The Pen.teoosta.l February 11, 1962 TEN CENTS
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RE~'C'OU$ NeWs THIS WEEK' S COVER Thesc 'it'rrc his it'ords---a"d his epitaph: "With malicc t07.I.'(1rd 1101IC." This statllc of a young Abraham Lincohl !lATIN(: SIN stallds at the entrallce of New Salem, Ill., the vmage in There is only olle thing to do with sin-hate it. Hate which he li1.'cd for six )'('ars. It shows tile great emanci it ill your own life. llatc it in the lives of others. pator carrying a law book and an axe: tI,C "rail-splitter" 1t is said that when the emperor of Constantinople (IIld attorncy 1.1.'110 'it'C 'lt 0 11 to greatness it! the Presidenc)'. arrested Chrysostom and thought of trying to make him recant, the great preacher slowly shook his head. The emperor said to his attendants. "Put him in prison." DIRECTION ~IAKES TilE DI FFERENCE ":-\0," said one of them, "he will be glad to go, for Holiness is very much a matter of aspect. We arc he delights in the presence of his God in quiet." changed by beholding; therefore, vcry much depends on "Well, then. let liS execute him," sa id the emperor. the way in which we look. "lie will be glad to die," said the attendant, "for Once, in the happy month of ~fay, , \.... alked with a he wanls 10 go to hC3vcn-I heard him say so the fricnd in his orchard, mar\'e1ling at the exquisite show Oilier day. There is only one thing that can give Ch,y of dainty blossoms, wh ite and pink, and the "arieties sostOIll pain, and that is to make him sin; he said he of trees setting off each othe r and lending new charms was afraid o f nothing but sin. 1f YOll can make him of beauty. Then we came toward the house and Ilear it sin, you will make him unhappy." stood a tree without a blossom, evcry leaf blackened O h, that God would make us like Chrysoslom 1 and withered. -Selected "How is this ?" I asked. "Ah," said my friend, "this faces the east while those SHUT TilE DOOR all look south. That makes the difference." Some people livc looking within at thcir failures. Some A man was standing in a telephone booth trying to people look around at their hindranccs. Some people live t-a lk but had great difficulty in hcaring. Hc kcpt saying, looking up at their Saviour; they facc thc sunny south. " ~I can't hcar you. I can't hear you." The other mall - Mar/..' G1IY Pearse could hear not only thc man's voice but also the noises from the shop and the street, and so he said, "Shut the door and you c.."ln he.'\r." STRENGTH FOR THE DAY 1fany Christians are likc that. They do not hear God speaking to them because thcy ha\'C not shut out the One reason the Lord gives for not worrying about noises and confu sion of the world. Jeslls makes the shut the future is that we have nothing to do with it. Each door a condition of our communing with God in secret. day has it s own duties, its own needs, its own trials - The S ta11da rd and temptations. And God always gives us strength enough for the day. But if we insist upon dragging out tomorrow's cares and adding thcm to today 's, our strength PARENTAL FAITH will not be enough. For God will not add to the day's \Ve believe in the power of parental faith. The late portion of strength just to humor our whims of anxiety. Dr. A. J. Gordon tclls a beautiful story of the mother So the lesson is that we should keep the days fenced of Chri stian Schwartz, who died at the time of the birth off, each one by it self. of her son. However, she lived long enough to beseech - f. R. Miller her husband to promise her that when God called the babe to be a missionary he would not stand in the way. She could give no guardianship to the life of the child In prayer it is better to have a heart without words but the guardianship of faith. than words without a heart. - Bun)'an Is it strangc that, in an age when missionary enterprise was almost unknown, that child when grown to manhood should come home from the university and declare to his father that God had called him to be a missionary? After Jfle be/iccc the Bible to be l1.e 'nspind and only three days of great soul conflict the father, recalling the infallible and authoriut"C Word of God. WE Il ELlE\,E Ihat thert is oue God. eterll"lIy c",SIenl in thue ptr 2 THE PENTECOSTAL. EVANGEL The Pentecostal I EDITORIAL COMMENT I _. .... ~,.,.' ---. -.. ,-.' .... - ~UBL.I'HJ:O eO"lTINUOU.L.Y BINer; I"S FEBRUARY " , 1962 NUMBER 2492 Keep Happy! BERT \VEBB, ExtCl4tit'/! Dirtctor ROBERT C. CUXNINGHA~I, Editor Lloyd Chri~liansen, Ellitori,,1 As.nsl,ml Nell F. Hall. Editorial Auislaut Happiness does not depend on outward circulll:;lances. True hap Leslie W. Smith, I.U)'Olll F.tiitor piness is a condition of the heart. Jo)' is one of thc fruits of the Norman Pearsall, .1rlist Spirit who dwells within. The kingdom of God, we are told, is Carl G. Conner, CI'rell/lllioll Monogu IIOt meat and drink. but righteousness. and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. T herefore it is not mockery to say to OIlC·S friend~, as one dear EDITORIAL POLlCY BOARD Bert W~bb (Chairman), R. J. Deraltrom, E. W. Bethany, hrother is habitually saying, ·'Keep happy]" It is a gloriollS po:;· G. R. CarlllOn. N. D. Oa~id&on . D. II. Md..aullh1in, Kermit R~nuu, R. II. We~d, A. A. Wibon. "ibilit)' to do this, as this brother's own radiant life te~tifie~. if one's happiness finds its source in God. The happine~s to he found in worldly sources is fleeting and uncertain, hut the happiness one finds in God is eternally and entirely s..1.tisf)'ing. articles This is the kind of experience the Psalmist must have meant Positiv~ Thinking About the when he wrote the lOOth Psalm. ;';-" lake a joyful noise unto the Del'il - Roplloud L. Co:r 4 Lord, all ye lands." Ne\'er mind if someone accuses yOIl of being John Wesley Was Right - Lloyd Chris/imlsrl! 6 100 noisy in your worship. If yOIl are making the noise 111110 Ih ~ Pray for ~Ie - NormOlld 1. Tlrompsoll 7 Lord, and if it is a joyful noise, you are in step with the Scriptures. Living on the In~talhllent ·'Serve the Lord with gladness," the Psalmist said. Can you Plan - Ross L. H o/m(JII 12 think of any other appropriate way to ser\'e IIim? Thc Lord has The Revival Came· Norm H. Dilillick IS been very kind to His people. He has washed away their sins, trans Look at That Child! - Bob Chost 24 formed their lives, healed their bodies, filled them with Ilis own blessed Spirit, and answered their prayers in so many wonderful ways. The least they can do, in gratitude for all Ilis mercies, is to se rve 1-1 im-and to do it with gladness. features "Come before I lis presencc with singing." No matter how your This Present World - Editor 8 \'oice may sound to men, it is sweet in God's ears. lie has pllt a Your Questions - B. S. Williams 9 lIew song in your mouth and He wants you to sing il. I Ie ha~ H ome Missions - RIIIlI LsolI, Edilor 10 given you a song of praise. Sing it for your Saviour. Sing it Revivaltime News· F. TV. Colbough, Editor 14 unto II im who lo\'es )'0\1 with an everlasting love. The Iioly Spirit Foreign ~Iissions • R. T. Brock, Editor 16 ill!;pires 100'e songs in yOll r heart becallse H e wants )'ou to sing Ke ..... s of Evangelism - BurlOIl W. Pitra 18 them to Jesus. Sometimes they may be in a language that only 1 re Sunday School Lesson _ I. 8. Bishop 19 can unde rstand . Many times they will be in a language known to all, and as you sing His praise others will be blessed. " Know ye that the Lord he is God; it is he that hath made us, EXECUTIVE PRESBYTERS OF THE GENERAL and not we ourselves." I row well YOll should know this. If left COUNCIL OF THE ASSE~IB LIES OF GOD to )'ourseJi yot! would be of all men most miserable. for who has Thol. F. Zimmerman (Gen. SUrl.), Berl Webb, G:"J't~ F. Lewis, C. W. fl. 5<;Ott , H. S. BUlh, J. P. HOlIan, power in himsel( to do that wh ich is right? Bartlett Pelenon, M. B. Netzel, R. J. Berg5trom, E. W. Betb",.. G. R. Culton, N. D. Da,·idton, ·'\\'c are his people, and the sheep of his pasture." lie has D. H . McLaughlin, Kumit Reneau, R. H. Wud. A. A. Wil.an. made you. Ti c has rcdeemed yO li . H e deserves all the credit for c\·erything ill you that is good. As a good sheep of lIis flock you THE PENTECOSTAL EVANCEL i. ,h~ oHio'al .oi<:~ of will follow where lie leads and pasture where I Ie feeds you. ,h~ A ..~",bliu 0/ God in ,lie l·.S.A. l'ubt..hed ... FEBRUARY 11. 1&62 3 POSITIVE THINKING BY RA YMOND L. COX The Bible tell s liS to r esist Satan, not to Ignore him. DALE I'. CONR,\D, ~1[NI STER OF CRESCEl':"T [[!':IGIITS actua!ly exist, or is the devil a figment of the imaginations ~"cthodbt ChllfCh, has been hailed by the religion editor of spi ritual hypochondriacs? of the Los Angeles Tillles as that area's "bard of the If the devil really exists, denying him and ignoring chllrch billhoard." Instead of posting his Sunday sermon him cOllstitute negative thinking l I f Satan is malignantly subjects, Conrad exhibits brief messages, which he masterminding the mischief engulfing this poor planet, changes weekly. and these become conversation pieces 110 diagnosis of the world's woes is realistic without among' people passing his chllfch. lndced. newspaper recognizing him. 1t is fatal to ignore a cancer, Physicians columnists quote his pithy ohservations regularly. Con dare not counsel sufferers, "Forget abollt your diseases. fad himscH calls his C0111111Cnts, "Stop-Light Sermons." Just ignore thel11 and deny them." I magi nary ill s should Occasionally the pastor displays a statement about the be ignored, to be sure, but actual afflictions require at de"il. This almost ill\'ariably st irs up a storm. Sometime tention. ago a woman telephoned and berated Conrad because I n order to think positively about Satan one Ollist the bulletin board warned, ;'Slccping saints serve Satan determine whether he is a hoax or a horror! Does the hest." devil exist? TI i!ly Graham answers affirmatively. SOllle months ago "I 'm 3 staUllch ad\'ocate of posili\'e thinking," Ibe the evangelist anthored an article enlil1ed, ';\'Vhy T Be critic stated, "and I object to such negative concepts lieve in the Devil." Almost at once Graham was chal as the de\'il." lenged and contradicted, All influential Southland min Hut call positive thinking put the de\'i! Ollt of exist ister objected that belief in the devil is setting back the ence? The fUlld:ullcntai question remains, Does Satan spiritual development of man and is a dire disservice 4 THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL to God and truth. "This Devil-belief teaching pre~enb that ye may be able to stand against the wile!'; of the religion and the church today as ridiculom; in the mind devil" (Ephesians 6:12). of any thinking person," he charged. "Dc\·il helicf is The firSHnentioned feature of that armor is most a poison to the mind." significant: "lla\"ing your loins girt about with truth" What does the Bible say? (Ephesians 6: 14). The clergyman who compared devil The devil is directly designated at least twenty time~ helief to a mental poiwn added. "There is only olle anti in the Old Testament and o\"er one hundred times in dote- truth.'· Hm the apostle Paul insi!.ts that truth is the New Testament. )roreon~r, a comparison of these important in fighting a very real enemy. references furnishes convincing and clltllulative evidencc Any observer is capable of seeing that modern civili of Satan's actual existence. zation is degenerating into a nightmare that makes Dan "Personificat ions r· exclaim unbelievers endea\·oring to te·s descriptions seem tame. The more his existence L., explain away the evidence. "Qualities arc personified. denied, the more the devirs business prospers. like evil and temptation." Did J eslls wrestle with a phantom? The Bible says. '·:\kn dOll't believe in a de~·il nOw, "For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that . \~ tlle' ir fathers used to do; he might destroy the works of the devil" (1 John 3: The)"\·e forced the dOOr of the broade~t crecd To !ct Hi~ :\Iaje,ty through; 8). l\loreover, Paul enumerated among the purposes of There im·t a print of hi~ clovcn foot the gospel witness: "To open their eyes, and to turn Or FEBRUARY 1" t962 5 which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, 1 fell my heart strange ly warmed." john Wesley had found pence! That night marked the begin ning of a life of power, Like Paul of old, it was a Damascus Rom! ex penence. From then on for fifty-three years he wellt up and down the British Isles preaching, praying, com'erting, organ o izing, writing. :-.Jow, honestly, which way of life rings true? The cold ratiol1;'1.1islll of Dr. Ogden, or the warm personal ex perience of John Wesley? Whose faith would you rather die by? To quote the book again, Ogden says, "The belief that only in Jesus Christ can lllall find sah'ation is myth by LLOYD CIIRI 'iTIANSEN ological"-how does tbat square with the Bible? jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no mall cometh unto the Father, but by me" (John 14:6). Peter said, "i\either is there DK. SClIl'III·xr \I ()(;f)f.!':, TlliRTY comes by putting trust III the <;aving sah·ntioll in ally other: for there is three-year-old as!'>oc ia(c professor of grace of jesus Christ. none other name under heaven gi,'en philosophic:il theology at Southern jOIl" WESLEY WAS RIGHT! \nlnt among men, whereby we must be s<"l.\'ed" (.\cts 4:12). There you have ~lcthodi~1 l:ni\{·r:-.ity's I'crkins School was his experience and faith? of Theology in Dallas, Tex, has \\'ril- The founder of ).]ethodistll W:lS it! ;\OW which will you believe: the philosophy of a liberal professor or 1('11 a book calling' for "r;J.dica! rein bOfll in the Church of England rectory terpretation" of the ).'('w Tc.,l:lmcnt. at Epworth. England, on jl1l1e 17, the incol1lfo\'ertihle statements of I Ii ,> recently puhli"hcC\ Christ lI'ilfl 1703, and died .\Iarch 2. li91 in his God's holy Word? oltl ,\ly/Is dchunks the sl1pernatural &~th re:'lr. lie was the fifteenth child Header, you must make your de incidcnts ;lIld leachings of the l'-:ew of Samuel ami Su"allnah \\'esley. cision. Dr. Ogden has thrown dowll Testamcnt. This hook .,Iands ill sharp lIe studied at Charterho\1!-ie School. to you tile gauntlet challenging your contrast to l11c hclids of the fouudcr thcn Christ C11I11',h College, Oxford helief ill the New Birth. On the other of l\!l,thodi"m-JoI11l Wesley. t..:ni\'ersity. and after gradnntion he hand, the Lord jeslIs Christ beseeches "The belief that 01l1y ill Jesus Christ came a Fellow in Lincoln College, ),011, "Come unto me, ;'1.11 ye that la can m:l.11 find sah'ation is mythologi Oxford. While at Oxford he bec:lmc hor and are hea\'y laden. and [ will caL" Dr. Og-dcTI ;"I\'CfS. the leader of the J lo!y Club. The give you rest. Take my yoke upon This Phi Bela Kapp., gradmtc of members of the Ilo!y Club. all af you, and learn of me; for I am meek Ohio \\'c:-.l(,)':11\ L'nivcf:.ily :\11(\ of the filiated with the Church of England, and lowly in heart: and ye shall find University of Chicago insists. "We follO\n~d stich rigorotls methods of rest unto your souls. For my yoke must give the I)("oplc an interpretation holy li\'ing that they were called in is easy, and my burden IS light" of the i\cw TC~ I :l.rl1en t that is Y:'llid derision "~I ethod i ~ts." ().latthew 1 1:28-30). to thelll." lie docs lIot ac!\'ocate ex· After lea\'ing Oxford he went to Of this you may be sure: if you punging what he tcrllls "mythology" Georgia as a 1Il1s~10T1ary in 1735. lie will pray \\-ith an open heart, "God from the Xcw Testament hut says we S<"lid of this expcriellce that though be merciful to me a sinner," and ask must find the real Illeaning of this for he went to Georgia to COIl\'ert the the Lord Jesus to come into your life, today. Indians, hc found that he had ncver )'OU will not be disappointed. All of l ie n~k", "What is heaven and hell? been cOll\'erted hililsclf. On a ship on your present intellectual d ilemm;.ls will llell means yOIl lose the menning of the Atlalllic Oce:1n he came in touch completely evaporate and you will pos life. It's gOlle fore,'er. Everyhody with some ;\lora\ial1s. They had much sess the Certainty of all certainties knows that God d()c~n't li\'e in a place. to do with the direction of his life. "Christ in [you] the hope of glory." \Vhat do hen\'en :'llld hell really mean?" The real turning point came on Yes, John Wesley was right. 1/e The enti re book rll tl s in this vein. ~ray 2-k 1738. That day he went Ul! was converted through faith in jeslls The professor is 1.'1'0IIg. \\'e wish to willingly to a nlt'l:lillg Oll Aldersgate Christ. The world was witness to the he charitahle hili the contents of this Street, London. Someone was read fact. lie had a faith that worked. lIli.;ll'ndin,l{ book hq~ (or faithfl11 r<'fll ing Lmher's /'rf'jllce to tile Epistle You can too. \Vhy not, just now, lation. f\0 one will ever find etefllal to thr NOll/mIS. Luther was describing ill\'ite Jesus Christ to become your life hy following the directiOns of this sa\'ing faith. llefe a re \Vesley's OWlI Lord and Sa\'iour! \\'ithout further hook H ow much better to take the words: "About a lJuarter before nine, delar, make the decision that will Bible literally and find the peace that while he was describing the change ';warm" r01l1' heart, too. 6 THE PENTECOSTA~ EVANGE~ darkness of this world," he explained to the Ephesian brethren. I [e urg('d them 10 hattie the~c c"il power .. C(juipped with God's full armor. Then / PRAY he ended his \'iyid description of Gad's armor by enjoining the Ephesians to pray for him. )'Iorco\'er, Paul directed thelll to FOR pray for him in a specific manner, i.e .. Hin the Spirit." What did Paul mean? Is there marc than aile kind of praying? Oh. yes t Daddy ME ••• I t is estimated that almost fifty mil lion Americans recite, parrot-l ike, their by prayers by rotc, And the average born again Chri~ti3n spends only trll min ClQI"[AND J. THO)[PSON utes a day in prayer t Thank God, therc arc above-aver '\ age Christians everywhere. They li\'e in an aura of prayer, they "walk in J'-,c "A the Spirit" (Galatians 5 :16), and they know the secret of praying in the can \ UPON :'IY JNTRODUCTION TO I'E:' FEeRUARY 11. 1962 7 NEWS AND NOTES ON OUR TIMES PRESENT WORLD Catholicism liquor to a cat. Various degrees of Brain Washing puni::.hment were suggested for one so Boys Town Comes Under Fire cruel to an animal. Drug Could Brainwosh a Nation These protests stemmed from a Jet A Swedish medical researcher, Dr. nays Tawil, Nebraska, a Roman ter written by this man's wife which Holger Hyden, of the University of Catholic .!ochoo], came under severe appeared in a newspaper. The dis Goteborg, has disclosed his experi criticism by Dr. George S. Bancroft, tressed woman said her husband ments with a drug that conceivably Presbyterian excclltive of the Synod thought it was funny to make their could brainwash the population of a of Ncbra~ka) recently. J Ie specifical pet cat drunk by pouring gin in its nation within hours or days. Its initial charged discrimination against ly milk. The cal would dance like mad, effect on human beings is to increase Protestant boys attending the institu stagger around in circles, and finally their acceptance of suggestions, he tion. fall in a heap in the corner, and go said. Publicity citing Boys Town as an to sleep. ilesides, the woman reported, Dr. Hyden, a specialist in cell func institution for boys of all creeds p;lf the cat was now losing all of her hair tion ing, recently addressed a sympo ticularly irritated Dr. Uancroft. He as a result of the gin diet. Sllllll on Control of the ~r ind, spon pointed out that until puhlicity recent It's mean to get a cat drunk, but sored by the University of California ly Jorced a change, Protestant boys what of liquor interests that spend 1\Tcdical Center. The experimental had their se rvices in one of the dormi millions in advertiSing to get our sons drug, he announced, is an inexpensive tories. Even 1I0W they afC held in lhe and daughters intoxicated? Why is it compound called tricyano-amino-pro field house while Catholics have cx that hundreds will get indignant over pene. It works by causing changes in clusive usc of the elaborate and or a drunken cat and never raise their the chemical structure of an important nate memorial chapel, in the heart of voices to protest over drunken youth? constituent of all living cells called the "Town." According to Dr. Bancroft, Boys Town is 1I0W an elaborate establish ment with a field house superior to that of the University of Nebraska and an income largely from Protes tallt sources which far exceeds its cur rent needs. "Protestant boys do not go to pub lic schools," says Dr. Bancroft, "but attend the town's parochial school, with Roman Catholics in their religious garb as teachers .... There are many subtle pressures brought to bear upon the Protestant residents. "One cannot but wonder," Dr. Ban croft concludes, "if the hundreds of thousands of Protestants who con tribute funds each year to the sup port of this Roman Catholic home ... realize that in the same city (Omaha) are two Protestant-sponsored institu PUBLIC BIBLE READING-Pastor Kenneth D. Barney---- and members of the Heights tions for homeless children." Assembly of God Church in Houston, Tex., gave special emphasis to the motto, "Read it Through in '62," by sponsoring a continuous public reading of the New Testament during the first week of the New Year. The reading look place ill the church vestibule and was Liquor carried to the street by a public address system. The youngest reader was Kenny Barney, 11, SOli of the pastor, who is shown in the photo receiving the microphone from Mrs. Hattie Frantz, 87, the oldest reader. Pastor Cot Becomes Intoxicated Barney, right, read the first chapter of Matthew in starting the project. Some time ago letters of protest The reading, begun Ncw Year's Eve, was done in connection with the week of prayer which was in jlrogress at the same time. By Friday night the cntire New Testament had poured into newspaper offices from been read twice, the Gospel of John and Revelation three times, and Psalms and aroused readers all over the country Proverbs twice. The total reading time was 52 hours, and 58 individuals took part, reading denouncing a man who had given in 15· and 30-minute shifts from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. 8 THE PENTECOSTAL EVA N G E ~ riholluc1cic acid (R:-\,\) .. \ tiny drop Answered by Ernest S. Williams will effect a change in the ncrve cells making the mind subject to sugges· tion, particularly when the ncne cells have been stirred to acti\·ity hy stress or some other stimulant. Dr. Ily FEBRUARY 11. 1962 9 HOME MISSIONS TWO CHURC church busine~s transactions during the buildillg operations. Since the new building has been finished the church has gone through a trying time due to the do~ing of some industries in the area. but God has been faithful. ~\t present the Stmday school average is 75. The church is experiencing a wonderful move of God on a Bihlical foundation and offers great promise for the future Fryeburg, Maine F OU R ItU XD RF.D AXD ~'SFrY PEOI'I.E JA)o.IMED 1><5\0£. OI;TS11)E, and downstairs to attend the dedication se rvice for the Fryeburg Assembly of God on Sunday, June 11, 1961 Carl O. Lindberg, 5UIK:rintelldent of the .l\'orthern Nell" England District, was dedicatory s\K:aker at this small country church. Other participants 111 the dedication service were Robert V. ~Iiraglia , pastor j Gerald Barney, organist j and James Richard r.on, Jerry Citro, and Gail Shack ford. all soloists. Special guesb from around the Boston, ~Ia ss., area were the loyettes, a ladies' The new Faith Auembly of ([uartet j the Boston brass Quartet; the Boslon Ladies Trio, and God in 8 ..... v • .-.I, N. C. A ,i,,· a saxaphone trio. room par.ouaie " over the Much of the remodeling work 011 the building the congrcgatioll b •• ement. Pal tor Rudolph had purchased was done by the local people with Ihe build-as-you Nichol. and family _t left. have-the-time-and-moTle ), sy~ tetll. The fir ~ t service was held in the church December 22, 1960. Pews, rug, and pulpit furillture were all mi raculously pro\'iucd by the Lord through various means. Gifts even came from faraway places such as Texas. And on the day of dedication, the congre gation w;} s able to purchase a new Hammond spinet organ through pledges taken. Brevard, Norlh Carolina Robert ~!iraglia is the congregation's first regular pastor. H ow ever, the first gospel meetings were held by \Villiam Leaeh several T il l!: LITTt. t: ~IOt.'~TA[N IU:Sf)~T TO\\,:.; Of HHt:\"Alm, :i. C., lIAS years ago in the h0111es of Edward P . COX a11d others who arc a Jovely new Assemblies of God church \\ jlh Brother and Si~lcr now memUcrs of the c1Jtlfeh. \\"hell it became necsesary for Rudolph Kichols "~]lastor s. This (otlple had felt burdened for Brother Leach to 1I10ve away, Dagmar Lilldbcrg and Virginia some time to laullch a work for God in this aT.:!a. Avery filled in tliltil Novcmher, 1956. when Brother ~Iirag l ia came 111 August. 1956, the Nicholscs conducted the fir ~t service in to Fryeburg fr0111 Sonlh Windham, }.!e. Brevard in the ;\mcriciul Legion bui ld ing which they wefe The group held services at the home of Brother Cox for one allowed to lISC free of charge. Each Sunday thereaft er Brother more month and then they moved to Fryeburg Ilarbor into a and Sister N ichols aud their two SOilS drove the fifty mi les from buildi11g given by the Thurman Charleses. Later the congregation Greenville to Brevard to CQnJU(:t Sunday sc hool ill the morning felt they should move back to Fryeburg Village, and in 1959 they and a worshil) se rvice in the afternoon. Occasi011ally night rented the K of r hail on Elm Street. Not long after moving scrvices were held when a. building was available. At these into this place, the group purchased a building and a lot on Drift times, lllcmocrs of the other a sscmblies in the secti on attended Road and this became the site of the new church. the mectings. The former district superintendent. the la te Andrew Brother and Si,ter ~Iiraglia arc graduates of the Xe\\" England Stirling, and the ~cc ti ollal presbyter, Fred Sorrell~ . aided the Bible imtimte. They arc looking for an increased attendance ~ichobe s in this ncw vCll ture. as the year progresses and a great l)()tential millistry in their COlll- Propcrty in a fille location was purchased ill October 1958 on 1ll\lIlity. a main highway ju~t inside the city limits. Plans ohtained from the NatiOllal Horne ~li ssiol1S Department were altered sl ightly to fit the local need. III June, 1959, workers began construction of the new buildillf.( wi th less than $500 in the church treasury I This p.1.id-for labor and materials were bought 01\ credit. By the •• ti me fu nds were exhausted, money was supplied through the MillutC • ~Ian Plan of the di strict and from the district \\,}.I C's. A loan of $2,000 and a gram of $500 from the Home Missiolls Depart ment encouraged the congregation in its worthy endeavor. In February 1960 the pa stor conducted tile first service in the new church. lie and his family had movM into the rooms l)rovided in the building as temporary quarters for the pastor in Deeel1lUc r 1959. The sanctuary ~u di t o riU1ll will scat abollt JOO as soon as '. . :.,-r\,'-:'" . , money is available to buy the pews. T h('" basement 01 the Will!; includes five classrooms, one utility room. and a furnace rOO111. • j', The six -room parsonage over the basement makes an economical arrraligement for a pioneer work. However, it was designed for a future Mucational unit. The building is appraised at $54,000 and t• cost $25,000. Present indebteness is $1 9,000. The new assembly wa s dedicated April 28, 1960. The late And rew Stirling. then district superintendent, brought the me~~ Part of the .. so people who attended the dedkation of the sage. A written expression of a\)preciation wa s handed to ;} Auembl,. of Cod in Fryebur .., Me.• t.&nd in front of the church. prominent local attorney who handled free of charge all the the Pa.tor Robert V. Mira .. lia and wife front row at left. '0 THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL defeat us before we start. The moment we take that Another District attitude we are already defeated. \Ve should not grow old before our time! Superintendent One of the main reasons for our lagging vision. burden, Believes . .. -- and zeal may be that we, like the Ephesian church, have left our first lo\'e. True love gives itself unresen'cdly, ~ and if we are going to reach the unreached within our borders that is what we must do. \\'e must renounce our unwillingness to sacrifice, our preoccupation with fBREA KTHR 0 UGH , selfish interests, and our thinking in terms of what our church or we personally may gain or lose. In short, Is the Answer WI' IIIl(st Pllt God first. Like the apostle Paul we may feel at times that we are troubled on e\'ery side; fightings within and fears By JOSEPH R. FLOWER without. But we Illay also experience, like him, a great Supcrj'llclldc"l 0/ thc Nn., Fork Di.strict and effectual door of service which the Lord will open before us. TH ERE IS A GREAT L'Nl'I N ISHED TASK WIHC II SHOULD I am convinced that if the powe r of the Holy Spirit, c,'er be a challenge to the Church. The will of God is which we profess and potentially possess, is released that all men hear the gospel for a witness. The whole through us in obedicnce to our Lord's command, thcre world is our mission field, and Oll r primary work n1l1~t is no limit to what God can do through us. Thb will ever be personal witncssing and church extension. make a way through the obstacles and destroy the mental Assemblies, or places for the gathering together of blocks which we erect. those interested in hearing the \Vord of God and de Illstead of 160 churches of the Assemblic~ of God in sirous of Christian fellowship, should be made accessible New York State we call have double that numhcr. The to those of every community and segment of society. more people who can be put to work for God, the \Vhen we see the vast areas untouched by our Pen greater will be our accomplishments in re.'l.ching unreached tecostal message in New York State alone we are not souls and areas of our state. Our job is only begun, tempted to discouragement, but challenged afresh. Not and there is enough to do to keep us all busy until only do we have scores of towns of considerable size Jesus comes. " which do not ha,'e Oll r testimony, but we have Illany large cities where the surface has ba rely been sc ratched. ASSEMBLIES OF GOD SUNDAY SCHOOLS MAK ING The new Assemblies of God church extension pro INCREASED USE OF STORY PAPERS gram, call ed BR EAKTHROUGH, arose out of a con TIlUIE Il"S nn:s A DEOU;""E IS TilE CIRt'l'LATIOS- 0]1 Sl'''UA\ cern on the part of some connected with the National school papers in mo~t denominations during rcccut years, accord Home l\lissiolls Department that we have been slowing ing to a survey conductcd by the American BaJlti~t Conventiun, d OWI1 in our rate of expansion. At the same ti me, wit h but the circulation of the !hsemblies of God pafl('rs ha. ,ho\,n a 1l1.1.rked increa~e. The survey, which covercd sc,'entecn larJ.:~· the population explosion, opportunities face tiS on every dtnominations, revtaled that the circulation of Assemblic~ of hand. T he goal is to establish S,()()) new churches within God story papcrs is hiGh in comparison with the size 01 our the next ten years, starti ng with 500 this yea r. church. The name BREAKTH ROUGlI for thi s forward thrust Seventeen Sunday school papers "ere li~ted for junior" in Home t-. liss ions is a good choice. It denotes that among which the Assemblies of God hmiur Truils ranks fourth there is something that resists our mov ing ahead in this Only the M ethodi~ t . United Presbyterian US,\, and SoutheTII Baptist denominations reported a lar~er circulation of junior area. May we suggest a two-fold resistance : (1) that Sunday school IklllCrs. which is on the outside of the ch urch ; and (2) that Seventcel1 p.1.llCrs werc l i ~tcd for teens. Our HiCull patlCr is which is on the in side. in third place \, ilh the .\ Iethodist and Southern Baptist story \Ve are faced with tremendous obstacles and problems papers ahead. which could easily dampen our zeal. Many communities T hirteen papers for }oung adults were cOInII.1.red. Lh'c, with a current circulation of 152,000, is in second place sur resent ally in trus ioll from the oll tside, and sometimes . pa~sed only by the :\Ielhodists. the greatest opposit ion to starting new churches comes T he American Baptists reported their Sunday school en. from the nomi nal Christian com munity. T hose bound by rollment as of 1962 to be approximately 1,030,000 \\hich is traditions of long standing do not easily change. Bank sl ightly morc than the Assemblies of God. The sun'ey ~ho,\ed thei r total circulation of story pafl('rs to be about 2S(),I)OO com ing institutions often show little cooperation, seem ingly pared with 474,000 for the Assemblies of God. as a matter of general policy. "This shows the loyalty of our people toward our story Jl.1. The resistance within th e church is a greater obsta cl e pen," says Ih!J1h W. l£arris, editor of Assemblies of God than that on the outside. The very magnitude of the task church sc hoot literature. " It is a tributc not only to thc eHec in the light of our apparent dearth of re sources call ti"cness of the papers themselves bU I also to the irn ])()rtancc that our pastors and the officcrs aud teachers of our Sunday di scourage tiS before we even begin. \Ve mu st fight our sc hools a tt ach 10 thcse parers." own fears with an unswervin g faith that in pu shing alii The sur vey rCl)()rt containcd the ,'cry significan t statcment our borders we are doing God's wi ll and can never fail. that "story papers will receive acceptance only in proportion to since He is working with us. the respect which is accorded them by church leaders. If "It can't be done he re, " is a deadly theme. A resigna they are thought to lK' performing a1\ important part in the church's mi ni stry to the youth they witl have increasing ci r tion and capitulation to adverse cirCllmstances and a culation." feeling that we face different conditions than others will FEBRU .... Ry 11 . 1962 11 \ "=,,'..!,. ' .The Christian Home Li~ing on the Plan In the light of the Bible teaching that we should " Owe no man anything," Christians ought to review this question. Hy I{OSS L. HOL~ IA N :-\E\TR WM; IT AS FASY TO OWE ;..IO:-;E\' our own interests, The borrower has comc, Usually a family sees no point as it is nOw. The an:rage American a moral re,>pono.;ihility to make every in denying Betsy the freezer, or J ohn family, according to go\'cr1ImclIt re effort to pay back to a creditor what ny the bicycle, when sellers insist that ports, owes five times as mllch today is rightfully his on the terms agreed either can he had on such easy terms as it did cleven years ago. upon, "it's almost like free," :-'Ierch:tnts afC offering their re Of COllfse, the best way to a,toid But whcn tbese accumulati ng obli frigerators, heds, fur coats, dishwa~h t"rllshillg debt loads is to avoid taking gations gel Ollt of hand, a family is crs-c\'cn airplane trips to Y:lcation tlWIll OIl. That is, never owe more put to the test. rt is 110 time for re wonderlands for nothing dow11 and th;lIl you can pay up promptly, This criminations or charges that somebody years to pay. Banks :lIld other lending fre[lllelilly llle:Jns resolvil!g conflicts iSH't a good provider. Such conflicts agencies tempting-Iy hold out money among lIl('mhers of the family o\'er only make the problem harder, \Vhen to acid that pl:tyroolll to yom home. individual l1(:eds, a solution is reached in a genuine or (0 make SOIllC other dream corne l{oIJ<:rt I., ]-/cihrOller, noted eco give-and-take spirit, the triumph is tfUC. nOll1ics wrilel', says that Ihe one mari something both parents and children There's only OIlC calch. Somewhere tal prohlem psychiatrists listen to 11I0St can rememhcr with pricie, along the road of these beller-li\'ing frequclltly is "money." This is espe \\'hen too many "pay up or else" bonanzas there Illllst be a payday cially truc ill families where there is notices pile up and the tclephone be sc\'cral of them. (jill)' olle hreadwinner. cOllies all instr\llllent of torture, there DOli'! misunderstand. [tlst::tlhncn\ or L' ~llally thc prohlem doesn't reach is one course that will do more to credit buying is no lurking ('"il. II ha;; a cri~is utltil a family is swamped by smooth the waters than anything else, helped cOlllllless ,,1 ruggling couples gct toO many obligations, The deluge of O IIC of the hcst-knowll advisers on a start. J\bny h,I\'e used modern credit debts doesn't sweep in suddenly, It family finance is the Kiplinger Serv wisely, BUI the rase with which Ihe slips ill gradually like creeping paraly ice in \\'ashingtOn, D. c., which ad average family can hock future earn sis, Hy the tillle a family realizes the \'ises a "do it yoursclf" plan: ings to li\'e weI! today has cre:Hed (':>:ten t of its imkbtedness, it Illay ,,1- '·\\'hen you get behind in your bills, SOllle tragic problems, Thousands of re;Hly be too late. go straight to yom creditors and lay families arc going through agonizing William II. \\'l1yle, Jr., a \\'cll your problem 011 the line, If you are reappraisals of their financi:d c01Hli known econoll1i:-.!, ~ays: "Along with really sincere about working out from tion, and arc [10\ finding it too hope the obsession for assllming deht goes under, YOll \,·ill find most crcditors ful. a di:.regard for cost; fcw eVCII not ice \\'ill meet you halfway," What is Ihe Christian approach to or remember the total p rice, Ask them Kiplinger nth-ises the dehtor family deLt? \\'hat prt-'calltions !Should a how much :I certain object costs and to decide what portion of income can Chri stian LUllily lise in assllming credit the rl'sl)()lhi.: lIlay be, say, $12.73 a he sct aside each month on a COI1- commitlllents? \\'ha\ course should be month! Thcy do lIOt 110Iice that their solidated debt payment basis. Then pursucd wh('[ 1 crcditor~ press for pay department :.tore hudgct account piles g(;{ each creditor to agree to accept ment of bills which have piled up? up 12 per cellt to 18 per cent interest. his pro-rata share each month, There was a lim(' when debt was III buying auto5;, they almost never Generally, creditors a re glad to ac almost synonymous with sin, Debtors IIHlltiply to find out how Illuch of a cept any reasonable plan for meeting went to prison, \\'hCll creditors closed 'pack' the dealer is taking them for. an obligation, The avcrage retailer who in, the borrower had to pay lip or )\ot oilly thrift. hnt ordimry Ameri ::odls 011 terms is anxious to keep the leave tOWII fast. call shrewdness seell1 to h.we been re hOliest dehtor family as a customer. SOCiety II OW recognizes that bor placed by a general and willing gulli Ill' doesll't do himself or his reputa rowlllg mOllcy IS a COll\'Clllcnt way to hility." tion any good when he cri pples a meet certain economic needs, \Vhether Harring an elllergency, crcdit buy family's bllyillg power hy harsh meas we oorrow outright or buy all credit. ing !lIny secm harmless el10ugh so ures. we lise someonc elsc's assets to serve long as paylllClllS do not outstrip in- Hcgardless of how many creditors 12 THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL arc all the family pay-up list, there nomic training with which to face the FOR JUNIOR REA.DERS is one obligation a Christian home world. cannot neglect. Thm is the tithc. :-.rala Such a plan may not be the answer chi 3 :8-10 indicates how important to e\'ery family's debt problem. How H A v E this obligation is. 111 eyery credit or (:n:r, Sylvia Porter, nationally known installment plan, the family tithe takes advi .... er to mall)' business and gO\'ern priority. Illent operations, insists that family w y H H I Thomas Kane, a wealthy manufac finances should in one way or an turer, himself a tither, made a forty other be a family project. year investigation in which he spcnt "Call the family together on a quiet o R D I D sevcral thousand dollars trying to find ('vening,"' ... he sugge ... ts, "and discu ... s one businessman who would s<,y he what you arc trying to do. Let the had not prospered when he tithed. He children become a part of the team. N I M N I wrote to every tither he could locate Keep .... imple records of finances. Don't and everyone said he had gained try to kno\\" where C\'ery penny goes. both temporally and spiritually by the DcduCl the Illoney for your savings E H T I experience. as all 'un:woidable expense' before )'0\1 I t is quite a problem for some mar start ~penditlg for the pleasant but ried couples to work them.':iel\'es out unessential things of life. Provide a A E H A M of a bad debt situation or to de\"Clop per ... ollal allowance for each member a cooperati\'c plan to prevent one. Kot of the family, including the children. long ago, however, 1 heard a woman Children learn to handle money sur R T T G I tell how well a family plan worked in prisingly fa st when gi\'en the chance. her home. Don't be too arbitrary about your Her husband had become executor figures or set limits that arc impos N I 5 H T of a deceased friend's estatc. He found sihle to meet." it in bad shape. He told her the dead :-.r rs. Porter imilcates that this kind friend's house was mortgaged; there of teamwork has turned out well with A T o N were unpaid installments on his car mally familie .... It has helped Illany a and other illstallment debts. The de home aliI of a debt crisis and pre G N 5 H E ceased had borrowed 011 his life in \'cntcu it in others. surance to send his son to college. To make in~tallmel1t buying less of It was heartbreaking for him to tell a risk. Kiplinger advises families to A I T T the widow she would have to give up .':ihop around fo r credit. "Compare the her house and take her boy out of co ... t,"' says l"'::iplinger, "of buying a Join thc Lcllc,'s college. refrigerator on time, with the cost of But this tragedy caused the hus buying with a cash loan from your I n thi.~ puzzle arc 15 words foulld iu band to call his own wife and threc hank. Borrow the minimulll. The more Psalm 11 9:11-:1 good \<:rse for :111 children into a conference to appraise you borrow the 1110re you pay." Christians to follow. Can ),011 figur~ their own finances. They formed a Of course, bankruptcy IS to be out the message from the puzz\('? family business called Family Sessions, a\'oided if at all possible. Sometimes Here's how to do il: take one leUl"r Inc. All future expenditures would be a family becomes so hea\'ily invoh'(:d at a time and t\Jen movc l"ither to th~ decided by vote with each member of that this seems the only way out. The right or Idt. or mO\'e up or dowil. '1'011 the family h:n-ing a voice. purpose of the bankruptcy law is good st:1rt at the IIpper left-hand corner of Each member of that family knew in that it enables a debtor to treat the puzzle and cl1d at the lower right exactly where they stood financially. all creditors alike. But Since many hand corner. Each gray sqll:1re indi They gave up their high-rent house have abu ... ed the law by using it to cates the end of a word-somc words and bought a cheaper one on which payoff their obligations with a few arc only onc-Iettcr words. the outlay was $24 a month less. They cenb on the dollar, it has acquired You call check yom answcr hy look votcd to put a quarter of the income a bad name. It is extremely difficult ing I1p P .... alm 119:11 ill your Bible. into savings and more life insurance, for a breadwinner to re-establish his -Ify n;'-k Clwm/,rtlJl as a nest egg in case of Dad's death credit aitl.:r hallkruptcy. or permanent disability. If bankruptcy is unavoidable, there home pay. opportunity for good jobs. They held periodic busincss COIl rcmaills a moral obl igation on the part universal employment, and many other ferellces to re-examine their financial of the dehtor 10 pay all debts in full. Illessings. si tuati on and decide whether they T!lat is true e\'en though he is legally Even so, continuing prosperity de could afford a TIew freczer, car, or exempt frOiIi paymeTlt bcyond what pelHb all Ih e continued good faith and whatever appeared necessary. In those creditors got frOIll the bankruptcy set' soh'cllcy of buying families. YOLI owe conierences they discussed plans thal tll.:lllenl. it to yourself, your family , your fu would enable each child to get a col It should he noted that the rapid tl1re, and yom peace of mind (as lege ed ucation and what he him ... eli illcrea~e in installment anel charge-it well as your Lord) to kecp your pay could do ahout it. I tl short, it llot buying is partly rt·.,;pollsible for today's la ter commitments under control. only kept family aff:1irs functioning hooming economy. rt has helped to ( Flom I/ome Life, cop} li gil t, 1955, by The Sunda}' School Bo~rd of the Southern Baptl ~t smoothly but gave the children cco- make possibk greatly increased take- Convention. Rcprinlcd by permission) FEBRUARY 11. 1962 13 RADIO God Is Blessing RE VIVAl TIME In• F"eign l,ndl Radio Releases Abroad Perform Effective Missional"y Ministry By LOtS IIOKA1\SO~ FROM FORTY-SIX POWERFl!L RADIO ST,\TIO:-.:S OUTSIDE THE the United States. Others who have accepted Christ continental United States, i?rvi"i'(I/timc is performing an li~ten out of curiosity and enjoy the spiritual food and effective m issionary ministry. It is carrying out the great blessing so milch that they bcrollle regular listeners. commission, "Go ye in to all the world," by broadc 14 THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL church peoplc to 'ISlt me at the hospital. They prayed that God would sp.."Ire my life and let me return home. MALNUTRITION God heard their prayer and let me go home. Then 1 began to seck the. Plenty to l',ll but little to nourish the lOner n1<1n! Lord. On January 12, 1961, I ac ceptcd Christ as Illy personal Saviour. Later the pastor of the Assemhly of By E. IV. LINDALE God Tabernacle visited me and invit~d Pastor. P"1U1S1illr (N.J.) Assembly 0/ God me to attend his church. I went one Sunday evening and heard several testify to being healed of va rions "\VlIAT, ME-SUFl.'ERING FROM ~I"L fool, this night thy ~111 sha1l he re sicknesses and disea'>Cs. I began to nutrition ? That's a joke. You ought quired of thee." lie had reckoned hclicve God for my healing. At the to see the food I consume r' Ilew without God, and the Scriotures teach close of the sen·ice 1 rCflllested prayer often one hears words like these, and that man was made by God for God. so they laid hands on me and prayed. pcrhnps f Torn someone who really docs It is impossible to haw a properly At that moment 1he p."Iin left Illy not look undernourished but who con balanced lifc without placing God in hody for the first lime in ten years. sciously or unconsciollsly is suffering His proper perspective. because man A miracle had taken place. from "hidden hunger." is basically a spiritual creature as well Almost a year h;ls r)''l ssed ami 1 Q uantities of food Jllay be eatcn as a physical being. This is onc of have not been troubled with arthritis. and yet the complaint is, ''{'m full the reasons why we find religion I havc takcn no medicine, not e\'en but liD! really satisfied." It is only among the Illost primitive of peoples. aspirin, because the former pain nevcr when that proper vitamin or mineral It is only in more recent cultures that has returned. or other lack is supplied that the in man has cndeavored to live without I 1I0W can walk. drivc the car, ;lnd ner clamor is quieted. even the slightest thought of God and go abollt my rcgular routine. r have This physical fact is st rangely p..1r so many suffer and die of spiritual joined thc Asscmbly of God Taber allclcd in the spiritual. According to hunger. They cat but arc not sati s naclc and enjoy telling others what sociolog ists the three basic aims of fi ed (Micah 6:14). Ch rist has done for l1le.-William modern Americans a rc success, sc King Solomon looking at life in a Baxter, Gadsden, Ala. ctlrity. and the acquisition of prop similar manner came to this concitl (E1ldorscd by Pastor Dm.;d L. erty. But an individual Illay achieve sian about materialism, "Vanity of I (canl, Assembly of God Tabcr1lGc1e, all these and yet find all internal vanity, all is vanity." Why? "He that Gadsdcn, Ala.) vaCUUIll, a dissatisfaction and an un io\'eth silver shall not be sati sfied with happiness! \Vc have been victimizcd sil ver, nor he that loveth abundance by the materialism of the age-an with increase" (Ecclesiastes 6: 10). Girl Heale,l of Deafness outlook exprcssed by the concept of Bread alone will not satisfy man's When T was two ye;lrs old I had "anything for the dollar," and as a inncr longings. O nly God through brain fever which left me completcly result America is suffering most se Christ can do that. "Seck yc first deaf. When three, my parents took verely frolll spiritual malnutrition. thc kingdom of God, and his right mc to the cli nic ;It Cimlllpaign, Til., "What-with all the churches that eousness; and all these things shall ;llld were told nothing could be done are going up ? With the Bible so easily be added unto you" ( Matthew 6:33). for my hcaring. ~ l y experience proves, attainable- with alJ the easy talk about The Bible says, "The meek shall however, that a ce rtain Physician religion in so many ci rcles? This must e."1t and be satisfied" (Psalm 22:26). cOl/ld do sometliing for me. be a joke!" r was taken to the Jacksoll ville, III., llut it is not a joke. To achieve An Arthritic Receives school for the Deaf when r was old material gain and carthly security enough to go to school, and each year Illany hold two jobs, or both husband Healing I returncd to spend the fuJI year there. and wife work. In the fa st pace of For twenty-fi ve years I suffered r am now se\'eilteen years old. modern living, spiritual concepts and scverely with arthritis of the spine. Last December our church had re values are lost or forgotten. God is r underwent thrce major operations. "h'a! meetings with Evangelist Joseph relegated to a secondary position; or Only God will ever know how much DeGrado. I was prayed for and the what is worse, to no place at all. I suffered. But in 1961 everything Lord graciously healed me. 1 can now l\Iaterial success thus actually becomes changed-for thc Lord saved my soul hear. In fact, a few days after my meaningless in the final analysis. and healed my body. healing I was riding with Illy Dad Jesus clearly taught that "1\1an shall I was taking everything r could get in the car and the radio was so loud not live by bread aione," and that "a for pain, from aspirin to strong nar I had to ask him to turn it down. man's life consisteth not in the abun cotics. Finally r was forced to quit I thank thc Lord that after fifteen dance of the things which he pos my job and r even became unable. to ycars of deafness 1 rc has seen fit sesseth." The rich man who said, d ri ve a car. Doctors at the Veterans to heal me.-Linda S ue Polen, Clin ;'Soui, tholl hast much goods laid lip Hospital in Birmingham, Ala. gave ton, 111. for many years; take thine ease, eat, lip my case. Howevcr, while they (Endorsed by Pastor C. R. De drink and be merry," heard God's were waiti ng fo r me to die my wife, Prenger, Assembly of God, Clilllou, answer. Thc I.ord said to him, ;'Tholl who was a Christian, brought some III.) FEBRUARY 11, 1962 15 FOREIGN MISSIONS • Marna Lillian' ~..,..-, . and Her Childr en I By RAYMOND T. BROCK "j\:fAMA I,U.LIAN OlEI) TOD."V." THIS in Jacksonville, Fla., on September 27, cable signaled the end of a missionary 1887. She sailed for Egypt on October career that spanned more than half a 8, 1910. Shortly after her arrival she century of dedicated service. Miss Lil· was, given a starving infant by its dy Lillian Truher !ian Trasher died at 6 I'.M. on Sunday, ing mother. l.liss Trasher continued December 17, after ministering in to accept orphaned children and be Egypt for fifty·one years. came mOlher to more than eight thou There were many tears when the sand Egyptian boys and girls to whom Beth Prim Howell and Nile Mother 1.400 children and widows of Assiout she gave tender loving care and spir by Lester Sumrall, and has been vis Orphanage heard the news of Mama's itual guidance. !\fany of her boys and ualized by the Nile Mother and Mir· Homegoing. Hundreds of her former girls now hold responsible positions acle 01: the Nile films. The home of boys and girls returned to Assiout to in the Republic combining their spir· her great missionary ministry stands p.'\y tribute to the Florida-born wom itual nurture with the professional on tbe banks of the Nile River in an who became their mother. skills they learned under Miss Trash Egypt. Assiout Orphanage consists of Pulled by six horses, the carriage er's tutorage. dormitories, a hospital, kitchen, and carrying Miss Trasher's body moved Only twice ill the last twenty-five dining facilities, chapel and classrooms slowly through the streets of Assiout. years did Miss Trasher return to the - each a mute reminder of the days Moslems and Christians wept Ull United States for furlough-once to when Miss Trasher plied the road ashamedly as they stood side by side participate in the Oklahoma City Gen ways and waterways of Egypt to raise to pay their last respects to the per eral Council (1955) and again in 1%0 funds to feed, clothe, and house her son their newspapers called "The to participate in the International Sun growing family. These physical struc Saint of the twentieth century" and day School Convention in Minneapo tures, however, are secondary to the "The virgin mother of thousands of lis, ~I inn. She cut her last furlough Christian faith Miss Trasher instilled Egyptians." Telegrams from Egyp· short because of ill health, fearing she into the lives of her children, a faith tians of all walks of lifc--including would die in the United States when that has prepared them for Christian one from Egypt's President Nasser her expressed desire was to be buried leadership in their predominately Mos~ - flooded the Assiout telegraph of in Egypt. lem country. fice. Miss Trasher's story has been told Miss Trasher's grave in the Or Miss Lillian Hunt Trasher was born effectively in Lady on a Donkey by phanage Cemetery will remain as a symbol of her devotion: she buried herself in Egypt fifty years ago and lived and loved her adopted people until the Lord saw fit to call her ...... -- ..... ---- home . ,. 'I'm JJ rr rr Missionary Joseph Brown, who has """ ... spent fourteen years in Egypt, was , -, " rr already on his way back to the field '1'" rr r ' when news of Miss Trasher's death " arrived. He has been designated as ,f ",f" ,,11 the official representative of the As " If ~ semblies of God at the orphanage. In reporting Miss T rasher's death, Pastor George Assad of the Orphanage Church said: "We trust you arc pray· \ • ing for the Orphanage, especially in , these days, and will continue to do so ~ until we meet the saints in heaven . .' At that moment Mama's dear voice I\, ~ .... ~. Mi .. Tra.her'. la.t buildinl proje.;t wa. the erection of lhi. will be heard again, saying, 'Lord, buildinl' for the widow. of the orpharl.arre ltaH. The build. here I am and the children which ine W~ dedicated .hortl,. before her death. Thou hast given me.' " ~ ~ '6 T H E P E NT EC O ST ~L. E V ANGEL. Foreign Missions Department MONTHLY REPORT Lyman Richardson November, 1961 Appointed Pastor CONTRIBUTIONS 1\ labama _ s 5,341.09 N Te:m 13,001.1'1 of Bethel Temple Appalachian 1,817.36 Northw~t 33,90+ 89 Arizona __ 2.457.60 Ohio 12,862.30 ArbnSl" _ 5,121.04 Oklahoma 20,469.26 in Manila Eastern _ 20.287.95 Oregon _ 15,557.51 Georgia _ 2.401'>0 Potomac 9,546. II German Sr 1,599.51 Rody :'Itn 13,196.37 Greel.: Br _. 119.46 S CafOlina _ 75'1.22 liungarian Bt __ 10.00 S Dakota _ 2.083.90 Illinois _ 15,038.40 S florida _ 7.900.91 Indiana _ 7,449.08 S California 18,671' Italian Br _ 976.91 S N Eng _ ",189.50 Kan5 Mr, aDd Mr.. Charit,. Harri. aDd famil,. The Andrew Harera"e family Mr_ and Mr.. Verne W arner and . on. FEBRUARY 11, 1962 17 C\RIBOU, ME.-Thc P enteco~t heart. 0 God. tholl wilt not de DALLAS, TEX.-The congrega· ~ought the Lord for years for the al As~('mbly here rejlorts two suc ~pi~('" (P~ahn 51 :17). This truly tion at Grace A~scmbly of God IIlfilling of the Iioly Spirit were nssful v.eek § of revival meetings was demonstrated as pastor, evan· elljoyed a filiI' revival with Evan filled during this campaign. \\ith EV:lngelist Oren Paris of Ft. gelist. aud people humhled their gelist and .M rs. Lron Bayless. -Albrr! C, Virkrrs, Pastor \\·orth, Tex. The ministry in \\'0T(1 hearts before the Lord in unifi~d God's presence was felt in a defi and sonK \\aq especially blessed intcrces~ion, resulting in a mighty nite way each night as a good • • • of God. T he church rejoices O\'er move of the Spirit of God. number were saved, reclaimed, and the individuals who found Chri~t ·Rollert lI'il.S 18 THE P ENT ECOSTA l.- EVAN GEl.- sen'e that Chri"t promised only to bring to remembrance "whatsocver I havc said unto you;" that is, those things which we have studied and read in His Word. 2. "1I1! 1<"ill sho'«I )'01' things to (am e." This statemt:n\ pro})..bly has a twofold reference. First it is the work of the 1I01y Spirit, working in connection with the \\'onl. enabling us to understand prophetic truth; that is, those things which are yct to come. Second, it In..)' CHRI ST PROMISES TilE 1I0LY SPIRIT also refer to !>upernatural knowledge which is the result Szmday Schoo/ Lesson for February 18, 1962 of the revelation gifts of the Holy Spirit: namely, the word of wisdom or the word of knowledgc, JOliN 16:5-15; RO~[AXS 8:1-4 3. "Ile shall gloriJy me:' The Hoi), Spirit does not Christ had broken the news to H is disciples concern call attention to Himself. He is not in competition with ing His imminent death and departure from thelll. \Vhat Chrj"t. On the contrary, it is His unique and blessed a crushing blow would be the loss of 11 is presence! office to work in such a way in the heans and minds Their world had fallen :l.part. lTow they needed His of men that they will see Christ in all His glorious words of glorious promise and hopc-"I will not lea\'c fullness and know Ilim in all His love and power. you orphans; I will come to you" (John 14:18). Everything the Iioly Spirit docs is in some way cal llow would 1 Ie come to them. after He had depaned culated to cause men to love, worship, adorc, and serve from them ? Through the lIoly Spirit! "1 will pray the the Lord of glory! Let Him. then, have His way! Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that -J. Bashford Bishop he may abide with you for C\·cr." OUt lesson text COII ----- tains the continuation of Christ's teaching concerning the coming of the One who would take lIis place in SIIE JUST \\"Al'{TED TO KNOW the lives of His followers. While a missionary was speaking to a group of H illdu women, one of them silently walked away, Soon shc re TilE blI'ORTA!' CE. OF TIlt: SPIRIT'S CO:'>l1:\G turned and li!>tcned more intently than before. "It is cxpedicnt for you that I go away." How could "\\,hy did )'ou leaye in the midst of my message?" it possibly be profitablc for thc disciplcs to ha\'c Jesus asked the missionary. lcavc them? Only in that thercby He would send them "I was so interested in the wonderful things you were the Holy Spirit! Though thcy did nOt know it (Do we?) saying that I went to ask your servant if )'ou li\'e like they were going to know Olrist far lllore intimately you teach. lie said you do. So I came b..ck to hear when He would be re\'calcd to them, in them, ami more about Jesus," said the wom:\I1, -Gospel Hl'rald through them by the Holy Spirit, than they cvcr had known Him during their human contact with Him. The words that followed explained to them why this was so. GOD'S SHOVEl IS BETTER T H E WORK OF THE SPIRIT IN TilE UNREGENnATE \VORLD L The Holy Spirit wOllld cOllvict men of sill. In versc 9 Christ showed that the sin for which the wrath of God abidcs upon men is thc sin of unbelief; that is, the rejection of infinite love and the refusal to belicve upon Christ for salvation, 2, Thc H oly Spirit wo[tld cOI[vict mCI[ oj righteouslless. It is through the working of the Spirit in the hearts of mcn that their false concepts of righteousness are destroyed and they are made to realize the nature of God's ideal of righteousness. 3, Tlte H oly Spirit wOldd COllvince mCII of tlte reality of coming judgment, Since it is by the power of the Holy Spirit alone that this threefold convicting work can take place, it becomes clear that Christ's followers must thus be anointed and filled with the Spirit if they arc to carry Ollt Christ's commission. THE VlORK OF TilE SPIRIT IN THE BELIEVER l. "He 'Will guide )'OU into all trutlt." The Holy Spirit is the Great Teacher. "He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to yOllr remembrance, whatsoever I have said lInto you." All spiritual illumination is made possible throtlgh the lIoly Spirit. Through His activc agency we are preserved from error, receivc divine il lumination, and "rightly divide the word of truth." Ob- FEBRUARY 11. 1962 ,. M US ICAL INSTRU.,M""ECNCTCS'---___ Gt:1TARS! Big diseounto t o, Chri.tia"sl Famo,u' Classilled Ads makes. Standard or eleclrie. Five.day ho,me tri"l. .... CCORDIONS: (,hri,lian, louy direct Irom enri,· Ea.y term •. Trade·in,. Frec c~talog. Wrile GUI . !i~n importer. Sa'·e 10 75% Lifetime lIunantce, TAR WORLI). Department PV <003 WeI! Chicago, Thi. column ;. o ff~r~" '"~ " .",,'oce 10 our Ft~e ~cC<.l .. li"n cou"c. Sec and pl~y July', finel! Avenue, Chicago, 22. l1linoi •. rudH'. 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He was overwhelmed Pray for Me This is "pqying in the 1Ioly Ghost:' by the calamities that had befallen Further, this is actually the Spirit of him. 1 Ie seemed forsaken by God and (Co ,Jfim'l'd from tay." SCi'CII) God praying through llS, "making in mall. But, lo! when he prayed for tercession for the saints according to his friends, God wonderfully healed vision saw a broad river, its banks the wi!! of God." him and blessed him with twice the adorned with fruitful trees. This river The Iioly Spirit not only helps llS wealth he formerly had possessed. was symbolic of the Spirit of God to pray, but helps us to answer the The rewards of earnest prayer arc life-giving, refreshing, and prolific. prayers of others. often wonderful. and sometimes star This is the same Spirit that Jesus Hecently I rC1:ci\"ed a distressing tling. Prayer i.., twice hlesscd. It \Jlcs~c~ promised to all believers. He said, letter frol11 a Christian lady in a dis him who prays and him who is prayed "From within him the /bdic\'cr] shall tant state. Once she had been all fire for. flow r ivers of living water" (John for God, filled with the H oly Ghost, So if you want a blessing, just 7,38, A.S.v.). and rejoicing in God's blessings. Then pray for me ! Scientists tell us that jf we could Satan snared her. Now she was sick. ---- harness the energy in a single drop discouraged, wretched, unable to find II ABITS of water, it would drl\'C a train. Oh, her way back to God. Would r pray how great and marvelous arc the ex for her-please! The word '·hahit" originally meant ploits Spirit-filled prayer warriors can I had about decided to send her a garment: in French it is the word do for God. ;"111 anointed handkerchief. but the Holy for dress, ami in Eng!i~h wc .,peak of However, there are times when the Spirit restrained me. The Spi rit di a riding-hahit in this sense, Hahits arl' praying Christian feels he is praying rected me to write her and encourage the dre~s of the spirit, hy which it i~ amiss and his prayers arc useless. At her to pray 0 11,' hOllr a day. The known for the \'ery thing it i..,. And stich times it is comforting to remem Spirit knew her heart better than I. Scripture comp.1. res the hahits of till Ull ber that the Holy Spirit will come to This womall admitted her greatest need regeneratc mall to an old and filthy the aid of the bewildered Christian. was to renew the sweet f cIlowship garment, bill the Christian character " \ Ve know not what we should pray with God she Ollce enjoyed. to clothing new and dignified. '· Pllt for as we ought: but the Spirit itself Job is a classical example of a lIlan off:' it says, ·'the old mall .... " "P\\t maketh intercession for tiS with groan- interceding with God for others. Poor ye 011 .. the Lord Jesus (hd..,t:' I~ECOI~I)S for NOI~""A. 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SIDE ONE StDE TWO What a Day That Will Be Face 10 Face The Stronger of Golitee I'm Not Al one F======0::: The" I Met the Moster Count You r Blessings U ~l y~~, 1. would I ik~ to jOi~l ill the :\orwalk I'roj('C"t. Ivory Pol aces The Ninety and Nine Here IS my of Pl eas(' .,(, IH1 tIll" How Great Thou Arl No Name Hos Meont So Much n~ ~L offerl1\~ ~ to Me U - - SJ31 Har\"(' s t cr~ rcconl to: He Lifted Me Oul Marching On ~ :\.\;..\ E \IJIJRESS (aip and m.,;1 10 lh~ !l o ,"~ M ;~sions D~p t .. H4S Boonvilt~ :\\ ~, Spr;nglidd. Mo.) Have you read • • • T HE TORCH BEARER, by Sallie Lee Bell . STRENGTH FOR EACH DAY, by Horry M c This novel tells Q vito I and compelling story Cormick Lintz. 01 liyes in conflIct -ooTh spiritual ond physi. In these devotional messages lor every day co! The foilh of Dole and Oovid 15 con of the yeor, the outhor has gothered the ',ory with Ihe skeptIcism of Barry and Cicily_ promis,cs of Scripture, Ihe blessing of spi rit. An IrOnic tWIst of fole lokes David's lile and uol fellowship with Christ, the challenge 10 leaves Dole to comfort ond guide the others. • o doser walk With Chri~t, ond other par_ Here is Christian 'ictian 01 ,ts inspiring best • t.ons of a proper "spiritual diet" to provide WI,h 0 heart-scorching message and 0 you with a rich source of devotional thoughts. soormg and heart-lifting fino Ie. Clolh bound, IdMI for the home. Cloth bound, 84 pages 185 pages. 3 EV 274 1 $2.50 • 3 EV 2600 52.95 • • ~~- •• y, • • j •• ~,~ ' , GROWING A C HRISTIAN PERSONA LIT Y, by R. Lofton Hlldson. In this limely and revealll1g study of emo lions, consc.ence, ond splfltuol growlh. Dr Hudson slrlkes 0 1 the heart of Ihe problems involv ed in developing 0 Christlon person olity. The author tells the reader thot he can "grow up" in h is spiritual Iofe. 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CALIF. • TODAY 22 THE P ENTECOSTAL E VANGE L. LILLIAN TRASHER, NILE MOTHER , by Let· ter Sumrall. One of the magnificent works of 'fol lh, courage, and persistence on Ihe porI of a divinely called handmaiden of Ihe lard is Ihe Orphanage at Assiul, Egypt, founded ond administered through Ihc yeors by Miss lillian Trosher, Ihe Nile Mother. This ac· count of her life and of the founding. main· tenance, and vicIssitudes of the Orphanog(' is truly a most interestong and thrilling stCry. Clolh bound, 18 1 pages. 2 EV 543 S2.2S 12,000 MILES BY LAND ROVER , from Brazil to Canada, by Mary 0". A miraculous story of the missionary jour THESE MY PEOP LE , by Lillian Dkkson. neys of the On family (2 adults and 7 chil Lillian Dickson isn't iu st a ~rson, she is dren from 4 10 16 years of age) through an institution. In Ihis book she recaunts the dense jungle, barren plains and vast her thrilling expenences in serving Christ rivers of Broz,f and Colombia, on across during Ihirly busy years omong the moun South America up inlO Central America, tain people of FOrmoso This is 11'1(' slOry Mexico, Ihc western United Stoics, and of Missionary Lillian Dickson warkong With Canada, traveling all Ihe way by land or, these her people, friend to the sick, "mother" a vehicle no lorger than on American jeep! to the orphaned, I('ocher, counselor, angel Ill ustrated. Clolh bound, 192 pages. of mercy. Clalh bound, 121 Dages J EV 2774 52.50 J EV 2705 52.00 GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD • • • HIGH ADVENTURE IN TIBET, The LIGHT IN INDIA'S NIGHT, by V;olet THROUGH GATES OF SPLENDOR, Life and Labors of Pioneer Mission Schoonmaker. by Elisabeth Elliott. ary Victor Plymire, by David V. Ply Throughout the writing of her book, In 1956 the world was shocked by mire. Violet Schoonmaker has kept in mind the news of the murder of five Amer Here is the stirring story of Victor those keen Christian young people ican missionaries wl-) o hod penetra ted Plymire, who during a period of al who must know the truth. Yet no the dread land of the Auco Indians most forty years carried the gospel earnest reader, regardless of age, in Ecuador to corry the message of to Tibet under the mast perilous will find it easy to put th is compe ll ing Christ's redemption. In this epic mis circumstances. His career is an epic book aside. For this is a picture of sionory saga the full, authentic story in the annals of the Assemblies of Indio, known personally by one wha of their expedition and of its tragic God. This story of thril ling adventure has lived among her people for a l end. The epilogue, desc ribing the and h igh endeavor in the most rug most half a century. Light in India's re-entry into Auco territo ry three ged of count ri es will grip the im Night portrays the spiritual struggles years later by the little party includ agination of every reader interested of Indio's men and women, caught in ing the author, Betty Elliot, and her in the spreading of the Word in the the toils of ancient coste and super daughter, term inates this moving dark areas of the world. Cloth bound, stitution but reaching out for the a nd exalting book. Cloth bound 258 225 poges, illustrated. freedom off ered by Christ. Cloth pages. 3 EV 2726 $3.95 2 EV 522 $3.75 bound, 237 pages. 2 EV 477 $2.50 SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY, The Life and Testament of J im Elliot, by Elizabeth Elliot. Jim Elliot a t the age of 29 was killed with four other missionaries by Stone Age Auca tribesmen in the waters of the Curoray River in the heart of Ecuador. The circum stances of the death of these men me by now known throughout the wo rld in one of the greot missionary adventure stories of modern times. In Shadow of the Almighty his widow has written a tremendous biog raphy of a brief but courageous life . Cl oth bound, 256 pages. 3 EV 2485 $3.95 FEBRUARY 11. 1962 23 LOOK AT THAT CHJ:LD! by Bob Chase ONE DAY JESUS SET A CHILD IN THE !>!IDST OF illS done, whether thanks comes to us for our particular part disciples and said, ,. Except yc be cOI1\'erted, and become or not. as little children, yc shal l 110t enter into the kingdom of Look at the ch ild's charfu"!ess! Perhaps you have heaven," been among a group of adults where ill-feeing exists . The Lord is still placing litlle children in the lTlidst between several and this has cast a blanket of coldness of adults to teach some much-needed lessons. All the and silence over the whole group. Everyone is un · education, sophistication, and vaunted maturity that comfortable. No one seems able to break through the grownups acquire with Ihe years can hardly equal the cold barrier. priceless qua lities God ha s given the child-- 24 THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL