NORTH AMERICAN BAPTIST GENERAL CONFERENCE

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August 6 1959

Argentina's Capitol at Buenos Aires

Number 16 • Adventures in 11 ine D ays at Argentina Bamba lung ' BAPTIST HERALD CONTENTS

e> Dr. Albert Schweitzer has been t~1 rou gh donations made by the Chris­ Iy 1 as World Refugee Year in the named by the Sonning Foundation in tian community in t he Philippines. On­ United States. There a re six critical Volume 37 No. 16 Copenhagen, Denmark, to receive the ly recently, t he Bible House a lso do­ areas in the world where refugees ar e 100,000-kroner ($14,300) Sonning Prize. na ted 2,000 Bibles for the Boy Scouts concentra ted. Austria, Germany, August 6, 1959 The 84-year-oid missionary has agreed ~Vho will a ttend the 10th World J am- Greece and Ita ly ha ve 30,000 refugees to accept the award when he visits 0ree at Camp Makiling, Laguna. still Jiving in camps. There are 100,000 A Cup of Cold Water Europe next autumn. Established with unsettled refugees in these fou r coun­ funds bequeathed by t he late C. J. ;h World Refugee Year begins July 1. * . e "year" was created by a resolu­ tries Ji ving outside camps, plus Bel­ The Lord J esus Christ regarded a cup of cold water, given to Sonning, a Danish editor, the Son­ gium, Fra nce, t he Netherla nds and ning Prize is made for outstanding ~10n in the United Nations last year, someone in need, as woithy of the highest honor that the Kingdom of Cover ------Pan-American Grace Airways Turkey. A million Arab refugees are in "Are cntinn's Capitol nt Buenos Aires" in an effort to make a concentrated contributions to European culture. t he United Arab Republic, Lebanon, God could bestow. Our service for others, however menial or insignifi­ - The Watchman-Examiner. f nu concerted effort to solve the prob­ llfarch of Events ------­ e in of 2,350,000 refugees. Fifty-eight Syria and Jordan. Tunisia and Morocco cant, r endered in Christ's Name, has t he blessing of heaven upon it. Baptist Briefs ------­ e Vatican authorities have permitted na tions in the UN have voted to sup­ have 170,000 Algerian refugees, mos tly "Whosoever shall give yo u a cup of water to drink in my name, because Edi!orinl a Rome firm to publish Les Miserables, j 0rt the World Refugee Year, and 40 child ren, the rest women a nd old peo­ "A Cu1> of Cold 'Voter" ------3 1 ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward" a novel by Victor Hugo, which had a ve national committees at work on ple, living under extremely primitive '"Nine n ~ys at Bamh:?.lnn!!" been placed on the Index of Forbid­ i he problem. President Eisenhower conditions and in need of medical sup­ (Mark 9 :41) . Mr. Dudley R eeves ------4 den B::oks. The permission was given 1as designa ted the yea r beginning Ju- plies and food. 0 Rcaching- America's Students for Christ on condition t hat the San Paolo pub­ Such a ministr y behind the scenes is constantly being r endered Mr. James W. Reapsom"------6 lishing house include footnotes ~x ­ during these s ummer months. Like the cup of cold water, it does not "Helping in a Hcnling Ministry" p!aining some of the passages to w_h1c_h Uev. R. Schilke ------R go unnoticed by the Master. Ther e ar e faithful women in our churches ''SC\'Cnth Anniversary in Lcthbridgc" the church r a ises objections. This is Mr. Bernd E rtis ------9 the first time that a book has ever preparing the meals at conference sessions in stuffy, heated kitchens Briefs ••Adventures .:n Argentina.. · been ta ken off the Index and authorized and the women who delight in beautifying the house of God with t he Dr. M. L. Lcuschner ------10 to be published w ith ecclesiastical ap­ loveliest flowers from their gardens. Let us not forget the people who "Sunday Sch ool Lessons" probation. make t he important arrangements for conference sessions, prepare the Rev. Bruno Schreiber ------13 o Westminster Abbey, England's ~1. t ill aptist Semina ry in Lebanon. Clear • Theological School Opened in Peru. "We. the Wo1nen" e has been r eceived to the la rge comfortable lodgilig for tired delegates, serve as efficient usher s at Mrs. H erbert Hiller ------14 world-famed national sanctuary, will The P eruvian Ba ptist Theological In­ p!ot overlooking the city of Beirut, "Uaptist Women nt Louis \'ille" have a visiting American preacher as stitute was opened in Lima with eight the meetings and as custodians keep our churches in bright and shin­ Lebanon, which will be the home of students enrolled in the first class. Mrs. Albert E . Reddig ------1'1 part of the annual clergy intercha nge ing condition. These busy hands deserve God's word of commendation, \Vhnt's H n1>pening ------15 program between U. S. a nd British the p1·oposed Ba ptist theological semi­ The majority of the students had felt nal:'y for the Arabic-speaking world. "Well done !" THE VOICF. OF lll Y BELOVED churches for t he first time t his summe r. the Lord's call to fu ll-time Christian llr Phyllis S 1>eshock H e is Rev. Cha rles R. Stires, rector of Although buildings on the new site service for mor e than a year, but they Words are little things that can easily be spoken for good or ill. Chapter Seven teen ------16 be ready before 1961, tentative Trinity E pis::opa l church, Syracuse, N. c~ nnot had had no opportunity fo1· training But words of encouragement to some struggling soul, to an aspiring Our Denomination in Action ------18 P a ns have been made for beginning before the ins ti t ute opened, reports Y. vlfcstminstcr has never pa r ticipa ted Obituaries ------23 in the exch:i nge program since it was se111ina ry instruction in a temporary Mrs. J. Bryan Brasing ton, Southern youth, to a "new" Christian a.re like apples of gold-priceless and mar­ st 1. rted 33 years a go under the joint location near downtown Beirut in Baptist missionary. Dr. Randall D. velous ! They are more precious than a cup of cold water to thirsty and September, 1960. '' :ms~rs hip of the British Council of Sledge is president of the institute and parched lips! It was said by many of "Ma" Sunday, the widow of the professor of New Testament. Other * Churches a nd the Nationa l Council of • One Baptism For Every Ten. Italia n evangelist, "Billy" Sunday, during the years of her widowhood when Churches. Baptists had one new baptism for ev­ professors a re : Rev. Lowell E. Led­ ery ten members in 1958. Dr. Ben R. ford, Old Testament; Rev. Charles W. she wondered what she would do after her famous husband had passed Bi-week ly Publication of the o The Scripture Unic:i, a "Bible Read­ Lawton says that the growth of Bap­ Bryan, eva ngelism; Rev. J . Bryan NORTH AMERICAN BAPTIST ing Movement" founded in England Brasington, church history; Mrs. on: "She gave me more encouragement in my Christian life than any­ ~1 s t work in Italy has been in steady GENERAL CONFERENCE in 1879, a nd dedicated to the task of Sledge, speech ; a nd Mrs. Brasington, one else I know." What a r efreshing cup of cold water that was to m_crease during the past five years. 7308 Madison St., F orest Park, Illinois c:ico:.iraging the daily, systematic read­ ~ I ve years ago there were 128 bap­ music and piano. others in her ministry for Christ! ing of t he Word of God, was intro­ tisms ; the next yea r, 182; then 224 a nd duced to the Philippines wit h the re­ Cl Adam3 and Denny P la n African Itin­ Never forget the impor tance of your prayer ministry in behalf of Ma rtin L. Leuschner . D.D., Editor 299 ; a nd last year, 405 ba ptisms. In­ erary. President Theodore F. Ada ms cent vislt of Mr. C. K. Becroft, Secre­ t~ rpre te d in terms of per capita ra­ others. You can be a prayer warrior, serving from your armchair, in­ tary of the Union fo r Australia. From a nd Associate Secretary Robert S. t ~o , fi ve years a go there was one bap­ Denny of t he Ba ptist World Alliance valid bed, or the obscure corner of life in which you happen to be. By a sma ll beginning, the ministry of the tism for every 28 Baptists, the next * Un'.cn h:is gr own un til today its ma­ will visit ten countries in Africa a nd your intercessory prayers, you can move mountains, strengthen the year it was one for every 21, then the Middle East this summer. Mrs. teria~s are availa ble in 103 languages one for sixteen, one for thirteen, a nd hands of Christian soldiers on the battlefront and give to others t hat TH E BAPTIST HERAL D IS u pu blica tion uf around t he world, with over 1,200,000 Ada ms will accompa ny them. Leaving Lhe North American l.!aµLlsl General Con­ last year, one for ten. Ba ptist mem­ "cup" of spiritual refreshment that they need. ference wllh headquarters al 7308 M_adl ~o n r.wp!c daily reading the Scripture Un­ the BWA offices in Washington June S L, Forest Park. Illinois. ll a lso ma intains b2rship in Italy has doub!ed since the 25, they will enter Africa at Cairo, But what about the letters and cards to missionaries that you an a ctive membership In Lh e Assue1a led ion i:;ortions. Basic in the work of the end of World War II. Union is the Da ily Reading Ca rd which Egypt, a nd will spend the next six promised to write? How desperately these missionaries look for news Church Press. O Two Native Ministers Ordafoed. Two weeks in Ke nya, Northern Rhodesia, SUBSCRIPTION P RICE: S3.50 a yc-ar lo r.mvides a systematic reading of the from the home field, for t he inspiration of greetings, for the assurance a ny address in the United Slates or Canuda Bib'e a nd ena bles t he reader to finish Congolese na tiona ls ha ve been or­ Southern Rhodesia, South Africa, -S3.00 a vear fo r churches und e ~ the Clt,b r~ading the Script ures once in five da ined as Baptist ministers at Leopold­ French Equatorial Africa, French of a handclasp across the oceans! Such a written missive, like a cup of Plan o r E very Fa m ily Subsc:npt 1on Plan­ $4.01> a year to fore ign count r ies. ye:irs. ville, Belgian Congo, the first time in Ca meroun a nd Nigeria. It will be the cold wate1-, doesn't cost much in t ime or money, but it can mean a firs t time a president of the Baptist CI-IAl\'GE OF J\D DRESS· Three weeks the history of t he American Baptist notice r eq uir ed for cha n£C of a dd ress. ~ The Philippine Bible H ouse has set mission work in the Belgia n Congo. World Alliance has visited Africa in tremendous lot to t hose receiving it. This, too, can be an important When order in g a change, please rurnish aside 120,000 copies of the Sermon on The new ly orda ined ministers are Rev. tha t ca pacity. Two youth meetings a re phase of your Christian stewardship. a n add ress stencil impression from a recen t the Mount for dist r ibut ion to residents J ean V. L ubikulu, pastor of a Baptist on the itinera ry. At Durban, they will issue If you ca n. in Man ila a nd subur bs, to help in the We are often called on to give our testimony for Christ, to make ADVERTISING RA TES : S2.00 per Inch. church in Leopoldville, and R ev. Colon a ttend the second annuaJ South Afri­ sing le column, 2\4 inches wid e. c:rnse for gco:i government. T he distri­ Kapini, a regional school inspector a nd our contribution, however small, t o God's Kingdom enterprise, to c~n Youth C_onference. At Lagos, t hey ALL E DITORI AL correspondence Is to be bution, which is sponsored by t he In­ church advisor. Alt hough there are will meet with Africa n youth leaders invest our talents in our service to Christ. The opportunities are legion addressed to the Rev. Martin L. Leuschner. ternationa l Christian Leadership moi:e than 1,500 Congolese pastors, in a planning session. A visit with Dr. in number every day to speak up for Christ and to testify for him. 7308 Mad ison S t .. For est Park. Illinois. Group, will be underta ken during the c::itechists a nd Bible women working Al bert Schweitzer a t his hospital at ALL BUSINESS correspondence Is lo be month of J uly with t he help of local with t he 55,000 members of the Amer­ Lamba rene, French Equa tor ial Africa, "Ye shall be witnesses unto me." Give these things and say these wor ds add ressed lo the Roger W ill ia ms Pn•ss. churches in t he Manila area a nd t he 3734 Pa yne Avenue. Cleveland 1-!, Ohio. ican Ba ptist-related constituency in a ~ s ? is contempla ted, following up a cheeifully, with overflowing love, sincer ely, as though you were shar­ vicinity. The allocation of Script ure E nter ed as second-elass ma tter a t the posl the Congo, until ·now none of them v1s1t by t he BWA Medica l Mission ing a cup of cold water with someone else, and great will be your re­ omce a t New ton. Ka nsas. u nder the nN r crtions has been made possible had been officially orda ined. team a year ago. of March 3. 1879. ward with the smile of Christ and his eternal blessing on you! ( P r inted In U.S A. I BAPTIST HERALD August 6, 1959 s za t ion to the dool'step of Bamba lang cvel'y market day. T he r iver was so inviting tha t day that I !'et ur ned wit h som e of t he Chie f's sons in the a fternoon. S hed­ Nine Days at ding my cares a nd responsibilities, shedding my dissatisfaction with t he progress of t he m issiona ry cause in t his country, a nd shedding most of my clothes, I took to t he water in a Bambalang vain but enjoyable attempt to teach t he lovable sons of the Chie f to swim. We t hen took to one of t he long, light ca noes m ade of bamboo poles lashed together tha t t he fishermen Strange adventures of a Baptist missionary in a dry use. The weight of t hree of us was too much a nd the canoe t urned t urtle. and dusty village at the end of the motor road on the Great pa nic ! The two boys scuttled for the ba nk t hree yards distant. "The Ndop plain. sons of a Chief m ust never be afraid" was t he saying I tried to teach t hem.

By Mr. Dudley Reeves of the Protestant College at DAY 4. Seeing me dressed in wh ite for A tribal house in 1he Southern Cameroons, Africa. w ith Bali, Southern Cameroons church, t wo schoolboy sons of t he magnificen t w ood carvings a s d ecora1ions =ound the en­ Chie f ran away to wash a nd change -Photo b y Gilber t Schneider lra nce. where th e m en of the village gather for drink and into their own Sunday best. F ifty­ A n ew native home in the M a mbila grasslands of 1h e South ern Ca meroons in p rocess 1heir d aily palaver. t hree people were at t he Baptist of b eing built. chur ch tha t day, a few more than DR. .PAUL GEBAUER'S produced the friendliness and cheerful Before lunch I walked along t he usual. Ma ny were the la t ecom ers; great verse, "The Son of God ca me to I n the even ing t he Chief took m e La nd-Rover had no sooner been parked sense of humor tha t is never -far from later ite motor road, past t he deserted m uch was t he hand-clapping at song seek and to save t he lost." All who to see t he Ngumba d rumming and in the small area of the palace cour t­ t he sim ple, illiterate West Africa n. m a rket, the blacksm ith's shop, the t ime ; m uch was the unpla nned infor­ cam e were aga in given a sm a ll pic­ da ncing. E ven Bamba la ng me n can ya rd tha n from one of t he several Tha t fi rst evening I saw the Chief ca rpenter's shop, t he unopened dis­ ma lity of the meeting. I gave a fl an­ ture card a nd a comment on t he Bible see t he Ngumba Society a t work only surrounding bamboo and mud huts the decide two cases in his capacity as pensary, the 6 by 4 foot hovel in which nelg raph talk on Zacchaeus. incident it portrayed. As usua l, t he wit h the Chief's pe rmission. It was all Chief himself appeared. He was a head of t he tribe. The first concerned an insane woman slept, to the Bapt ist At 7 p. m. t he Ngumba drum spoke . Chief's children proved a n ent husiastic noise, frenzied dancing and dust for well-built, almost handsome man, un­ the giving away to a petit ioner of a schcol which st ood in proud isola ­ As usua l, several of the Chie f's sons bunch during their da ily gam es ses­ 40 minutes, but I was glad I had seen were in my rest house. Two of them shaven but dressed in a colorful cos­ young wom an whose h usband had re­ tion 500 yards from the nearest of s ion. it. tume, and in his ha nd he fl ourished cently died. T he second involved a m a n t he 14 quarters tha t composed the showed fe a r a nd confessed to being Aft erwards the Chief more or less afraid. The Ngumba Socie ty is com ­ I n t he cool of the late afte rnoon, a black a nd gold cigaret te-holder com­ who had failed to do his share in some village of Bambala ng. In t he adjoining I spoke to a motley cro'lvd of 70, asked me not to tell his sons what I plete with cigarette. This was t he piece of community wor k. Ba ptist church, whose floor was lit ­ pcsed of the Chief's servants a nd is had seen, and I m ore or less agr eed. "the government of the village." They among them 15 q ueens or w ives of the man who was to be my host t ill the tered with newly d ried bricks, I r ested Chief. H is sons, as it ha ppened, asked only next m arket day. CHAT TING WITH THE CHIEF with t hree of the Chief's young sons. used to bea t t he drum every morn­ one quest ion a bout t he never-to-be­ ing a nd evening but do it now only After lunch, eight of t he schoolgirl seen N gumba : '" \;vere you a fraid, sir?" La t er , in the cool of t he Chief's r e­ every fourth day. The w ives of the D AY 7. DAY 1. da ughters of t he Chief ca me to greet I wanted to keep m y prom ise t o the ception room, ha ving declined his beer Chief a nd the sons of t he Chief m ust a nd gin, I cha tted with t he Chief for me. Their "Welcome to you" song T a chi, my own college student and Chief, but I also wished to dest roy After the Chief had shown me his lock themselves in their houses when nearly four hours. Sometimes t he ended in tit ters, but on being asked to a son of t he Chief, was now with m e the filthy fea r t ha t haunted his sons' rest house where visitors like m yself they hea r the drum speak after sun­ Chief's pidgin E nglish was so fl uent render a na tive song t hey gave me a ga in. It was hls searching query, minds, so I replied, "No, t here is noth­ were housed- a hut 30 by 40 feet, r ise or sunset. t ha t I used one of his sons, an Old "J es us loves you"! "H ow can we ma ke our parents Chris­ ing to be afraid of." with mud walls, a mud floor a nd a It is fatal for a son of the Chie f to Boy of our Cameroons Protestant Col­ In the afternoon, I st umbled on t hat tians when they worship graven im­ g rass roof- my gift of soap a nd salt see the red light of Ngumba as it for the Chi ef was unloaded a nd given lege, as interpreter. (So progressive death ce remony by mistake. Several ages?" w hich had helped in br inging DAY 9. moves to the spirit of t he la te Chief to him. is the Chief that as m a ny a s 7 of fli nt-lock g uns were being fired off me to Bam balang. - h is fl esh w ill turn red and he will To t he m orning talks on David, 24 T hus bega n a deligh tful game which his sons ha ve a ttended this H igh as 20 men shuffled round in a circle After interpreting t he m orning die, a nd this once ha ppened to two cam e--our lowest a ttendance . Two a ny number of people ca n play called School, and a ltoget her 24 of his chil­ to th e incessant beat ing of a d rum, talks, he led me out to t he new m otor sons, so the story goes. "The sons of hours la ter we invaded the busy m ar­ "Anything you can give, I can give dren have received education, the re­ a ~d 150 people calmly sippe d mimbo road, as yet u nused, t hat cut t hrough a Chie f must never be a fraid," I sa id, ke t. Six of us preached for J esus t here, better ." In t he course of the 8 day ma ining 30 not yet be ing of school w 1 ~ e or smoked as they watched t he t he m osquito swamps t owards the but the boys only laug hed nervously 4 Bam balang me n included. Men, wom­ Bambala ng week, I received 2 hens, age). noisy proceedings. Relatives of t he F rench Ca meroons. H ere we saw the a nd t he 14 yea r-old got up to close eri a nd children gat hered round t he 44 eggs, 90 ora nges, 2 bottles of orange I told the Chief of the Russia n m oon dead ma n soon greeted m e a nd gave deep 20 foo t wide ditch used in fight ­ my windows lest the red ligh t should fl a nnelgraph board to hear t he aston­ juice, 2 bowls of m ilk, 8 lumps of rocke t, but he ha rdly believed my m e a penny coin a nd a cola nut but ing a neighboring t ribe m any years be seen by accident. ishing yet eternal truths of t he Gos­ sugar, 10 fish and 2 hands of ba­ story- and who ca n blame h im ? I unhappily I had nothing to give i~ i·e­ ago. na na s. q uest ioned him a bout his neighbor­ tum. At t he second meeting w ith the pel. My generous donors ra nged from ing chiefs, the thr iving fi shing indus­ Later I was directed to t he na tive DAY 5. Chief's w ives, 31 of his 37 queens Only a few yards away stood the the Chief t o schoolboys, a nd included t ry in Ba mba lang a nd t he history of da nce th a t was m y origina l destina­ Including babes in a rms, 36 came cam e. T hey listened inte ntly to the nine foo t hig h sacred stone a bout Mos'.ems, pagans and Chr ist ia ns. I m y­ his own tribe with its 1,070 tax-payers. tion. This was a colorful and at times to the fi rst open-air Bible ta lks. Two story of the death a nd resun ection of which I ha d hea rd ala rming things. self ga ve away 35 copies of the Chris­ F ina lly he asked to know my own dashing dance performed by the Sam­ unusua l things ha ppened. H alf-way J esus and several professed to love "It is God," said one young schoolboy t ia n magazine, "African Cha llenge," plans. I said I wanted to m ake a map ba Society, whose members wer e a ll through one talk, everyone sudde nly him. But they were slow to quote any a ttending a Mission school. "No ! It is 16 Bible bookl ets, 160 small Bible pic­ of the village for him and see t he young m en of the same a ge group stood up- three w ives were fetching of Ch ris t's commands, a nd I urged fore fa t he r god," retorted his friend ture cards, several pieces of clot h a nd fi sh-traps used by his people a nd give a nd wore hea d-d resses of birds' feath­ water for the Chief, their husba nd, them to get t heir schoolboy sons to derisive ly . "God put this stone here. a pint of petrol. fla nnelgraph Bible talks to his people ers a nd wielded cI utlasses . a nd all must pay respec t to t hem as read t he Gospels to them. No ma n see him do t his t hing," a n Within an hour of a rriving at Bam­ outside my house early in t he m orning. DAY 3. they passed. Then, having given t he The a rea pastor, a local Chr istian old wa rr ior assured me . "It's a n idol balang- a hot, dry a nd dusty village two ta lks, I found everyone was ready god," a ffirmed one schoolboy. '"It's Today the girls beat the boys in t he a nd T a chi joined m e for a fish dinner. a t the end of the motor road on t he DAY 2. to heai· them again, so a repeat per­ E a ting out of two common bow ls was God !" exclaimed a not her boy wit h e n­ best of fi ve races! Five boys took me thusiasm . Ndop plain- I had more or less mas­ Before the sun grew too hot, I forma nce was prom ptly beg un. (How fun. tered the g uttural monstrosity promi­ to the river a nd three fi shermen threw many of you pastors could get away It was good after t hese comments t aught several gam es t o the Ch ief's m e some of their fat fish 9 inches nent in the all-im porta nt word of raggedly dressed children. T wo of the with t ha t one ?) D AY 8. to proclaim close t o t he li feless "sa­ long. T hese fishermen m a ke as m uch cred" st one a bout t he Jh·ing God a nd g reeting in the Bamba la ng language. younger ones cried out in fear dur­ a_s t wo dollars a week. Ma ny of t he At the m orning flannelg ra ph talk Fathe r of our Lord Jesus Christ Who Again a nd again I had great fun in ing one team race when hearing juju DAY 6. using the five Bambalang phrases fish caught are dried a nd smoked, on P a ul. lhere we re only 28, but we flung himself as t he B r idge ac ro~s the shouts from people celebra t ing a strung on a s tick and t a ken to other F or ty-t hree persons ca me to t he a ll said a nd re-sa id, "Believe in the learned, and found t hat they a lways m an's dea t h. wide r iver of sin t hat separated us villages on the lorries tha t br ing civili- talks today, a nd were t a ught t hat Lord J esus, and you shall be saved." s inners from our H oly Creator. 4 August 6, 1959 BAPTIST HERAL D 5 to campuses, by evangelistic meetings GOD'S OWN CANDLE dents gathered at the University of with speakers, a nd by evangelistic By l\Irs. J an Briand Illinois for a week between Christmas "learn" visits to dormitories, fraterni­ of Startup, Washington and New Year's. These conventions t!es a nd sororities. include outstanding missionary speak­ A typical case was seen last fall What is it I'd like to be ? e rs a nd Bible teachers, pa nels, films, on one campus. A Christian fellow No, not a ship, book or sandal. vocationa l seminars, a nd Bible study began to talk to his roommate about These things ar e not what's best for a nd prayer groups. Around the world his relationship to Christ. This was me; today there are missionaries who an­ done pers istently, lovingly over a few I wa nt to be God's own candle. swered God's call to foreign service months. When the staff member visit­ at a n IVCF missionary convention. ed the campus in December he was The taper, standing straight and tall, During non-convention years regional invited to spend the night in the dorm­ Is my body from heel to ch in ; conferences are held around the coun­ itory room wit h the Christian and The wick, t hough plia ble and small­ try. his unsaved friend. The staff member My emotions, very deep within. suggested reading the Scripture be­ INTER-VARCITY 'S M INISTR Y INTER-VARSITY'S PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS fore re tiring, which t hey did. A short The name brings forth a glowing T O INTER NATIONAL STUDENTS God has used Inter-Varsity Press publica1ions a nd HIS magazine to strengthen the spiritua l lives of thousa nds of students. Left­ discussion followed. light- My spiritual feelings this be. T he Nurses Christia n Fellowship, University of Michig an s tudents ga1her around the IVCF chapter b ook table fo llowing a weekly meeting. Rig ht-Evangelistic T he next night t he non-Christian with its own specialized staff, conducts meetings on the campus are of primary importance in Inter-Varsity's progra m to reach Am erica's three a nd one ha lf million asked if they would read the Bible And in the midst where i t burns bright, a progr am similar to that of IVCF students for Christ. Missionary Secretary Eric S. Fife is shown speaking at the regula r Sunday a fternoon eva ngelistic meeting o[ again. This time a longer talk a bout at the schools of nursing. IVCF camps the Michigan Christian Fellowship, Ann Arbor, Mich. No one other tha n God in me. becoming a Christia n followed. The and conferences are open to nursing next afternoon after t he chapter's reg­ students. T he NCF also has week-long ular weekly evangelistic meeting t he I cast the "light" of God's own Word Into flickering shadows dark, camps for graduate and student nurses. young fellow ca me to faith in Ch1;st. The Nm·ses Lamp is published by the Reaching America's for T hree different people were used-a A light to those who have not heard; Students Christ And evils shall I quickly hark. NCF. s tudent a staff member and a speaker A unique a nd strategic part of Inter­ The story of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship with its program of evangelism and spiritual growth -all ,~e re important links in t he Varsity's ministry is t he work with chain. Pray for Christian students as This is wha t I'd like to have bee n in students in 800 colleges and schools of nursing. When my "wax" is nigh my "handle," international students. Each year they seek to witness to Christ under more than 40,000 students from over­ ve1·y difficult circumsta nces. A little girl grown old in life, By James W. Reapsome, Information and Graduates Secretary of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. Simply being God's own candle. seas study in the United States. Any one of them, converted to Christ, r ep­ CHRISTIAN STUDENT L EADE R­ resents tremendous missionary poten­ R ECENTLY a national maga­ in a situation where often the student have happened to me had not God SHIP HIS was selected as "Magazine of t he tia l in his own country. zin e presented an article criticizing t he a lone has sole access to a godless, in­ brought me into contact with IVCF." Year" in 1958 by t he Evangelical P ress amount of time America's college a nd Of course, there are several keys IVCF seeks thrnugh Ch ristian stu­ secure genera tion of three and a half Yes, through the near ly 20 years Association. dents, staff, friends and churches to university students spend on campus million s tudents. T hese IVCF a nd NCF since Inter-Varsity was incorporated to a n effective witness on campus. One of them is student leadership. Inter-Varsity's emphasis on foreign befriend these foreign students a nd socia l activities. The a uthor lamented students are an evangelistic arm of in the Un ited S tates, thousands of lives To he lp train students, Inter-Varsity missions is carried out t hrough local win them to Christ. During school the fact that in a time when our coun­ t he church today. have been cha nged. A young man, now chapters and the Student Foreign Mis­ try's survival depends on the education operates four summer camps: Campus holidays, foreign students are invited Many young people from North in semina ry, is typical of those who in the Woods, Ontario, Canada; Cedar sions F ellowship g roups a t Christia n to Inter-Varsity camps for special con­ of our young people, t here is so much American Baptist churches have been a re going on to serve God. He came to colleges, seminaries and Bible insti­ frivolity in campus life. Campus, Michigan; Bear Trap Ranch, fe rences involving recreation, sightsee­ a part of the Inter-Varsity movement. a large university, not knowing t he Colorado, and Campus by the Sea, tutes. A missionary secretary a nd an ing, a nd discussions about the Chris­ While there is ample evidence to Today there are pastors in t his con­ Lord Jesus as his Savior, but through Catalina Isla nd, California. Students FMF staff worker assist these groups tian faith. Last Christmas, for exam­ support such conclusions, this is by ference who were converted as stu­ the weekJy meetings he believed in come for four-week sessions for in­ and work with other staff members ple, the assistant city editor of a large no means the whole picture. In con­ dents through IVCF , a nd many others Christ. A missionary in Latin America struction in Bible study, witnessing, and chapters. A specia l missionary newspaper in Central America (taking trast to beauty contests, dances, pajama who were helped spiritua lly . Inter­ testifies of the fact tha t in Inter­ leadership, Christian doctrine, mis­ publication, M andate, gives a monthly gradua te studies in this country) parades a nd pep rallies, there are on Varsity graduates are serving on the Varsity she was made aware of w hat sions, and spiritual living. These camps survey of conditions and needs around trusted in Christ at the Bear Trap America's campuses today Bible study foreign mission board of the North obedie nce lo God in volved for a Chris­ the world. Ranch conference. American Baptist General Conference. often have been the means of tra ns­ discussions, prayer groups, and evan­ tian a nd how this led her to obey forming Jives a nd of revitalizing stu­ Every three years IVCF sponsors gelistic meetings. Granted the latter Many pastors use Inter-Varsity litera­ his call to the foreign fie ld. Inter-Varsity staff members travel dent chapters. an interna tional student missionary from campus to campus seelting to are in the minority, but nevertheless ture. William E . C. Petersen of Racine, convention. I n 1957 som e 3,000 stu- they are t here. Wisconsin, Stewardship Secretary of INTE R-VARSITY PROGRAM During the year IVCF conducts re­ assist a nd e ncourage students in their Inter-Varsity, is active in the confer- giona l week-end intercollegiate confer­ spiritual growth and \vitness. T hey ence. What is a typical IVCF program on ences across the country. These often strive to set an example in personal IVCF IN 800 COLLEGES campus? are for Bible teaching and spiritual devotion to Christ a nd in personal wit­ At some 800 colleges, universities, LIFE'S IMPORTANT DECISI ONS The chapter is organized with of­ life emphasis. Sometimes t hey are ness. T hey give instruction in Bible and schools of nursing, Inter-Var sity ficers and constitution. T he officer s evangelistic in nature. Two months study, help solve organizational prob­ Christian Fellowship and its N urses Today a pparently the need for r each­ hold regular meetings to d irect the ago a chapter on t he West Coast had lems, speak a t meetings, direct con­ Christian Fellowship division seek to ing college and university students progra m. Usua lly there a re a number a n evangelistic week-e nd camp in t he ferences, represent Inter-Varsity in assist st udents in a program of evan­ for Christ is greater t ha n ever before. of small Bible s tudy groups meeting mountains a nd seven st udents were churches, a nd do personal counseling Additional thousands of high school gelism, spiritual growth and mission­ in various ca mpus living quarters. converted. w ith students. ary recruitment. graduates are going to college each These may be eithe r primarily for year. There for the firs t time, they Another importa nt part of In ter­ Sala ries for staff members a nd of­ IVCF a nd NCF work through local, Christian growth or for evangelism. Varsity's ministry, greatly used by fice employees, a nd othe r expenses are free from the rest raints of home Christians meet regularly to pray. The autonomous student chapters which God, is the literature progr~m. Bo?ks in the work, are prnvided by gifts and church. They are encouraged lo chapter usua lly invites a speaker once are officially recognized campus or­ think indepe ndently a nd to experiment a re published on apologetics, B ible from individual Christians a nd church­ ganizations. A traveling s taff of some a week. Occasionally there are student - intellectua lly, socially a nd morally. socials. study, doctrine, Christia n living. a nd es. Inter-Varsity has no guaranteed 60 men and women help these s tu­ income or endowment. As needs are It is during these four years that Inter-Varsity a lso emphasizes per­ missions lo help students meet mtel­ dent chapters maintain an effective very often the future course of a lectua l attacks on t heir fait h a nd to made known, it is with the prayer t hat witness to Christ. sonal Bible study a nd prayer. Students God will direct his people to pray for young person's life is determined. H e are encouraged to spend time daily help them grow spiritually. A young Students in Inter-Varsity chapters decides what he's going to believe, wit.h God in Bible reading a nd prayer. ma n now through seminary, told a t he work and support it fin ancially. represent many denominations. They what he's going to do, a nd whom he's staff member recently he didn't know The Lord has faithfully blessed since are united by a common purpose to T his emphasis often has been a singu­ going to ma rry- t hree of the most im­ lar means of blessing in the Jives of how he could have survived the a t­ t he inception of the work in 1940. reach their classmates for Christ and portant decisions of his life. s tudents. tacks on his faith at a certain college Faced with a rapidly increasing stu­ to provide a means of spiritual IVCF SUMMER CAMPS Inter-Varsity has been called by God I nter-Varsity also emphasizes per­ had it not been for Inter-Varsity's dent population a nd some 1,500 un­ strength in a hostile environment. It to minister to these young people at New Bible H andbook. Summer le a dership training is vital to the reached campuses, Inter-Varsity needs requires vision and sacrifice on the sonal witness, the patient, loving pre­ establishment of strong student witness this very critical juncture in their sentation of the Gospel to an unsaved During t he academic year, Inter­ t he help of Chr1s t1a ns e\·erywhere. The part of these Christian students to Jives. A girl wrote, te ll ing of God's to Christ on campus. Inter-Varsity oper­ roon:imale. At one midwestern uni­ Varsity publishes HIS magazine with ates Cedar Campus, Michigan, where the na tional office is located at 1519 North ca1-ry on such a witness. But for four blessing through IVCF when she was significant articles in a w ide range ?f Astor Street, Chicago 10, Ill. Com­ years they have the unique privilege versity last year more than 50 students a bove photo s hows students participating in college, a nd concluded with this re­ subjects desig ned to help students 111 in a small Bible discussion group on the plete details and a monthly prayer a nd responsibility to be missionaries w~re cOJ_werted in this way. Personal mark: "I shudder lo think what would witness 1s supplemented by sta ff visits their Christian life a nd testimony. shores of Lake Huron. le t te r will be sent upon request. 6 BA.PTIST HERALD August 6, 1959 7 Helping •1n Healing Ministry The Story of Miss Gertrude B. Schatz, Missionary Nurse to the Comeroons, West Africa by Rev. R. Schilke, General Missionar y Secr etary

INHER a pplication for mjs­ steadily increased through the read­ that she did not have the abili ty and sionary service, M iss Gertrude Bertha ing of the Word of God, daily devo­ qualifications to become a missionary. Schatz gave the following statement tions and willing service for her Lord. At a youth camp and again at a as part of her testimony: "Because I In Sunday School, C. B. Y., and choir Youth for Chr ist mee ting, she dedi­ am a nurse, I believe that I can most she served in various capacities as cated her life to full time Christian effectively serve my Lord in this field. teacher, group leader and pianist. In service. After studying missions at the Helping to heal people's bodies and her quiet way, she won a nd influenced Christian Training Institute, the call minds provides me an opportunHy to friends beyond t he areas of churches to foreign missiona ry service became tell these people of the great P hysicia n and communities where her father a rea lity. T hen she was a ble to look who can truly heal them, not only served as minister of the Gospel. The away from her own seemingly inade­ physically and mentally, but spiritual­ writer is personally acquainted with quate a bilities and look to the Lord ly. Miss Schatz si nce her intermeilia te for strength who gave her such 7th ANNIVERSARY. BETHANY CHURCH, LETHBRIDGE age and joins the many who give her strength in the promise to Joshua: The festive crowd in atter..dance al the 7th anniversary program of the Bethany Baptist Church, Lethbridge, Alberta, of which Rev. BORN INTO A MANSE the testimony of a consistent Christian "Have not I commanded ? Be s trong Otto A. Ertis is the pastor. life. Gertrude Bertha Schatz is the sec­ and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed, for the Lord • ond of three children born to Rev. and TRAINL'l'G FOR A HEALING Mrs. Henry Schatz. She was born on thy God is with thee whithersoever Seventh Anniversary in MINISTRY Leth bridge, Alta. F ebruary 28, 1928 at Medicine Hat, thou goest" (J oshua 1 :9) . H er goal was now clear to her. She Alberta, Canada. Her father, at that Miss Schatz received her primary A great anniversary program was held by the Bethany Baptist Church, Lethbridge, Alta., as reported by time, was pastor of our church at was to become a helper to the Grea t education in various schools of the Phys ician in a healing m inistry to be­ Mr. Bernd Ertis Rosenfeld, Saskatchewan. Since 1957 three prairie provinces of Canada. It he has been the pastor of the First nighted people in a foreign land. In is the lot of most children of ministers response to t his call, she applied to Baptist Church at Minitonas, Mani­ that frequent adjustments in the THE Bethany Baptist Church city and a strong German-speaking of his 25th anniversary of dedicated toba. ou r Board of Missions for such ser­ of Lethbridge, Alberta, held its seventh population in and around Lethbridge. and selfless services in our denomina­ changing of schools must be made, vice. Her mother also came from a min­ since their parents move from one anniversary program on Sunday, June Again 0Ur Church Choir served us tional fellowship. It was almost 10 ister's home whose parents were Rev. 14, with Dr. M. L. Leuschner of Forest wonderfully under the able leadership P. M. when at last we closed our bless­ fi eld of service to another. This may GOD'S APPOINTED Tll\IE and Mrs. R. Jacksteit. In 1947 her ha ve its drawbacks but it also has Park, Ill., as our guest speaker and of our choir dfrector, Mr. Max Lemke. ed a nniversary Sunday and dedicated mother died and went to be with the its assets. Miss Schatz looks back upon Miss Schatz first applied for m is­ denominational r epresentative. Our In t he afternoon anniversary service, ourselves anew for better service and Lord. this experience and believes that this sionary service in 1954. At that time pastor, Rev. 0. A. Ertis, who has been we dedicated a lso our new electric or­ witness for our Lord and Savior. training has helped her to adjust more she stated tha t she would be willing faith fully serving our church since gan to t he Lord. Dr. M. L. Leuschner We are looking for God's grace in Of her parental home Miss Schatz 1952, was in charge of the festive pro­ all our ministry and asking him hum­ gives the following testimony: "Having easily to new surroundings a nd cir­ to go at a ny time. In 1955 she gave offered the dedicatory prayer. The of­ cumsta nces. her testimony before the Board of grams. fering of the day was dedicated for bly to bless us and lead us toward been brought up by God-fearing par­ the new organ a nd totalled over $1,100. new victories. Yes, Bethany Baptist ents in a Christian environment has Though she enjoyed her school days Missions during the days of the Gen­ 200 PRECIOUS SOULS eral Confe rence at Waco, Texas, since In t his short period of time, we have This was again a sign of the good and Church is a living and wonderful ex­ had a permanent influence on my life. very much, the highlight of her ex­ willing spi rit of sacrifice in our people. ample of God's a boundjng grace in our My parents' method of upbringing not perience was the recommendation from her presence a t the conference ga~e buil t our chapel a nd parsonage, total­ he r an opportunity to do so. But this li ng ove1· $65,000 and by t he grace of It was a wonderful opportunity for times, and to HIM we give a ll our only influenced and helped me spirit­ writing Grade XU Departmental us as the church to present a small thanks and praise as well as to our ually but also helped me to develop Examinations. Who does enjoy exami­ was not yet God's appointed time for God we have had a continuous 6 year socially. They were always willing to her. The door was not yet open. revival time with over 200 precious token of a ppreciation to our beloved good and important Church Extension nation time? Upon the completion of Dr. M. L. Leuschner on the occasion Service t hat helped us to get started. be advisors and counsellors when I her high school educa tion, she entered Miss Schatz continued as a nurse souls led to Christ and with 8 baptis­ needed s ue~ help, but they always left nurses' training at the General Hos­ in the hospitals a t Edmonton, Alberta mal services. We are not a big church, t he final decision on any problem with pital in Calgary, Alberta. She looks and on a part time basis took various for like so many other churches, we me. I had a normal and happy life, back upon those three years as the courses at the University of Alberta have still a transient popula tion, but EIN HERR receiving every opportunity to develop best in her life. While in nurses' train­ leading to a Bachelor of Science de­ we are active a nd joyfully serving our EIN __:....____ ...... , EINET physically, mentally, socially and ing, she had the privilege of serving gree which she received in the spring Lord. G spiritually. My spiritual life was in­ in the Nurses Christian F ellowship. of 1958. The days of t he General Con­ Again as on previous occasions, we L A fluenced by family devotions, Sunday She maintained her activities in the fere ncc at Edmonton, Alberta, proved had some dear friends and one-time members of our chu1·ch in our midst: A u School and Vacation Bible School." Bridgeland Baptist Church of Cal­ to be God's a ppointed time for her. u gary, Alberta, as much as time from Once again she gave her testimony from Vancouver, B. C.; Chilliwack , B. B F BORN AGAIN INTO GOD'S FAMILY her busy training schedule permitted. before the Board of Missions. She C.; Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alta.; E Medicine Hat, Alta.; and many le tters E A Christian has two birthdays: the was appointed as missionary nurse to HELPING THE GREAT PHYSICIAN the Cameroons. She was one of the of greeting and congratulations, in­ one marks t he physical birth into this cluding a letter from our good friend, world; the other marks the spiritual group of seven who were commissioned F ollowing her nurses' training, she a t the time of the General Conference Rev. W. Sturhahn, secretary of our birt h into t he family of God. Concern­ enrolled at the Christian Tra ining In­ Northern District. ing the second birthday, Miss Schatz in the closing program of t he confer­ stitute in Edmonton, Alberta to gain ence on Sunday. July 27, 1958. Dr. M. L. Leuschne1 · brought chal­ says: '"My Christian life began at the more knowledge of the Bible for per­ lenging messages to the congregation age of e leven when at a tent revival sonal Chr istian witness. She completed BANSO BAPTIST HOSPITAL of 250 people present at each service, meeting in Leduc, Alberta I accepted tne fi rst two years of the Institute's and he served us with much zeal. Christ as my personal Saviour. Rev. course and received her Christian During the winter of 1958-1959, As of today, we have 145 members, Fred W. Benke showed me the Bible Worker's Certificate in 1954. Miss Schatz took her midwifery tra in­ a Sunday School of over 200, a young verses I needed most at t hat time and Since her childhood days, she was ing at Hyden, Kentucky. This specia l people's society of 35, Women's Society helped me pray to the Lord for for­ deeply interested in missions. She ad­ training is now mandatory for a ll mis­ of 20, a church choil" of 40, a nd Men's giveness. How happy I was when I mired especially t he life of Myrtle sionary nurses to the Cameroons. The grasped the meaning of salvation and Choir of 15, a nd a Brass Choir too. H ein F unnel who came from the Leduc last few weeks since the middle of April Around Lethbridge, we have a good realized that my sins were forgiven." a rea and went out as a missionary were spent in getting ready for t he Gertrude was baptized by her father sized German population, so t hat there to the Cameroons, Africa. But not un­ field and in visiting her relatives and is no danger for lack of future church in July 1939 and she became a mem­ til t he days of the Christian Training friends and also churches where op­ ber of the Temple Baptist Church of development. We are not depending Institute's training did she realize that portunity afforded. The Grace Baptist on any kind of boom, for year after Leduc, Alberta. the Lord wanted her persona lly to be­ Members of the Church Board of the Bethany Baptist Church, Lethbridge, Alta.. at Church of Medicine H at, Alberta, the year we have had good buildin~ ~c­ Her Christian life and testimony come a missionary. She felt right a long the 7th anniverncrry program with Rev. Otto A. Ertis, pastor. 4th from left, crnd Dr. M. L. (Contimi,ed on page 24) tivity, growing industry, a thnvmg Leuschner. guest specrker, Sth from left. 8 BAPTIST HERALD August 6, 1959 9 cafes, skyscraper buildings and sophis­ ti ca~ed people, this Argentine capital renunds a traveler of P aris or Berlin. " Its harbor is crowded with shipping from every port in the world. T he Adventures lll P or tenos, as t he residents of Buenos Aires a re ca lled, boast t hat the "Aveni­ da 9 de J ulio" is t he widest street in the world! It has five Janes for traffic, separated by gr ass plots, and park ing Argentina space underneath for 1,000 cars. P a lermo P ark in Buenos Aires has everything-a rose garden lagoons with black and white swa~s. forests of blossoming t rees, a race course, In boastful Argentina with its 19 million people and miles a nd miles of beautiful walks, drives and paths. The stately Obelisk in Buenos Aires, the largest city of South America, ca n be seen from almost every down­ town street in Buenos Aires, striking­ the Gospel of Christ must be proclaimed today with ly reminding the American travele r of t he Washington Monument at home! a faith that expects great things from God! EATING AD VENTURES Buenos Aires is especially remem­ bered for its eating adventures. Eat­ By Dr. M. L. Leuschner, Editor ing in t he Argentine capital consumes A downtown scene in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the largest a bout six pleasant hours a day. Giant EATING ADVENTURES IN BUENOS AIRES city of South America, looking toward the famous Obelisk two-inch-thick T -bone steaks cost one Giant two-inch-thick T-bone steaks cost one dollar or less in the b est ea1ing places that bears a strange resemblance to the Washington Mon- dolla r or less in the best eating places. of Buenos Aires. Argentina. And what juicy, delicious steaks 1hey are! ument in Washington. D. C. And wha t juicy, delicious steaks t hey a re ! An even tastier specialty is cur­ can version of sherbets t hat ar e "out handbags and other ar ticles are much A RGENTINA BOASTS of the most treacherous mountains in the and the cry ca rried itself to a ll t he r ied chicken with rice, chutney a nd of t his world" fo r sweet tastiness! cheaper here than anywhere else. You biggest city in South America-Buenos world- and he brought liberty to the world under the Southern Cross. The bananas. Argentirua ns a re proud of You'll never forget these eating ad­ can secure beautiful alligator wallets Aires- a see thing metropolitan center southern hemisphere. He is one of the year 1812, when America fought its their "puche ro de gallina"- a com­ ventures after a visit to Argentina. for men in various colors and sizes. wit h almost fi ve million population. It three great liberators of South Ameri­ second ba ttle of independence against plete meal of chicken, sausage, corn, Ha ndm ade shoes are quite ine>q)en­ offe rs t he most sweeping views over ca, emblazoned forever with Bernardo potatoes and squash, all cooked to­ Equally exciting (possibly even more Great Brita in, found San Martin fi ght­ so) a re the shopping adventures. The sive. Most of your shopping adventures its flat, spacious pa mpas. Buenos Aires O'Higgens a nd Simon Bolivar. gether. will involve leather goods of all kinds. ing Roya l Spa in in the name of Argen­ Calle Florida is t he ma in shopping is situa ted near the mouth of one Becoming acquainted with t hfa h ero tine freedom. In Buenos Aires there are hundreds I bought a photograph album with an of tea room establishments called street, although it is exceedingly na r­ of the broadest rivers in the world, of Argentina is a n adventure into the Soon he beca me the governor of a row. Auto t raffic is prohibited dur­ exquisitely beautiful calf leather bind­ past. San Ma rtin was born to an era "confiterias.' Around 5 :00 P . M. each ing. In addHion, hand-embroidered t he Mar del Plata. But Ar gentina's western province of Argentina. Then day ancl la ter in t he evening, you can ing most of t he day on t his Calle chief claim to fame lies in t he exhil­ of independence and freedom fighting he decided that to free all of the F lorida, so t ha t throngs of people blouses are excellent. Antelope jackets in 1778, just about the time that Baron enjoy tea wit h sandwiches and coffee and sleeveless pullovers are also good arating adventures that every t raveler count ry, he must first drive t he Span­ with pastries in t hese interestin g promenade in a festive spirit up a nd to this South American country is von Steuben came to Valley Forge to ia rds from Chile across the mountains. down the avenue, greeting one anoth­ values. bound to experie nce. train the Continentals. He grew up shops. Here you ca n order delicious That's when he assembled a nd fruit drinks of pineapple, grapefruit, er, window shopping and mak ing t hei.r in the little Argentine town of Ya peyu, t rained his a rmy in Argentina to THE AMAZING IGU AZU FALLS JOSE DE SAN MARTIN a mid the corn, rice, peanuts and orang­ ma rch t hem in 1817 over Uspa lla ta ora nges a nd papaya, or a South Ameri- purchases. Alligator a nd antelope The visitor to Argentina can enjoy Argentina is the ba ttlefield of politi­ es grown on the slopes of the Uruguay P ass, where now t he huge Christ of some adventures on t he side, if he has cal uprisings. This was t he birthplace R iver. the Andes looks down upon t he la nd. the time and t he money for t hem. The a nd t raining ground fo r J ose de San San Martin was schooled in Madrid, There we re 3,000 infantrymen in his Iguazu Falls on the Brazilian border, Martin, South America's greatest lib­ Spa in, a nd fought in the Spa nish ranks a rmy- regula r soldiers, Chilean exiles 61h hours by plane or six days by erator a nd political hero. In contrast, against Napoleon for the glory of free­ a nd freed sla ves-and a lso 7,000 m ules. boat away, is one of the most mag­ Buenos Aires still bears the scars of dom. By 1810 the "grito" (cry) of in­ "'The lonely a nd desola te passes of t he nificent sights in the world. These Ar­ the evi l regime of its dictator for 12 dependence for Mexko was sounded, mo~n ta in s suddenly disgorged a well gentine falls are greater t han Niagara years, Juan P eron, a nd his J ezebel-like equipped a nd disciplined army on Chi­ or Victoria Falls a nd far more spectac­ wife, Eva. T he bullet holes made by lean soil," wrote N . O. Winter. "The ular. Four miles south of Buenos Ai.res rifle a nd machjne gun fire in some of royalist forces we re taken by sur­ is a twenty-million acre mountain and Argentina's government buildings dur­ prise" and badly routed by the forces lake region known as Nahuel Huapi of Sa n Martin a nd t he Irishma n O'Hig­ National Park. Here are snow-capped ing t he P eron regime a re still on view gens. to the public. The Archbishop's palace peaks, deep blue lakes and virgin for­ ests with some superb scenery. In t he next to the Cathedral is still in ruins BE AUTIFUL BUENOS AffiES! following the disastrous fi re severa l lakes a nd streams of t his park catches years ago, seemingly started by Pe­ <:;hile offered San Martin its highest of rainbow trout weighing from 12 offl ~e ~f leadership but he decided to 18 pounds are not uncommon, and ron's henchmen. In recent weeks, riot­ against it. By 1820 he had readied him­ brown t rout in king sizes weighing ing has broken out on the historical self for his years-long drea m to free up to 37 pounds have been boated. Plaza de Mayo near the pink presi­ P eru, land of the Incas. By J uly of dent's palace k nown as Casa Rosada. Now the American visitor ca n visit Disgruntled labor unions, P eronist the _next Y~a r , he marched t r iumphant­ the amazing pampas of Argentina or ly mto ~ 1 m'.1 as the Spaniards fled. stay for a few days at one of the sympathizers and rebelling student After this vtctory, he wit hdrew from groups are constantly keeping t he ranches called estancia, such as the Sout~ America, becoming a n exile in San Zenon Ranch with its 7,000 acres, political pot boil ing in Argen tina. Belg1ur:i a nd F rance. F ollowing his But the George Washington of South 3,000 herd of cattle and the ranch death 111 1850, his body was brought house decorated with Indian spears, America was San Martin. He was a back to Buenos Aires Argentina tomahawks a nd boleadoras (leather great man with a daring vision of free­ whe_re his monumental tomb, almost lassos with weighted ends). dom, humble of spirit and great-heart­ as ~mpos m g as Napoleon's tomb in ed in his sympathies fo r the common d San Ma rtin in 170 BAPTIST CHURCHES man. H e marched his army, organi zed The statue to Jose e S h Paris, can be seen in the Cathedral. THE SKYLINE OF BUENOS AIRES Bueno s Aires. s h oWl·ng the famous · out f and trained in Argentina, more t ha n . The modern city of Buenos Aires "Ave ruda 9 de Julio" is s aid to b e the widest street in the w orld. This main street in Argentina is also a land of promise American liberator reciting ihe .stones o a nd adventure spiritually. In 1903 two miles in the sky. Then he marched his e xploits for freedom to his grand­ is ~s c?smopolitan as a ny in t he world. Buenos Aires. Argentina, h as five lanes for tratfic, separated by grass p lots. The it down again, over some of the world's With its t ree lined st reets sidewalk famous Obelisk intersects the avenue. there were four Baptist churches in children. I 10 BA!PTIST HERALD August 6, 1959 11 Argentina whic h w ere t h e f r~i t o f 22 yea.r s of p i oneeri ng o f D o n Pe;a blo B~s - SOn who had gone to South America from S witzerla nd. Now there a re at The Book of Daniel is a classic ex­ least 170 Southern Bap t i s~ chur~hes a m ple of what to do when caught in with 125 pastors, 142 miss10n pomts, adverse circumstances. Daniel compro­ 255 Sunday Schools w ith an av era ~e mised in so far that he served th_e a ttenda nce of 10,608, 138 Woman s Babylonian E mpire to t he best of his Missionary Societies a nd 142 young ability. H e did not join an undergro~nd A TEACHING GUIDE about suffering is the deep-seated feel­ movement to overthrow t he nation people's societies . . I ~ addition, there which enslaved him. He was convinced Da.te: Au g-ust 16, 1959 ing we have that we are out of favor a.r e scores of flou n shm g Gern:an Bap­ with God. If we could only whole­ t hat God in his own time and in his t ist churches, Sla vic or Russian B~p ­ Theme : GOD 'S STEADF AST L OVE heartedly accept the present suffering own way would over throw Babylon tist churches and others representing ( L ~tm en tat i o n s) as the immediate or temporary will and bring about the restor ation of_ Is­ other r acial g roups. of God in order to bring us into the rael. B ut Daniel never com promised Script ure : L am entations 3 :22-26, 31-'10. his principles and convictions. His faith T H E CENTRAL THOUGHT: It is orbit of his final and ultimate will ! On our visit to Argentina as Ba~­ It is much m ore difficult for a loving rem ained centered in the God of Israel tist editors, travelling to South An:en­ often diffic ult to see the love of God and not even a den of lions could move when the hate of m a n is all around us. Goel to cause suffering than for us ca on t he P anagra and P a n Am e_n c~n to en du re it. him . I NTRODUCTION : One of the most planes and enjoying t he tour fac1ht1es V. GOD'S STEADFAST LOVE-IN I . P R AYER OF CONFESSION. provided by t he Brownell Tour Agen­ difficult lessons to teach is t he mean­ Daniel 9 :4-6. ing of faith, hope and love in the m i?st JUDGMENT. Lamentations 3 :39. cy, we spoke in various churc h e~ of of evil, trouble a nd suffering. Jeremiah Most men do not complain while In some respects, t he prayer of Dan­ B uenos Aires a t t he S unday services. had this fo rm idable and critical task. they are living in sin. It is only when iel is a model prayer. T he sincerity I n t he m orning Mr. H arold B. J ohns T here was only one human advantage punishment for sin becomes evident of a prayer can often be detected in t he nature and content of the con­ and I visited t he Nuevo Chicago Bap­ in t he prophet's posit ion- no one en­ that complaints begin to be voiced. fession. Many prayers are made up t ist Church of Bue nos Aires a nd mar­ vied his job ! H e had to speak a nd Some even show great surprise t hat pr imarily of petitions with a sh~rt BAPTIST TEAM ON THE SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR w rite a m essage for people whose ~v ­ they should be judged so harshly for velled at the well attended Sunday postscript for t he forgiveness of sm. School and service. Dr. Theodore A. In this picture taken in Ecuador by Editor M. L. Leusch ner, the Bap tist Team is show n ery hour was so ove ~·w he ln:ed with their sin. They minimize t heir sin and It should be a forethought rather than Adam s of Richmond, Virginia, presi­ in the delightful summertime of South America. . . horrors that it seem ed 1mposs1ble even magnify t he punishment. dent of the Bapt ist World Alliance, Left to right: Albert McClellan, Southern Conven tion; R. Dean Goodw in. Am e~ c a n to enterta in a gleam of hope. T here an afterthought. In the light of a great VI. GOD'S STEADF AST L OVE ­ and holy God, Daniel realize~ , first of held the attention of every person in Convention; Harold U. Trinier, Canadian Convention; Wm. J. Harvo;y III. Nahonal was no restra int in t he Chaldean cap­ Convention; and Harold B. Johns, North American Convenhon. I N REPENTANCE. L amentations 3: all his own sin and unworthmess and t he large a udie nce by his m essage as t ure of J erusa lem, no evidence of mer­ 40. interpreted into Spanish by Dr. Coop­ cy. It was destruction with a ven­ th~ need to get r ight with God per­ leaders of this chur ch near the church Rather t han "sear ch and try" God's sonally before he ca n ask God to make er . Bolivia Chile P a raguay, P e ru a nd geance--complete a nd fi nal. H usbands building. Urug u~y are ~tud y in g here. This Bap­ ways and attempt to find some in­ t hings right nationally. I n t he evening service I preached in were killed, sons enslaved and daugh­ tist school t hrough its effective t ra in­ justice in God's judgment, we should Notice the absence of all hate and the German Bethel Bapt ist Church in INTE R NATION AL BAPTIST SEMI­ ters captu red. F ood becam e ~o scarce ing program gives assura nce tha t the "search and try" our ways and see the heart of a German colony. More NARY t hat cannibalism was practiced. resentment toward Babylon, the na­ work in South America will be in how far we have turned away from tha n 140 people attended this service T eaching the goodness ?f God . in a t ion which caused the Hebrews such On the following day we toured the competent hands of Chris tia n nationals God. We m ust repent a nd turn to t he a nd listened with r apt attention to the Sunday School classroom 1s f~r differ ­ sor row a nd suffering. He m ay have spacious a nd modern buildings of the in t he coming generations. Lord before the Lord will t urn to us. story of their brethren in our North ent t ha n the situation in which Jere­ been tempted to pray for revenge up­ Interna tional Baptist T heologica l Sem ­ Of g reat interest to m e was t he American Baptist General Conference inary, supported la rgely by t he South­ m iah spoke of t he love of God. It took on the enemies of Juda h as we often story of the J ua nta Bautista ?e ~ u b ­ a nd the plans of many of our people to daring and auda city to speak of G~d' s A 'l'EA C HING GUIDE find in the imprecatory Psalms. (See ern Baptist Convention, a nd attended licaciones, t he Board of Publ1catioi:s. goodness and mercy under such ~m­ P salms 83 and 109). I nstead he con­ visit them in 1960. A la rge Spanish­ a missiona ry confere nce the re . About w hich provides and prom otes t he d is­ D a t e : August 23, 1959 German school is being conducted by 100 students from Argent ina, Braz il, possible c ircumstances. Wha_t Is1ae l fesses his own sin and t he sin of his tribution of evangelical books a nd lit­ T hem e : PUAYE R S OF THE CAP­ people. H e is not primarily _interested erature in Argentina and t hroughout fa iled to see, a nd what we fa1,l t~ un­ derstand today, is that ~od s Judg­ T IVES (D a niel ) in national freedom for captive Judah, t he Spanish-speaking world. The tota l but for inner freedom that comes from sales for 1958 included 52,470 books, m ent is a lso a par t of Gods love and S cripture : D a niel 9 :'1-10, 1 7-1 9 m ercy. forgiveness. 1 571 New Testa m ents, 1,057 Bibles, T H E CENTRAL T H OUGH T: The 26,000 Scripture portions a nd 8,000 I . GOD'S STEADFAST L OVE­ prayers of great men are not great be­ II. P RAYER OF EMBARRASS­ hymna ls. DAILY. L a mentations 3:22-23. cause t hey are clothed in great words, MENT. Daniel 9 :7-10. We as editors a lso attended the ses­ God's Jove is not som ething that de­ but because they are clothed in humil­ The phrase ·•confusion of faces" be­ sions of the Sla vic Baptist Conference teriorates with age. His love a nd mer­ ity. comes a little clearer if we would in session dur ing our brief stay in cy have a constant freshness . t hat say, "How embarrassed we are," 0,1; Buenos Aires. T he church was packed I NTRODUCTION : Lamentations ·· How red with shame our faces feel. meet each day's personal experience deals with the fall of Jerusalem and full with happy, singing Baptis ts who a nd hunger. His Jove is new every day Daniel felt like a little boy who re­ praised our Lord J esus Ch r ist in R us­ the early years of captivity. T he book because our requirem ents a re new ev­ belled against a loving father and _sud­ sian a nd greeted us warm ly in the of Daniel gives us some light on t he denly saw h imself in the true hght. ery day. closing years of the Babylonian cap­ Name of the Lord! H e felt so ashamed of him self that he Argentina is in a t ransitiona l per­ II GOD'S STE ADFAST LOVE­ tivity. It is a prophetic as well as an didn't know how to approach his par­ inspirational book. T o the S unday iod. It is beset by galloping inflat ion I N PATIENCE. Lam entat ions 3 :25. ent. School scholar, the story of Daniel and and labor strife. P reside nt Arturo W e do not wait a nxiously f?r God's T he prophet and his people sud­ Frondizi is waging a n austerity ca m ­ love to be m a nifested in our lives; _we his three friends w ill always be an in­ teresting and thrilling experience. denly saw the love, mercy and grace of pa ig n by which he hopes t o restore wa it actively. N either is i_t a _rocking God over against their rebellion and Argent ina to its nature-given prosperi­ cha ir type of waiting, w hich is no_tJ~ ­ Those who look for adventure and sus­ pense will find it to a greater degree sin and they did not know how to hide ty. The cost of living has risen about ing but spiritual laziness. The _L oi d_s their faces for shame. 125 per cent in t he last yea r a nd ha lf. goodness a ccording to Jeremiah, is in Daniel than in any secular book. Each month the government pumps reserved' for those who actively seek The distorted idea t ha t the Bible is III. P R AYER F OR MERCY. Daniel dry reading should certainly change from five to seven billion pesos of new him while waiting. 9 :17-19. printed m oney into circulation. As a the minds of a ll t hose who study the Noth ing gives us more comfort and GOD'S ST EADFAST LOVE­ result, t he peso has slipped from about III. lives of the world's greatest heroes of strength than to have God's face to 30 to the United States dollar to more I N HOPE . Lam enta tions 3:26. faith. shine upon us again after we have than 85. But thus fa r, the struggle How difficult it is to hope and qui e~­ caused him to frown in disapproval. seems to t ip in favor of the president ly wait when all around us _is turmoil Daniel pleads for an answer now not with his high hopes for his country and dest ruction. But t hat 1s all t~e "for our right eousness, but for thy and people. more reason to hope, because Go? s S. S. LESSON EDITOR great mercies," not for our sake, but steadfast love does not change with T he Bapt ist Mission in Argentina T he editor of this page, "Sun­ "for thine own sake." Forgiveness and is a lso in the m idst of a transition t he cha nging times. llay S ch ool Lessons," is Rev. mercy are needed desperately now ARGENTINA'S SPECTACULAR IGUAZU FALLS period. T he Southern Baptist Mission IV. GOD'S ST EADFAST LO VE­ Brun o Sch reiber, who lives at for without God's grace t he Hebrews is now composed mainly of first and IN S UF F ERING. L a mentations 3 :31- the alldress: 1026 S. H a rvey, Oa.l{ are not only captives of Babylon, but On the Bra zilian bord er. about 1300 miles from Buenos Aires. _is one of t h ~ m ~st mag­ Park, Illinois. nificen t sights in the world. Iguazu Falls a re greater than Niag ara or V1ctona Falls. (Continiied on page 24; 38. h" to a greater degree captives of their One of t he most difficult t mgs own sinful nature. 12 BA!PTIST HERALD August 6, 1959 l S • Rev. a nd Mrs. R. Milbrandt and Baptist Women at Louisville their daughter were feted by the Grace a nd Temple Baptist Churches of Medi­ Report of t he Executive Committee Meeting of the North American cine Hat, Alta., in June and by the By MRS. ALBERT REDDIG Baptist Women's Union by Mrs. Albert E. Reddig, Cathay, Board of the Baptist Haven of Rest President of the Woman's l\1issionary North Dakota shortly before they began their official Union ministry in the Temple Baptist Church, Calgary, Alta., on Sunday, June 28. AN INTRODUCTION • The Greenvine Baptist Church near Baptist Church, White Marsh . M osT PEOPLE experience of ideas a nd the inspiration tha t each Burton, Texas, has announced that its land, a ~hurch of t he Southern' ;:a:i;~ They w ill live in temporary quarters Mrs. He rbert Hiller, our General events which are especia lly inspiring of us experienced in this fellowsh ip. new pastor is Rev. Ray Bennett who Convent10n. He accepted t h lip until a parsonage can be provided. b g h " . . e ca a nd Membership in this new church, which Council representative, leads the busy and unforgettable. Such a mountain­ The president of each women's group has been serving the church for the e atn B is . m1mstry officia lly in the life of a pas tor's wife, mother of two top adventure was mine as I attended represented gave a report about her past few months. He has succeeded Wes altJmore church on J was received into the North American teen-agers, Sunday School teacher and my first meeting of the executive com­ work- t he goals a nd accomplishments. Rev. Frank Armbruster, now of Cam­ succeeding Rev. Henry L bune 2 1, Baptist General Conference at the July youth counselor. She proved an able mittee of the North American Bap­ Our own "Program Packet" stimu­ denton, Missouri. The church was church held a reception fo ~1k_ e. The sessions of the Northern Conference representative of our Woman's Mis­ tist Women's Union held May 15 and lated a g reat dea l of interest in this without the services of a full time Mrs. Ervin Bennett and thr. lev. a nd in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, now ex­ old d ht eir 7 year sionary Union at t he recent sessions 16 at the Carver School of Missions committee, and several members re­ pastor for many months. aug er and 9 year old on ceeds the 200 mark. Mr. Milbrandt is of the General Council and presents and Social Work in beautiful Louis­ quested copies of it. No other group Sunday, June 14. son t he first pastor of this newly organ­ her impressions in a very unique way. ville, Kentucky. • The former Victoria Avenue Baptist ized church. publishes a nything quite as elaborate Church of Regina, Sask., has changed Since the official name of this or­ • On Sunday evening, J une 21 the and complete in a single unit. As we its name officially to the Bethany Bap­ Temple Baptist Church Cheekt ' • Mr. Dudley Reeves, Cameroons m is­ THOUGHTS ALONG THE WAY to ganization is so much like that of our heard the reports of each group, we tist Church. It is located at 1301 Vic­ sionary and teacher a t t he Bali Protes­ the GENERAL COUNCIL SESSIONS own denomination, may I clarify it to realized tha t we are all working for New York, held a Mu~icale wi~:~~· toria Avenue corner Toronto Street. A. Mueller serving as cho" d" 1. tant College whose articles have ap­ my readers. The North American Bap­ By Mr·s. Herber t Hiller, Edmonton, t he same goals- t he winning of souls The new pastor, Rev. Heinrich Herr­ and Mrs F Aid . 1r irector peared frequently in the pages of the tist Women's Union is composed of · . · : rich as organist. The Alberta for God's Kingdom at home and in the mann, began his ministry at the Beth­ Sen~o1 Chon·, Junior Choir J . "Baptist Herald," has resigned and is Baptist women from t he ten Baptist foreign field. any Church on July 1st. The church Chon-, Young Ad It • uvemle bringing his "good services" (in the Speeding a long on shiny ribbons of conventions and conferences in North . u Quartet, Instru- The Baptist Jubilee Advance was clerk is Mr. Reinhold P elzer. men t a 1 Trio a nd Trumpet T . words of Dr. Paul Gebauer) to a n end steel on my way to Forest Park Illi­ America, including American Baptists, discussed in the light of what we as tl·1·0 a nd d t no, a vocal nois, I had to marvel again at the' ease ue rendered numbe · . August 20, 1959. By the close of Aug­ Southern Baptists, the Swedish Bap­ Baptist women can do to help pro­ • The First Baptist Church, Paul, inspiring program Sol rs m t his ust Rev. and Mrs. Fred C. F olkerts majesty and swiftness with which th~ tists, several Negro Baptist groups, mote it. It was the feeling of this Idaho, has extended a call to Rev. My_:l b M v · os were sung train moved towards my destination. Y. rs. . Anderson, Mr. Herbert a nd t heir son, Stephen Carl, will arrive several Canadian Baptist Unions, as group t hat this five-year program of S. Thiesies of Dallas, Oregon, a 19::>9 B1 unner and Rev Harold F b in the Cameroons as well as the newly As I thought of the wonder of it a ll well as our own Woman's Missionary evangelism, culminating in 1964, is graduate of the North American Bap­ w c D · a a. Rev. appointed missionaries, Mr. and Mrs. and t he purpose of my trip, it oc­ . . amrau, pastor, brought a brief Union. This organization was . fi rst one of the greatest under takings in tist Seminary, Sioux Fall~, Sou~h Da­ message on "The High Note." E rnest A. Zimbelman. Mr. Zimbelm an curred to me t hat our denomination brought into being in Columbus, Ohio, promoting Baptist unity in North kota. He began his mimstry m ~h e w ill serve as a teacher at the Protes­ with some 50,000 members is on a pur­ in 1953-a congress in which a num­ America t hat has ever been attempted. P aul I daho church in J une, succeedmg e ~he '!'emple Baptist Church L d" tant College in Bali. Miss Gertrude poseful journey too, a vast forward ber of the women of our denomina­ It was Dr. C. C. Warren, perma nent Rev.' John Broeder. Mr. Thiesi~s was Cah forn_1a, held its Vacation ' Bfb1~ Schatz is arriving in the Cameroons in movement, an onward push to a goal, tion were privileged to participate. vice-chairma n of the Baptist Jubilee also in attendance at the sessions of ~-choo~ ~~/ une with a total registra- August to assume her ministry as a an upward sweep to glory. Advance steering committee, who said: the P acific Conference held in the 1on ~ ··1 persons a nd with an aver- missionary nurse at the Ba nso Baptist All of us have a purpose and a THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE "I venture to assert God is challeng­ Trinity Church, Portland, Oregon. age ai Y i:ttendance of 160. The hil­ Hospital. destiny, a yieldedness to the tracks of dren contnbuted $122 73 for mi ~ T he executive committee of t his or­ ing Baptists to spearhead the rescuing • Rev. John J. Kroeker recently !e­ God's saving and sanctifying will for of what appears to me to be a dying and $59.77 for the ~xpenses o~s 1 ~~ s • The Baptist Church of Edenwold, our lives, and a mission to bring our­ ganization is composed of the presi­ signed as pastor of t?e German Z1_on school. Several . decisions for Chris~ Saskatchewan, has called Rev. R. Neu­ dent of each women's union affiliated civiliza tion." We, the women, most Baptist Church, Milwaukee, . ~1 s., ~elves a nd others ha ppily along the certainly have a definite obligation in ~ere recorded. The Sunday School h ld man, missionary on the nearby Mus­ Journey, each fulfilling a sacred func­ fi ve special representatives, including which he has served as the mm1ster its a nnua l picnic on Sunday aft e cowpetung Indian Reserve, to which a Mrs. George Martin who heads the promoting t he Baptist Jubilee Ad­ since 1956. The resignation was a?­ June 28, at Lodi's Lawrence p~~oo~ tion according to our a bility in order vance whole-heartedly. favorable response has been given. His to make the adventure of our Chris­ Women's Department of t he Baptist cepted by t he church. Mr. Kroeker s vthespter se:vice . was held in t he P~rk resignation from the Indiana Reserve World Allia nce, and three members plans for the immediate future w~re Sehr . tian !He together an enjoyable worth­ MACEDONIAN CALLS a evening with Rev. Robert has already been a nnounced in the while, rich and rewarding experience. at large. One of these members at not known at the headquarter~ om~e ber, pastor, bringing t he m essage. ei- "Baptist Herald." He was compelled la rge is our former president, Mrs. Our committee sessions came to a at t he time of going to press with. this _As General Council members along • The Cottonwood Baptist Ch . h to resign due to the inadequa te fa­ with other leading committees, boards Walter W. Grosser. It is a signal hon­ close in an evening session at which issue but further developments will be Lorena, Texas, observed its cilities for the educating of t he N eu­ a nd secretaries, we are the crew or for our Woman's Missiona ry Union time we heard r eports from several rep01'.ted in later numbers. n ea ~· ~~~h man children on the Reservation. In for Mrs. Grosser to have been chosen a nmversary on Saturday evening, June charged with the safety, comfort and members of our committee who had 27, a nd on Sunday afternon J Edenwold, Mr. Neuman will also give spiritual well-being of the people en­ to serve on this committee since ours recently made trips around the world, • Mr Arthur Brust of Swan River, 28 leadership to a new mission in nearby is one of the smallest gr~ups affili­ Manitoba, a 1959 gra?uate 0~ the This chu:ch recently voted t~ b~:effili~ trusted to our ca re and t he direction visiting various m ission fields. From ated entirely with the Southe. B Balgonie, Saskatchewan, where a Bap­ of affairs in the entire denominational ated with this organization. these reports we learned of the dire North American Baptist Semma~y, t" t C · rn ap­ tist Sunday School has already been The Baptist women of each conti­ has been called by the First Baptist ~s . onvetnilt1on, ?ut many of its mem- enter·prise. Sharing in t he responsibili­ needs of thousands of displaced per­ 1 started. Mr. Neuman, who has served ties of leadership, we must do our nent have· a similar Women's Union­ sons in Asia, Africa and the near­ Church of Lodi, California as the ~s­ e1_s are ~ mamtaining fraternal re- l ~t1on s with our North America n Bap­ on t he Muscowpetung Reserve since part. with the least noise, display of all functioning under the Women's East, and heard the plea for help, not socia te pastor and director of Chris­ September, 1956 and on our various self-importance, suspicion, friction and Department of the Baptist World A l ­ only to feed and to clothe t hese desti­ tian Education. He has accept_ed t~e tist Ge. neral Conferenc. e · Thos e t a kmg" par t m the a nmversary festivities in- India na mission fields for t he past selfish strife. We must do our work liance under the able leadership of tute peoples, but also to give them the call and is already on t he fiel? ll1 eleven years, will begin his ministry Mrs. George Martin of Norfolk, Va. Bread of Life. Lodi, California. H e will be as~ocia ted cluded a former pastor, Rev. Howard cooperatively, in harmonious unity and C. Schenk, now pastor in Hillsboro in Edenwold on August 23. He has confide!1~e in one anothe r, act prompt­ It was she who was instrumental in Presiding over our committee ses­ wit h Rev. Aaron Buhler m the supplied t he pulpit of the Edenwold organizing the Baptist women of Asia ministry of Lodi's First Church, \yho Texas, and Rev. L. B. Hinz of t he Cen ~ ly, dec1s1vely, and effectively for t he sions was Mrs. Maurice B. H odge, .. tral Baptist Church, Waco, Texas. church since November, 1958 in addi­ good of all. On t he attitude of mutual into a Union such as ours, so t hat president of the Nor th American Ba p­ is the pastor-elect of the congregation. tion to his ministry on the Indian Re­ respect and advancement of each oth­ now every continent in the world has tist Women's Union a nd also the pre­ • On Sun~ay, May 31, t he Mollard­ serve. er, t he idea of sharing and working to­ a Baptist Women's Union. • Rev. Otto R. Schmidt, th~ . acting ga_sse Baptist C l~urc h of Vienna, Aus­ siding officer of the American Bap­ president of the Christian Trammg In­ gether in Christian love depend the We have a ll heard of the famed tist Convention, a n office rarely held tria, held a baptismal service with five • The southern Ontario churches held stitute, Edmonton, Alta., has presented their Youth Rally and Faith Confer­ peace and power of the co-operative "southern hospitality," and t hose of by a woman. He r able leadership a nd converts baptized. Two of t he young venture. us who attended the Louisville m eet­ his resignation to the Board of TJ:US­ women were from t he mission station ence at Hamilton, Ontario, on Satur­ wonderful Christian spir it were a tees and to the Education and Pub!Jca­ As I looked through the windows ing tasted of it in full measure. Our blessing and inspiration to all of us. at Essling-Vienna where Rev. Anton day and Sunday, June 27 and 28. More af my train a nd observed the pano­ hostesses at the Carver School of t ion Society effective August 31, 19_59. Kurti has been serving as the pastor t han 800 persons at both conferences Missions a nd Social Work provided us P erhaps the highl ight for all of us He has ann~unced t hat he is plannmg filled the beautiful new a uditorium of ramic scenery of the waking country­ came on Monday morning when t he since September 1958. 'I\.vo of t he side- t he fresh green of trees and with every possible comfort to make to spend several years in graduate young men who were baptized are the Baptist Church and the Convoca­ our stay pleasant. There were beau­ members of our committee were plat­ studies beginning this fall. H e has tion H a ll of McMaster University. Rev. bushes, t he blooming flowers and trees form guests of the Women's Union Hungarian refugees who lived for stirred by the gentle breezes of spring tLful flowers in artistic arrangements served as a member of the C. T. I. some time at t he camp for Hungarians Philip Scherer was in charge of t he for our enjoyment, and wonderful of t he Southern Baptist Convention. faculty since 1951 and as acting pres­ Youth Rally program which featured - I was struck by t he silent might op­ For two days, Southern Baptists from called "Quellenhof" a t Rekawinkel erative in nature which ma kes all meals with t he characteristic southern ident since t he 1958 General Confer­ near Vienna. They a r e expected to a play by the Kitchener youth group, touch, as well as dainty sweets to be 42 states, H awaii a nd Alaska had been ence in Edmonton. testimonies and a Cameroons mission of this fresh beauty possible. And this converging on Louisville for their an­ emigrate to t he United States as soon became my prayer, that God's power reHshed during coffee breaks. as circumstances will perm.it. Rev. An­ film. The guest speakers at the Faith But to me, the invaluable results nual convention, held t his year in t he • T he West Baltimore Baptist Church, Conference were R ev. Willian1 St ur- (Continued on page 24) ton Ktu·ti brought the baptismal mes­ of such a meeting are the excha nge (Cont inued on page 24) Baltimore, Maryland, has called Rev. Ervin Bennett, pastor of the Grace sage and baptized the candida.tes. (Continued on page 24 ) 14 BAIPTIST HERALD AuguBt 6, 1959 15 i·estaura nl to meet Dixie, but on this to see the Nichols on the way over· Or. Elliott reduced it to words. day he was waylaid. here." ''Then I wai:1 right," he said simply. There came a knock on his door , a nd "And you think she's got a right to "You are being paged by the Almighty, when he opened it, in t he process of run around ma king other people's de­ aren't you, Tom? That's w liy yoii buttoning his shirt, he stood face to cisions for them ?" can't go baclc ~" The Voice face with Dr. Elliott. For a second he "She didn 't make anybody's decision, Tom's face twisted with pa in. "Seven of years !"' he groa ned. "It'd take seven thought he was seeing a mirage. H e did she, Tom? Certainly you don't simply stared. think I arrived a t my decision to sug­ years at least- maybe eight or nine- " "Well, Tom?" D r. Elliott said fina lly. gest that you go into the ministry be­ Dr. E lliott. "That's between you "Am I welcome?" cause of a few letters written by an and your Saviour, Tom. That's som e­ Only then did he come to his senses. eighteen-year-old girl obviously very t hing y01.i have to decide." "Of course-" he muttered. "Of course, much in Jove with you a nd prejudiced Tom got up and moved jerkily My Beloved by that Jove a lmost beyond being rea­ around the room, r apping his knuckles sir!" H e stood aside to permit entrance, sonable?" against t he bedpost, hitting his fi st immedia tely ashamed for the humble Tom flushed a nd hung his head. on the bureau top. abode. H e m umbled some thing by way ''I'll admit," Dr. Elliott went on "I guess you think I'm hiding behind of a pology, offered the Doctor t he only more slowly, "being intrigned by the Mary-Sue, is that it?" A Christian Novel by comforta ble chair available. They spent miracles you were obviously per form­ And new he had put the ugly thing a few minutes in exchanging pleasant­ ing-wit h G-Ocl's hel71. Also, t he Sunday into words. "I guess you t hink I'm say­ Phyllis Speshok i·ies. The n there came t he inevitable she had in mind happened to coincide ing she brought all this a bout so I lu ll. with a Sunday on which we we re hav­ don't have to do a nything a bout it!" Tom moved nervously about the ing a missiona ry as guest speaker, so Dr. Elliott looked at him disap­ room and final ly he asked it point I was free. so to speak, to take ad­ pointedly. "Did I ever say a thing blank. " I s1ippose Mary-Sue sent yo1i?" vantage of the invitation. That's as fa r like that to you, Tom?" Copyrighted (1957) by Zondervan Publishing House, It took the actua l saying of the as it went, Tom. The working of the "No." Tom hung his head again. words to make him realize he was Almighty is more complex t ha n you "Then- I guess you know where it Grand Rapids, Michigan lonely for her. Mad or not, he missed seem to think. Mary-Sue a nd the came from ?" -A. Devaney, Inc., N. Y. her . . . others who wrote me did their part. It Tom w inced. H e knew, a ll r ight. H is Tom soon learned . that Mary Sue's beauty came deeply from h er own conscience; Mary-Sue planted it very soul which was completely nt pence with her Savior. "No-" D r. E lliott said quie tly, over­ was up to m e to do mine. I based my looking the a ffront in Tom's implica­ decisions on yo1i. As a human be ing ther e. SYNOPSIS tion. "Not Mary-Sue, Tom. G-Od." and as a Chris tian. God gave m e a "I don't judge people, Tom. I haven't from! I want t hings to be just the way Sundays were the emptiest of all. I evaltiate Tom Larkin d rove his big semi t r uck In to mind to use, Tom, and as a generaJ the authority. only them­ they were before I ever saiw Mary-Sue He went to ch urch with Dixie, sat Tom turned slowly a nd looked ~t just as I evaluated you for a specific the dar kness of a stormy nigh t and hit an him. "She - didn' t write you this rule I t ry to use it. It stands to r eason obstruction in the road. No far mhouse llght or t hat church! I want to forget this next to he r a nd, even while the minis­ that I don't like being wrong about a job. That's my duty, Tom. That's t he was In slgh_t. Then to his amazement at the time?" . top or a hill.. he seemed to sec a building past yea r ever happened!" ter spoke, his eyes traveled from one ma n, Tom. I don't think I am wrong work God gave m e. H e does t he judg­ "No, Tom, she didn't \~rite me this with lights flickering at the windows H e Dixie looked down at her ha nds. "It ma n-made mas terpiece to a nother. about you. Too many things point lo ing- not I. I'll be judged right a long walked to it through the h urtling rain· and time. This time, it was Miss Gates who [ound It to. be a weatherbeaten church. A nd isn't quite as simple as all that, Tom. Those gli stening blond pews with hand­ my being right. Including Miss Gates' w it h you when the time comes. You in !t he discovered a girl. deep in prayer You've changed. Oh, sure. You're mad carvings a t the end of each, the velvet­ wrote me-" see--t here are times whe n I don't sl.tting near a candelabra. Mary Sue took le tter- " hi m to her hem e nearby and Int roduced right now, but you have cha nged. And draped baptistery, the soft, pa le car­ Tom's eyes w id e n e~ . "Mi ~s o;;te_s~" Tom looked up a him slowly, but he like my job, either ." him to her father . Spencer Nichols a man so have I. And when you cool down a pe ting up the center aisle. And with he yelled in a n appaJlmg voice. D1x 1e did not have the courage to ask. Tom looked at him slowly, a nd the hvlth no. sign ~( friendly warmth.· I n this ome with this Bible r ead ing gi rl Tom little,. y01.i'll realize yo-ii can't go baclc each observation came the automatic wrote you?" Dr. E lliott met the g lance w ith older man nodded. "Does t ha t surprise Larkin was rem inded O( his deeply r eligious to being a lulceivarm. Christian cigain. compa rison. H is little church had been D r. E lliott smiled tiredly a nd n?d: knowing am usemen t. "She said you you ? Tha t I'm hwman? Well, I am­ ll!Other and .his promises to her befor e she died. B ack in the cit y the next dav T om We've come beyond tha t, Tom, and we ba rren, perhaps, of these money-be­ ded. "You seem to be quite a ladies weren't a backslider. She said she was v~1·y.• · H e arose and walked a few L ar k in rejo\ned h is '"steady el ate.. -.' D ixie both know it. Maybe you can shove gotten things, but, oh, it had a ll the ma n, Tom. Moreso than I woul.d have steps around t he room. ha nds in his Gates, a waitress. But he could not forget certain you knew you'd made a mis­ :Mary Sue an~ her dilapidated church. He Mary-Sue out of your life. Maybe you rest- all the really i?nportant part! expected. I shouldn't like to be m your take, but you were too stubborn to go pockets. wen t out again with paint brush to fix u p can even shove that church out, too. shoes when the time comes for you to back and admit it. T ha t's what I came "Tom," he said t hen, "I'm a ma n the church. but the girl came a nd talked And then his thoughts would leave about G<)d's having a purpose for him and But y01.i can't shove God o-nt, T mn. its beauty altogethe r. H e would think ma ke a decision. They're both lovely here to find out. F iguratively spea king, sixty years old and with a bad heart. h is needing Chr ist. Everybody In the com­ Not a gain. And neither ca n I." Chr is tian girls a nd they you're a member of my fl ock. W e're I'd like to re tire, but I can't. Each of munity came to the first service in the re­ of the furnace that was not yet pa id bo~~f,--(1,1JPC1,r ­ o p e~ ecl chur ch. Tom Larkln's testimony how H e sighed heavily a nd was quiet a for, t he furnace he had pl a nned to pur­ ently- love you very much- all members of Christ's. If H e hasn't us was born to do a specific job for Christ had become his salvation became a l o~~ time. "I suppose you're r ig ht, Jost you, why ha.ve l't" our Lord, and I can't quit and abide stirring serm on. Later Mary Sue and Dr chase from his own wages. When he " Love me !" Tom hoJlered with em­ Elliott. t he d istrict secretary, tried to per: D iXJe. Why figh t it? I lcnow you're did not show up, whe n his people barrassment unable to speak of such Tom sat down and stuck his head \\'ith my own conscience." H e shook suade him to take over a larger chur ch r ight. Okay, then. Why can't we go to his head slowly. "I know what God B ut Tom Larkin fel t t hat he was beln; realized he was fa iling them, would things with t he facility of his older a nd in his hands. "I don't know- " he ad­ forced Into this and broke with Mary Su~ church here? Why can't you teach they be loo astounded to carry on wiser gues t. "You call it l ove-W~!,{it mitted ha rshly. " I don' t 1cnow any would have m e do, Tom, a nd I have and the ch urch. D ixie taJked to h im · '"Oh Sunday school here if you want to?" it-right up till the I die. Tom. be reasonable... as she tried t o explain wit hout him? Would they g ive pro­ Mary-Sue clidY Writing to you, spying more--" It was a ll involved with so to do day about Mary Sue. · "Maybe I can. Maybe I w ill. Wha t portiona tely more, as they had pla nned and r eporting, prodding me a ll the ma ny senseless details suddenly- who Oh. don't think I do my work gritdg­ about yoii'I After organizing a nd r e­ to in order to give him a wage, to was mad at whom, who started wha t i11gly!"" he added with a burst of en­ CHAP TER SEVEN'r EEN establishing and practically rebuilding time-" ma ke those payments on the furnace? 0 to implicate whom. The anger was all thusiasm. "I certainly d01i't! I do it tha t little church from the ground up, "Sometimes, Tom, we're harder ~ He was s ure they would. Oh, of cow·se, t he people we Jove than those. abou gone now. In its wake t railed an after­ haP'fJily! You see, Tom, I'm gra.teftil ON'T underestimate her• " can you just sit in a pew a nd l isten?" they would! math of numb confusion. for the faith God gave m e. I'm g rate­ ''D Tom swallowed, that hurt cutting whom we care very little. Love is gen­ Tom interrupted. "Don' t ever un de~­ And s till, they were like children e rous in ma ny ways, but in ma ny "I realize college was a Jot to sug­ fu l for the means of serving Him! estimate that one! Anyway- " he deep again. " I can learn to,'' he whis­ in many ways. T hey looked to a leader It's the only way I have of showing pered. "I'll have to learn to!" others it is most dema nding. When we gest, Tom," Dr. E lliott went on sensi­ added more gently, "I don't want to for guidance in this or that sma ll de­ love someone we wa nt them to d.0 bly, "but I gave you an alternath·e. I my gratitude to H im for t he blessings ta lk a bout it a ny more. It's over and But he t ried for two weeks, a nd the ta il even as a child looks to its pa ren t. H e has gi\·en me! And there are t he lesson was not forthcoming . The days a nd to be th ~ very best within then· offered you a la rger church, a nd I done with and I want lo forget it." And he ha-d come to them. And he power. Witness that, Tom, in the Jove knew you could handle it. T hat wasn't joy01.is times!" And now his expressive he worked seemed meaningless. The re face was as bright as if someone had She was quiet a Jong time. Then had g iven himself unto them a nd unto a ny mother bears he r child. She prods dema nding too much of you, was it? ~vas nothing to look forward to, noth­ switched on a ligh t behind it. "The "Can you, Tom?" ' Christ to be their leade r. And now­ a nd lectures a nd preens- becmise she B ut even if it were, Tom, a ll you had ing he cared to look back upon. Each wordlessly !- he was forsaking them . . . times like visiting your little church "Of course I can!" loves Mary-Sue did only that, Tom. to do was tell m e 'No.' Nothing would was, w i~hin itself, an insignificant pass­ - hearing yoii speak! Spontaneously, "You aren't even going to-tell D r. Dixie had to prod him when it was And ·I, versonally, do not doubt for_ a have been changed-" ' Elliott?" age of time-nothing more. Tom-straight from yo1i1· soul! Oh. The days he did not 1.VOrlc- these time to go. H e had not heard a word minute t hat her compulsion to .wnle Tom shook his head, scowling. "No!" He shrugged. "He's got Mary-Sue. beyond the m iddle of the sermon. He me was God-given. She wouldn t act he whispered raggedly . "No, it wasn't the compensations are far greater than She'll keep him posted." w~re abominable. He loitered until his the ~ac rifice. Tom! Even here on mind felt soggy with inactivity. was ashamed for it, a nd he went home on a ny impulse that 1.1;-asn't a pproved tha t sirnpl.e a ny more! I couldn't just T h ey w ere going round a nd round in a nd asked God's forgiveness for it­ by God, Tom. She CO'tildn' t- being the go on. Suddenly it was a matter of earth the compensations are greate1·.' conversational circles, aJways back to I_n the evenings there was Dixie. And after all this, we have heaven ---·· This helped, but even she was silent a lso for what he was doing. sort of person she is." conscience! If I 'd said 'No,' I'd have Mary-Sue. He hated it. He told her so. felt giiilty-" Tom was smiling suddenly. He was "Well, then," she asked softly b_eyond her usual self. A couple of "Help _my peo71le," he prayed. "Give Tom eyed the older ma n s uspiciou~ Jy. remembering how he dragged his feet times he wanted to say "Well tallc them g uida nce to carry on. Send them " Y 01.i sound like yoii'i:e been talking Dr. E lliott met Tom's eyes levelly "where do we go from here'/" ' a nd for a long time they looked at a bout delivering a message, but then He leaned an a rm across the back of to me! Why don't you talk to' me?" sorneone. H elp me, too, G-Od!" to her." he did deli\·er it, and Dixie reaffirmed But what could she say t hat he did not each other. T om swallowed, but he the seat and tumed sideways to look And in the middle of t hat following "I have been. I received Miss Gat es~ could not speak. It iuas all t here- lying her be lief, Spencer was saved- it was at her. "Right back where we started a l rea~ y l~ n ow? There was no plan, no week he came home from work to le tter yesterday. I was una ble to ge ant1c1pa t10n- nothing. between them! (Co11ti1111ed on page 24) cha nge clothes and go down to the away until today, and I stopped out 16 August 6, 1959 17 - BA!PTIST HERALD Alberta Association Wo!11an's Missionary Union Sessions T he Woman's M issionary l!nion ~( t he Alberta Association held its busi­ ness meeting a nd program at the Bridgeland Baptist Church, CaJgar~. The inspiring ordination service fol­ on June 6 Mrs Marie Mueller, presi­ of hearing his testimony in word and dent o pe n~d the meeting with prayer. lowed on Sunday evening before a ca­ in song. We are t hankful to our Lord Northern District pacity a udience in the Minitonas It was our joy to extend a warm w~ l­ church. After the opening numbers, for a n active Society, a nd for the ma ny ccme to three newly organized soc1e~ blessings throughout the past yea r. ties: F irst Germa n Church, Calgary. "Sonofest" of the Central Alberta­ Rev. W. Sturhahn offered the dedica­ Mrs. George F ritzke, Repor ter tory prayer. Rev. H. J. Waltereit wel­ Temple Church, Calgary; and Onoway S~atch ewan Tri-Union comed the new minister into the min­ Chu rch. It was decided t hat the of­ On June 21st, the annual Song Festi­ isterial fe llowship. Brief messages fol­ Edenwold Baptist ChuTCh, Sask., fering ta ke n du ring the progra.m . be val of the Central Alberta-Saskatche­ lowed to the new minister and the Holds Miss ionary Conference designated for our J apa nese M1ss10n. wan Tri-Union was held in Medicine church by Rev. D. Berg and Rev. W. Off icers for the coming year aye: Ha t Alberta. Because of the large Laser. Special singing was rendered S unday, June 7th, was a happy day president, Mrs. F 1·ed KnaJson; vice­ for the people of the Edenwold Ba p­ president, Mrs . . Ernest Kern; sec.re­ audiences t hat had been present in by the choir, quartet, and a duet by BAPTIST CHURCH FLOAT, WATERTOWN, WIS. pas t years, a n air-conditioned. theatre Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Boymook. Rev. tist Church, Ede nwold, Sask., as it was tary Mrs. Ber111ce H arsch; treasurer, a uditorium was rented for this occa­ Arthur Boymook dismissed the con­ the beginning of their a nnual M ission Mrs.' Adam Buyer ; assistant secretary, This float was entere d in the Memorial Day Parade to call a ttention to _the V~cat i o~ sion. gregation with the be nediction. H e is Conference. The da y sta r ted with our Mrs. Ervin F aul. Highlights of t he Bible School sponsored by the First Baptist Church ?f Wa.terto~ ... W1sconsm. Th" The program consisted of various the new pastor at Jamesburg New Children's Day progra m. It was t hen program were the play, "This ls Your girls are Sylvia and Brenda Prast who pose d for the picture m their spa ce helmets. musica l presenta tions from the seven J ersey. ' followed by r egular worship service Life," presented by the Carbon Bap· -Photo by L. R. Prast. affilia ted churches. Of special inspira­ David Berg, Secretary wit h Rev. R. Neuman, missiona ry on tist Society. Miss Gertrude Schatz who tion was the 130-voice mixed mass the Muscowpetung Reserve, bringing is leaving as missionary-nurse ~o Af­ the message, and t he observance of t he r ica next month gave her testimony. The ordination prayer was offered We praise the Lord for answered choir which rendered three selections prayer when boys and g-U:ls received under the direction of Rev. R. Kan­ Lauderdale Baotist J-0-Y Club Lord's Supper. In t he evening the It was our privilege to have D r. Les- by Rev. Ben Strohschein, cousin of ~he 25 wischer . A mass male choir also ren­ Program, Edmon ton, Al ta. C. B. Y. presented the play, "A F or­ 1ie Chaffee as our guest speake~. ~e candidate and missionary to Africa. Christ as their personal Savior. A clos­ dered one selection at the conclusion t une Lost a nd a Fut ure Ga ined." spoke to us about his work while m Re\·. R. Harsch issued the charge . to ing demonstration progra.m was he!~ at of t he service. An added blessing to The name of the J-0 -Y Club in the On Monda y evening we h ad a num­ t he Cameroons, Africa. the candidate, and Rev. 0. R. Schrrudt Riverside Park on Friday everung, the program was the address by Dr. Lauderdale Ba ptist Church, Edmon­ be r of speakers from our congrega­ M rs. Bernice Ha rsch, Reporter of the C. T. I. gave a challenge to the June 19. The handwork was on display M. L. Leuschner of Forest P ark, Ill. ton, Alberta, has a double meaning : tion who expressed their convictions church. Rev. Wingblade, member of and refreshments were served following "Joy" for happiness, and each letter on missions. Mrs. William Kram er the Alberta Legislative Assembly, the program. A float was entered in t~e It was a very great thrill to ha ve Ordination of Rev. A ll ~. had the opportunity of participating !lleans ".i:esus, Others, You," respect­ spoke on mission work in Japa n. Rev. shared words of counsel before Rev. city's Memorial Day Parade advertis­ in this great musica l festival and to ively.. This club for junior-a ged boys R. Schilke, our guest speaker, gave Strohschein, Westaslmvm, Alta. H. H iller of Edmonton welcomed Bro­ ing our Bible School. and g1r.ls came into being last October, conclude the Association meetings with a n account of our work in Africa. On June 17, a t the ca ll of the .C<;il­ ther S troschein into the ministerial Mrs. Edgar Goetsch, Reporter. such a s tirring climax through the and clunaxed the winter's activities On Tuesday evening, Mrs. Wm. Kra­ vary Baptist Church, ':"'etask1win, ranks. Rev. Allan F. Strohschein, the medium of song. by a special program which was held mer gave some more interesting n