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The Mooreland church has made ex- cellent progress under the leadership of Fred Williams who recently came to that congregation from Calvin. They contribute 25% to the Unified Budget after taking care of the regular oper- ating budget. This makes a total of $700 a year to missions. Among the church 'libraries turning in good reports for the quarter ending- December 31, 1945, are First, Cement, Byron Smith pastor, Miss Alice Bower- man, librarian; First, Amber, Ray APRIL 4, 1946 Roach, pastor, Lillian Clark, librarian. Fun, inspiration, life commitment, music, camping will be on the program for Falls Creek. SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION: A Study in; the Development of Ecctesi- in'i^Si ology. 2nd: Ed,. Fifty Cents Postpaid.— niverste Professor WITU W. Barnes, Southwestern ikiMfl Seminary, Seminary Hill, Fort Worth, THE EDITOR Texas. requests your presence Improve your property at Falls Creek Many years ago in a small city a learned and power- He was on the verge of having to leave the seminary. ful young preacher from a great center of .learning So the 20th century Acquila, whose other name was Sam, -.:,'''•;' '-) :-i;-'^ij^S * l Bibles Repaired, Recov- - • ' -,: •- . --. i-; -ik.^".~feK|*0gss ;--,-- •;^;;yTi--*.{Ss3r^S'f» ered Best Materials. 25 knocked at the door of a man and wife whose chief began wondering and praying as he built fences and :.'.-•' '•'•-" -:--'; tvfc'i^l^SI experience. Write of fhe annual prces— business was to proclaim Christ as Saviour, but who ploughed his acres. He was almost in notion of doing ^ h » BIBLE HOSPITAL ( also made tents for a living. something that would really help. His notion grew into 1715 1-2 Wood St., Dallas I, Tex. conviction. He would do it. The godly couple welcomed the youngster and at Organize for Falls Creek. the suggestion of an older and wiser friend in a distant Finally he announced his decision tto his wife, "We mm I! i'I country instructed the lad so that he could preach the will mortgage our stock and keep that young preacher HEADQUARTERS for RELIGIOUS SUPPLIES CHOIR GOWNS • VESTMENTS gospel in wisdom as well as in power. in the seminary." PULPIT ROBES • HANGINGS \ STOLES* EMBROIDERIES • Etc. > April Twelfth CATALOG ON REQUEST Priscilla was the wife's name and Acquila, the hus- Priscilla, or Lon as she was called, stood with her CHURCH W0« band's. Paul was the trusted friend. And the young husband. They borrowed money on their cows and SUPP1T COMPART 821.23 Arch St.. PtiIU, 7. Pa. preacher they shepherded was Apollos. mules and kept the lad in school; * Join the crowtl at Falls Creek. nineteen hundred Their deed, and the faith that made it, was recorded One day Lon thought for a moment, "What if ! in heaven. v something happens to keep him from paying it back? We are old now. What would we do?" '• C. HA a Jt\\i// But all the Priscillas and Acquilas are not New forty-six I I 3 N. HARVEY .-' Testament characters. For even in this generation there Answered Sam, "What if he doesn't? What dif- it* '- ,-*/ «£ OKLAHOMA CIT¥, OKLAHOMA Has been selling fine diamonds to people are a few. ": ference does that make, it all belongs to Sod anyway.11 t of Oklahoma for 54 years In the iate thirties a Baptist deacon and his wife But-the young Apollos made good and paid his debt. All Day There will be, a Falls Creek this year. sheltered a young preacher, a student in the seminary, Later he went to war as a chaplain. MOVING on most of the weekends he came to supply at their And Sam and Lon, like Priscilla and Acquila, kept on to 1'ttle church. It was a happy relationship, as I can well with their business of putting God first, and farming OKLAHOMA CITY? testify, having myself preceded him in that coveted second. * place. Downtown Baptist Church Their deed also, and the faith that made it, was This young man fell on hard and discouraging times. , recorded in heaven.- WANTS YOU TO ATTEND SERVICES AT 630 WEST MAIN i W. E. Cook, Pastor ^ ANY YEABS AGO it, was my good fortune to By this wide choice of material the yqung reader is visit the old city of Mainz, Germany, Though necessarily confused. Those concerned with the welfare of the intervening years have brought me multiple youth must give intelligent aid, since there is time for the EDITORIAL and varied experiences, the memory of this visit best only. Perhaps we may give this aid wisely by affording * * remains vivid It persists because of the pecul- satisfying experiences in reading to show what good litera- VOL 35 APRIL 4, 1946 NO. iar realization that such an experience gives of ture can do for us. The''child early learns by actual con- the surprising proximity of our past and of its tact with good literature that it gives veritable joy through M1SSIMER CHRIST JESUS, WHO GAVE T/ME/SFLY/NG to our present; it becomes dynamic because its sheer beauty, and that it affords a pleasing satisfaction rfSenew scale of values suggested by this unique contem- for wholesome curiosity of life in our wonderful ever- HIMSELF A RANSOM *T<HE VACATION Bible School changing world. -L Superintendent who has wait- plation of the past and a new appreciation of the rich legacy Poblisfacd By CHOUGH I HAVE all knowledge, this past has left us. All of us love life, and long for richer experiences. For- Baptist Central Conrtntion »f OUahomi ed this late to secure teachers and J- including the mystery of light, helpers for June schools is letting tun^te is he who learns early to find these through a good the flight of time, the science of In Mainz, where is evoked the world of Gutenberg and book. By learning to enjoy reading and by developing a ALBERT McCLELLAN himself in for much difficulty. the early printing press, we live again in the distant past; Editor ud Barinati M*na sound; and though I know all taste for the best the child unconsciously comes to live in books, and all words, and all Those most experienced in Vaca- in new perspective we view the changes wrought by the a bigger, happier world; to live more understandingly, and tion School work make it plain dissemination of ideas through the press. We become Editorial cad Executive Offices, Baptist thoughts, and all principles, and through a better understanding to become more sympathetic 2£3 1-2 NW First Street, know not the power of the cleans- that the earlier workers are se- through this experience more consciously grateful for the and more tolerant; he forms friends for lonely hours; he Oklahoma City » Oklahoma ing blood of Christ, I know noth- cured the better and easier'the biased boon of books. develops;his imag^tive lowers wW^^ i*i / work is done. ing. Through the printing press the experiences of the race creative thinking or in scientific discovery, and in the fine PnbUemtfen Committee Complete your faculty now. of living graciously, happily and well among his fellows. Henry, J. W. Storer, Rupert Though I see everything, includ- are known and shared by many whose lives otherwise would .Kaaey, H. G. Bennett, H. W. Stiller, ing the flight of the bird, the glory have been narrowed by the not too distant horizon of their Many are peculiarly blessed in having good books in 8. M. Jackson, and Andrew Potter. of the sunset, the height of moun- HASTE,-HASTE little world. The richest thought of . _. their homes but the less fortunate— tains, the beauty of flowers, the Entered as second class matter December the best minds of all ages, preserved unhappily more numerous—must look great places of history and the OME CHURCHES have not yet to municipal libraries, or to. libraries 81, 1929, at the Post Office at Shawnee, S made it possible for their pas- and disseminated by the press, is avail- Okhu, under the act of March- 8, 1879, noble men of the age; and even if able to all who earnestly seek it. of their churches. acceptance for mailing' at the special m>e I see the battlements of heaven tors to go to the convention in Mi- of postage provided for under Section 1198 and have visions of the great days ami in May. With the date only a Recognizing the contribution of the The well-filled library of wisely of tiie Act of October 6, 1917, authorized They Must * selected books will become in our January 28, 1910. to come, and have not seen the little more than a month away, press with a genuine appreciation of its cleansing blood of Christ, I have and with much to be done in prep- worth and of its possibilities, feeling churches an efficient aid in developing in many the love of reading and the Published at OBU Press, Shawnee, Okla. seen nothing. aration, every church and pastor the subtle charm and power of books, Read Subscription, $1.50 Per Year in Advance. Though I feel the thrill of great ought to be at work getting ready, considering their contribution to our taste for good literature, affording thua music, love great art, yearn for Your preacher ought to be pres- lives, we become keenly conscious of a an effective means of character building wide fields, joy in green growing ent at this important session. duty to those of our fellows whose lack WHAT? for the immature and of enrichment of things, thrill at the pounding of Yours will be a better church at of educational opportunity has cheated life for all ages.