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one rbason anyone can give for going' to church on Easter Sunday that will not hold, air tight, for going to church every Sunday? Every· Sunday is Personally ' a fresb reminder not only that Christ rose from the grave on a Sunday, but that he is, every day, speaking ''the resurrection and the life.'' Believest thou this Y I . ~,.. "~~A~,,.~ " Ever on ~u~day IN THIS ISSUE: RECORDS broken by 3,000 attendance at the As I saw deacons bringing in extra chairs to Training URion 1 Youth Convention, Little Rock, seat the overflow Easter crowd at our church, the Apd'l 4, pages 11 and 12. . · thought struck me: What if Baptists went to church every Sunday as they do on Easter Sun- REVIVAL for the deaf at. Little Rock First day? ' was part of the Crusade of the Americas, page 12. The mo~t obvious difference this would make could be measured in the Sunday-to-Sunday head " COOPERATIVE Program Day is April 20, count. If every church could have a capacity page 9. ·crowd every Sunday~as many but. not all church e·s have ·at Easter-there would be about half our I \ WHAT is Christian social action all about, 11,000,000 Southern Baptists, ot 5,500,000 of us, page 13, as expressed by Roy. G. Adams, pastor, in church each! Sunday. And -if every Baptist who Eastgate Church, Flint, Mich. ' possibly could would go to church' every Sunday, most of our churches would have to hold extra . . . . ' OUACHITA nominating committee, page 6, services to accommodate them. organized for the· selection of a new president for It would not be so easy to measure other re OBU. sults of so many of us ·going to church on a con . . . sis~ent and regular basis. For aside from the head WMU 's 80th annual meeting is attended by '1,- counting and offering totaling there would doubt 200 at Park Hill Church, North Little Rock, page less be numerous and almost priceless spiritual lO. . benefits for the worshipers, and, through them, for their homes, for their communities, and for · COVER story', P,age 14. the outside world. Imagine what it would be like for the paston as they prepared their sermons each week to know in advance they would be preaching to capacity crowds. And how the ministers of music · wopld Arlaisa~ Baptist H./1/./JJHI.D.D.DLJJBA April 10, 1969 thrill as they ,led the great congregations in wor ·-----····(:7·(7·-·· , Volume 68, No. 15 ship through music. What a great difference there would be in the Editor, ,ERWIN L. McDoNALD, L\tt. }!. secret thoughts of church members about one an · Associate Editor,.MRS. E. F. STOKES other as everybody took the pul:Hfc worship . serv Managing Editor, FRANKLIN I. PRESSON ices of the church seriously. What an impression Secretary to Ed~or, MRS. HARRY GIBERSON this would make on children who had never before Mail Clerk, MRS. WELDON TAYLOR 1 seen their parents care enough about church even 526 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201. Pul!llshed to attend. \n!ekly except on July 4 and December 2'5, Secorul. class postage paid at Little Rock, Arkansas. And think what a difference the new faithful Individual subscription, $2.75 per· year. Church budget, 16 cents pel' ness. of church members would make for any un month or $1.92. per year per church family. Club plan (10· or more paid annually in advance), $2.26 per yeal'. Subscriptions to foreign saved people attracted to the church services. addl"effs, ~4. 76 Jle,r year. Advertising rates on request. · Needless to say, in this meditation I have Opinions expressed in ·editorials aJ!d signed articles are those of the writer. Member of Southern Baptist Press Association, Associat-ed given all of ·us credit for proper motivation, with Ch'urch Press, Evangelical Press Assoclatlqn. nobody going to church just to see or be seen. Abbreviations used In crediting ·news Items: BP Baptist Pr.;..s; CB Church Bulletih; DP Dally Preas; EP Evangelical Press; LC Local Let us think again of what attendance is like Correspondent ; AB Assoclational Bulletin ; EBPS European Baptist at its best, on Easter Sunday, once a year. Is therA Press Service, Page Two ARKANSAS BAP,TIST ______,._ _ _....,_ ___Edit ·orials
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I I ./ .. Some things that Dr. Fritz Redl said the other The teacher might like to deal with the chil- day at the annual meeting of the National Com- dren -as "individuals in midair." But the children mittee for Support of the Public Schools, in Wash- come in groups. And "the whole cluster of group ington, D. C., should be of interest to parents and psychological hygie~e is the_teacher's to worry preachers as well .as to any others whose respon- · about and any mistake in group ·climate; group sibility it is to teach. , composition or·group leadership may gum up the whole. works," said Dr. Redl. Dr. Redl, professor o·f. behavioral scien~es at Wayne State University,' said that the genera~ public ''seems to assume that teaching really is a "You better be able to spot a contagion chain rather simple operation." But teaching "live hu or your teaching will _go out the window ·fas.t," . mans'' is really a very complex job, he said. he said. ''You: better know how to cut this chain without'creating a mess or you will teach without Dr. Redl reminded liis audience, several hun anybody left .to .learn. You better watch for group dred business, civic, and community leaders from psychological ro~e suction, which draws our learn across the nation; that '-'the whole kid sits in the er. off into deviant enterprises. You better learn classroom-not 'just hi~ I. Q. '' He ·emphasized that how t
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In what are generally regarded as the closing Liquor and gambling are khidred evil spirits. days of• the current session of the State Legisla Often -those who favor special privileges for one ture, the Senat!'l' last week slipped through, by a of these favor the same for the other. No doubt vote of 21 to 6, a bill that would have the effect of th~ : suc~~-s:sof the Leii,slature in £assing the mixed m~king it easier for new dog race tracks to secure drmk bill was a great ·encouragement for those franchises. who would like to have wide-op~n gambling across the state. With little .notice and with hardly any debate, the Senate voted to set aside a requirement that The House, we trust, will not go along with any new dog track be approved in advance by the Senate on this nefarious deal. But the fact that state-wide referendum. The bill also proposes both the bill swept through the Senate so easily givP-s dog racing' and harness racing for Garland · and us some indication of the way the wind is blowing. Crittenden countie~, where parimutuel gambling Here again iE1 the clear call for genuine Chris;tians is now permitted. · to inV'olve themselve~ in political affairs. · APRIL 10, 1969 . Page Three . • The liquor vote tn two counttes
In at least two counties of the state-Pulaski actua:lly cast. For one who abhors· the evil of al and Garland-the voters will be deciding a very coho~ not to go and vote· is in effect to cast a vote important matter in the special election next Tues for_ open· bars. ' day, April 15. We often hear the argument, "People who The question before the voters in these counties want liquor will get it.'' No doubt some of them is ·whether or not to legalize the setting up of will. But it has been shown over and over that liquor bars in hotels, · motels, and restaurants the liquor flow increases in direct proportion to throughout the area. liquor availability. · There are enough level-headed church people We earnestly urge the drys of these two great in both ·Of these counties to vote this proposal counties to get ·out Tuesday and vote their senti- . down. But the issue will be settled by the votes men'ts. 1 . I : I The _p·eople speak~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'The Lord speaks through patient adults'
'Thank you for the delightful and ex- etc. The people there. have no idea how lumbia, .South America, Venezuela and cellent publicity you have given to our much they have meant to me. The LOrd Japan. Yesterday we had applications Camp Crestridge in your March 6th edi- does speak through patient A(lultsl come in from Saudi \Arabia. God con tion of Arkansas Baptist. Already I have · tinues to open doors for us to witness had several letters from our state con- -, Last Summer we had 90 more camp- through Camp .Crestridge. cerning camp ers than ever before . • . professions · • of faith, religious decisions, Christian . I am a product of · Little Rock, Im- growth are in evidence as parents and Thank you again for helping to tell manuel Church, G.A. Camps at Fern· .campers write about what is taking piace our camp story.-Arvine Bell, Director cliff, part-time jobs 'at Baptist Book- in the lives of campers and staffers. Camp Crestridge for Girls, P. 0. Box store, camp jobs with WMU, Ouachita, Last summer we had campers f-rom Co- . 128, Ridgecrest, N. C. / , Arkansas aU over------• Cherokee Village Bayou Meto ground-breaking building begins . \ ~r.;.::eset::~-,;·~-;--,, Cherokee Village Mission, sponsored by Park Hill Church, North Little Rock, broke ground March 23 for an $80,000 first unit building. They have j,een' wor shipping in a mobile chapel provided by the Missions Department of ·the State Convention. The missi
BY BERNES K. SELPH, TH.D. PASTOR, FIRST CHURCH, BENTON Identification, dedication, and participation are good and important words in Christian service. We never cease to marvel at those who align themselves with the Lord and promote his cause in full devotion. Joseph Bays was one of these. Born in North Carolina, the youngest of seven sons, he moved to Kentucky with his family in 1794 and settled near Boonesborough. His father died when Joseph was small. . His mother not only taught him to work and save, but also the Christian truth. She was his only teacher. He never atten<;led school but learned to read and write. The Bible was his school book, the only book of any kind he possessed. This he studied diligently, memorizing great portians o/ it. · When Joseph was 16 years old he was leading public services and preaching. Due to . his early training he did not read out of the. Bible on public occasions but quoted it from memory. The young man knew Daniel Boone and his ad· venturous spirit was fired by the pioneer's stories. So he and his three older brothers followed their hero to Missouri. Here, at the age of 18, he married Miss Mr. HOOK ' Roseina Wieber. · Gary Hook was ordained to the min- f Ta'll stories about Texas drifted northward, exciting Joseph and others. His istry recently at First Church, Lake and thirty-three families set out on the 500-mile trip to the new country, about City, by pastors and deacons and other the first of the year 1820. ordained members of Mt. Zion Associa tion and of first churches of' Marianna, He was dressed in. a buckskin suit. He drove a yoke of oxen pulling an old• Newport and Baptist Tabernacle, Lit fashioned sled which carried J\lseph's family and household goods. Since there tle Rock. were no roads, sleds were used instead of wagons. With them one could follow simple trails or go where there were no trails. John M. Basinger, pastor of the Lake City church, served as moderator of the . On Ju!le 30, 1820, they reached Camp Sabine on the Louisiana side of th~ church; Pastor Leslie Riherd, Newport Sabine river, across from what is now Sabine County, Texas. This was "neutral First, was moderator of the ordaining ground," but many crossed over into Texas before receiving .a permit from the 1 council; Pastor Lewis Clarke, First Span~sh government. Here Bays waited, but he was not idle. He preached ~ Church, Marianna, directed the exam at every opportunity, confining himself to the Louisiana' side. Those across thJ ination of the candidate; Pastor Don river heard of him and invited him over -to conduct services. · Hook, ·Baptist Tabernacle, and uncle of At a three day meeting at Mr. Hines' place in Texas Territory, Bays, Martin the candidate, brought the message;/ and Parmer, a Methodist, and Billy Cook, a Universalist, cqnducted services. Each Mis:"ionary Carl Bunch led the ordaining preached in succession. Cook was convinced of his error under the earnest preach· prayer. ing of Bays and was baptized by him. In 1823, he was arrested by the Mexican Pastor Carl King of Alsup Church officers and Catholic church authorities. He escaped and made his way back to r led the qpening prayer , and Assistant Louisiana. He lived t-here until Texas wo11. its independenqe, in which he assisted, Pastor Fomby Barnett, of First Church, when he moved to the new state. He is credited with being the first Baptist in Lake City, pronounced the benediction. Texas. · The1new minister served First Church, • J. M. Carroll, A History of Texas Baptists (Bap!ist Standard Publishing Company, Dallas, 1923) pp. 18-24 Newport, as music and youth .director while a student in Southern Baptist David E. Collier College. He is now a senior in . Okla licensed to preach homa Baptist University and is called to be youth and music director and as David Ellis Collier was licensed to sociate pastor of First Church, Marian preach by First Church, Van Buren, na, upo.n graduation this spring. He is · March 9. He is the son of Mr. and -Mrs. the' son- of Sheriff and Mrs. ~ill Hook, Felix Collier, 2400 No. 56th Lane, Ft. Lake City. Smith. He is a junior in Northside High School and is now preaching at Jesse Turner Miss.ion. He plans to at tend Baylor at Waco, Tex.
Kenneth Gray now in Mr. COlllER Mr. GRAY
Miss Annie Hoover, Southern Bap~ist full-time evan_g ,~lism a pastor in Missouri churches. He and missionary to Japan, may not be ad· Kenneth Gray, Hot Spring&, has en his wife are now members of Park dressed at 3008 E. Fourth St., North tered full-time evangelism. Place Church, Hot Springs. Little Rock, Ark., 72114. Miss Hoover ~as born in Pulaski County, Ala., and A native of Missouri, he attended Mr. Gray is available for revivals or reared in North Little Rock. She was Southwest Bapti&t College, Bolivar, other special evangelism meetings. He appointed by the Foreign Mission :Mo., and Lincoln University, Jefferson may be reached at 198 Ramble street, Board in 1949. City, Mo. He has served 8lh years as Hot Srrings, telephone 624•4201.
APRIL 10, 1969 Page Five Arkansan deacon Mr. ·Baker has been pastor of churches .in Texas and Oklahoma. He was pastor in North Dakota of the church in Elk Grove Village for Recently one of tl.le Southern Baptist five years. churches· of North Dakota, "Calvary, of His new residence and office is 5001 Emerado, ordained Arkansan Max Tarp W. 65th St. Apt. D •201, Little Rock, ~ey as a deacon. Phone 565-1409. Mr. Tarpley was born the first time He is available for pulpit supply or in Lepanto. and was reared at Dyess. interim pastor until r~vival dates are As a young man he chose the Air Force filled. for his career, enlisting Oct. 24, 1955, Mrs. Baker was Edna Hearns'berger, at Little Rock. Mr. TARPLEY I Mr. BAKER Fordyce.- They have a daughter, Mary , His military duties have taken him to Leonard Baker ·Lynn, a junior at OBU, and a son, Bob, Texas, Virginia, Greenland, Galiforni'a, Washington, 'Turkey, Spain, Thailand, to do evangelism. in the us .Army. and now to North Dakota. Presently he Leonard "Red" Baker has resigned the OBU singers tour is serving as ·boom operator on a KC- 135 air-to-air refuelin&: crew. Firat Church of Etk Grove Village, Ill. ., The Ouachita University Singers will 'one of the leadingj churc.hes in th,e Met- make appearances at Southern Baptist In 1966, Max Tarpley committed his . tropolitan Chicago Baptist Association, College in Walnut Ridge on April16 and heart to Christ as Saviour.. In Calvary SEC, to enter the field of evangelism, ~ at West Arkansas Junior College in Ft. Church, an almost all-military church Mr. Baker is a native of Arkansas and Smith on April 23 during' their spring located away from- town and next to the a ~raduate of Fordyce }iigh School. He concert tour. Grand Forks Air Force Base, Tarpley is a grad·1ate of the University of Cor- gave himself to grGw in the Lord. Pres pus Christi, a Southern Baptist Univer- The singers, under the direction of ently he is serving as deacon and direc sity, and has a Bachelor of Divinity de- Ray Holcomb, -will perform a program tor of visitation. gree .from Southwestern Seminary of Ft. consi.:ting of both sacred and secular Worth, Tex. I music.• . Deacon Tar.pley says, "Pray for your boys in service, for you s.ee many of them left. Christian homes as I did but do not know Christ. Pray for us here in· North Dakota as we work with these military people."-Reporter Femin·ine intuition Dr. Jachin Chan in by Harriet Hall scholars directory Dr. Jachin Chan, professor of English at Ouachita University, has been listed ·in the 1969 edition of Directory of Amer- ican Scholars. • Magi·c with. color Dr. Chan was born in Canton, Chin& and received his doctorate in Englisl' Have you ever noticed that a large bare J room can suddenly come alive and· from Louisiana State University in be coz.y and warm by the addition of a little color? 1967. He has been head of the English departmen~ at Ouachita since 1966. Experiments have shown that C!lrtain colors have sp·ecial effects on our eyes as well as our emotions. Scientists have revealed· amazing and amusing facts The Directory, which is in the fifth about the effects of color on people. ' edition, states that "Every attempt has been made to include new and revised W ar,m colors-;-red, Qrange, and yellow-at~ract and stimulate. {)ool colors biographies of those who teach at the blue, green! or v10let-calm and soothe. . college or university level, who are rec In a building that was painted a cool ·color, women employees complained ognized editors, authors, speakers or about lack of heat. When the baseboards were painted a warm color, the com- leaders in their respective field, and plaints stopped. · whose reputation is more than local." Under test conditions salesmen attending a conference in a red room es Ouachita nominating timated their meeting time ·at five hours. Actual time was three hours. A sec . ond group in a light blue room estimated their time at two-and-a-half hours. commiHee organizes The actual time was three hours. The committee of trustees charged with the responsibility of 'nominating Color does play magic tri~ks on us. the president of Ouachita University Our heavenly father also knows how to work magic with color. Just when had its first meeting Tuesday, April 1, we think we can't ~ear al}other minute of the bleak, barren l~ndscape of win at Ouachita. Organizational procedures ter, H'e· sta~s to work with his spring paintbrush. and guidelines were agreed upon. · There are the pink blossoms of the redbud, and the tulip•like flowers of the The committee is com:Posed of Marlin Japanese magnolia, the yellow of for3ythifj- a:rtd jonquils, the rose of the japon Gennings, chairman, Jonesboro;, W. C. ica, the orange of flowering quince, and the blue of Dutc\J, iris, to name a few . . . Hargis, vice chairman, Warren; Earl and the ever-present favorite green of the leafy trees,· mossy banks, and other Jones Jr., Texarkana; H. E. Raines, foliage. Then the Master Artist tops it all off with a glorious SlJnrise or sunset. ·Crossett; Dr. Walter Yeldell, Hot "The heavens declare the glory of God." Springs; and Jeral Hampton, ex offi Comments, suggestions, or questions, may lte addressed to Mrs. Andrew Hall, Mt. Sequoyah Drive, cio, chairman of the board of trustees. fayetteville, Ark. Page Six · ARKANSAS BAPTIST Doug Dickens elected laptllf ...... student council head
Doug Dickens, a master of divinity Th L d' er student from Booneville, Ark., has been · · 8 or . . 5 sup p elected president of the Student Coun- cil at •Southwestern Seminary, Ft. Worth, Te:JS.,· for 1969-70. I Born in Little Rock, Dickens, recehred BY HERSCHEL H. HOBBS his B.A. degree from Ouachita Univer- Pastor, First Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, sity in 1963. · past president, Southern BaP.tist Convention . t' His parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Dickens, live in Booneville. · · "This is my body •.• This cup is the new testament in my blood"-Luke 22:19-20. Dickens has served several churches as pastor and presently is pastor of I~ was on· Thursday night of Passion Week. Mter the passover meal Jesus Lane Church, Lane, Okla. instituted the :Lord's Supper. A comparison of the GOspels shows that Judas had 1 already left on his betrayal mission. The Lord's Supper is, for baptized believers only. Judas most _ l~kely ha~ been baptized; but he was not a believer. Henry Evans now There are four different concepts of the elements used in the Supper. .at Cl'awfo.rdsville Transubstant-iation: the Roman Catholic view, which says that the elements ac tually become Jesus' )Jody and blood; Consubstantiation: the Lutheran view, Henry M. Evan.1 recently resigned as which holds that his body and blood are present with the elements; Special pastor of Bethany Church, North Little means of grace: held· by some groups, that l;>y the elements one receives grace Rock, to assume the pastorate of First not available J;IY any other means: S·ymb'l-lism: held by Baptists, that the bread Church, Crawfordsville. Mr. Evans had and cup symbolize Jesus' body and blood. served Bethany Church for three years. The scripture does nqt justify any magical act in this regard. Neither does Mr. and Mts. Evans recently made a it present the 'Supper as a means of grace. Jesus simply took elements at hand tour of the Holy Land with several of to teach a spiritual truth. In the crucifixion he gave his body and blood as a the pastors from the Little Rock area. sacrifice for sin. And in the elements of the Supper he gave a picture of such. Mr. Evans is a graduate of South A ,Picture is not the real subject, only a representation of such. Only those who western Seminary, Ft. · Worth, Texas. bJI,ve been saved by grace through faith, and have symbolized that experience in He has served churches in Texas and baptism, are eligible to eat the Supper. In the New Testament, baptism always' Arkansas. precedes the .Supper (cf. Acts 2:41-42). Pellizza nominated Are Baptists closed·communionists? All Christian groups who observe tht Lord's Supper (mass or communion) hold that only those who have been baptized outstanding athlete are eligible to participate. Baptists hold that gnly baptiz.ed believers can do so. The difference is in the meaning and method of baptism. So, if anything, Baptists Ouachita University's All-American are closed-baptismists. ' tennis player, Mike Pellizza, .has been nominated as an outstanding athlete· by Baptism is administered to the believer only once. The Lord'·s Supper is ob Ouachita to be included in the 1969 edi served repeatedly ·by each believer. . It points back to Christ's redemptive work tion of "Outstanding College Athletes of and forward to his second coming. It is done "in remembrance of me." "For as America." A junior· from Little Rick, often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till Pellizza was named to the All-American he come" (I Cor. 11:26). tennis team in 1967. · Cast annou~ced _for . OBU play May 14-1·7 ------About people The cast. for "Blood Wedding," a play The • Carver-Barnes Memorial Lec ·walter ·Bennett has been named by Federico Garcia Lorca, has been an tures at Southeastern Baptist Semi nounced by director Dennis Holt, as consultant in church administra>tion for nary, Wake Forest, N. C., April 15-18 sistant professor of drama at Ouachita the Suhda~ School Board of the .South will be delivered by a British scholar, University. em Baptist. Convention, Nashville, Barrington R. White, tutor in church Tenn. He . comes from Ta·bernacle The play will first be presented at history at Regent's Park College of Church, Decatur, illl., where he has the .A-rkansas Festival of Arts in the Oxford University, Oxford, England·. served as pastor since 196·8. Arls Center .. jn Little Rock. It will be Four lectures are slated in the series presented in. Verser Drama -Center at under the general title, "Particular The Executive Committee of the Ouachita, May 1~-17, _ Baptist Foundations, 1638-1660,'' board of trustees for ·the American East Side Church Norman Bowman has been named ed Baptist TiJ.E~ologieal Seminary, Nash itor of Baptist Student Magazine, stu ville, has 'formally requested Seminary ordains three deacons dent department, Southern' Baptist Sun President Charles E. Boddie to reconsid day School Board, Nashville. A native er his recently-announced resignation. · East Side Church, Paragould, recent of St. Louts, Mo., Bowman earned his . ly ordained three deacons: Buford Ad bachelor of arts degree from William ams, Brashers, and Charles Cook. ~1;1ey . Jewell College, Liberty, Mo., and his Boddie had resigned as president of Dol). Reed, pastor of the church, bachelor of divinity degree from New the seminary in February, ef~ctive in served as moderator ·and preached the Orleans Seminary. He spent one year April to become · professor of social ordination sermon. Kenneth Morgan of his seminary studies at the interna ethics a>t New Orleans Seminary where spoke. on the duty of deacons, and Jer tional Baptist Theological Seminary, he would be the first Negro faculty ry Harvey led the prayer of dedication. Ruschlikon-Zurich, Switzerland. member at a Southern Baptist ,sl!minary,
APRIL 10, 1969 Page Seven \ Your state convention at work-----o;------Missionary to Tanzania She lives on today through her bequest to speak at 'RA Con·gress Sometime ago a fine Baptist lady in our state made plans to continue her usefulness. She faced a problem and Missionary speaker for the state .Roy bassador program ideas and mission ac found the solution. Part of the problem al Ambassador Congress will be Rev. tion, projects to challenge every chapter was caring for her loved ones, after she James missionary from Tan and' member. He will give us a p;review was gone. The second part of her prob zania. The Congre>s of what to expect in the seventies. lem was continuing her Christian wit is scheduled for Fri ness. day and, Saturday, Singing groups will be present t ca pro May 2-3. The Con vide entertainment and inspiration. The first step in solving the problem gress will convene at Camp previews will be presented. Chap was to contact the Arkansas Baptist Calvary Church, Lit ters are invited to bring displays of ad Foundation. She learned how she could tle Rock. Mr. Hamp- vancement projects, cam'pcraft projects establish a testamentary trust' to carry -ton is no strange'r to and crafts and arts projects. The Con out both wishes. She then went to her Royal :Ambassadors gress will kick off with a free hot dog attorney, and had a will prepared to of Arkansas. He is a supper from 5-6 p.m. Friday for all who meet her needs. A temporary trustee, native of the state register before April 30. Register now close to the loved ones, was named with and. on previous fur and get members of your chapter and the Foundation named as successor lough has served as church to register with you. Recogni ,trustee,' Mr. HAMPTON c amp missionary. tion will be given to chapters having Now she has gone to her heavenly re Those who have heard him before will 100 percent a~tendance. certainly de."ire to hear him again. wardJ. The loved ones are being cared Those who have not. had the pleasure for as she did in her lifetime. The tem of hearing him will not want to miss If yotlr church does not have Royal porary trustee informs us that the this oppor'unity to meet and hear this Ambassador chapters, register and at Foundation will eventually receive a}.:. great servant of God. His message will tend. The missionary messages and Roy most $70,000.00. Then her Christian wit not only thrill bttt will challenge every al Ambassador information will prove ness will continue until the Loro comes boy and man who hears him. -- helpful for all boys. Information and again. registration forms have been mailed to Others on the program will include all counselors and pastors. Yes, she lives on today. You can, too. Mr. John .Scales, · Royal Ambassador Contact the Arkansas Baptist Founda cons .. ltant from the Brotherhood Coin Every boy should go to Congress. tion, 525 West Capitol Ave., Little mission. He will be sharing Royal Am- C. H. ~eaton Rock, Ark. 72201.
Pastor's Retreat, May 26-28 Harold Abbott, Baptist deacon and retired executive of Dale Carnegie As sociates, will deliver a speech to those attending the Pas- tors' Retreat at Par- 4:'""'·:l• on, May 26-28, on the ~ • ;;:~:ctin ;!ur go! , l Back Yard." Mr. Ab- c 1 bott was a close per- 1 / ' ·· .. · ~r sonal friend of Dale ' Carnegie for many years. His asso ciation with the man who is credited with having brought a MR. ABBO'J."T revolution in the field of human relations,' plus some unique personal problems which, with God's help, were turned into life assets, make Mr~ Abbott a person long to be remembered. The above-mentioned lee· ture has been delivered many places over the world, including Tokyo, Hong NASHVILLE-Herman King (right), 'director..,_ of the publishing division of the Kong, Zurich and Copen,hagen. Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, presents copies of Advance registration:; are now ·neing Broadman !films; new •record sets to the board's executive ~;ecre-ta.ry-treasurer, received by the Stat'e Missions office. !_~es L. Sullivan (left), and ~soci_ate executive secretary-treasu.rer, .J. M. Crowe. Full cost of lodging, "meals and insur The first produced by Broadman Films, the sets are "Basic Learning Tech ance is $7.85. Advance ~egistration, niques" and "Learning to Witness." $3.00. Page Eight ARKANSAS BAPTIST Revival at Holly Island
I The student preaching program, be- 4gun on an experimental basis nearly three years ago, h!!lPs provide a pas toral ministry -to small, struggling churches and assists student preachers financially . as they gain 'experience as pastors. It is inspil'ing to read the re ports that c<;>me in from these young preachers.
-Rev. Gaylon Holt, pastor of Holly Island Church, 'Gainesville Association, was happy when he reP.orted on their Crusade of the Americas revival, held March 16-23. The church has. an' average atte11dance of 40, and- Brother Holt writes that by Tuesday night the house was packed with an estimated :100 peo ple and there were "rededications, pro fessions of faith, shouting and tears." As a result of the revival, Brother Holt reports, "There will be 13 baptized into NEWS FROM KOREA-Timothy Hyo-Hoon Cho, pastOTI of the SeouZ Ba-ptist our chur<;h. God blessed us in a won- Church in the capital city of South Korea, interprets the headlines in The Korean derful way!" The, evangelist was Rev. Times, a daily newspaper, to his faculty advisor, W. Mo.rgan Patterson (ritiht) Ledell Bailey, pastor of Third Street of Southern Seminary, Louisville, Ky., wher~ Clio is a student. The doctoral de· Church, Kennett, Mo.-J. T. Elliff, gree candidate expresses strong feelings abO-ut the cwpture of the Pueblo ship bv State Missions , -North Koreans. (BP Photo) ' · Executive Board: • • J to make• many adjustments , , , , Cooperative Program In addition to language study, we work with a new Zambiatt Baptist church. I am assisting the pastor with Day, Ap.ril 20 his sermon work, church development and training c.hurch leadership, Sunday As we were driving along a state ination keep mtSSIOn work going on a I will begin teaching the book, The highway in North Arkansas, we came Christian Life. Training is· one · of ~he world-wide basis through the Coopera great needs , , , , upon a field with three haystacks. We tive Program. noticed that each stack had a pole in We are grateful for the Cooperative the center to hold the hay, We re Bill Kite, a former Arkansas pastor who was appointed as a missionary to Program. Because of it, we can serve marked, "The Cooperative Program is here with financial security." to Baptists what the pole is to a hay Africa last year writes: stack." The Cooperative Program keeps "We are about settled in our new A school teacher who went to the Baptists together in the financing of home. . We are happy to be in Zambia. northwest part of the 1 United States mission causes around the world.. It Our daughters, Deborah and Darla, are and became-active in Baptist work says, also helps keep Baptists from scattering delighted to be here and did not need "There are seven small .Southern Bap their gifts in less important directions. tist churehes in Longview, Washington, More than all this, the Cooperative Pro a city of 40,000 near the northwest gram helps each Baptist reach around corne:t: of the state. ·But, in the the world with a message of hope; we niount{lin area nearby, there is no call that message th_~ gospel. Protestant church at all. -Our Baptist work in the northwest is still young and Sunday, April 2G, is Cooper~tive Pro struggling, requiring aid from the Home gram Day with Southern Baptists. On Mission Board and desperately in need this day Baptists will take a look at , of church lea "0 ZION, HASTE" 0 Zion, haste, thy mission, high fulfilling, To tell to all the world that God is light .•. "Haste" was the theme of the 80th Annl,).al Meet ing of the Arkansas Woman'~ Missionary Union, April 1-2, at Park Hill · Church, North Little Rock. ' Attendance totaled 1,200, representing all sections of the state. ' ·Featured program personnel of the meeting were: Mrs. John A. Abernathy, ret'ired missiona~y, Orient; Gabriel Atanda, a student from Nigeria; Mrs. Albert I. Bagby, retired missionary to Brazil; Mrs. B. L. Bridges, Little Rock; Miss Nancy Coop- llrt- er, executive secretary, state WMU; Mrs. Wayne Left to right: Mrs. Roy Friday, Blytheville; Mrs. C. C.. Frisby, Ft. Smith; dent; Mrs. Jack Royce, secretary; Mr-s. J. A. Ho- Miss Joan Frisby, director of weekday activities, gan, incoming president; Miss Nancy Cooper, execu- Ervay Baptist Center, Dallas; Miss Helen Rose Gen- and treasurer. nings, "Miss Arkansas"; Mrs. R. E. Hagood, State _WMS direct?r; Rev. Jap1es E. Hampton, mission ary to Tanzania; Mrs. W. M. Hampton, Mena, moth er of James E. Hampton; Miss Alma Hunt, execu tive secretary, WMU, SBC; .Miss Martha MeDon - ald, summer student missionary; Miss Patsy Mc Gee, member of Ervay Baptist Center, Dallas; Mrs. ~ . . . Fred B. Moseley, Atlanta, G_a. ; Mi~s Donna P1ke, Margaret Fund Student; and Dr. S. A. Whitlow, executive secretary, Arkansas Baptist State don.. ' vention. James Hampton, missionary to Tanzania, quoted Bill Dyal, in an expression of the full significance of . the convention theme, "Haste," a~ saying: "Our · Mrs. W. M. H'a!mpton, mother of Rev. James E. motivation for Christian service (which would in- Hampton .(right), Missionary to Tanzania. elude proclamation and witness) is rooted . in the natu)l'e of God, in the distress of the world, in the need of man, aiid in the fact that God in Christ is at work in the world and bids us join with him in what is already tdmspiring." Naming distressing conditions of the world, Mr. . Hampton included: world conditions which demand haste; the necessity of all Christians learning the .' meaning of the Gospel and witness; population in creases; th~ truth that the Gospel is for all men; an awareness needed by Christians that they must live and adjust an approach to the 'realities of the times ; wars and over-population; the spirit of na tional pride among nations; communism; and a con cern by Christians that the time for witness ' is ) - • ' growing. late. Left to right: Miss Patsy McGee, Dallas, Ervay Mr. Hampton emphasized that the time i~ com- · Baptist Center member; Miss Joan Frisby, direc- ing when proclamation may be impossible; that this tor of weekday activities, Ervay Baptist Center, is motivation for haste. As Christians our task is Dallas; Mrs. C. Q. Frisby., Joan's mother. - clear, he said...... _to proclaim and witness, an~ do .it Page Ten 1\RKANSAS BAPTIST As a part of the Crusade of the Amer Revival for the deaf icas, First Church, Little Rock, has con ducted a revival for the deaf, March at Little Rock First 26-30. Carter E. Bearden, ·sr., field counselor , in the deaf ministry, Home Missions Board, Atlanta, Ga., was the ~vangelist. On ·· -the first night of the revival, there was one conversion-a teacher at the Arkansas School for the Deaf, Lit tle Rock. Total attendance during the week was 440, with 14 professions of faith for baptism and 7 •rededications. Those attend(ng came from Paragould, Corning, Hot .Springs, Jonesboro, Rose Bud, Piggott, Saffell and the Little Rock area. Mr. Bearden has been with the Home Missions Board for 20 year.~ . He attend· ed Texas School for the Deaf, Austin, received his bachelor of arts in religion degree from .Baylor University, and his bachelor of divinity degree from New Orleans Seminary. He al'so attended Gal CARTER E. BEARDEN, SR. (center) converses in sign language with Dr. S. A. laudet College, Washington, D. C., the Whitlow (left) and C. F. Lamdon. Mr. Bearden is a worker with the deaf for the only school of higher learning for the Home Missions Board, Atlanta, Gal Mr. Landon, who ministers to the deaf in Ar-· \leaf in the nation. kansas, translates for Dr. Whitlow, executive secretary, Arkansas Baptist State Convention. · Another cooperative effort workshop Two Elementary Workshops spon- , sored by: Church Training, Sunday School and Church Music Departments with Worn· an's Missionary Union, at Southside · Church, Pine Bluff, May ·20, and F'irst Church, Ft. Smith, May 22, 9:30 a.m.- 2:4'5 p.m. Do you have iRterest in and has your church given you responsibility with children-birth through eig~t years of age ? Then these workshops were de RICHARD HOGUE (left) explains the plan of salvation to an intent delegate to the signed for you. "The state Training Union youth convention, moments after ·he had delivered his' key Child in Our Midst" message, "Power to Become Real." · is the theme which will be carried out in the ' general sessions and the conferences, Dr. .S. -A. Whitlow, executive secretary, Arkansas B a p t i s t State Convention, in Miss RIVES speaking on "You as a Leader of Children" will emphasize the importance of our theme. We. are bringing to you specialists in the field of Childhood Religious Educa tion. The conference leaders will be: Miss Evelyn George, Director of Nurs ery, Beginner and Primary work, Train ing Union Department, Mississippi Bap tist State Convention; Miss Elsie Rives, Consultant Children's Division, Sun4ay Schoo~ Department, Baptist Sunday (right), first-place winner in the state young people's speakers' School Board; Mrs. Jimmy R. Key, Co tournament, is congratulated upon his success by Bob Holley, Church Training De ordinator of Children's €hairs, Tuscu partment, Arkansas Baptist State Convention. lum Hills Church, Nashville, T~nn. and Page Twelve . ARKANSAS BAPTIST J Russell Noel, Minister of Education, First Church, Tulsa, Okla. There will be a display· of materials and equipment by the Baptist Book Store. Use any· mode of transportation: car, bus, plane, foot, 'bicycle, boat, etc.-but do come. You "cannot afford to miss these enriched sessions. There will be a conference and much help for pastors, ministers of education and children's directors conducted by Mr. Noel. Attend the one nearest you.-Mary Emma Humphrey, Sunday School De partl!lent CORREC'l'ION Centennial Association edition Correct date of the Associati The Cooperative Program is best for a church collectively, and for the members individually. It challenges a church to give in creasing percentages of budget receipJs to world mission support. Unquestionably, the more a possible terrorist attacks, members of Trinity · Baptist Church, church gives to world-wide causes, Saigon, give a Vie~namese edition of the Bible to a man in a refugee village. the more it prospers at ~orne. -Left to rright are Air Force Sergeant Chester Johnson, Navy Chief John Cook, and Air Force Sergeant Jim Willis. (Photo by James F. Humphries) What Is Christian social action all about? , r By ROY G. ADAMS, Pastor Eastgate Baptist Church., Flint, Michigan I "If ye have done it unto the least of responding through this Christian ex the people are to be found. The church these • . .ye have done it unto me." perience to the needs and proble~s of is compelled to, give answer 1 to social man. questions if it is to reflect the true What Jesus meant was that our rela spirit of Christ in the V(Orld. tionship FO him · involves a relation The church is responsible for bring: ship to -our fellowman. ing sinful humanity to a right relation ship with God in Christ through re We must get through to our churches . If we are rightly related to Christ, we demption. .Since :man is out of fellow the meaning of applied Christianity, will be tightly related to · our fellow ship with God because of his depraved which is actually the principles fol man in an effort to promote the cause condition, he needs to be re-established lowed. by Christ while He was on earth. of ·Christ through evangelism and to proper fellowship. This can only be It is simply taking our Christian life social action. We cannot claim to love done through a 'personal faith and trust and relating it to life where it- might Christ and hate anyone for whom Christ in Jesus C:hrist as Saviour. Once a man make a difference in human relation died. How we get along with others is, has been won to · Christ, the church's ship. The love which motivates us to a contingent upon how much love we have ministry is to train and teach him how genuine evangelistic concem is the love for Christ. John said that we know that to relate to the world in which he lives. which should motivate us to social ac we have passed from death unto life He then need~ to know how to respond tion-to do something about the prob because we love the brethen (I John to the trouble and need of his world lems which face us socially. God cares· 3:14). socially and ethically. ' about persons! We care about persons! This is what we are all about! Not only how we get along with Jesus was not afraid to become in others, but how we respond to their volved in social action. When he saw 1 There are' so many areas into which needs is reflected by our relationship need, he responded to it. If a person to them in love. Again John wrote: was sick, or crippled, or hungry, he took we can take God's concern for people. "But whoso hath this world's goods and care of these physical and social prob- $orne of these action areas are citizen . seeth his brother have need, and shut lems. · ship education, sex · education, family teth up his • . • compassion from him, life, education, alcohol and narcotics ed how dwelleth the love of God in him?" If we are to follow Christ, we must ucation, race relations, and immorality, (I John 3:17). Christian ethics is being be willing to get our hands dirty if gambling, poverty, and pornography, necessary in any type of ministry where just to name a few. properly related to Ohrist and properly I APRIL 10, 1969 ' Page Thirteen The c;over: CONFRONTING THE ISSUES . SOIL STEWARDSHIP WEEK. MAY 11·18, 1969 The life you save The cover this · week is not pretty. But it deals with a problem that is one of the blackest and ugliest we have to face-that of liquor's dominance over the lives of millions of our people. This is one last reminder to the Bap tists and Christians of Pulaski and Gar land counties that the question 'of open· ing bars all over tlJ.is territory will be voted on next Tuesday,' April 15. Go and vote. The life you sav.e by making liquor a little harder to get may be the life of someone very· dear to you. Every-family plan CARBONDALE, 111.-The Illi nois Baptist, weekly tabloid pub lication of the Illinois Baptist State Association, has passed the 50,000 mark in circulation, an in· crease of 22,000 during the past year.· · Major reason for the tremend ous · rate of increase was ·attribut ed to sending the paper to every Baptist family, financed through the state convention's Cooperative ·Program budget. (BP) Deaths-.--- MRS. JANIE SANDERS, 85, died New subscri-bers March 27 at Monette. She was a charter member of Rowe's Chapel, Monette, in Mt. Zion Associa Church Pastor AssoCiation tion. 'She had been a Baptist for 72 years. New ·budget after free trial: She is survived by a son, a daughter Highway Ch., N. L. R. Bunyan A. Wallace North Pulaski and 14 ~randchildren. Page Fourteen ARKANSAS BAPTIST ------__,;,_---The-· bookshelf' Pulpit Capsules, by Dou~las M. White, Author Meckel is convinced that a By· the River of No Return, by Don Baker, $1 Bible-orfented, divinely revealed Chris Ian Smith, Abingdon, 1967, $2.50 tian faith is the answer to the many Sayings and" Sentences for Church problems, personal and otherwise, which · These meditations show deep insight Bulletins, by · Paul E. Holdcraft, Abing we face today. · ,into the experiences of life, death, hope, don, $1.25 frustration, and wonder. The Tired Adult's Guide to Backyard A ·Layman's Guide to Presbyterian Fun with Kids, by Vergne Edwards God's Doing, Man's Undoing, edited by· Beliefs, by Addison H. Leitch, Zonder APRIL 10, 1969 Page Fifteen . I WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON APRIL 15TH ) On whether we continue to believe the propa county and city cannot possibly provide personnel to ganda of the. liquor racket that "liquor belongs", check all purchase and sales records, or make daily "men of distinction drink", and "everybody who is checks to see if all the emptied liquor bo.ttles have somebody, drinks our brand", or not. been broken, and no one can smell of, taste of, look We actually vote on open saloons, not as separate at, or even laboratory check the contents of a "brok establishm~nts where the patrons can fight and wal en seal bottle" and tell whether the tax has be(m ·low in their own .vomit, but confined strictly to res paid. If we do this (as Act 132 provides) we can taurants, .motels, and· hotels where entire families easily double the $5.50 to $1 ratio just on the added must stay and eat. cost of enforcement. We vote on whether we greatly increase the pres On whether· we saddle our already under-manned ent minimum cost to the taxpayer of $5.50 for every law enforcement agencies with the impossible prqb $1 of liquor revenue. We can get much .better and lems of DWI's, "broken bottle", and "sales and pur much cheaper tax collectors than the liquo·r racket. chase records" examinations as provided in· Act 132. We vote on whether we greatly increase the num We vote on whether or not we want a product ber of dependent children on welfare, or not. which Act 132 forbids the sellers and servers to On whether we greatly increase the number of use to be sold and ~erved to those who have the. price. alcohol-impaired drivers of automobiles on our to pay. There just must be something inherently evil streets and highways, or not. and wrong with a product whose consumption is for On wpether we run the risk of our insurance bidden by law for th~ seller and server )?ut which rates being greftlY increased. . . can be sold and served (and spilled and sloshed) in We vote on whether we accept the bribes of con the presence of children of all ages! There's "death ventions; hotels, mo'tels, chambers of commerce,. jay in the cup," and may God have mercy upon us if cees, and certain tourists who are being quoted as we forget it, · saying,. "we will come to your city or state and do We vote on whether our children can go to, and business in it if you will either provide us plenty of from, school without their lives being jeopardizeq saloons, or let ~s open one." · by drivers whose vision and reflexes have been im On whether we continue to handicap business paired by a "couple of quick ones" down at the com and industry with absenteeism caused by beverage bination' saloon-restaurant. alcohol. . A summation of What We Are Voting dn, On We vote on 'whether we open the door wider for. April 15th: MORE OUTLETS for beverage alcohol, our business and financial leadership t9 ."tarry lo.ng MORE CONSUMPTION of it, MORE alcoholism, er at the wine cup" (read Prov. 23:29-35) at mid MORE alcohol:-related ACCIDENTS, HIGHER in day and impair their abilities and judgments for the surance ·rates, GREATER rehabilitation· CQsts, relllainder of the day. 'I'his is no longer a problem MORE WELF.(\.RE for dependent children with its of "the lost weekend", it is the problem of the per attendant , INCREASED COST, the possibility of petually lost aftemomis and evenings. MORE BOOTLEGGING, MORE alcohol-eaused AB We are voting on wh~ther Wf give bootle~gers the SENTEEISM in business and industry, and ONE greatest boon they have ever had during repeal. Our MORE STEP toward social doom and' destruction. HOUSEWIVES, wouldn't you really rather have been exploited and irreparably hurt by· the whita drinks anywhere ~n our County. your husband come home from work, and bring all man's "firewater", wouldn't you really rather strike Above all, remember, my dear friend, that how, his take-home pay to use for legitimate necessities .a blow at that "firewater"? or where, or when beverage alcohol is manufactured, and luxuries, instead of dropping by the nearest open LABOR, wouldn't you really rather have man sold, or consumed, cannot alter one Iota Its deadly, bar and leave some of the money you may desperate agement sober enough to function properly instead destructive results! ly need at home, and then try to drive home even of more and more impairing his faculties at some Also, remember that what you think, or how you "slightly" inebriated? one's open bar ? feel, about this deadly devil does not amount to a PARENTS, wouldn't you really rather have your MANAGEMENT AND. BUSINESS, wouldn't single, solitary thing unless you express that think children on streets and roads where open .bars have you really rather have your employees on the job and ing and feeling. The best expression can be,made' at not poured their impaired automobile drivers? sober instead of absent or impaired by reason of too the polls. And SOMEONE will stand guilty before EDUCATORS, wouldn't you .really rather have much imbibing at an open bar? \ (lod for not making the expression. DON'T let it to provide fewer free lunches instead of more for BUSINESSMEN, wouldn't you really rather be YOU! children who have been robbed by beverage alcohol? compete with cafes, hotels, and motels whose Interest Absentee ballots are available now in the Cou11ty Wouldn't you really rather have fewer disturbed is something more than· operating anothet• saloon? . Clerk's office if for any reason you will not be pres children instearl of more? Well, if you would really rather have these things, ent in your precinct 'Tuesday, April 15th. Infirm BLACK BROTHER, you who more than any oth you can vote your "really rather's" on April 15th in people who are registered voters can write and get er group (unless it be the American Indian) have Pulaski Cou~ty by '\oting against the sale of mixed a ballot. Get it 'today: I This page paid by : Pulaski League for True Progress W. A. Blount, Chai.rman Don Hook, Treasurer Page Sixteen ARKANSAS BAPTIST Scholarship honors ambassador CUSTOM MADE CHURCH FURNITURE GEORGETOWN, Ky.-A $3,000. Ambas~ador Mein . -was slain on the !~ J>ne Of Our Specialities scholarship honoring the· late John Gor streets of Guatemala 'City 'last August d,on Mein, U. S. ambassador to Guate by assassins as he was being driven mala who wa.s killed in ambush in home from his office. 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If everything isn't just right, the gobbler gets away. addressed stamped en'\lelope. As the late Mark Block, National Turkey Calling Champion and Champiqn ·of The S·iJent Witl)(!ss Enterprise Champions, often observed, "a wild turkey is so wary that he stays shook-up Rt. 1, Box 232 all day if. he just thinks he sees 1a man." Rogers, Ark. 72756 The 1969 spring turkey season started on March 20 and will continue through April 20. The limit is two gobblers during the hunt. When a turkey hunter is successful, he has 'done someth,ing.' APRIL 10, 1969 Page Nineteen Suiiday .School lessons------ Life and Work April 13, 1969 The early church ministering Acts 9 :23-25; . 36-39; BY DR. L. H. COLEMAN, PASTOR, ~8:7-15 IMMANUEL CHURCH, PINE BLUFF Hebrews 6:10 Please keep in mind our UJ\it theme, Thla lesson treatment Is based on the Life and ~hored and all went on land sat;ely. Wlll'k Curriculum for Southern Blaptlst Chareh• "Our Ministry of Love." Last week we ea, copyrlaht by The Sunday School Board of studied 'IChrist, the Supreme Example the Southern Boptlst Convention. All rlaht. no- Paul's experiences on the island of urved. U1ed by permiaalon. , of Ministry." Today we are studying Melita or Malta are related in Acts "The Early Church Ministering." We to the aid -of Saul and by n~ht lowered 28 : 1~1(}. Upon his arrival Paul was are to realize that one function of a him down the city wall. Saul escaped. warmly gree:ed by the natives ("no church is to minister. Some other func This is a story of ministering in the little kindness"). As Paul was building tions of a New Testament Church are name of Christ to a friend and apostle a fire a poisonous snake. grabbed him to w<>rship, teach, train, apply, pro of Christ. on the arm. Pa'ul ca,st the viper into' claim, and witness. the fire. The natives expected death II. Dorcas retumed to life (Acts 9 :36· for Paul. After no harm -came to Paul Christ "came not .to be ministered . 39) unto, but to minister and . to give his the barbarians concluded that Paul was life 'as a ransom for many" (M·att. Peter at Joppa through the power of a god. Paul then had acceptance and . 20:28). Christ waSI and is our example. the Holy Spirit performed a great mir an opportunity to minister. Paul healed · We are to minister, as a mature Chris acle--Dorcas was raised from the dead. the father of Publius, the chief of the tian, not to be ministered to (as an There are several facts ·given fl,bout island. This was followed by other mir immature .Chri!ltian). We should min her: acles of healing. The effect of Paul's ister with gladness. Our motive should miracles brought honor and glory to be love. . ' 1. She was a disciple of .Christ (v. Christ. This is the story of Paul's min 36). istering to others in the name of Jesus. I. Saul's. escape (Acts · g :23-25) I 2. She was a woman of good works IV. The church's labour of love (He Acts 9 (as does Acts 22 and 2.6) re (v. 36).· . brews S:10) lates the conversion experience of the Apostle Paul. Paul's conversion was 3. One of her works was almsdeeds Ministering in the name of Christ is dramatic and thrilling. He saw a voice; (v• .86). a great distinctive of the church. Christ he heard a voice; he surrendered him Subseduently Dorcas died. Two nien is mindful and takes note when we min self to Jesus Christ. Ananias assured enbeated Peter to come to Joppa. Peter ister to other!!. The word "saints" re Saul of Tarsus that he was a chosen responded gladly to the call to minis fers to believers in Christ. What a vessel (see vs. 15, 16) . .Saul received ter. Peter prayed and Slaid to Dorcas, beautiful expression "labour of love" his sight and consequently was bap "Arise." There followed a great revival really is. When we minister we should tized (v. 18). Later, at Damascus, Saul after Dorcas was raised from the dead. make sure that the motive is love. The preached •Christ ( vs. 20-22). Many there Peter ·ministered in the name of Christ. love of Christ is what motivateS! 'us to thought this was a simple trick of Saul service. because Saul had previouSly laid waste III. Paul's ex~;eriences in the voyage to the church. But Saul definitely was Rome (Acts 28:7-15) •· Conclusion: - sincere and had ·been genuinely con· verted. Paul's voyage to Rome is related in Today's lesson simply points to the Acts 27:1 to 28:'.6. Paul was a prisoner great truth of our calling to minister Verses 23•25 a~ very interesting. \ at the hands of a man named Julius. in the name of .Jesus. Are we ever hurt "Many days" (v. 23) refers to the The firSit stage of the voyage d!7:1-8) because SIOmeone else received more rec three years Paul spent in Arabia. was characterized by fierce winds which ognition because of some service per (Please read Galatians 1:17-18.) The troubled the ship. Then c'lme the epi formed? Do we love enough? When Judaizers greeted Saul upon his retum sode of storm, shipwreck, and escape was the last time we ministered to from Arabia with p}ans to kill him. to land (27:1-10). Perhaps this was the someone else in . the name of Christ? Saul understood their plans unmistak- most suspenseful part of the entire How do we minister through the giving ' ably. Some dear Christian friends came trip. However, the ship was safely an- of our tithes and offerings ? Space scientists experience revival:------..------. MERRITT . ISLAND, Fla.-While of much of this spirit1:.al activity, he Rogers said that the most significant Apollo 8 .and Apollo 9 astronauts were . added, mark of the spiritual revival in the hurled into orbit from nearby Cape A significant number of , highly-paid church is the ·number, 71 in all, who Kennedy, a spiritual revival has been •space center workers have resigned havl;! made commitments to full-time in progress among a great host of the their positions to enroll in theological Ohristian service. scientists, engineers and technicians study or take positions in Christian The pastor said that evangelism is who plan to put the first ' man on the work and· service, Rogers said. the heart-beat of the church's entire moon. program. Each of ·the .3·6 deacons is an At present 13 of these men are al· active soul-winner, and serves as spir This is the observation o f Adrian ready serving as pastors; minLters of itual ministers to the congregation. Rogers, pastor of First Church of Mer music, or in similar church-related Business details are administered by ritt Island, which has been the center positions, he added. church committees, not the deacons. Page Twenty ARKANSAS BAPTIST The Bible-WriHen record of revelation International April 13, 1969 By VESTER EY. WOLBER, Th. D. Chairman, Division of Relig-ion .and Philosophy Hebrews 1:1·4; Ouachita Baptist 'Oniversity I John 1 :1-4; t John 20:30, 31 The Outllnea of the International Bible ~·· oou for Christian TeachinJJ, Uniform Series, are copyrighted by the ln~r.. tlonal Collltctl of ReU.Ioaa Education. Used. by .permlulor· ' With this lesson we begin a series of and now continues to speak to us personal knowledge of Christ in the days topical studies on the Bible itself. The through the Son. The God who spoke, of his flesh. speaks. Whereas Old Testament revela lessons are intended to serve as a gen 4. In knowing the Son we know the eral introduction to the Bible in prep-· tion was fragmentary (a bit here, a Father. ~s we come to know Christ by bit there), the revelation through the aration for a full year's study of the experience, we come into fellowship with Son was full and final, God's last and Old and New .Testaments. the Father and with other believers. las~ing word to man. It is intended that the ~ubjects for The Bible speaks (John 20:30, 31) these lessons be disc~ssed as topics, us The authenticity and authority of the ing the Scripture assignments as basic revelation through Christ is supported The Bible conveys 'to us the message resource material. Those of us who by the character and standing of Christ. of God and the message of early Chris write· and those of us who teach will I tians.; and in conveying that message, need to take caution lest we say the (1) He is Son and heir of God. the Bible speaks to every generation. same things week after week. (2) He created and sustains the uni 1. It is a se!ected biography. , John · The title to today's lesson, "The Bible verse. He is the agent of creation, the indicates that he had a wealth of bio -Written Record of Revelation," states agent within God. All creation and graphical material ·at hand but selected a Christian attitude toward the book. revelation is the work of the Son. from it the material which best suited . God spoke to the prophets through ( ) H t 1 1 G d b his literary purpose. history and through their own exper- 3 e accura e Y,! revea s . o e- . At t' th · t' cause he bears the expre.:s 1mage of tences. 1mes ese reve1 a 10ns_ _ h. , J . · - t th 2. It is directed theology.'The author' were objective as God spoke to his peo- 1s person. .esus 1s m cnarac er e ex- seeks to guide the reader into a per p 1e, and m· · oth er ms· t ances they were act reproduction of the character of God. sonal belief that Jesus is the Christ and Son of God. The faith which John seeks more subjective as men such as Hosea (4) He is exalted to the throne of to call forth from his readers is both searched their own experiences and dis God (1:4). Having completed his mis intellectual and willful: an intellectual covered that God was' speaking to them sion to earth he was received back unto belief that Jesus is the divine Christ; through· their experiences. glory as one who has succe.;sfully c~m and a willful trust in Christ as sayiour plebed an important mission. God spoke (Heb~ 1 :1·0 and a willful submission unto Christ as Therefore, the message spoken through Lord. 1. Through the prophets. God spoke Christ is to be taken seriously as God's to Israel through his prophets. The 3. It is frankly evangelistic. The ul full and final revelation of himself. Old Testament contained the records of timate purpose in guiding men into 1'How shall we escape if we neglect" it those revelations, and the Old Testa (Heb. 2:3)? · faith is that they may experience new ment records were still speaking to the life. The first and greatest need of every Christians at the time· when the Epistle person who comes into ·the world is to to the Hebrews was written. God still Men have spoken· (1 John 1 :1·4) •. experience the new birth which Christ speaks to us through the Old Testa has made available, and the second The revelation which came through ment because it is an inspired record greate~t need is to give nQrmal ex Christ was received by ·men and passed of revelation. pression to that new life. along to others by means of inspired (1) The revelation through the pro writings. Although First John does not phets was piecemeal. It came by 11di state who wrote the letter, there is vers portions" (A.S.V.), bit by bit, and abundant evidence 'that the man who now and again. God spoke to Abraham, was responsible for its contents was and Abraham believed that God is sover John the apostle. The statements of eign. God spoke to Moses from Sinai, John reflect the settled opinion of in and the prophet saw ,that God is moral. .telligent and good men from the first He. spoke to Isaiah in the temple, and century. ' the prophet discovered that God is holy. He spoke to Hose.a in his sorrow, and 1. The Word was eternal with God. the prophet came to see that God is He was "with the Father" (v. 2) "from suffering love. But at no time and to no the 'beginning" (v. 1): one person did God make known the full ness of his self-disclosure. 2. The Word was manifested 'in a hu . I man life; and Jesus, in human terms, (2) The r&Yelation through the pro - revealed what God is like. · phets made use of various ·means, "in divers manners." Divine revelation 3. John had close contact with him. cap1e to the prophets through dreams, He saw him with his own eyes, heard .vbions, meditation, and ·study. him with his own ears, touched and felt him. Thus, by three of the five sens 2. Through the Son. He has spoken es through which men gain knowledge 1 in past time unto men through the Son, -sight, hearjng, feeling-John came to l APRIL 10, 1969 Page Twenty-One ~powersat~~;U~J~4t~i~ a murder evety ~~1'18hrtes an act of violence evety 14 mllltute·s~ with musical lyrics that glamorlz' A power saturating the mind of an average of 5¥.1 hours evety THIS .IS THE POW OF . ·· ELECTRONIC CO . l!JNI·CATIONS : ./; . I '' Do you know the Impact of this powef? . :. ·. if . CLiP:AND MAIL TODAY/ Do you care? · j ' . . . .:" ...... 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Rock Spl';ngs 87 52 2 ~Cherokee Village building begins p4 : Col Camden lier, David E. licensed p6; Chan, Dr. Jachin In Camden, First 438 82 scholar's d:r APRIL 10, 1969 Page ' Twenty-Three In the world of- religio·n------ ) Piea for 'simple' fun~ral Cardinal approves ABS New Testament cre~tes some controversy NEW YORK-Rich-ard Cardinal Cush MILLIS, Mass.-A plea by Catholic churches "all caskets henceforth will be ing, Archbishop of Boston, has granted and Protestant clergymen here for draped with an appropriate cove))ing, a ' his official approval to Today's English "simplification" of funeral rites, espe funeral pall· furnished by the church, or Version of the New Testament, pub cially in the donation of floral tributes an American flag." lished by the American Bible Society. •and the selection ,of expensive caskets, According to the Rev. Crawford F. has caused some controversy. Popularly ·known as Good News for Coombes, rector of .S.t. Paul's Episco Modern Man, the New Testament was The clergy issued a statement asking pal church, spokesman for the clergy, first published in 1966. for "moderation" of floral trlbutes "in the reaction "has been muc)l greater this time of great human need among than we thought it would b~." Dr. Laton E. Holmgren, a general God's people throughout the world" and ·secretary of the Bible society, told Card c-alled for shorter visiting hOurs at fun inal Cushing that his imprimatur "will eral homes. "This is a hot issue that has met with enable a great number of new readers \ a concerted drive on the part of local throughout the world, particularly in '·To insure a move toward .that end, undertakers and florists to try to tone Asia and Africa, to become familiar for the clergy said 'that in their respective this down," he held. Church appeals court decision Catholics, Jews in worship service SEATTLE-The Laurelhurst Presby- October, '1967, but continued to use the terian Chlirch isn't satisfied with ··a --church building. TERRE HAUTE, Ind-A rabbi's son judge's. decision to give pos-session of observed his bar mjtzvah here to the Church property and records to the The withdrawals were in protest of accompaniment of a Roman Catholic Presbytery of Seattle. The congregation the· more liberal doctrinal statement cho~ale that rode to the synagogue in will appeal. adopted by the denomination's General a Baptist church bu,s. Assembly that year. The event was to the lad's grand The. Rev. J-ames L. Rohrbaugh, p~stor of the di.ssenting congregation, is lead Attorneys for the Presbytery argued father an ecumenical "dream yome ing the congregation against the deci that the church property and records true." sion of Superior Court Judge William J. are held in trust for all members of the Not a seat was empty in the United Wilkins. The group withdrew from the denomination and should be in posses Hebrew Congregation as Seth A,lexan United Presbyterian Denomination in sion of the ruling body. (EP)· der Cohen, 13, stood at the pulpit and chanted the Sabbath morning service.- (EP) . ' Difficulty seen in church .merger \ a ... > ,_ ATLANTA-A concrete and specific ' CJ1 !I'll' .... church and the need to administer ef- w =:a,::g~ plan to unite nine. Protestant denomina fectively on the 'local level. CJ1 . .... ~g.~CD tions will be complete by · M·arch 1970, ::t! ~=-=-~ ... ""-<~ but the ecumenical maneuver will have m. · ... ~rr~J.o its pitfalls, warns 1 a Roman Catholic While working for a unity that was bishop. "un"iting" but not "petrifying," Wille ~~a~ll'~c brands said the church had to be watch '5!.~ S'= ~; i: The Rev. J. G. M: Willebrands, the ful that "responses to local needs are s- ~1: ·o -~~'fii~rn~< Vatican's official emissary to the Con never crushed by universal uniformity >"". II' _o sultation on Church Union which is pro and that world,-wide re-sponsibility and :ro= =-"'=-=-"":S = -· posing the union, said the problem was the openness to the values and needs • '1::1 ~~=CD trying to . unite and maintain a balance of others are never w;eakened by hypno i- ~ :;- ~ •\) between the universal 'nature of the sis with local concerns." (EP) f'to ..... = t:~ ;a~ .... ~ =~ =- ~=-~ tD e:o~ IJq= ..,= tD ~e _rn Rabbis write Bible for children ... l)q .... '1::1 1:1" 1:1"1»~ I • F"' ~ '1::1 ;- NEW YORK-A Bible in English has .an accompanying teacher's manual a· tl.~ ~ ~~ '1::1 s-~ with relevant rabbinic interpretations prepared by the Reform rabbi, Morri ... 0 for children to study has been. produced son David 'Bial. His associate is Dr. "'Iw i.ro= w ~~ '1::1 by two rabbis her,e-one Reform, the Shlomo Simon, associate professor of Q a other Conservative. Biblical literature at the Teachers In .... "'= Sl ..,0 st~tute of the Jewish Theological Sem =-~~ Called The Rabbis' Bible, the volume inary of America.(EP)