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Century Photos Clevela nd, O hio, J a~uary 1, 1942 begin his services in Olds about busy, as a r eporter stated, in "preach ing, teaching , singing, playing and W hat's I-Jappe nlni; ...... · · · · 2 Volume 20 Nu mber 1 on February 1st, succeeding t he Editorlal-"United for Action" .. · · · · .3 Rev. G. Beutler, now pastor of bringing obj- part." He was n ot particularly religious, and verse." This inherent rightness is not only in the there was no spiritual thought in his conclusion. universe but also in th e hear t of man. Generally, But the more one meditates upon it, th e better it there is developed in man a good sense of deco seems to simplify th e syst ematization of Christian rum. Br iefl y stated, our purpose is to obey our doctrine. May we, therefore, attempt to give his parents. Wise parents instruct their children to statement spir itual significance. do their will which is their welfare. Our Father To Be Like Christ in heaven is all-wise. He seeks our well-being. Furthermore, our being is governed by laws That our being h as a special purpose in contr a which have th eir fulfilment and fruitage in our distinction to the r est of creation, everyone fi lial relationships. If we are out of fellowship knows. The highest ambition of man is to be the with the Father , these laws are violated, and un best personality possible. The standard for this happiness and d estruction result . personality varies with each individual. The one The first principles of God's will are contained designation that embodies th e greatest ideals is in the Ten Commandments which are basic in all "sons of God." Even non-Chr istians woul d agree civilization. Without th ese, we sacrifice our very to this. humanity. In the beginning we were created in the image of God, which means that t he Eternal himself A Cha llen ge For Life was the pattern for our fashioning. All through Many people would like to enjoy t he parental the Old Testament historical record our sonship blernings of home and f ellowship, yet solely do is fundamental. Hosea said : " And it shall come minate their environment and never subordinate to pass, that in the p lace where it was said unto themselves to others. They live not to serve but them, ye are not my people, t h er e it shall be said to be served. To such J esus said: "Not ever yone unto them, ye are the sons of the living God." In that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall ent er into his Areopagus address Paul said to his Greek the kingdom of God, but h e that doeth the will of audience: "As certain even of your own poets my Fath er ·which is in h eaven." have said: for we a lso are his offspring." Thus, Outer compliance mixed with inner r ebellion the conception of man's filial relation to God is does not satisfy the Father's d esire. Positively universal. Micah summed up God's will when he said: "He It is also commonly agr eed that man has not hath showed thee, 0 man, what is good, and always lived up to this high ideal but through what doth the Lord r equire of thee, but t o do jus disobedience has fall en far short of the goal. The t ly, to love m ercy, and to walk uprightly with psalmist said : "Everyone of them is gone back, t hy God." -Copy l' ight c cl by Harold l'lr. Lambe rt F:11'ciuu f l 11 i.;; Pnfft•r u ~ \ n · F ornu•tl h ,,. th e S h n ri•I ~· Ou f li u e d ~ h nt l o\\' :it ( 'u .-.c t hy O u• ~tnh· J ~· Ti l reh 'l' r l'<"l'4 .\ C rONN t h e S uO'\ Y t h ey are altogether become fi lthy; ther e is none We challenge you to live according to his will, that doeth good, no not one." P aul gives it thusly : fo r you w er e created so to live! "For all h ave sinned and come short of the glory T o Do Without Selfish Desires of God." If we were cr eated by God and r e-created by Children of God Christ for fellowship with him, w e mmt do with A~ormula for Living God in Christ once mor e r eached down into the out the satisfaction of selfish desires. As children A New Year's Sermon by the REV. PAUL F. ZOSCHKE of Elgin, Iowa human world to re-create man in his image. "As we cannot live according to our wills and our many a s ha 1e r eceived him, to them gave he pa rents' at the same time. "No m an can serve two ODAY we are all like school children Of course, we believe that there is such a pat power to become the sons of God." Are you mast er s" simultaneously ; you cannot serve God with new composit ion books of 365 tern in the person of J esus Christ, of whom we among the redeemed that say : "Behold, what an d self . pages. Our daily paragraph necessarily have four portraits in the gospels of the New Tes manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon Sooner or later w e learn that we cannot do all is for public perusal. The message r ead may dif tament. We can view these portraits repeated ly, us, that we should be called the sons of God. Be that is good. W e h ave to ch oose even among fer widely from the message written. This com for we have copies of them in our homes. loved, now ar e we the sons of God, and it doth good blessings. There is much good literature, for not yet appear what w e sh all be, but we know position will be an autobiography of our inner True, but haven't you seen paintings with so instance, but we cannot read it all. The more as man. Therefore, let us give diligence to our cul t hat when h e shall appear we sh all be like him, siduously we d o our special tasks, the more ordi much crowded into them and with such immense fo r we sh all see h im as h e is." ture. framework that it is difficult to discern the cen nary good w e m ust sacrifice. Often we say i,,vith The beginning of a new year offers a new start Peter: "Behold, w e have forsaken a ll and fol Haven't you sometim es thought tha t if there tral figure ? Our theological accoutrements so and new in spiration. Shall w e n ot give r enewed lowed thee." Christ expect ed this of the early were available somewhere a formula for li ving confuse us with their multiplicity a nd fascinate diligence in writing our autobiographies as chil disciples, a11d h e expects it often of us. with definite assurance of success all people us with their colors that the simplicity of the Savior is indiscernable. We inquire of everyone dren of God, sh owing forth more radiantly "the This year more then ever we desire th e grace would gladly acquire it? With almost universal excellencies of him ·who called us out of darkness to say : "vVhat thing were gain to me. those I acquisition it could revolutionize the present with the demeanor of an interpreter only to find a nother extraneous decoration on t he Redeemer. into his marvelous light" ? If your composition counted loss for Christ . This one thing I do. I world order. E veryone is seeking such a simple last year was not that of a child of God, won't p r es~ t oward th e mark for the prize of the high and effective formula. As it is, each of us m ust Has not the ~ eac hing of the Son of God been re duced to a simple sentence, so that even imma you let Christ restor e you to his image and r eturn calling of God in Christ J esus." more or less produce our own pattern, a nd before you to th e family of God? we have done the last stroke in designing it we ture children can grasp it? To Depart Triumphantly To Do His Will are removed from the stage of physical existence An E~gli s ~ philosopher and statesman has of Many of us pride ourselves on being realists with no chance to test its effectiveness and im fered this bnef declaration . "Oui· ma· b . If we are the children of Goel, ·what ar e we to but fail to look r ealistically at the most inescap part it to others. • • 111 usmess on earth 1s to be, to do, to do without, and to de- do? Someone sa id: "vVe must become convinced able fact of life, which is death. This is called of an inherent rightness of things in the uni- (Continued on Page 20) Page 6 THE BAPTIST HERALD sion. All our m1ss1onaries arc agreed that at this time we need more t han anything else, re- enforcem~nts of new workers for our Cameroons mission. In The Trail the face of th cs~ keen disappointments we would not murmur, nor will we cast away. our confidence. In deep humility we will bow before him who can open and cl_ose d?or s according to his own sovereign will. of a Pray for Our Danubian Missions Until the last war declarations we h~v e. been able to correspond with' ou1· mtssion_aries in the Da nubian countries. Spiritual According to our last reports mission wot rkc1· ha s b een unhindered, ' n otwith - s an tng the war restrictions r.llan ,· mah)e mem b crs of our Danubian· church·- ~5. av~ been calicd to milita ry servic<.> . Adventure 't~anhci a l burdens have become heavier. anl t. e cost of living has sky-rocl·eted a ar mmgly. ' • The First of a Series Although it h . Tbc Cou r t ~· u rd of Ch e D::uncncla Po?"Ct O flic..•c In Jlrltl:-ch C 1uncroo n M ''"Jtb the .\nclen t t as not been possible for of Epochal Articles About us. ~ sup~ort those sixty-five Danubian 'Tower ( Cente r) \\"h e r e Rndio L e ttcrM .Arc Jlc c ch·c- el For O u r )Jlsid o nnrl("H 1111ss1onar1cs through t h Our Denominational History In )lhc m u nd \ Var\\·ur. Goel has ~ccn mon t s, ren der t l~rso m?t~d others in Europe to by the must prny· atmrni ti stry in our s t ea(l. W e REV. CHARLES F. ZUMMACH our Da nub" ic t~r ~n e of grace tha t of Trenton, Illinois with infini te tan t" m1ss1on s, es t a bl 1"s I1 ec1 not suffer dep:. i e n~c a nd sacrifice, may Our Prnyers for Times Like These s iuction during this war. • A Summons by DR. WILLIAM KUHN, Missionary Secretary Foreword Pray .for Our Country " I.ct U H Ch crcforc cotuc holclly unfo blackest night, in a moment of t ime we D ur1ng almost h The author is one of a family of t he t he t h rouc of J:r uce, that " ·e Jnuy can fi nd access to the throne of g race. our dcnominat· one undred years of third generation of Baptists in Ameri olJ•nha 1nc rcy, und lhul ;.:rncc 1o as patrioti"c Aiona.I history our r ecord hctv I n time of need." (Heh . 4 :Hl). This throne is accessable for every one menc an · t · ca. His grandparents wer e among the maincd unsull ied T c1 •z.ens has r e- In times like th10se we will do well to from everywher e. Not one of our pray 0 fir£t Baptists of our conference in E as take all of our unsolvable problems and ers, if endorsed by our intercessor, will our fathers had ~e su_re, many of tern Ontario. The family has always In presenting this history to our de lands beyond ti' then· birthplace in the burden of our crushing cares to ever be refused. I n times like these the taken an active interest in the work of nomination we have only one aim and that is to be known, and to put these Lhrone of grace should become for all lhan others h;e s~a, but they, not less the denomination, as evidenced by the one hope, and that is that it might in "the Throne of Grace." We need not our countr; Ove een a real asset to facts in order and to interpret ever y hesitate to unburden ours10 lves at that of us a reality, where we receive of his fact that they have contributed five spire us to greater loyalty and devotion particular point in its proper setting fu lncss, grace upon grace. is latgely · ur present membership members to t he gospel minislr y and holy place. In fact, we have been bid citizens. composed of native-born to t he cause which we have inherited. is the duty of the a uthor of a history." den to come; so we can come boldly. three mistresses of the manse. To the sacr ed memory of our fore Disappointments Our great high priest, the Lo1·d J esus As our dcnominat· His early r eligious tr aining was re father s, those sturdy pioneers who The Melting Pot Christ, will interC10 de for us there. At present, our missionaries, Geor ge lS the U nited St t ionaJ fi eld co mpris- ceived in a country church of that de blazed the trail and tamed the wilder Many strands have been woven into a nd Louise Dunger, with their little nes and whose faith and courage made It is a comfort for us to know thaL citizcns of these ~v~s and ~anada , the nomination in Killaloe, Onta rio; his the warp and fabr ic of our Baptist de Daphne, a nd our nurse, Mi ss Laura but one loyalty and t~oui:itr1 es know of theological training in the seminary at possible what we have inherited this nomination, of which the Ger man Bap our intercessor has a deep and complete cou ntry W "th' . at ts to their owr E . Reddig, are out on their dar k and · 1 rcad111 f Rochester , N. Y. He began his ministry work is gratefully dedicated. tists of Nort h America are only one. under standing for all our trying ex d ifTi cult mission field s alone. The con periences. He himself drained t he most with a glad spirit ess o wi ll and in Trenton, III., in l !JlO. From 1913 to Just as America became the melting vul sions caused by the present war are CHAPTER ONE pot of various nationalities of Europe, bitter cup of human Jifo. Only at t he nil obligations in h e:~c t~cept any and 1922 he served as pastor in Northwes f <.> lt hy them even in that far away Ill throne of grace can we "obtain mercy, ship. We detest a n our citizen- tern Canada, three years a t Ebenezer It is wi th a feeling of deep r esponsi so our denomination has become the place. Their hear ts a re longing and . . I nyo nc who . t h" melting pot of various r eligious trellClS and find grace to help in time of need." cr1 s_1 s iour would fai l t •n is and Yorkton, Sask., and six years in bility that t he a uthor has under taken their eyes arc straining while looking duties o.r citizenship. o fulfill a ny Edmonton, Alta. F ollowing th is he the task of writing the story of our and thought. While the pattern they w~sl ward and waiting a lmost impa denominat ion. This feeling has grown wove is not always clear, our fore Pray for Our Cameroons Mission Someone has said th served the Immanuel Baptist Church in tiently for the comin g of new workers. of our young at more than 500 Kankakee, Ill., for six years and the upon us as we r ead the records of the fathers were dominated by one desire, In the accompanying picture you can We must plead in prayer for our mis . h 111 en are s . . . namely, to build for themselves mid rn t e armies of the U . ervmg either Oa k Street Ba ptist Church in Burling past. How liltle most of us know what see a part of the post offi ce of Bamenda sionaries that they be supported by lies behind our achievements ! their childre11 an independent, sclf in th10 Cameroons. All our letters pass Canada. From II rntecl States or of ton, Ia., for nine years. I n 1937 he re phys ical and spiritual strength, en prayers will as a ~ur pulpits ardent turned to his first church in Trenton, Our history is more than the story of governing r elig ious community, whose thr ough this station. In the center you abling them to "endur e as seeing him membership was voluntary, not con wi ll see the radio tower. Every cable grace that w i s~~~ to the throne of Illinois. a small denomination, for we wer e who is invisible." steadfastness be . and courage a nd We wish to acknowledge our indebt never a la rge group. It is part of a strained by legal or ecclesiastical de gram or radiogram to our missionarieR cree, but only by the love they bore to is broadcast from the coast to this Paul a nd Clara Gebauer had hoped positions of l ead !:.vh~ to all those in edness to all who ha ve helped to make story of a gr eat movement and a r evo tower in Bamenda. All appeals from to sail early in December. We had se bo nd of unity b s ip, and that thl• this history possible and to the various lution in the r ealm of religion, just as Christ their Savior. our missionaries to the home land must cured passage for their sailing at that the peop!e, both \ .strengthened a mong sources of information so gener ously important as the political r evolution They visioned a r eligious ol"ganiza time. From the British Consulate in lowing that le d ighh and low, in fol- that gave birth to our nation. The t ask tion where freedom of soul and equality go thr ough Bam~nda. a ers ip placed at our disposal. Mention should New Yol"lc we had received permission ~ made of the Young P eople's and of the historian is to r ecord facts and for all should prevail, one that was free We all agree that Bamenda i!:i of uL fot· them to return to Lhe Cameroons We solemn ly re • as Goel gives us s~ 1ve and decla re t hat Sunday School Workers' Union, the to interpr et history on the bas is of from inherited prejudices and historic most importance for communicatio11 n nd to continue their work t her e. After Publication Society and the faculty of facts. Some of t hese facts do not make precedents, and governed only by such between the C:imcroons a nd the h ome having applied twice to the Depar tment t~ can y out t~rac~ ~ve will not ~a i ' given to his Ch eh rhv1ne commiss1011 the Rochester Baptist Seminar y, who pleasant r eading, but unless history is rules as were r evealed by the Holy land. However, its importance is not o.f State at Washington for their pass Christ. w~ Wi)J l~rr by the Lord J esu~ went the " s-econd mile" in extending Lrue to facts it is not history, but be Spirit in the New Testament. In doing comparable to that of the lhron~ of ports pennilting them to sail , these bet s inlo such Ch 1 to develop mem every assistance and courtesy in the comes propaganda. this they made mistakes, for they were grace. A letter sent from Forest Park requci:;ts for passports have been re } ~e as lights in th clt s t~ a n s who will shine task of gathering the necessary facts No one has ever descr ibed the task pioneer s. They made no claims for in to Warwar anived there only after 011e fuser!. Doubtless, the present war situa upon which this histor y i ~ based. We of the historian ~tter tha n U1e author fallibility. They were willing to b e year. It lakes a native runner days to and perverse gen _mi~ st of a crooked tion has been a factor in this r efusal. for I.he enthro ei atio11. We will pray also acknowledge our gratitude to the of 2. Maccabees in his introduction: guided by any new t ruths the Spirit go from Mbem or Warwar to Bam~r:da. The presence of the Gebauer s in th~ J es us Christ i n e~~ent of t he Spirit of First Baptist Church at Trenton, that "As to ourselves we have undertaken should reveal to them. This is clearly Although we might be sunk ill the Camer oons seems to us to be essential uals and peo 11 e hearts of individ no easy task, yea, r ather a business stated in the preamble of the first con 1 so generously sacrificed the time of its deepest depths and shrouded in the for the continued welfare of that mis- dwell togetherp· es,b so that they can pastor to make this possible. full of labor and sweat. To collect all stitution of the First German Baptist 111 r otherly Jove. Page 8 THE BAPTIST HERALD January 1, 1942 Page 9 Church of P hiladelphia, P a. It is a lso necessary to r emember that broad cult ure. F or t he most part t hey they were a very small minor it y g r oup wer e m en wit h no specific t r a ining. in a minority population, speaking a They knew their Bible a nd- wha t was strange lang uage and t hat few of t hem most i~por ta ~ t-th ey had a personal occupied or aspired to leading posi and v ital religious experience which t ions. F urther mor e, t heir insistence t ~i ~y were a!1 xious _to shar·e. Those qua upon one and only one mode of baptism h ti_es.' combmed with some elem entary .Kugged P eaks, Crowned With gave t hem an isolated place in t he com reh.g rnus t raining and instruction GEstening White Snow, munity and made t heir work more diffi which they had r eceived in the Fat her cult with the German-speaking popu l an~, coupled with a zeal to m ake Lift Their Spires Into the Blue lat ion , among whom infant baptism Chnst h' 10'v n. t o t I1 e1· r countr ymen, of the H eavens ro J oin T hem in was not a lone an inherited t radit ion but 1 ~iad e then: a vital force in the r elig ious Declaring the Glory of God regarded by many as essentia l t o sal li fe of then· community in spi te of their vation itself. lack of spec1' fic t ii eo l og1· ca1 t ra mm. . g. as A U of the Firmam ent Early Trail Blazer s Other Baptist Groups Sl:oweth Forth H is H andiwork. Wha t problems confronted our early Our Engli sh I · · ·I· . . -spea •mg brethren we r e forefather s and how did they deal with qu1c' to l ea lize the value of t i . . . ·I· t hem? Like t he chur ches of the N ew and from th . . . Jen wot ' them l" b . 1f veT1 y begrn nmg supported Testament t hey were "tr a il blazer s" .th 1 era y. he r ecords are repJ.o t e for a new religious experiment in a w i expressions of gratitude for t he new and hostile environment, a nd t hey s u ppo~· t received from the E ... r h char ted a course t ha t other s coming ~pea k mg Baptists. It is no exa1~'g~~a aft er them might follow. To appraise R cY. C b nrles F . Zun1n1ne l1 t;~1. ns )~ob say! that if it had i;ot ·b that sometimes shaded into mere gossip. Instead of going directly to the lower die. H er e were men apparently from For more than an hour they ex city, Ezra and his so n t ook time enough Arabia, desert-dwellers, blackened by - 1 changed bits of news concerning their to go first to the temple, a lr eady many the sun a nd turbaned with stained lin immediate families. They talked of years in building and still incomplete. en that had doubtless once been white, their own. children and of t he married They found its porches and courts but was now discolored from constant ones and their children, talked of busi thronged with a heterogeneous crowd use; ther e, long gray-bearded Jews, * The Prodigal ~eturns * ness and trade, of crops and prices, - Galileans, H ellenists, J ucleans, white who strode slowly along, sometimes , By H AROLD GARNET BLACK of the caravans tha t came and went, robed priests and Levites, Pharisees, stopping in. groups of t hree or four to of th-e bandits that sometimes infested Sadducees, temple officials, and even exchange friendly words of greeting I Copyl'i g h t ecl by the Flem ing H. R e v ell Comp any) the public highways and fell upon un curious Gentiles. Some h ad come to or to discuss business affa ir s or mat wary travelers, of the political upris bring offerings, pay their vows, or seek ters concerning their families or com ings t hat generally proved abortive and purification; others to have their causes mon r eligion. SYNOPSI S We sha ll never descend to such depths." dried fruits and t he small whea ten unsuccessful, of t he weighty taxes that heard and judged, or to talk on rel ig "Such a busy city-everywhera teem were being exacted by conscienceless ious subjects, or meet their friends. Benoni, the younger son of t he He Benoni spoke with almost the air of a cakes that he placed on the r oadside, ing with life," commented Ezra to his prince. and stammering out their everlasting Roman tax-gatherers, of the new high There, too, were to b.e seen money son; "so much bustle and stir; so dif brew farmer, Ezra ben Israel, felt an priests who now carried on the t emple cha nger s, who, for a fixed discount, "J ehovah forbid !" added his father t hanks, they invoked J ehovah's bless ferent from our hill country. The con irresistable desire to be free, to be worship, and of a dozen other things of changed foreign coins into those of t he fervently. ing upon the travelers, shambled off to trast is most striking, of cour se, but I away from all parental r·estraint and current, mutual interest. temple. And ther e, a lso, was the mar from the necessities and duties of home t he right from the main highway, and fear I should seon tire of the never Just as they were about to push on, ket for sacrificial animals and ever y and the farm. One evening he divulged they saw stumbling towards them a soon were out of sight, afraid of what At length-it must have been well ending movement. I like much b etter some of these upsurging t houghts of the law or the soldiery might do if they on toward m idnight-Shobal gathered thing else needed fo 1· offerings. Nor the quiet of our own Iclumean h ome.'' couple of gaunt, gray-clad figures was ther-e Jacking a clamorous crowd his heart to his older brother, Chislon, made more ghastly by the irregular were caught on ground forbidden to his long cloak about him and rose to "Everyone to his t aste," laughed Be who was stunned by what he heard. them. go. Picking up again the lighted lamp of filthy beggars, unsightly with di flare of two great torches, one on either sease and asking for a lms. noni. But his father, ben Israel, under stood side of the r oad, that smoked dismally, "Lepers ! And nothing to eat for two from which the oil was well-nigh ex th e str ange yearnings in his younger hausted and t he wick of which was now Leaving the temple ar ea, t he two The young man looked about him not lighted t he rough stone roadway ve1·y days-think of it!" That was all that with the eyes of age but w ith the eager, son's heart and was ready to l~ t him imperfectly. Whence these grim figures Benoni could find words for as lw burning low and filling t he air with an visitors made t heir way to the lower acrid, smok y odor, he lef t h is kinsman observant eyes of youth. He cl-e arly have his share of the inheritance. One had so suddenly appeared and who they turned once more towards t he ~ity. city. It, too, presented a bustling scene. day soon thereafter father and son sat guests and started for his own cham As they passed along, they found t hat loved to see the crowds of people goino were, neit her Benoni nor h is father As soon as t hese two human out hither a nd thit her as chance or necessf: astride the she-asses bound for J eru knew ; but they immediately r ecognized ber. it was alive \\·ith noisy buyer s and casts had disappeared in the darkness. At the door th e elderly host paused a ty dictated. Streams of huma nity were salem. Aft-er several days of hard, slow the cry they uttered, so familiar to I bargaining seller s. In one section, Ezra mou n t ec h.i s b east again. A mo- moment to say goodnight. "May you ever ywhere on the move, going in all travel they sav.r on Mou nt Zion in t he travelers en tering J erusalem. ment later fath wher e the streets were narrow, bazaar s golden distance the walls and towers of ti ' er anc1 son passed rest well, a nd may the blessing of J e directions. 1 11 and shops and markets fl ourish ed. the city of David, Jerusalem. Benoni "Unclean! Unclean!" said t hey in hr?ug the arched stone gat-<>way hovah be upon you," said he, with . a w ich had echo 1 · . ~ .' There, in movable wooden booths, could It was an easy-going, jostling crowd. was exuberantly happy! subdued tones, as they raised their th . ec agam and agam w ith gracious smile, and then turned into arms aloft. "We are hungry. Give us be seen the shoemaker, hammer ing a t No one seemed to be in a hurry. There 1 e. martial tramp of the marching the long, darkened corridor. his sandals, the dyer w ith his variously was a g r·ea t deal of commotion but no CHAPTER THREE to eat, dear travelers, for we have had degio~ of R~m e in many an earlier " And peace be unto thee and thine," colored threads, the tailor ply ing his conf usion of excitement. The day was nothing for nearly two days." ~~· ftebr gol!lg down the length of a replied the travelers, as they closed t he In the City of David w1 e, co hie-paved t t sharp needle with exceeding swiftness, just an ordinary one-cr owds, sober " Lepers!" said E zra under his breath to the left s rec , they turned door and prepared to r est for t he the carpenter, and the worker in brass By the time t hey had cr ossed the 1 talk, merry la ughter, movement, color, valley of Hinnom and r eached the to his son, and t hen addr essing them, at a khan a n~ soon found themselves night. As the day had been long and and iron. In a kind of little alcove sa t noise, business, life. It was a motley a dded, "Why do you come to this gate? which h obr rnn, not far from a well hard and their j ourney a wearisome southern end of the city, night h ad ac1 een durr l l a potter at his wheel, which he t urned mixtur e of humanity, rich and poor, old I t hought lepers were a ll owed only at before and . "' rnn, i·eds of years one, they wer e glad of the chance to by foot power as he lovinp;ly shaped his and you ng, a ll individua lly going about come on and t he evening sky was soon was still us I t f 1 aglitter with a myriad of twinkling the east wall." weary traveler. E· . ~ c o r·e r esh t le Jay aside their dusty garment s and in wet clay on a revolving disc and their business or pleasure. of the khan f h zia knew the keeper vigorate their tired limbs with the touched it into a thing of beauty. In stars. The glorious coolness of the "We have broken bounds, it is true," Just across t he str eet, about half a man and h~d or. ~ was a distant kins sweet balm of refreshing slumber. Good side str eets the butcher, the fl ax spin after-sunset hours had likewise come admitted one of them, evidently the rod from wher e they were standing, 111 1 indeed was it to li e down once more on ner, and the wool comber carried on and was doubly welcome after so long elder; " but hunger drove us to it in the farers for nca:.~ . s tcred to_ tired way- they noticed a place with a sign indi a time in t he saddle. A t the valley gate hope of getting bread to eat. W c "Greetings t Y i3 g·eneration. a soft couch and drift off into the Land their trades. Wine shops served salte1i man," sa id Ezi? t lee, Shobal, my kins fi sh, fried locusts, messes of veget ables, cating t hat it was t he H ouse of El they paused a little befor e going oughn't to ha ve done it, we know. Have of Dreams. hana, the jewel merchant. Thither t hey through. mercy upon us, have me rcy, for we a rc tive appi·oachi na "'.~en he saw his r ela Mid-morning found Ezra ben Israel paEtry, sweetmeats. and cakes. and Benoni on t heir way to discover a t once turned their steps, elbowing The noise and confusion of the day's starving. We ask for only a little, kind me and mine t g .. Have you room for In larger shady halls in the more H e This is my son some reputable dealer in pr ecious stones their wa y t hrough the motley throng traffic had now ceased except for the sirs." ~enoni. ando~ i g J~t ? aristocratic quarter s, a rtistic trades until they found themselves inside its 1 with whom they might t ransact t he sound of a n occasional hoof-beat on the They wer e very r epulsive looking n t he city but are to pass the n ight wer e carried on. Inside th eir door s friendly door. again on t11' we hope to be away business that had brought them to J eru hard, dusty cobblestones. A few yards creatures. To sa y that their garments 0 mono could be seen importations from for A half dozen others we re already down the road lay a ha lf dozen beg wer e in tatter s would be to complime nt at latest w h w or the next day sa lem. Beautiful sights everywher e at t . c ave 1·t I . tracted t heir attention, a feast for eyes eign lands : luscious fruits a nd w ines, there, evidently bent on business too. gars by t he wayside, clad in their fi lt hy them. Their deformed hands and wl1 it ransact that h a 1 t e business to jewelled cups exquisitely shaped, fin cned fl esh , bi tten by incurable disease, long." oug t not to take u s ver y accustomed only to country hillsides An elderly fi gur e rose to greet E zra rags. There t hey were, trying to seiz <> or the wider expanse of the di stant ger rings and other workmanship of a few hours of sleep before beginning wer e loathsome to look upon a nd had "Welcome Ezr precious stones, p;lass, woolen stuffs, ben I srael and Benoni as t h-e y entered, non i," re pli ~d t a hen I srael an and smiled a s he spoke his word of among men, the happy owner of rare a breath of wind that dies down at t he chur ch and toys to the children in the kindly greeting. and costly jewels from t he House of sunset hour. What's ~pppening News Children's Hospital of D-etroit. Miss The travelers returned his cordial Elhanan. What an amazing th ing it He knew exa ctly what he was leav (Continued from P age 2) E sther Wengel is president of t he salutation. Having explained briefly wa s, he thought to himself, to be able ing behind him ; he did not know- he gr oup and Mrs. Harold Rocho is its the nature a nd reason of their visit to to carry one's entire fo1tune in the could only surmis-e-what experience e The J effers Baptist Church of Min e On Sunday e vening, December 21, sponsor. On Sunday evening, December J erusalem, they were invited into the fo rm of a few gems concealed on one's lay \\Tapped up in the tomorrows. nernta recently inaugurated a cam t he Christmas program of the T emple 7, while t he pastor , t he Rev. P aul W en inner room, where th-ey would not be person, for within the fi gured leathern There had swept over him a strange paign to pay off the church indebted Bapt ist Church of Pittsburgh, P a., was gel, was in Milwaukee, Wis., at the gol disturbed by the noise of the busy girdle which closely encircled his body a nd ind~scriba bl e feeling of nostalgia, ness of $1100. According to t he latest held which f.rntured the dramat iza t ion, den wedding a nniver sar y celebration street. There they could quietly discuss lay an even scor e of precious stones of a homesickness, a longing for h is own repor ts r eceived from the pastor, t he "Why the Chimes Rang." T he Thanks of h is parents, t he guest speaker at the many details incident to t h e trans enormous value, wor th almost a prince's soft bed, his own fireside, his own hill Rev. J ohn J . J ohnston, the debt has giving Day offering of the church de the young people's meeting of t he Be fer of E zra ben Israel's property and r a nsom! sides, his own vines and fi g trees· but been r educed to l e~s than $ ~ 00 and t he signa ted fo r the Centenary offering th-el Church was Mr. M. L. Lcuschner, savings into precious stones for which Small wonder that neither Ezra nor t hat feeling was now past. For m ~ntb s campaign is still in progress. T he La amounted to $51. On Sunday evening, editor of " The Ba pt ist Herald." the House of Elhanan had long been B-enoni slept well that night. One was his imagination had been very active dies' Aid of the church a lso sent a sub November 30, the young people's group f amous. too sad, the other too gr eatly excited. paint ing vivid pict ures of all the d e~ stantial mission offering wh ich was showed mission pictures of our Came e On Sunday evening, November 16, the R :.v. H. Lohr, pastor of the Baptist In T hey r ose ear ly t he next morninit in lights a nd gaieties and pleasures of the received throug h mite boxes. The roons field for the benefit of t he mis spite of t he fact that t hey re Chur ch of Par ker sburg, Iowa, baptized mained inside nearly four hours dis order that t he elder might be well on world that might be his for t he asking. chur ch has a lso launched an eva ng::lis sion pr oj ect of t he Western N ew York !) per sons on confession of their faith cussing t he terms and details of t heir hi s way before th-e heat became too Again h: felt within him the surge of t ic campa ign and Sunday School en a nd Pennsylvania Union. T he Amoma intense to make t r aveling comfortable. new d-es1res-to be on t he move. largement progr am, t he purpose of Class of the church school r ecent ly in Christ. These were largely the fruits business transaction, a subsequent visit of very successful evangelistic meet was necessar y to comple te t he legal Toget her they walked, father a nd Whe n Benoni r -e turned to t he inn or which is to get a s many members a s elected the following new offi cer s : Ruth ings held in September and October by forms which t he Palestinian law re ;;on, leading the two she-asses to t he kha.n, h: learne? that t here had just possible part icipat ing 111 vi sitation Bubenheim, president ; Emma Staude, Lhe Rev. P ieter Smit, D . D., of Lor quired, so t hat E zra, contr ary to bis city gate, and th-er e paused long enough a rrived 111 the city a small caravan of evangelism. vice-president ; Irene l\Iatz, secr etary; expectation, was not r eady to return for Ezra hen Isr ael to tie the r eins of camels, number ing perhaps forty and and Fay Kulinna, t r easurer. The Rev. raine, Kansas. R :?ccntly the pastor com home till late the following afternoon. Benoni's beast to hi s own saddle so t hat led by a bronzed and bareheaded cl-esert e Mr. H . P. Donner, the business man Louis B. Holzer is pastor of t he church. pleted 4 year s of service in the P arkers he might lea d it back home with him, ag-er of our Publication Society, ad burg Chur ch, during which he baptized E lhanan handled the gems so care dweller seated on a milk-white Arabian e On Sunday evening, December 21. since Benoni would have no more oc horse. It had come a ll the way from dressed several impor tant gatherings 59 per sons. T he church now h as a mem fully, so lovingly-one might almost the Christmas play, "Unto One of the ber ship of 138. On Sunday ev-ening, say so revently-that it was a joy to casion to use the animal. At last they Egypt and was on its way to Damascus in t he Middle West on P ublicat ion Sun came to the par ting of t he ways. day, December 14. In the morning h e Least," was pr esented by a group of Novembel' 30, the young people had behold the intense pleasure he derived Benoni ha d seen car avans before, a ~ " F a re t hee well, my beloved son ; spoke at t he English a nd German ser young people at th1! Bethel Baptist l'harge of a mission program in the from scrutinizing them. H e gazed long they wound past his Idumean home on Ch urch of Det roit, l\Iich. The church may the God of Abra ham and Isaac vices of the F or est Pa rk Ba ptist l'hu rch, at which m i s~ion picturrs cf upon them with affectionate care, and the main R oman highway, but he had choir rendered a ppr opr iale musica l se and Jacob go with t hee in all t hy Church of F orest Park, Ill. In t he eve the Cameroons were shown by the Rev. in some instances explained their his n~ver become intimately acquainted lections at a n impressive candlelight ways," said E zra a s h e bade good-bye ning be was the guest speaker at a i\I. L. Leuschner . Miss Shirley Palmer tory, fascinated as be was by t heir with such a method of travel himself. union service of our Bap tist ch ur ches service on Christmas Eve from 10 :45 was i n charge of t he service. T he offer color, size, and sh-eer beauty. His eyes to the child of his bosom, "the son of At home there had a lways been she of l\Iilwaukce, W is., held a t the I m to 12 p. m. with l\Ir. E lmer Weng-el di ing of $57.20 went towards the lowa glistened with r apturous delight. his sorrow." asses an.cl donkeys when be needed As he spoke , he pulled from bis manuel Church. H-e a lso addressed an r ecting t he choir . 'l' he Bethel Guild Y. P. a nd S. S. W . Union m ission pr o "This stone is particularly brilliant," t~em. '.1' h1 s ~arava n, he fe lt, might pr o Girls distributed "Cheer Baskets" at leathern purse a gold signet ring set ~1d e him. ~v 1 th an immediate opportun infor mal supper ga ther ing held in the ject. l\I r. Leuschner also addressed the said Elhanan, as he picked up a large Christmas to the aged a nd ill of t he Thanksgiving evening service of the blood-red ruby, almost vermilion in with an E gyptian scarab cut in carne ity to ~1 s1t that populous center a nd church a t 5 p. 111. On January 1, 19-12. lian. " T ake t his ring, my son," said he, thus bring to qu ick r eali zat1· 0 :\fr. Donner is beg inning his 31st year P a rkersbm·g Church on November 27 h ue, from t he sil ken cloth on which he ·t· h · n an am- putting it on his fin ger, "and wear it b1 ion t at had long la in close t h .. as the business manager , looking back :u·d the Su ncl ny morning service on had ca1,efully placed a half hundred November 30. gems of various kinds. "See how it always. Never pa r t with it, no matter heart. Upon inqui ry he found t ho t ~~ upon 30 yea r s of service in t his import what may ~fall thee through the ant capacity. The Spotless Page shines when the light strikes it? It was was to r e1!1ain in J er usalem till aonlly From N ovem ber 16 to 27 the Rev. years. May it serve as a constant r e By Rev. H . Palfenie r e the central and largest of seven rubies the followmg afternoon and th t •t Assaf Husmann. pr omotional secretary, min der of my undying love." 1 9 Mr. Walter S. Schaible of Fort that once studded the sw01·dbaft of a would probably not reach t h a . t of Philadelphia, Pa. taught the course on "The Ideal Sun Despite the fact that Benoni now ·t f D e anc1en \Vort h, T exas, a former council mem Parthian king who f ell in battle many c1 Y. o amascus for several d ays.. t l':tstor o f 1he S ~co1ul Gcrnuln Tin1• tlst lhw School" in the Bibl-e School h eld at stood where h e was fi nally to begin t he ber for the Sout hern Confer ence on t he t 'hurc h of Pl_t llnth•l1•ln. Pn ) year s ago. Beautiful, isn't it?" Smce Benon i had made up his mind Mi-nitonas, l\Ian itoba, Canada. F orty real ization of his ambition, there was Nat ional Y. P . and S. S. W orker s' ,"These gems ar e all beautiful- lovely once and for a ll not to return . Union, was one of 12 employees select A not he1· year is dawning five students attended the school that beyond belief ," was a ll that E zra hen a fl eeting look of sadness in his eyes native Idumean hills h . to his Befor e my wond'ring gaze, was in char ge of the pastor , the Rev. as hen Isr ael uttered these p ar ting arrangements t . . ' e quickly made ed by th-e Sherwin Williams Pain t Com Israel could say. H e spoke in a voice 0 Join the du t- cl pany to spend a week in study and r e Its ~pot l ess white outspreading R. Schilke, a nd large crowds attended subdued a lmost to a whisper, a ston words. There was a little catch in th e trav-eler s so th t s cover e Like a n unwl'itten page; boy's voice as he replied, "And may ' a 1ate after f th search work in T oledo, Ohio, from No the evangelistic ser vices in the eve ished by t he wondrous array of costly following da f noon o e The past with all its errors, nings, at which Mr. Husmann brought God keep thee, too, dear fath-e r . No one Y ound then1 II h · vember 24 to 29. H e a lso visited De ston-es that lay in front of him. Never journey north-a h a on t ell' Its joys and sorrows sor e, the messages. He a !so spoke in the knows what the future for either of with distinct! appy, b~onzed crowd t roit, Mi ch., on Saturday, November 29, before had he ever seen anything like it. 1 a nd visited wit h l\fr. Norman Boehm of Lies buried with its terror s Swan River and Sinclair River church us holds, but may J ehovah watch be threading thet n ° ma cl c instincts, U pon life's t rodden shore. Thr ee diamonds t here were, of extr a the Ebenezer Baptist Church. On Tues es, and on Friday afternoon, November ordinar y brilliancy and cut with all t ween me and th ee always." valley of the ~i\~~Y a long through the 28, he ac\dressed t he congregation of The elder man p ut hi s arms affection the young man ~~on , past t he tomb of day, Nov. 25, he spent some time in Befor e my anxious vision the skill of the most renowned vix tonfcr ence with t he Rev. M. L. Leusch the Baptist Church at St. Rose, l\lani uosos in lapidary work. There were ately about his son, pressed him to his of the kings. F o r:t~~~m and t he tom~s L ies this unsullied boon, toba. H e was the guest speaker in the bosom for a brief moment t hen, mount ner of F or est Park, Ill.. to consider The irracous gift of heaven pearls, too, of wondrous size and shim tional armed c Id' tely, some add1- McDer mot Ave. Church of Winnipeg ing his own beast, he turned slowly and -o 1ers had · · d h further pla ns for " t he One H undred T o a ll beneath the moon. mering loveliness, drawn from t he deep camel train at J Jome t e on Sunday morning, November 30, and sadly down the road leading to the Club" in the inter est of the Centenary W hat shall I write upon it, water s of t he distant P ersian Gulf, from t hose me e~~ sa l e m for protection at both of the services on Sunday, De south and in a few mi nutes was out of Offering , of which Mr. Schaible is the What sha ll the r ecord be? long fam-ed for its pearl divers. Round festecl t he road rci ess bandits w ho in cember 7, of which the Rev. Otto Pat sight. from their m s atn~ often swept down promotiona l director. Will it r emain u nspotted, they we1·e as an a ncient shield a nd as oun am f· t zia \Yas in char ge. From Sunday after unsuspecti ng t r·a as nesses upon Or man ed beyond degree? smooth and lustr ous and beaut iful as a B . veers1 • Members of t he Humboldt Park noon, November 30, to Friday evening . ray of silver light from far off Vega Benoni walked back t hrough the city enon1 wondered wh. . . Baptist Church of Chicago, Ill. , have 0, F ather, thou hast granted December 5, Mr . H usman11 was the when it rides highest in the month of gate with mi r gled emotions. A st r a nge tection seemed n Y acld1t1onal p ro- clear ed a wa y their $850 indebtedness To me this virg in t ime, iruest speaker at the German Baptist t y. Drawing u ecessary f. or th e1r· sa.e-" Tishri. There wer e rubies of uncommon feeling of lcMliness welled up in his 1 during t he past four teen months and Give me the grace sufficient Chm·ch of l\Ion is, l\1anitoba , and ruddiness, sapphir-es whose delicate hear t now t hat he was a ll a lone facing bearded man ol ~ ongs1de a bushy will bum t heir promi5sory notes at the To lay my ha nd in t hine; taught several classes in the Bible blue matched that of the cerulean sky a world new and strange to him and cvident ly familiarmi~dl e age who was New Year 's Watclmight Service. A Guide thou my hands so falt'ring School with 25 young people present. toward the sunset hour, a green eme with all kinds of adventurous possi :>rd whose fa wit h car avan t ravel >:tr iking a nncuncement of t he pastor 's And with t hy strength endue, On Tuesday evening, December 9. he usual more than rald or two of surpassing depth of col bi lities ly ing ahead. H e began to won i nte l Jige~e beto~ened l hemt s for t he December services was T hat they may wr ite m1crr ing spoke in the Oak Bank Church near or, and four a mber-colol'ed topazes t hat der whether he had not been over-zea l ini; possible Pe ~~{ h~ inquired concern E ach lctte1·, Lord, anew! Wi11nipeg and on Wedne.sclay evening, ous about getting a way from the re ber s. s r om highway r ob- 1 ·ecc 1~t l y 5ent lo all member s and glistened with all t hat Orien tal beauty friends of the church, which showed December 10, in the Grace Baptist a nd splendor t hat ma de t hem such a straining influences of heme. " Shall we r~ a ll the sun br eaking th rough ominous T hen, e\·en though I t remble Church (lf Grand Forks. No. Dak. Ile For a brief Fecond he was on t he tf iers do ' Y. need these extra sol- brought his trip to a close with an ad delight for human eyes to fea st u pon. storm clouds. On December 7 and U And quail before lhe blast, britt le -E dge of indecis ior. H e was :tl h ' . YO U think?" h " . Though Satan's hosts assemble dress on "Forward With Christ" at a It was just t hree hours befor e sun t ere any aclu 1 cl · e asked. I~ the Rev. Cal'l F . H . Henry, pastor, set that Benoni at last found himself rnost on t he point of running after his " Indp I a anger ?" To make me fail al last, fellowship suppC' r for about 60 of the father and tell ing him t hal lw had " ec , Yes," r I'1 · . . pr eachu l on rnch themes a s "What of t he proud possessor of th~ divided in T hough t rav bep ed his companion. t he Fut ure?", "T he Light i n the Dark I k now t he mighty Conqueror young people from our chmches in the cha nged his mi11d a nd would like to re 1 her itance. made in a ccorda nce with his l'ea~onably ~ Y camel cara va n is ness" a nd " P ages from a S inner's O [ Satan, sin and death Twin Cities of l\IinnC'apol is and St. turn home with him. A moment later, own request and t he dream of his own l' hance of su sdad e, t her e is a lwa vs a Diar y." l\liss R uth Doescher is actively Will make t he failhful laborer Paul, which was held in lhc Riverview crescent manhood. H e was now a ma n however , a nd the feeling was gonl! . like• en at tack" · (1' . l'Pgaged as the church missionary. To tread the victor's path. Baptist Church of St. Pan!. 0 be continuer!) L r Page 14 THE BAPTIST HERALD January 1, 1942 Page 15 dred beautiful chapels on military posts throughout the country. Recently our chapel at the Air Corps Basic Flying REPORTJ' FRON Tiii: 'IELD CHAPLAIN!/' School of Bakersfi eld was completed. It is the pride of every officer and e nli ~ ted man of the Post. I t affords the chaplain every facility and convenience possible A contribution of $65.00 was pre missionary nurses working in the for holding services with t he soldiers. sented to the "Miss Koppin Medical Camer oons and who is now at home on and promises to be the place of wor PACl~IC CON~~~~NC~ Unit" towar d the $1,000.00 mission pro furlough, was our principal speaker. C:OlNfl ship of uncounted numbers who come ject of t he Central Confer ence Y. P. In a very interesting manner she tol then we have that blessed assurance, officers for t he coming year are Mrs. "Lo, I am with you a lway, even unto J . Kornalewski, preside n. t; Anne the end of the world." Wuerch, vice-president; Milton H ein, During th e past year we have held secretary; Dorothy Fillenberg, ass't Southern Alberta Churches 14 meetings. Although these have not secretary; E lmer Roth, tr easurer; L e Hold a Sunday School and been many in number, yet t hey have ona Bienert, pianist; and Leona Henke, Musical Festival in Calgary been of such a nature which pr oved to ass't pianist. The libr arians a r e Violet be a great inspiration to all. These Members and friends of the Southern Sonnenberg and Ida Miller with Bill BAPTIST LI~[ ASSOCIATION meetings were varied, such as musical, Ohlman and Rubin Benke serving as Alberta churches met in the Bridge devotional and educational programs. Buffalo, New York, land Baptist Church of Calgary on In the past year 14 new members ushers. Sunday morning, November 9, for its joined our society. We lost six mem Already we as young people have J anuary 1, 1942 annua l Sunday School and Musical bers who left our circle, giving us a undertaken the purchasing of an indi To Our Baptist People of the Festival. It was a beautiful day, mak total of 66 members. vidual conu11union set for our church, United Stales and Canada: ing it possible for the p eople o~ the On Tuesday evening, November 18, and donations are rapidly coming in. country ch urches to make the tnp to we held our annual election. The new AGNES PRIEBE, R eporter. t he city. One of the most encouraging meetings of the Board of Direct?rs of It was a gr eat pleasure to have had the Baptist Life Association was h eld just sh ortly before the Holidays. the Rev. Phil. Daum in our midst for m ember was lo net as chairman of the It was encouraging because a fi f ty-four page report of the New York this special occasion. H e was the fi rst 1·cccptlon committee nt the G eneral Con State Examiners on all investments, bank balances, books and records OllTUAl.Y)) f er en ce h el d her e a t Burlin g ton. Un to address the Sunday School. Miss « fortun a t el y, sickn ess d id not permi t him of the Association was read and discusced, revealing a very healthy Frances Link of Olds and Mrs. Harsch to fellowship during those days as h e state of affairs and proving a most conscientious and successful manage of Carbon followed with brief messag WI LI.J.\)f C.\ Rr. JlF.H." llEXTI.\ C TI h arl l onged to do. Hl!< ser vices to h is Lor d a nd Mast er will Jong b e remem men t. This was especially encouraging to us because, legally, a_11 respon es to the children and young people, i·e of PIUHhur1.:d1, 1•11. bered, and it i s our hope and p r ayer spectively. Mr. Daum brought a chal \V l lliam Carl R ei chenbach was born that his l oyal ty will be a n l ncen tivc for sibilty r ests with us Directors elected by our Supr eme Governing Body._ on D ecem ber 24 , 1 887. In Pittsb urgh. Pa.• ot h er s to carry on his Kingdom worlc. lenging message in the German lan and passed awa y o n November 20th. H e The pas t or brought the fune r a l m essage One of th e biggest thrills felt by a ll of us was th e pleasure of r e guage based on Acts 5 :20 in the morn was one of God"s n obl<' m en. With n based on the t h eme t aken from 1. Cor. 2:9 to the l arge assembl y w h o had come viewing the incr ease in membership during the past t hree years. Th e s~ rvice . g-r ea t Jo,·alty ~• n A~ormula ~or Living The One ~undred Club Do You Know That ... ? (Continued from Page 5) YOUTH'S OPPORTUNITY Column Edite d by the morbidness and to be abhorred. But TO HAVE A PART IN THE REV. A. R. BERNADT isn't our abhorrence a flimsy defense CENTENARY OFFERING of Burlington, Iowa mechanism against our fear of death? W'hy are we so afraid of our final de 1. lt took twenty-four members of M e mbers of the young parture? Isn't one reason a feel ing that o ~r denominational churches to our work might not have been done people's society and Sunday w111 one for Christ by ·baptism last creditably, and we would like another School s c h o 1 a r s can take year. \V c wonder what the other part in this One Hundred chance? twenty-three wer e cl o i n g while Cl~b by contributin g 100 someone brought another. Isn't another reason lhc conscious coms of any d enomination or ness that we have disobeyed our Father its equivalent to the C e nte n 2. T.h? 1125 ngislered delegates and and fear the consequences ? Those chil ary Offering. This represe nts v~s 1 tors attending our last tricn dren who have deliberately disobeyed a challenging denomination n1 cl Co nference held at Burlington their parents are afraid to face them; al undertaking that calls for traveled a tolal of 25,£00 mi les and but those who have tried to do their d efinite advance on home came from 28 different Slates m• elders' bidding to the best of their abil and fore ig n mission fields. well a~ Canada, Poland, and othct· ity, even though it may be imperfect, cou ntries. A v e ry practical way to will know that father and mclher will 3 understand and be merciful. make a b eginning is to select · Thi ~ year's g ivin l-!" fo1· missions was ·ll cents per member better than Or do you fear the expuience of a young p e ople's booste r to d ;rect and promote the m e m last year in ~>ur denominational death itself? You need not. Doctor s bers hip drive . If s uch a boos churches. That. is Jess than a penny have m id that death is painless. We a week, and little enoul-!"h indeed are so constituted that we lose con ter is not available, the p as tor will take charge. These \\:hen. compared to the i:t rc~t fin an~ sciousness just before our dissolution. will b e provide d with an cia_I rncr cascs most members have Only that which ca us~s death is pain honor roll upon which the CnJOyed. ful. names of those who contrib 4. ~il,l y Sunday suicl , "The less r c The Gift of Eternal Life ute will appear and which hg1on a Church has, the more oys Probably, you fear death because you may b e ~ost e d in a conspic ter stew suppers it takes lo run it." cannot see beyond this life. Remember uous place in the church. 5, The new chapel built within the that our great Father is beyond our Th ese contributions for walls of the Slate Prison at Clin physical faculties also. If you love him, the C e n t e n a r y Offering ton, New York, has been named why not go to him gladly? through the One Hundre d the "Good Thief" and would have Fot· us Christians immortality does Club are to b e sent to our cost $250,000 if bu il t under ordi not start with or after cl: ath. We have h eadquarters by the church nary conditions. Surely, this is evi it now. "He that believeth on the Son treasurer at leas t once each de~ce . that the spirit k nows no re hath eter nal life." Immortality starts month with the amount str1ct1ons, not even those of prison at the time we start living with God given a s to the number who walls. who is eternal. Death is simply the r e have joined the club. The 6. Our Sunday School sla tis tics show moval of the vi s ibl~ form with which names of these churches with we have one tcache1· or officer for we are clothed while on ear th. Death is the number of those who every ten. s~ h o l a r s in our Sunday changing clothes from lhe physical to have joined the One Hun School. L1stmg the tcache ratel Id r s scpa- the s piritual. dred Club will appear in the Y wou mean an average of pages of the HERALD. about twelve to each class W . F ellow Christian, why not face the I I · · e \\Oil- fact r ealisticall y that the Father may A commendable beginning .d er iow tic ave.rage class attend- call us at any time? Do your work as has bee n m a d e by the ance compares with the number 12? churches in the Southe rn well as you can; then you shall have 7. The women of the church ha I no fears or r egrets. Conference. Further infor ways been the best "l~yn ~~ a - h Tl .. 1en we T his, then, is the chall enge that mation about the practical ave. 1ey have had a f . aspects of the plan can be cent · · ou1 per- comes to us anew : to be really ch ildren . . mcrease m the number f of God; to do his will because he loves secured from Mr. Walter S. c1eties r epor ting last o se- Schaible, 1205 S. Henderson 3 1 'Y< . c year and a us and we love him ; to do without a JI . o merease in membership. St., Forth Worth, Texas, who that which is not within his will; and 8. Our young people' . . finally to return home. As the new has b een appointed by the show a f s soc1et1es also year r oll s on, our composition progress Nationa l Young People's and b our pu· cent increase in the num er of societies r t. es. At the close of the season, the Fa Sunday S c h o o 1 Workers' show a 4 7< epor mg, but 6 0 ther will want lo see our accomplish Union to take charge of this h. ' · . tec1 t·easc in member - project. s ip. 1s this lr cnd of lh •. . ments. May he be able to smile with ap dent in all y l l ~ clmcs ev1 - proval upon us and say: "WeJI clone, The whole-hearted adop ou 1 groups ? tion of the One Hundred 9. Top Salary in Iowa d. I my chi ld!" the gov . ll not go to Club will h elp your church etnor last year b t t th through its young people football coach t I ' u o e and Sunday School scholars His $12 OOO .a owu ~niv e rs i ty. An Innovation In to go "Forward with Christ." every to~i hd i emuncrat1on makes Wouldn't it thrill you to see portant. c own look mighty im- The Publishing ~ield the entire youth of your 10. Our denom · 1,· church join in this denomi that lh ina ionul record shows c av0 rage . . of our denominational group has national ent erprise for the her for I ~ 1t•v1ni:t per rnem- been the introduction of the $1~ ocal work last year was a dvancement of God's work? 40 CLUB PLAN co~;pu 1~e1;ld for missions $4.37. When Be sure your church adopts it Start the m·ir to the war budget of 40 this year. ONE HUNDRED CLUB m:ll:~~~ d~i~f fox EPgland and 60 Christ· < a1 y for Ge rmany, our Discuss the matrer with your in Your Church At Once! . · ian budget fades into ob pastor or write to Cleveland. 11v1011. -