman Mao Tse-tung is being hailed as deilty dicated that the change of denomina and worshipped by increasing numbers of Chinese. At the opening of political tions will not affect the many activ and other meetings, officials bow to ' Mao's portrait and lead in the singing of ities in which the evangelist is now en Tung Fang Hun•g (The East is Red) then quote ;from . the "inspired" writings of gaged. He is expected to be appointed Mao Tse-rtung. All objects bearing the image of Mao are reportedly trea-ted with by Bishop ' Smith as presid-ent of the reverertce, and excited emotional outbursts accompanied even small, seemingly - university wHich bears his name. trivial, acts which involved the sacrosanct dignity of the Chinese leadel'. It also indicated that Dr. Roberts is curre'ntly engaged in completing the 'Telephone operators at Peking's airport recite quotations from Mao before special studies which are required by answering calls and the automatic time-'signal station in the capital procLaims The Methodist Church when a minister glory to Mao before giving the time. according to the ·March issue of Asia News transfers from another denomination. Report. J -, After completing the studies he will be Michael B:.:owne, a reporter and news analyst in Hong · Kong, says the recommended by the conference's Board canonization for this latter-day Marxist saint has 'been inspired mostly by Red of Ministerial Training and Qualifica Guards · and other "proletarian revolutionaries." This means the most strategic tion and be officially recognized ·. as a area of Chinese national life today-yourth-have enshrined Mao in their hearts Methodist -minister (EP) and taken his materialistic ideology -as their highest rule of life. It strikes the soul with chilling apprehension to learn that a painting of Five alarms. sounded as hot embers Mao Tse-tung, wearing a long white robe and sandals wirth a halo-like .glow were waft-ed to apartment buildings around him, hangs a·t Shaosh-an, near Changsh·a in Hunan Province, where he across a narrow alley. . was born. Damage: $2 million. Priceless articles including some 19th century communion · The "spiritual" orientation and mystique of the Mao-cult is in widespread silver and intricately carved paneling evidence. In homes where once ancestral tablets were venerated, a portrait of ~re lost. Mao now hangs with rows of characters· down each side procl-aiming his teachings. Thus, says Brown~, "in 20th century world history, the spirit and bile of anti-Christ is daringly seen ih 'l flesh-and blood man who heads an anti-God movement already dl'ipping with martyr blood."-Norman B. Rohrer, Director, Carey cottage doomed the building as a historic site · in an open area, but these plans did not The cotta-ge in Harvey-lane, :Leicester, work out. England, which, once served as a par The bui-lding, it is · said, has no his sonage for William Carey, pioneer of toric value apart from · the fact that modern missions, has been sold by the ' it was once occupied for four years by British Baptist Missionary Socie·ty un Carey ( 17£1-18814), through whose in der a compulsory purchase order. fluence the B·MS was founded in 1700. An area redevelopment project ac Carey's nex~ ministry after leaving the quired the house for ~.ono pounds · ( -$7,- Leicester cottage was his missionary 200). It will be torn down. work- in India, taken up in 1793 and carried on continuously for 40 years. A group of Leicester businessmen (IDBPS) bought the house for the missionary so ciety in 1916. It has been used as a Boston church burns museum containing Carey relics, re ports the Baptist 'l'irnes of London. BOSTON-The F irs t Unitarian In 1957 when the cottage was also , Chureh was gutted by fire as flames threatened by demolition, appeals for destroyed the fifth edifice of the con its preservation were successful. Up to gregation first gathered by Gov. Win the present timf, it was hoped to keep throp in 1630,