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4-19-1961 Herald of Holiness Volume 50 Number 08 (1961) W. T. Purkiser (Editor) Nazarene Publishing House

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"Go ye into all the world, and preach” M ark 16:15 By W. T. PURKISER

Voting on the Pastor that hurt. I full well realize that it is hard to make general statements which will be entirely fair to Nothing is more important in the actual work 4,740 pastors, or to their 313,741 church members. oi a local church than a happy relationship with I here are just too many individual circumstances its pastor. And nothing is more vital to the effec­ and conditions in such a complex situation to make tiveness of a minister than the confidence and sup­ it possible to speak with papal certainty. port ol his people. It is these considerations which Yet this is the time of year when problems begin make the vote on continuation of pastoral arrange­ to emerge. There are, unfortunately, some who ments a matter of deep concern to all. regard the pastoral vote as “open season” on the I here is probably no completely perfect way of preacher. And there are, sometimes, pastors who in making and continuing pastoral arrangements. the face of all sound advice and good sense are Some would argue lor a system of appointments by determined to hold on in a dying situation. superintendent or bishop. But this has drastic limi­ Should a spiritual Christian ever cast a negative tations. Others would hold for the system of vote? Some have gone so far as to say that it is a absolute congregational sovereignty. But such also sin to vote against the continuation of a pastoral has grave weaknesses. call. Of course, it could be a sin to vote “no,” if In the (.lunch ol the Nazarene, developed out of the motive is to “get back at” or “get even with” the early experience of the church, we have a sys­ the pastor, his wife, or his family. A spirit of re­ tem which seeks to combine the strengths of the taliation is always carnal, no matter who show's it. episcopal and congregational forms of church On the other hand, the church makes provision government, while avoiding their pitfalls. Respon­ for a negative vote, and it would hardly make sibility lor making and maintaining the pastoral provision for its members to sin. relationship is shared by the district superintendent This much is sure, so long as a negative vote and the local church. carries twice the weight an affirmative vote carries, It is probable that in 90 per cent of the cases, this power ought to be used with extreme reluc­ this system works well. Ii is the other 10 per cent tance and only when no other course seems possible. Even though it is now possible for a pastor to re­ main for one year with a simple majority, it is still true that a normal pastoral relationship requires a two-thirds affirmative vote. This means that one “no” weighs as heavy as two “yeses.” Still and all, we must face the fact that persons ol equally sound judgment and spirituality may differ as to arrangements for the Lord’s work. The The Cover classic example of this is the time in Acts 15:36-41 From these portals go when Paid and Barnabas disagreed as to having Spirit-filled missionaries John Mark for their “minister.” Barnabas voted to circle the globe with yes, and Paul voted “no.” Neither would change. the message of full sal­ vation. The sun never sets on the world-wide The result was the organization of another mission­ ministry of the Church of the Nazarene. Con­ ary party. stru cted in 1954. the In tern ation al H eadqu ar­ ters building is located in a beautiful setting What has always interested me in this case is that at the intersection of The Paseo and Meyer Barnabas seems to have been “right.” At least Boulevard in Kansas City. Missouri. Included within twelve years we find Mark with Paul in on the same twenty-four-acre tract is the campus of the Nazarene Theological Seminary, Rome (Colossians 4:10), and one of Paul’s words and the site of the proposed Nazarene Publish­ was that Mark “is profitable to me for the ministry” ing House building. (II Timothy 4:11). When acute problems arise in the relationship of pastor and people, whatever their source, the de­ mand is lor the utmost in Christian maturity, con- (Plcase turn to page 12) General Superintendent Lewis

would be! What wonderful services we would enjoy! A revival would actually be happening all in one night, for there □ would be several hundred throughout the u land find spiritual help at the altar. If a number of Nazarenes would bring U1JU guests, a still greater audience would be THIS YEAR the Church of the Nazarene in our churches everywhere. The altar is placing its major emphasis on Sunday scenes would then be even larger. New night services. It is a good emphasis— people would find the Lord. good for our ministers, good for our laity, When the last Sunday night of this good for all, good for our church. year is past we will have had fifty-three Is Sunday night any less a part of Sun­ opportunities for evangelism, for soul day than Sunday morning? No, of course winning, for doing something for God, not. Is the service any less important be­ for helping our world in this year of 1961 cause it is at night? Again the answer is, on Sunday nights. “No.” Is the Sabbath day to be kept holy The success for this great program of during the day and Sunday night as Sunday night evangelism lies in the well? It is. Does my church need me as hands of our Nazarene laymen as well much for the night service as for the as our pastors. So let’s attend church morning service? Yes, perhaps even next Sunday night and hereafter. more! Do I personally need the church As you go, take a guest, and do your service Sunday night as much as Sunday best to win that person to Christ. If the morning? Again the answer is, “Yes.” person you take with you finds God, then Just think, if every Nazarene who can that service is especially fruitful for both would attend church next Sunday night, you and your guest, and will wonderfully what a great crowd there would be! What bless you, and others will be inspired to a tremendous influence and witness that do likewise.

That we should pause, remembering. I’m sure that wise One knew The miracle of memory— That tve must do our pari To harbor in life's treasury A heaven in the heart. I’m sure He kneiu that thoughts are things eaven That shape out destiny— That all our sweet rememberings IN OUR HEARTS Mold what our years shall be— By BERNIECE AYERS HALL That those who take the bread and wine. Across the ages dim. It was, indeed, a little thing Are strangely touched by poieers divine— He asked that ire should do— And tnow to be like Him!

Ai’Rii. 19, i%i • (143) :: C o n t e n t s ... General Articles 2-3 Editorials Alter pastoring ilie church in Media, ■I Commands of the Great Commission, lirian I.. Farmer Pennsylvania, for almost live vears. Rev. r> Christ and Christian Holiness, Ernest E. Grosse I'. I). Ketner. Jr., has accepted the call (i A Refuge from the Storm, Pauline E. Spray to the church in Pitman. New Jersey. 7 A Longing for God, H. M. Von Slein H When Was Doctor Hrcsee Sanctified? H. Orton Wiley Rev. \V. 1.. Rothtnan writes. "After !) I he World Is Our Parish, General Superintendent Young serving the wonderful people of our II) Nazarenes Have I heir Own Hymnology, O. Joe Olson Iriendly Church in Indianapolis. In­ IL’ Security Is Not Salvation, Charsten Christensen diana. for four years, we have been given a unanimous four-vear retail.” Poetry Heaven iu Our Hearts. Iterniece Ayers H a ll Rev. Harold 1.. Platter, pastor of the Tragic Oversight, Laura Forinash I ranklin (Ohio) Church of the Naza- My Favorite Song. A lire M. l.e Crone Hi rene. has hc*en elected president of the Lord. Make Me a Flame of Fire for Thee! F. IF. D avis 1-ranklin Ministerial Association, com­ Departments posed ol eight churches. He was elected 13 Home Missions unanimously to this position. Foreign Missions 1 I T he Sunday School Lesson Kvangelisl 1). I-. Steininger writes that News of the Churches lie has left the lield to accept the pas­ IM News of the Religious World torate of llie church in Portland. In­ The Answer Corner diana. HERALD OF HOLINESS: W. T. Purkiser, t d i tor in Chief; Velma I. Knight, Office Editor; Dave Lawlor, Art Mr. I>;de lligle\. age sixty-live. died Director. Contributing Editors: Hardy C. Powers, G. B. W.lliamson, Samuel Young. D. 1. Vanderpool, Hugh C. February 2.‘i. Mr. Iligley operated the Benner, V. H. Lewis, General Superintendents, Church of Higlev Press and was the publisher of the Na/arene. Unsolicited manuscripts will not be re­ turned unler-s postage accomoanies the material. Published the Iligley commentary until verv re­ every Wednesday, by the NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE, cently. He was a charter member of the M. A. Lunn, Manager, 2923 Troost Avenue, Box 527, Kansas City 41, Missouri. Subscription price, $1.50 per Church of the Nazarenc in Butler. In­ APRIL 19, 1961 year, in advance. Second-class postage paid at Kansas diana. Vol. 60, No. 8 Whole No. 2556 City, Missouri Printed in U.S.A. PHOTO CREDITS : Cover, Crandall Vail; page 19: (1) Robert Willner, (2) Dick Cobb, the "Daily Oklahoman," (4) San Luis Obispo (California) "Telegram-Tribune," (5) News Bureau, Eastern Rev. C. Kenneth Sparks writes that he Nazarene College. has resigned as pastor of First Church in I.ufkin. to accept the unanimous call to the church in Orange. Texas.

injection of all llial lie needs lo know every Christian must be ready to teach. of Christian life and practice. To begin, we must teach an adult con­ I here is a job of teaching to be clone! ception of God. Immature ideas of God I here are people who understand less —that He is sentimental, or tyrannical, Commands of and people who understand more of the or a last resort—frequently spill over into things of (.od than we do. We must, the early converted life. As Christians the Great Commission therefore, he reach both to teach and to are taught lo think of God in a mature be taught. S. “Go ye . . . and leach" way, iheir worship will grow healthier. One of the many impoverishing fea­ (Matthew 28:19) I hen again, many modern people do tures of the godless life is that it causes not have a healthy conception of the B y BRIAN L. FARMER the human faculty for worship to atro­ sanctity of work. Those who for a large Pastor, Glasgow, Scotland phy. New Christians must therefore part of their lives have looked upon II U.II. I wonder wliai is the first vigorously exercise their power of wor­ work as a necessary evil will certainly thought that tonics lo vou when you ship. and ways and means of doing this need to he taught the importance and load that word. I’rohahlv ii is something implications of the Christian ethic of < oniicctcd with school. 01 a t lassroom. love lor one's neighbor. or a blackboard Since the religion of Jesus infiltrates Util leaching is wider than this: it is TRAGIC OVERSIGHT I lie whole of life, leisure must also be accomplished l>\ am method whereby used properlv. The houses we live in. one person imparls knowledge lo others. lh piayeil. I ord. send revival. ihe recreations we enjoy, and the com Peihaps iht most cllctlitc ol all leach I hut snnii is all may heat pain we keep must all be legulated In oig methods is tin- method ol example I he glad neu s

B y ERNEST E. GROSSE, District Superintendent Washington District Christ and Christian Holiness and upholding all things by the word of his power, wolds, "lie that spared not hi- own Son, but ile- when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down livered him up for us all, how shall he not with on the right hand of the Majesty on high” (He­ him also freely give us a 11 things?" (Romans 8:32) brews 1:3). Dr. H. Orton Wiley writes: "In Him The love of God the Father for His Son could and by Him is God fully and perfectly revealed, not block the swift flow of II is love which poured and this by such a likeness as originates in perfect from His heart toward a world of sinners. He identity. All the perfections of God belong to and demonstrated what we are taus>ht in Luke 15:1. dwell in the Son, who is the self-manifestation of "What man of you, having an hundred sheep, il God. It would seem that 110 stronger language he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety could be used to express the deity of the Son” (The and nine in the wilderness, and go alter that which Epistle to the Hebrews, p. 43). St. John is equally is lost, until he find it?” Think ol what He left, emphatic in his proclamation of Christ’s deity: "In where He went, what He did, and why He did it. the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God was literally captivated by His own infinite with God, and the Word was God. And the Word love. was made flesh, and dwelt among us” (John G ods love became the irresistible lone which, 1:1, 14). through His cross-bound Son. dislodged the im­ Secondly, He had to be essentially human. As movable object—SIX. The Gross successlulh God, He represents divine justice and holiness. As blocked the mighty avalanche of human souls man, He represents human sinfulness and guilt. In slithering down the slippery sluice to the abysmal the union of these two in one is His saviourhood depths of hell. It successfully challenged the dread­ constituted. As God, Jesus Christ was something ful power of Satan’s kingdom alter he had a run­ which He was never made—the eternal Son. As ning start in his fiendish purpose to damn the man, He was made something which He never was human race. It was a most telling blow against —the Son of Man. “The Word was made flesh.” which the devil could not defend himself and He was “made like unto his brethren.” God "hath from which he lias nevei recovered. Ili> bruised made him to be sin lot us, who knew 110 sin.” "God head lias consigned him pel pctualh n> the c.nc sent forth his Son, made of a woman.” God in Ilis gorv of the deleated. The (.toss stands as an 1111 infinite wisdom had to fashion for himself a Sav­ movable barrier to tlie fulfillment ol his purposes, iour. "And being found in fashion as a man, he an obstruc tion to his progress like \\ esi Berlin is humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, to the designs <>1 klnuslh hev. With a iuuise upon even the death of the cross” (Philippians 2:8). Satan's head which will not heal, and a Cross Thirdly, He had to die to make an atonement within his domain which cannot be ejected, he for the fallen race. God’s infinite love alone could is doomed to defeat. not save mankind from the Fall. The significance And though this world, with dt-i'ils filled, of the little word “so” in John 3:16 is often over­ Should threaten to undo us, looked. God’s love being what it is, made Calvary IIV' will not fear, for Clod hath willed what it was. There is deep significance in the His truth shall triumph through us.

AI'KII. I», l!)«l • ( 115) 5 / he f>rince of darkness vriin— II e tremble not for him: His rage we can endure, l or. In! his doom is sure. One little 'word shall fell him. (Luther)

Hnally, lie had to rise again. This was the climactic event in the unfolding panorama ol Ilis ledempiive work—a veritable sunburst of the glory which He had with the Father before the world was. Ihe Lord is risen indeed! His redeeming work now completed and having given irrefutable evidence of the certainty of His resurrection, He ascended to the father— His return trip after a mission successfully accomplished. No counter­ B y PAULINE E. SPRAY evidence could be produced to damage the cer­ tainty of His resurrection. His enemies, no doubt W HILE we finished the last-minute packing on having concluded that it would be ridiculously Monday, we never dreamed the temperature would drop lorty degrees during the night. The earth futile to attempt it. helplessly allowed the matter was unfrozen, the ground uncovered. But by the to rest, and resigned themselves to accept the in­ next morning everything would be changed—and evitable consequences. And so the Resurrection it was moving day too. lemains today one ol the most thoroughly authen­ ticated fac ts in history. Here in Michigan we had had an unusually warm and mild autumn. I he last of November found The doctrine of the resurrec tion of Jesus Christ the temperature in the sixties. But, suddenly and and the doctrine ol holiness are lorcver inseparable. quickly, the weather turned for the worse. When in the mind ol Cod the scheme ol redemp­ I he movers arrived about eight-thirty and had tion was conceived, ii was to the end that wc our belongings loaded by noon. After the van left, should be holy. He hath chosen us in him before we locked the door ol the empty parsonage and the foundation of the world, that we should be started 011 our journey. holy and without blame before him in love" 1 hen the storm set in, in earnest. The wind (Ephesians 1:4). Heart holiness, full recovery from blew furiously, making it difficult to hold the total depravity, was the ultimate purpose of re­ cat in the proper lane. The snow came in great demption. “Christ also loved the church, and gusts and the downfall increased in intensity. gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and Finally we could scarcely sec beyond the hood of cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, the engine. that he might present it to himself a glorious Watch lor the posts beside the road,” my hus­ church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such band cautioned (lie girls. thing: but that it should be holy and without \\ hat should we do? We couldn’t see ahead. blemish" (Ephesians 5:2.r>-27) . The Apostle Paul ^stopped in the road the cars coming makes trcqucnt use of the phrases “buried with behind us would strike the rear of our automobile. Clnist and risen with Christ, in his attempt to All we could do was to push slowly 011 into the clarify the relation which we sustain, and the spir­ while sheet of falling snow by “blind faith” and itual analogy by which the love of Cod is per­ watch for the guardrails along the side of the fected in us. road. Cods acknowledgment ol the completion of the Aftei a nerve-racking adventure, w;e finally redemptive work ol His Son is attested by the reached our destination. There a friend was wait­ descent of the Holy Spirit 011 the l)av ol Pente­ ing to greet us and welcome us into our new cost. l\e i\ Spiiii lilli'd Christian is a living piool home. Soon others began bringing in a delicious, "I the icsuitection ol [esus Christ. St. Paul ex hoi supper. All these gracious a cts of k in d n e ss 1 laimed. I lie lile which I now live in the flesh made us forget the terror of (he clay. I li\e l>\ the laith ol ihe Son ol Cod. who loved So like the storms of life, I thought. One da\ me, and gave himself lor me" (Galatians 2:20). 1 he sun is shining. Everything is “just right.” And again, lhat the lile also ol Jesus might be 1 heie is nothing to disturb us. Then, without made manifest in our body” (II Corinthians 4:10). warning, the storm strikes in all its fury. We I hree great steps to lull redemption: justification, cannot see. We can only stagger on by blind faith. by which we are freed from the guilt of sin; sanc­ But, thank God, there are the guideposts along tification, by which we are freed from the power the way. His promises never fail. We can look of sin; and glorification, by which we will be to them when all else is dimmed from our view. freed from the presence of sin. "What a wondeilu! They give us the direction, strength, and courage Saviour is Jesus mv I .ord!" 1 0 i 0111 inue our travels.

11 (IIK) • 111 ;ii.\ 1 ,i» o f i i o i .i m ;s s And when we’ve linally reached ihe end c>1 ihe ()ui(kl\ ihe slorms ol lile will lie loigoiien. Ml journey ol life, there will be waiting One to wel­ ihe heartaches and disappointments will lie eiascel come us into our heavenly home. Me will open from meniorv. We will lie sale- in His keeping the gates of the celestial city with a welcoming forevermore. smile and heartily proclaim, “Enter in, My child, When the storms come, as they will, let us keep and enjoy the good things I have in store for you.” constant watch on the guardrails—the guideposts The angels will surround us and sing their wel­ —by the way. We can face the future with con­ come song. Loved ones and friends will join us. fidence, knowing that at the end of the journey a too, and give us the reception ol a lifetime. w»'lromr awaits us .md ".i H’liigc* liom the storm.

A LONGING FO

By H. M. VON STEIN

portunity is greater for the salvation of more people The sea and the waves roaring (Luke 21:25). than have ever been saved belore. Previously, THESE WORDS from the Bible came to me in people deep-rooted in their possessions found in the night with the pulsating snarl of traffic out them a security not now available. No one really on the highway. It sounded like the ocean, sure believes civilization will be wiped out by atomic enough! Men in steel caskets, hurtling over con­ war for a while al least, but the lact that il can crete. No other sound so exemplifies the anxious be is a new thing men are carrying around with restlessness of hordes of people seeking an in­ them. Possessions have assumed a new proportion definable something they imagine others enjoy in this light. I he effect ol this consciousness is because of where they are or what they have, or growing. the prospect of their position. Back in the mountains I have often watched, The new moon, a sharp sickle pointed to reap drawing up through the pine tops and above the a single star, was the only familiar sight in the open glades, the streaming life ol earth rising like surrounding environment. Pulsating lights re­ a swiftly moving, golden mist. Hundreds, thou­ flected from saloon signs, restaurants, and lilling sands, millions of bugs, winging, each in his own stations brightened the narrow dirt road I had peculiar fashion, up into the sunlight on the chosen out of plain fear of the adjacent, parallel errand of life. highway. The light was enough to see, dimly, the Some of them, like the' bees, seem to know round, yellow' balls hanging thickly among the exactly where they are going. But most of them leaves of the trees crowding the road. Oranges! sail aimlessly, following one another like people, You could smell them. just “going.” Shimmering threads of gossamer drift How often, looking across the rugged moun­ across on an intangible breeze, bearing a tiny tains of Oregon, I had thought what it would be­ spider who probably looks with pity 011 the rest like to be in California, where you could pick and of the rabble because he can riele. eat oranges any time, from the trees! Now the But it is this upward trend which is captivating. oranges were there—but I did not care about them. God’s warmth and the indefinable urge these little It was disturbing and disappointing to know this. things have makes them surge up—up! We visited two churches and talked to a lot ol It is this same growing feeling among the people. It is always the same. Almost everyone is thrusting hordes of humanity, most of whom, like from somewhere else. the little bugs, don’t know what they want, but Our civilization, along with our population, is who have an indefinable, inner urge. It has never on the move. People have become impatient with been so tangible or so near the surface. People miracles which today are, and tomorrow lie glitter­ are beginning to realize there has to be something ing in the junk heap. Christians sometimes blame beside mortgages, TV', and automobiles: that even “science” for outspanning the principles of moral­ money must have something back ol it belore it ity to hitch up the stinking metal brutes of tech­ has any value1. There must be some great moral nology. But if there is a blame to be placed, it principle. is with those of us who, knowing God, loved com­ Sometimes the people ol God have only timidly fort more than those who made their own gods. realized the signs of the times which are for us. The world may seem to be hovering on the It need not be so now. Let us be sure we are brink of disaster, but from here it seems the op­ owned and known of God. He will lead us.

APRIL 19, 1961 • (147) 7 I I I I ( *1 I' S I I ( ) \ 11 ■ < | ■ K-1111 \ 11 i scs in I) I \ (hisses ol ill (olivet sat ion uilli ollici miiiisleis .is lo the lime Dr. P. F. Bresee was sanclificd. This con- fusion is due to a later and rather unique experience of his which followed shortly after the Watson- MacDonald holiness meet­ When ing held in his c lunch in I .<>s \ngelrs. Since a iiiiinlx'i ol false conclusions have 1) e e n Was loimed concerning these two expel iciK cs. ihe ni.ii lei needs to be ( leaied up: oiheiwise they beionic noi only a reflettion upon the Doctor personal and ministerial integrity of Dr. Bresee, hut may also leave the false im­ pression that sanctification Bresee is a mere entitlement of power, apart from the cleansing from inbred sin. Dr. Bresee specilicallv Sanctified? states that he received the By H. ORTON WILEY baptism with the llolv President Emeritus, Pasadena College, Pasadena, California Ghost at Chariton, Iowa, while serving as pastor there from I8(>(i to 18(>8. It has been my privilege he said, it might lead men to seek external mani­ to hear him personally tell ol this experience in festations instead of inward spiritual power. He his chapel services and elsewhere, lie was in a never spoke of it as the time of his sanctification, piotratted meeting, when one cold, windy night or even of a restoration to the experience; nor did with the thermometer twenty degrees below zero, I ever hear Brother Girvin, his biographer, so speak and only a few people present, God spoke to him of it, though I served as associate pastor with him concerning his own unsatisfactory experience. for nearly four years. That there are no special 1 had a big load of carnality on hand always,” illuminations or new infillings of the Spirit after he said, “but it had taken the form of anger, sanctification is due to a narrow and superficial pride, and worldly ambition. At last, however, ii concept of the life of holiness. took the form of doubt.” He threw himself across the altar and began to pray. One evening while Dr. Bresee was sitting in the He says, “I did not understand in reference to parsonage, praying and looking up into the heav­ carnality, f did not understand in reference to ens, it seemed to him that from the azure there the provisions ol the atonement. I neither knew came a meteor, an indescribable ball of condensed what was the matter with me nor what would help light that descended rapidly towards him, and he me. But in my ignorance the I.ord helped me, drew heard a voice saying, “Swallow it; swallow it.” me, and impelled me, and as I cried that night, He “While all of this would be nothing,” he says seemed to open heaven on me, and gave me, as I there came with it into his work “a transformed believe, the baptism with the Holy Ghost. It not condition of life anti blessing, unction and glory, only took away mv tendencies to worldliness, anger, which I had never known before.” He also said, anti pride, but it icmovcd the doubt. For the first “There came into my ministry a new element of time I apprehended that doubt was a part of car­ spiritual life and power.” nality that could be removed onl\ as other works Jt was this experience that gave rise to Dr. of the flesh are removed." Bresee’s oft-repeated expressions, “Get the glory I his is a clear statement of the cleansing from down,” and, “Keep the glory down.” It was the sin, and ever afterward the “baptism with the Holy presence of this glory that marked the character of Ghost” was one of his most frequently used ex­ the people called Nazarenes, and it is only this pressions. continued glory that will enable us to fulfill our The second experience was rarely if ever men­ God-ordained mission. tioned by Dr. Bresee in his public services, lest, as Now notice the difference between these two 8 (148) • HERALD OF HOLINESS The World Is Our Parish General Superintendent Young

|( )I I \ Wl SI 1 'i insisted Rev. \. V I . Beig. urn dougliH distiic i supeun that, t lif world was 11 i s U ndent lor eleven yeais, is loved l>\ all out pastors palish when the Anglican and people in this countrv. llis vision is undimined i hurcli undertook to impose and courage undaunted lor spreading the gospel ol territorial limitations 11 j x >i 1 full salvation to all this commonwealth, llis next his ministry. lint his delense special home missionaiy project is Bimdabeig. a in that century has become the missionary vision city of twenty-live thousand population in Queens­ for the Church ol the Nazarene in this century. land, where they plan to organi/e in April, Last night (March 15) we closed the thirteenth Also present in this assembly were Rev. Wallace annual assembly ol the Australian District, in White, missionary to New Guinea, and Rev. II. S. Sydney, New South Wales. We ordained Max W . Palmcniist, superintendent ol out work in New Stone as an elder in this iinal service. As we looked Zealand. The fellowship and missionary spiiit ol on this line couple, Rev. A. A. E. Berg, our distric t these men is ol New I estamem order. superintendent, reminded me that they were lirst Rev. I-.. E. Voting, the new principal ol om Na/a- contacted by our church through the "Showers ol rene Bible School in S\dnev, is getting oil to a Blessing” radio program. good start. Aheadv he is loved by all and has a Reports during the current assembly icvealed \ isiou and buideu lo) \iist i alasia. 1 he sc liool also devotion, sacrifice, and commitment that were ex­ serves New Zealand. emplary and heart-warming. Our most recently organized church in Perth, Western Australia, was In these days I have found the marks ol Dr. represented by its pastor, David G. Spall, a lice nsed E. E. Zacharv, lirst superintendent and trail bla/er minister, lie traveled some three thousand miles in Australia. Also, the mote recent lootprints ol by air to reach the assembly, llis report thrilled Dr. Richard S. Tavlor, lirst principal ol out Bible the hearts ol the people, especially the incidents school, are discernible. They are always stamped. recited that revealed specific answers to prayer in "I loliness unto the Lord." these beginning months. Also present in the assem­ Toela\ I have been thinking ol the Eastet Oller- bly was Panagiotis Manetas, a young Greek N'a/a- ing for world missions which was received through rene, a graduate of out own Bible school in Beirut, out out Zion on April '1. It includes Australia Lebanon. He is undertaking a new home mission with het nearly eleven million souls. May this project this year among the' forty thousand Greeks parish be inc luded in our world vision and sen ice. located in Sydney. Let the work here go on without delay!

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experiences. The first was a cry for personal de­ the Spirit, it is marked by fresh anointings, new liverance from the carnal mind with its tendency infillings ol the Spirit, special incursions of divine to worldliness, anger, pride, carnal ambition, and power, and above all by such new attainments as doubt. From this "carnal mind" he was delivered can be characterized only as "liom glory to glory" instantaneously by the baptism with the Holy ill Corinthians -5:18). lo deny this, one would Ghost which purifies the heart and lills it with as well argue that the disciples were not sanctiiied perfect love. This is basic in our doc trine ol entire on the Day of Pentecost, when three thousand were sanctification. converted, because a lew days later they were again In the second experience no mention is made ol "filled with the Holy Ghost" and li\e thousand the carnal mind or its cleansing. Instead it is were added to the Church. marked by an increase of “lile and blessing, unction There is a yast difference between purity and and glory”; and all this chiefly in relation to a maturity. God does not want us to hang around wider but more definite spiritual ministry, as will the lock pile which shows where we crossed ovei be shown in a later article. into the land, but to go up and possess the country, Sanctification is the act by which we are made capture the kings in the cave, and shout clown the holy, but the life of holiness which follows is one walls of (eiiclto. Let us continue to "keep the of growth and development. For those who live in glory down,”

APRIL 19, 1961 • (149) 9 B y O. JOE OLSON Director Nazarene Information Service

ymnology

IHE COMPLETION of tabulating the votes in in any national hymn poll. “The Old Rugged the rcccut church-wide religious song survey re­ Cioss, published in 1913 and made popular in veals that the Church of the Nazarene has a dis­ the Billy Sunday-Rodeheaver revival meetings in tinctive hymnology. Nazarenes, as holiness people, the 1920’s, received a total of 1,015 votes. apparently like and sing songs “Amazing Grace” was third with 958 votes. which express some of their deep­ The big three” among the favorites received a est convictions. total of 3,074 votes, or about 20 per cent of all the The survey drew a total of 14,757 V ■ I. votes cast. song titles from -1,050 Nazarenes. The next 22 favorite songs received a total of Each was asked to send in up to 4,575 votes. In other words, the first 25 songs drew three titles ol favorite songs. The a total of 7,649 votes—or more than one-haif of all response was tremendous to the the song titles sent in. lirst song poll in the history of the Perhaps the most significant conclusion which denomination. \ may be drawn from the survey is the strong prefer­ I he No. I song with Nazarenes ence for songs of a Nazarene or holiness type. Out today is "I low Great Thou Art,” a song published ol the first 50 songs, 29, or 3 out of 5, were ex­ in 1885. but known generally in America only clusively Nazarene and did not appear on the list since the Madison Septate Garden crusade meetings of the- top 50 gospel songs in the national poll con­ m 1957. The song received a total of 1,101 votes, ducted last fall by the Christian Herald among or nearly 7 per cent of the total. Protestants generally. A total of 30,000 votes was It was the lirst time in more than thirty years cast in that poll. that “ Ihe Old Rugged Gross" yielded first place Ihiee ol the top lilty favorite Nazarene songs

NAZARENE SONG SURVEY List of Fifty Favorite Nazarene Songs 1. How (.rent Thou \rt 17. /io n ’s Hill* ST At the Cross* -■ I lie- Old R ilimed Cross IS. Blessed Assurance 3. Amazing Grace sr.- Jesus Is All the World to Me* 10. He Lives* 36. Jesus Is All I Need* t. What a Friend We Have in Jesus 20. How Firm a Foundation 37. Jesus Will Walk with Me* ■>. Victory in Jesus* 21. In the Garden

10 (150) • HERALD OF HOLINESS lo the first fifty. "At Calvary" and "It's Real.” Another song which came close to making the top fifty was "The Crystal Fountain," by Rev. Floyd My Favorite Song Hawkins, music editor of the Nazarene Publishing 1 louse. The copyrights of eleven of the top fifty songs They asked three songs 1 love the best, are the property of the Nazarene Publishing House. Nor ever dreamed the acid test They placed within my heart. The distinctively Nazarene sentiment among the Yesterday’s was “My Faith Looks Up toj) lift\ songs shows the influence that has been to Thee”; wielded by the church's own music department, Today it’s “Marvelous Grace”—you sec. the l.illenas Publishing Company, started about Tomorrow’s song I could not guess. thirty years ago. Robert Stringlield, manager ol the Because God doth impart music department, and Floyd Hawkins made that The song He knoios a message brings analysis in a study of the poll lindings. I hey said My heart to own and bless. that about one-half of the lirst fifty songs have Just now my heart doth choose these come into existence during the lifetime of the three: Church of the Nazarene. Included are such songs The first—“Abide with Me”— as “The Old Rugged Cross,” “Victory in Jesus,” It voices my petition. Then “Have Thine Own Way, Lord,” “My Wonderful Lord,” “Glorious Freedom,” and The words and tone of which afford "The Love of God.” A theme of consecration; A smaller group comprises songs that were born And my heart is thrilled as I gladly during the Moody-Sankey revival period, or the pray last thirty years of the nineteenth century. These That “Jesus may come today”— include: “Blessed Assurance,” "A Child ol the My song of exultation! King,” anil "Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me." But one more persists my heart to fill; The others, Stringlield said, "might be classilied Someday I’ll dwell on “Zion’s Hill”— as ‘foundation’ hymns of the evangelistic movement, His coronation! And so my song is any song written from about 1850 back to 1700.” Included His Spirit doth impart. in this group arc: “Amazing Grace,” “What a My soul is blest, and each is best Friend,” “Rock of Ages,” "At the Cross,” “When When God sings through my heart! I Survey," and “ Jesus, Lover of My Soul.” The poll was jointly sponsored by the Nazarene B y ALICE M. LE CRONE Publishing House, the Herald of Holiness, and the Nazarene Information Set vice. Flic song titles were tabulated by the Nazarene Information Ser­ 1 vice. Inquiries concerning individual songs will be answered. Write: "Song Survey,” 6101 The Paseo, were written by the late Haldor l.illenas, the Kansas City 10, Missouri. Enclose postage. gifted Nazarene song writer and composer. They were: “My Wonderful Lord,” sixth; “Wonderful Grace of Jesus,” twenty-seventh; and “Jesus Will Walk with Me,” thirty-seventh. He also wrote the It is so important to put first things first in words to “Glorious Freedom,” which finished our lives. That is true in every area. The center seventh. must be right or the circumference will be out Another song by a Nazarene writer, “I’d Rather of balance. In theology there must always be Have Jesus,” finished in ninth position. The words first a Person; then the precepts and then the of this song arc by Mrs. Rhea Miller, Chillicothe, prohibitions. Luther said in his table talks that Ohio, wife of the late Dr. H. V. Miller, a general he often intended to go and really examine the superintendent. Ten Commandments, but standing at the sacred “Holiness unto the Lord” was in twenty-second portals was the great I AM saying, “I am the place, and “There’s Power in the Blood” in twenty- Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of third place. the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” While nearly 12,000 of the 1-1,757 song titles (Exodus 20:2). He declared he could not get far submitted were from the suggested list of 100 songs beyond the glorious Person to examine the inner, sacred precincts of the Ten Commandments. The which accompanied the broadside announcement superstructure of a strong, robust religious ex­ of the poll, about 3,000 song titles were “write- perience can never be erected oti a foundation ins.” Two of the “write-in” songs finished among of negatives-.—B. V. SEALS. the top fifty: “In the Garden,” twenty-first; and “Living by Faith,” thirty-second. •••••••••••••••••••♦♦••'•••••a***

APRIL 19, 1961 • (151) 11 Editorials, continued from page 2 SECURITY sideraiion, and courtesy. Grave injustices may be done, and souls scarred irremediably by thought­ less, critical, and stubborn attitudes and acts. IS NOT Here, if anywhere, is a place for strict obedience to what has been called “The Eleventh Command­ ment. Jesus gave it in His “Last Supper” talk SALVATION with His apostles: "A new commandment I give tin CIIARSTEN CHRISTENSEN unto you. I hat ye love one another: as I have loved von. that vc also love one another. By this shall all A MI'.MHI'.R o| ihe C la n;<(I i;i 11 l’>ioad< asling Coipo iikii know 1 hat ye are my disciples, il ye have love ration was in Denmark recently. .Summing up her one to another” (John 13:34-35). nip. she said. "My fundamental philosophy was shaken terribly. I'p to this time, lor me the words .u'ritrily and snl, v; I ion had been synonvniotis.” editorial Notes Deutu,uk is noted lor its high level ol public I wo major publications have just been added welfare. It is a weliare state in every sense of the 1 0 the list ol books from the Nazarene Publishing world. A Dane living in his native land need never 1 louse. One ol these is a “must” for ministers’ feel insecure. lie is provided for from birth till the wives. It is bar Above Rubies, by Audrey J. (Mrs. G. 1}.) Williamson, a valuable addition to what last dotl is placed 011 his bier. Health, education, economic security—all are thoroughly and ade­ has been a rather limited field in the book market. quately covered by the paternal state. Beautifully written, this 128-page, clothbound vol­ In spite of this. Denmark has one of the highest ume is filled with practical and helpful counsel suicide rates in the world. It is four-and-onc-half for the pastor's wife. It lists at §2.00. limes that of Canada. There is an appalling per­ I he second volume is Problems of the Spirit- filled Life, by William S. Deal. General Superin­ centage ol divorces. Alcoholism is 011 the increase. Gastric ulcers are becoming a major medical prob­ tendent Benner has said of this book: "In these lem, and the depressive mental diseases are taking days ol strain and pressure, Problems of the Spirit- an alarming toll. ” filled Life will provide a much-needed source of Denmark is only one of the many graphic illus­ guidance, understanding, and helpfulness in deal­ trations of the truth: Security is not salvation. ing with the human element in Christian experi­ Security has never saved anyone. On the con­ ence and lile. Ihe author has rendered an emi­ trary, it lias been a feeling of insecurity that has nent service toward the solution of practical saved the world from stagnation. Insecurity has problems ol godly living.” (158 pages, clothbound, $2.00.) spurred the mind 011 to greater and more intense mental contests. It has been lack of security that I wo Krome-Kote booklets will be prized by ad­ has inspired and motivated any worthwhile move mirers of “Uncle Bud’’ Robinson and Dr. J. B. the world has ever made, whether in science, phi­ Chapman. 7 he Moth-eaten Garment is in the in­ imitable style of “Uncle Bud" (-10 pp., 35c), and losophy, philanthropy, or religion. There is 110 salvation in security. 11 ith Dr. (Jiapiiiiin at Camp Meeting contains Dr. Economic security merely induces a softening of Chapman s famous “Sears-Roebuck Sermon,” and a sermon on divine healing (21 pp., 25c). the libers that give substance and reality to life. Social security produces mediocrity and ennui ♦ ♦ ♦ and degeneration. Political security creates care­ Having trouble with a balky bumper sticker? lessness and corruption within, and the threat of Many have reported difficulty in removing the conquests without. Religious security breeds for­ “Try Christ’s Way” stickers. T he best way is to mality, ritualism, laxity. soak the sticker with kerosene or (with proper “Not as though I had already attained,” said care) gasoline. It will then come off easily. The Paul. “I count not myself to have apprehended” 1961 editions of the “Try Christ’s Way” and (Philippians 3:13). There was no false sense of “Attend Church Sunday Night” bumper stickers security in Paul’s make-up. will not create this problem. They are made with Instead, his lile was an embodied reply to the a vinyl which will not tear when removed. challenge: “/ can do all things through Christ" ♦ ♦ ♦ I lad he 1 i\eel in 18-19, he would have responded An amazing giving record has been established unreservedly to Garibaldi’s challenge: by The People’s Church of Toronto during the “I offer neither pay, provision, nor quarters. In­ pastorate of Dr. Oswald J. Smith. In 1930, with stead, I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles local church expenses of §22,802, this church con­ —and death.” tributed §43,891 to foreign missions. In 1958, local There is no salvation in security. But, thank expenses had climbed to $45,549, while the giving God, there is security in salvation. to foreign missions soared to §298,316. 12 (152) • HERALD OF HOLINESS tin

iii all denominations are now building Our First Colored Church Traveling in the West main beautiful and adequate structures, in Kansas City During the week of January 29 ii was and in each of our organized works there While serving as a waiter ai the my privilege to tour the Canada Pacific a new building is in prospect. The Muehlebac h Hotel. K. K Wallace w.is District with District Superintendent population increase is such that it be­ attracted bv the Nazarenes he* came in Ren Daniels. We covered the district comes a real home missionary challenge contact with dm ing oui General Assem ([iiite thoroughly I rum Penticton to Vic in every sense of the word. bl\ last June. He was. at that lime, toria. I found the churches in that area District Superintendent Raymond IV pasturing an independent church group to be enthusiastically concerned for the Sherwood has the full confidence of the in Kansas City. He had fostered and growth and spiritual welfare of their people and is doing all within the developed this work, but now felt the people. There is considerable building limited powers of his resources to plant need of direction. going on among the newer churches, new churches in that area. His casual meetings with the Naza­ and some very beautiful structures are rcnes at the hotel, and the impression being built and anticipated. Attention, Travelers thev made on him. led to his decision Following this tour 1 spent some time Are you planning a trip overseas this to phone our Headquarters to find out visiting churches in the Seattle area. year? You will lincl a welcome in our more about the Church of the Na/arene. Later, while in l’asadena College as churches in the British Isles and in any He was referred to Dr. Janette Ay cock, chaplain for the week, 1 visited churches of our overseas home mission areas— superintendent ol the Kansas City Dis­ in both the Los Angeles and Southern Australia. New Zealand, West Germany. trict. This meeting resulted in the- or­ California districts. My main contacts South Africa (European) , the Panama ganization of our first work among the there were among churches that were Canal Zone. American Samoa, or in the colored people ol Kansas City. Ihe needing loans for construction purposes. states of Hawaii and Alaska. T he loca­ Morning Star C hurch of the Nazarene, However, on Sunday night, February 26, tion of our churches in these countries with Brother Wallace as pastor, was of­ I spoke at San Bernardino First Church, may be secured by writing the Depart­ ficially organized b\ Dr. Avcock on Jan­ where Brother Clyde Rhone is pastor. ment of Home Missions in Kansas City. uary 4, last, becoming the twenty-fifth This church is doing an outstanding The interest you show when you visit church of cun denomination in Greater piece of work in conducting a parochial their services will be an encouragement Kansas City. school for over two hundred pupils, and to our overseas Nazarcnes, and you will at the same time the people are building a beautiful church building, paying for it as they go. It was my privilege to be in the Salt Lake City, Utah, area during the eight days from March 12 to 19. On week nights we conducted a holiness conven­ tion with the four churches in that area participating. We now have two churches in Salt Lake City, one in Provo, and GEORGE COULTER, S ecretary another in Ogden, with other preaching are grossly ignorant of the plan of sal­ points being developed. I was in each Answered Prayer in Guatemala vation. We are privileged each day to of these churches for a Sunday service, Do you remember the article in the play the records in Kekchi and present the most outstanding being in Ogden, November Other Slit’cf) about "1 heresa Christ, the One who loved us enough where Brother L. C. Aspen is pastor. and her sick baby? Just a few weeks to give himself for us. Today another The Ogden people have been worship­ ago I heard the Catholic church bell sick child from the finca church came ing in a very inadequate church build­ tolled in the slow beat of the dirge, and with bones and garlic beaded around ing and they have just recently the neighbors told us that they were her neck to chase away the sickness and purchased a beautiful brick church and burying Theresa here in the cemetery perhaps evil spirits. We told her m oth­ parsonage from the Lutherans. It was after a fatal case of whooping cough. er that Jesus loves the little children, thrilling to help raise the final require­ We don't know to this clay the actual and He cares loi them; she should not ment to enable them to get into this facts, but it is quite possible, since there be afraid. With this little interest shown commodious, well-constructed, and ade­ has been an epidemic on her fin a l in in her, she poured out an all too com­ quate property. Our objective was §2,- these clays. mon storv of being abandoned by her 000, but so enthusiastic wfere the people We felt a great shock at losing her, common-law husband. Pablo did his that the offering amounted to §2.500. when so many in the States and Canada best to tell her the good news of salva­ Pastor and people are greatly encour­ have written this past Christmas that tion after she had listened to several aged. they were praying for her. records in the dialect. The Salt Lake City area is becoming lor some months I have been especial­ a very challenging one to our church. Continue to pray for the people on ly burdened for the finca nearby. During Many people think of it as being en­ her finca. Many have slipped into our tiiis past week the second convert has tirely Mormon, but the percentage of clinic from this pagan plantation, since materialized after our visit at the end “gentiles” has so increased that churches Theresa's baby was cured. All of these APRIL 19, 1961 f (153) 13 sickness ol I lit- lit in i I \ has given us I lio • iiiinslaiiii.il evidence—namely, the proel- opportunity to press the issue again. • net of my labors—is not easily exhibited. I he father of the family attended serv­ • Running.- About the only thing that ice Wednesday and he has set Sunday J stops me is a traffic light. Reaching? for him and liis wife to accept Christ. • My finger tips are nervous. Wc trust that they will.—Evelyn Vir- • And then comes the big question: Iloi K. (lUnlemaln. J WHY? For I have learned (and ohl Missionary Notes • the lesson hurts) that fleeting hours, T he Lord continues to bless in the • fast feet, nor full hands satisfy the hu- work here and we praise Him tor it. • man heart. Ponder these, so cries mv We had a very good service last eve­ a heart—the tears of the race, the sins of ning in one of our coal mine compounds • the heart, the sufferings of the bodv, with oin Shangaan men who work there. J the inequalities of the society, the con- I lieie wc’i'c* e le ven seekers al ihe altar, • I'lict uf the nations, the suffocation of • the crowd, the loneliness of the spirit. and t hex ail gave- testimony («» finding • • the* Lord in saving 01 sam tihing grace. "Wliy art thou cast down, O miv soul!-" (!\kl. Misc iiki , Jicjmhlir of South .tfti Bi/ J. W. ELLIS (Psalms f2:.r>) Topic for And the'ii to Cod 1 go, like Job of old, ca. A p ril 23: for only the Eternal One can answer New Missionary When Human Wisdom Fails the questions etched in my span of Cathy Jean Seely arrived in the home Scrifturf: Job 4:1-9; 8:1-10; 11:1-20; time. Human wisdom fails. It pierces of Rev. and Mrs. Vincent Seely. Bolivia, 21: 37:14-24 (Printed: Job 21:19-31) like a sword and scars like a flame, but on February lfi, 1901. Coi.nt.N T ext: The fear of the Lord, my personal, precious wisdom fails. Dear Answered Prayer that is wisdom; and to depart from evil me!—that does nothing for the ego! But is understanding (Job 28:28). it does substantiate the truth. in the Transvaal Yes—yes—yes—I know! F.xtremely busy, Now that I am still and honest and For the past three \cars we have re­ aren't you? R un—run—run—away you desperate, from God I can learn that quested prayei for the granting of a go! Where? Out—in—in—out—down and Christ Jesus has become unto me Wis­ church site at Middclkop at Mphahlele’s around—up and over. Grab—grab—grab dom as well as Righteousness. Into His I.ocation in the Northern Transvaal. —always on the reach! And for what? hands I commit myself, even my ques­ Brothel' Emslie wrote me today that this Bread and butter—hat and shoes—roof tion marks and exclamation points and site has finally been granted to us. and car. commas and periods and dashes—the l’raise the Lord! 1 his is a great victory. Bless your heart! My brothers you arc, whole works is yielded. And in this Please continue to pray, now, for a for I too am on this treadmill. Once in state of yicldedness I discover that not pastor to place at Middclkop.—P au l a while by starling the day exceptionally many things are important. (How silly Dayiioff, Sw aziland. early or staying with the night until ex­ can I get? asks I.) tremely late or standing still like stock To know Cod is to be a person with in a storm. 1 find time to question my­ purpose, dignity, and destiny. Yesterday Through many afflictions we must self. Says I to myself, says I, Listen, old is to be used; today is to be revered; enter into the kingdom of God. Not boy. what's this all about? tomorrow is to be discovered. only by them, but through them, must Be still, O soul, and know! wc go; and wiles will not take us And then on I go to elucidate this self-interrogation; for if I do not clear­ Lesson material is based on International Sunday past the cross. It is folly to think to School Lessons, the International Bible Lessons for steal to heaven with a whole skin.— ly understand my question, says I, how Christian Teaching, copyrighted by the International can I properly answer myself? Council of Religious Education, and is used by its Samuel Rutherford. permission.

d* News °f the Churches

Somerset, Pennsylvania—Despite the Shreveport, Louisiana—The Linwood Vivian, Louisiana—District Superin­ heavy snows during Youth Week, our Avenue Church closed a meeting on tendent '1'. T. McCord was with us on church had a wonderful revival meeting March 2 with Rev. V. Dan Perryman Sunday evening, March 12, to conduct with the Passmore F.vangclistic Party. as the evangelist. The Lord met with the pastoral recall. Rev. James P. Foster The music and preaching were much us and gave souls praying through in was given a unanimous vote by the appreciated, and many souls were helped almost every service. Our people prayed church, an extended call of four years, spiritually. Brother and Sister Passmore and fasted, and on the closing Sunday also an increase in salary of fifteen dol­ and son make a fine evangelistic team. morning God came in a special way and, lars per week. Our church is making After our serving here for the past six without any preaching, thirteen people good progress under the leadership of years, our fine people gave us a unani­ sought Goel at the altar. On Sunday Pastor Foster and wife. T h e Sunday mous three-year recall, and the church night a class of seven was received into sc hool rooms have been redecorated; also board voted us a raise in salary. We church membership, by profession of the parsonage has been completely reno­ appreciate these wonderful, co-operative faith; and an elderly sanctified couple, vated inside. A nice organ has been folks, who are wholehearted in their former Nazarenes, joined also. We give purchased, which adds much to the wor­ support of the general and district pro­ God praise for giving us this revival.— ship services. W e appreciate our pastor gram.—CioRfa- Em mitt. Pastor. S a d ie J o f f r io n W r ig h t , Pastor. and family.—Mable Rudfseal, Secretary. 14 (154) • HERALD OF HOLINESS Orangevale, California—About 150 peo­ tion and appointing Rev. A. S. Cochran Evangelist R. 1. Sellick reports: It ple were present for our dedication serv­ as the lirsL pastor. Mrs. Roberts gave lias been my happy privilege recently to ice on the afternoon of Sunday, February some ot the nigh lights ot that service, labor on the Colorado District, for the 19. Dr. E. E. Zachary, district superin­ followed by me re-enactment ol the first time, in three rev ival meetings. With tendent, was the guest speaker. First liieinoersnip ritual uuuer tne direction ot Rev. Robert Carpenter at Fort Morgan Church was organized on F'ebruary 14, uisu'ict Supemueiicienl J a lie Ue AycocK.. we saw new people saved, believers sanc­ twenty-two persons who nacl been mem­ 1960, so this was also our first anniver­ tified, ancl backsliders reclaimed. Broth­ sary as a church. A time of fellowship bers ot first liliurtti unity-live years or er Carpenter is seeing new people added was enjoyed in the Sunday school build­ more renewed their churcii vows. 1 tie both to his Sunday school ancl church. service concluded with a challenging With Pastor lom Hermon at Pueblo ing following the dedication service. Rev. message trom our pastor. We were Hon­ R . L. Hoyt is our pastor.—Betty Jane lirst Church, God blessed again with ored uy the presence ot many toriner His presence and victories were realized W il l ia m s , Secretary. members, intituling Mrs. L. A. Reed, for the Lord and the church. I he ller- wile ot a tormer pastor, Dr. L. A. Reecl. mons are doing a great work, with over Evangelist Earl E. Blair reports: “I 1 lie renewing ot friendships, the re­ live hundred iu Sunday school and a am now in my eighth year in the field count iug ot battles fought and victories wonderful group of people. We con­ of evangelism and this has been by far won, the breaking of bread together in cluded our meetings at Canon City, with my busiest and the best. Starting early holy fellowship—all these things have Pastor McClain, a man of God. Here, last fall and up to the present time, I strengthened the bonds ol love and too, ihe Lord blessed ancl gave victory. have been off only two weeks, including service that unite us. W ith God's help They have a fine group ot consecrated the Christmas holidays. During this time we enter the next fifty years with a Nazarcnes, ancl the work is moving for­ I have preached about 160 times and determination to be true to our mission ward. It was a great privilege for me have made 850 calls in the homes ancl proclaim with increasing urgency to attend the Colorado District preach­ and in business places. God has blessed and power—Holiness unto the Lord!— ers' meeting at Colorado Springs, to be and given more than 400 seekers at the R ep o rter. will) District Superintendent Cornelison. altar of prayer. Also we have seen as and hear the wonderful messages ot Dr. many as 17 new’ members join the church V. H. Lewis. We give God praise for in one campaign. I have two open dates His blessings." for this fall which I shall be glad to slate as the Lord may lead—September "SHOWERS OF BLESSING" Evangelists Bob ancl Ida Mae Mickev 6 to 17, and September 20 to October 1. Program Schedule Write me, 941 Idlewild Court, Lexing­ report: "This is our seventh year in the ton, Kentucky.” April 23—“God Knoweth,” b y E. IV. field of evangelism with our beloved M artin church. Cod iias been wonderful to us. Kansas City, Missouri—fifty (lohlen A pril 30—“D on’t Reckon W ithout and this year is shaping up lo be one Years! That is the record of First God,” b y E. W. M artin of the best. At ibis writing we are in Church. March 12 to 15 marked the M ay 1—“The Golden Text of the a good meeting in Sherman, Texas, with four days of celebration under the lead­ B ible,” by Wendell Wellman Pastor I.eon Martin. Our slate is filled ership of our pastor, Dr. Orville Jen­ May 14—'“How Perfect Can You Be?” for this year, up to Christmas, through kins. Anniversary services began on by Wendell Wellman summertime and all. We are happy in Sunday, March 12. The home-coming God's service. We have some open time Sunday school rally, under the direction for January of 191)2. and also some open of Superintendent Vernon Limn, was time ill tlie fall of '62. We carry the Indianapolis, Indiana—Friendly Church unique, interesting, and successful. Our full program—preaching, singing, chalk has been signally blessed of God with art, and children’s work. Write us. 309 goal of 906 was exceeded by 6 in spite unusual anointing and blessed victories Cimarron Avenue, La Junta, Colorado. of rain most of the day. The morning and evening messages were presented by since the first Sunday in February. God Evangelists J. Herbert and Pansy Mor­ two former pastors. General Superin­ has come time and again in waves of glory. By the close of the services on gan write: "We will be in meetings in tendents Hugh C. Benner and G. B. Sunday, March 12, seventy-six people Itellmore and Yermontville. New York, Williamson. The Lord's blessing was evident in a gracious way. A basket had sought and found God; seven of during the month of May, then have open dates for June. We would be glad fellowship dinner was served to 525 per­ these were prayed through in their to slate this time with some churches sons in the lounge of Nazarene T heo­ homes. During this time we had a in the area from northern New York logical Seminary, followed by an hour week-end meeting with the Dennis to Indiana. Write us. 331 N. Randolph of special music under the direction of Evangelistic Party; Garnold was the Street. Indianapolis 1, Indiana." Ray Moore, and interspersed with testi­ evangelist, with Darrell and Betty as monies, principally from the “old tim­ the singers. During these six services we Pastor T. J. Daggett writes: “After ers.” Monday night, N.Y.P.S. President had preaching only three times. Our three years with our fine people of First Richard Fields presented “ Profiles of prayer meeting crowds have more than Church in Wausau. Wisconsin, we re­ Progress,” showing some of the accom­ doubled, ancl attendance at the Sunday signed as of April 2 to accept the church plishments of our yo u th w ork through services has greatly increased. Eighteen in Fulton, Kentucky. We count it a the years. This was followed on Tues­ members have been added to the church privilege to have been associated with day night with an unusual m issionary by profession of faith. Another victory Ihe fine folks in Wausau, and during service under the direction of Mrs. O r­ is that a new parsonage has been built our three year ministry with them God ville Jenkins, N.F.M.S. president. Fea­ on two lots purchased near the church. l ie hlv blessed. We now look forward to tured in the service were cl i r e c t It has 1,471 square feet of floor space, a continuation of God’s blessings as we long-distance telephone greetings (over with stone exterior. Our people are lake up our new work in Hilton. the loud-speaker system) from Mrs. A. wonderfully united to do the will ol Milton Smith, former N.F.M.S. president, God.-W. I ., and Mrs. Roiiimav 1'a.stoi.i. Greenville. Pennsylvania- Recently inn and direct conversation with two mission church enjoved a fine revival vvilh Rev. fields. Central Mexico and Alaska. The Evangelists II. A. ancl Helen Casey re­ Fred E. Dray or as the evangelist. He is climax of our celebration came cm port: "We thank God for llis blessings. a forceful preacher and an effective soul Wednesday night. March 15, the exact He is giving us some great revivals. At vvinnei. T he church was gieally helped, date and day of the week when the this writing we are with Pastor Shafei a number of visitors were in the serv­ original meeting of organization was in Winfield, Kansas—103 seekers! We ices, and some fine prospects were vis­ held. The secretary pro tetn of that have an open date, July 19 to 30, and ited. T he outlook for the church is meeting was present, Mrs. Lue Miller will be glad to go anywhere for freewill bright, and Brother Dravcr was given Roberts, only surviving charter member offering. We carry the whole program a call to return in the fall of ’62. We of First Church. As nearly as possible, —preach, sing, and play ten instruments. appreciated his ministry with us, and the original order of service was fol­ We have a few open dates ill 1902. Write lowed. including the letter from Dr. P. F. us c/o our publishing house. P.O. ISo\ God blessed ancl gave twelve seekers al Bresce authorizing the church organiza­ '>27. Kansas Citv II. Missouri.” the altar. - R ic hard E. Piilirs. Pa.slor. A1MUL 19. 1961 • (155) 13 Jackson, Mississippi—Northside Church 1 his venture ol iaith proved rewarding, recently closed a very successful ten-day for our crowds more than doubled last revival with Evangelist Edward Bullock. year's figures, with approximately ten In spite of heavy rains during most of thousand people attending the Tuesday- Lord, Make Me a the time, the attendance was excellent. ovei-Sunday revival, the largest crowd The preaching was forceful and dy­ being about seventeen hundred in the Flame of Fire for Thee! namic, with the power of the Holy Sunday afternoon mass rally. A con­ Spirit. Fifty-eight seekers sought God at servative estimate of definite altar seek­ Lord, make vie a flame of fire for Thee, the altar, and there was mucin shouting ers would be at least three hundred. In this world so cold and drear; and rejoicing as souls prayed through to One of the best results of the meet­ Fill my life with grace and power, victory. Four new members were re­ ings from our local point of view is the Plus faith to conquer fear. ceived into the church. We thank God harmony and friendship and co- Oh, stir my heart for Thee just 7iow, for His many blessings and the spirit of responsibility in His service between the Till Thy eternal flame revival that has prevailed during this twenty-two co-operating churches. past year. Sunday school attendance has Yes, we have had a revival, and we lias come to burn out all the dross more than doubled since we came here are in revival in the Greater Houston 1 hrongh faith in Jesus’ name! eighteen months ago.—J . 0 . C o m f o r t , area. Revival is Christ. Pray with us Pastor. that this revival may continue, and in­ Oh, set my soul on fire today crease to His praise.—David K. K une, And Thy great love impart. Publicity Chairman of Crusade. And make me wholly Thine, clear Lord; New England District Control my life and heart. Preachers’ Wives’ Retreat (>ive me Thy zeal and fervor, Lord, History was made for the three days For such a time as this; ol March 13 to 1") on the New England Make me a flame of fire for Thee, The Nazarene Publishing House District, as the preachers’ wives met for Lest heaven I should miss! prints under three names be­ their first retreat at the Congregational sides its own: Beacon Hill, Lil- Conference Center in Framingham, Mas­ lenas, and Wayside Evangel. sachusetts. T he preachers' wives of the B y F. W. DAVIS Maine District were invited to spend this Cory. Indiana—Recently we had one time with us. We were fortunate to of the greatest revivals in the history of have the capable, Spirit-led leadership this church. Cneler the Spirit-anointed of Mrs. A1 Stiefcl. ministry of Evangelist J. I.. Longneckcr. We had an ideal setting for Our meet­ Illinois District eleven teen-agers, on the first Saturday ing with beautiful natural surroundings, Preachers’ Meeting night, prayed through to real victory. lovely and comfortable rooms, and de­ Rev. George Williams and East St. They showed it bv personal work and licious food. Louis first Church royally entertained praying around the altar. The revival Several of the ladies presented papers the Illinois District preachers’ meeting, spread into the schools around. God on various aspects of the spiritual, social, March 13 to 15. T he special workers honored the prayer and fasting of our and family life of the parsonage and were Dr. D. I. Vanderpool and Dr. How­ people, giving sixty two victories, with church, followed by lively discussions. ard Hamlin, both of whom were excep- some definite victories in healing. 'I he We shared our burdens and our joys tionallv used of God to inspire and chal­ church gave the pastor a one-vear re­ and. best of all. the Lord met with us lenge all who were present. Almost 100 call. with a raise in salary. Pastor and in such a precious way. bringing a feel­ per rent of the district preachers were people are encouraged. T he church gave ing of oneness as we talked, prayed, and present, with other visiting clergymen. Brother I.ongneckcr a call to return for testified. District Sunday School Chairman another meeting.—J a m e s B . B i.u m e , Pas­ We c losed our retreat, with a luncheon James S. Barr, District N.Y.P.S. President tor. to which we invited our husbands. By O. G. Green, and the district missionary a beautiful coincidence, it was the birth­ Greater Houston president, Mrs. Helen Britton, presented Evangelistic Crusade day of our distric t superintendent's wife, the departmental work of the district. Mrs. J. (:. Albright, to whom we gave T he N.Y.P.S. conducted the first teen­ Jesus has come to the Greater Houston special honors. All of the ladies expressed i Icxas) area too. T he God of the im ­ age Scripturama with zone winners com­ their desire to repeat this activity, so peting on the district level. R uth Ann possible has been at work in our midst. already plans have been started for next Faith? Yes, we had faith in God—hut Lafary of the Champaign Zone was the year's retreat.—M rs. T, E. Martin. R e­ winner. certainly our faith was weak at times. porter. Prayer? Yes. faithful Nazarenes had Over SI,600 was pledged by individ­ been praying for years for revival in Utah Holiness Convention uals and churches to help purchase a this area. Besides this, ministers of Salt Lake City First Church was host boat for returning missionary. Rev. the twenty-two co-operating Nazarene to a week-long holiness convention, Charles Alstott, to take back to Haiti. churches, along with our district super­ March 12 to 19, with Dr. Roy E. Stnee, District Superintendent and Mrs. H ar­ intendent. Dr. W. Raymond McClung. executive secretary of the Department old Daniels are leading the 121 churches had had spec ial prayer meetings together of Home Missions and Church Exten­ of the Illinois District in an aggressive many times. The I.ore! was pleased to sion, as the speaker. program of evangelism. The ministers use a fellow minister. Rev. John H arri­ District.Superintendent Raymond Sher­ and laymen are wholeheartedly backing son, of first Church. Pasadena. Texas, wood presided at each service, with Mrs. tlicir leadership.-Gtorc.p, P. Psautf,, Re­ to teach us to pray, while he served as Sherwood in charge of the music. porter. the prjyc-r chairman for the Greater Each evening the church was well Regional N.Y.P.S. Conference Houston Evangelistic Crusade. filled, and all agree that this was the I he district superintendents and dis Jesus came to the Greater Houston greatest week the I ’tah Nazarenes ever irict N.Y.P.S. presidents of the Olivet area on the wings of prayer. Castings as have enjoyed. Educational Zone joined Executive Sec­ the Spirit led. and communitv wide pci I he messages of I >r. Since wear iiisj>ii u lar) Paul Skiles and General Council snnal invitation and ache itisiug oji :i ing and challenging. On Friday evening Representative Dwight Millikan for a scale we never before had used. a home mission service was held, and two dav Regional N.Y.P.S. Conference The human instrumems were Dt, til over five hundred dollars was pledged at Turkey Run Inn near Marshall, In­ ward Lawlor. as evangelist, and Mr. Jim for this cause. T he Nevada-Utah Dis­ diana. March 16 and 17. Bohi of Olivet Nazarene1 College as song trict. under the leadership of the Sher­ Honored guests at the conference were evangelist and leader of the' 100-voice woods, is on the move as never before. the wives of the superintendents and choir. Night after night these men Co-operating in the convention, in ad­ presidents, along with representatives preached and sang in the power of the dition to First Church, were Salt Lake of Olivet Nazarene College. Spirit. City Central. Ogden, Provo, and Kavs- Executive Secretary Paul Skiles won his For the first time this annual crusade \illc churelies’.-k t.v srrii Burton, lie- way into the hearts of all those present. was held in the downtown Music Hall. porter. Featured at the meeting were pictures 1(1 (15(i) • HERALD OF HOLINESS i-pvirwino the Servirrm en's Retreats cle- WASHINGTON, May i and 4, First Church, 43U1 Gods people; also that his brother may be saved r e v i e w i n g t h e s e r v i c e m e n s , Woodridge Rd., Baltimore 29, Maryland. Rev. James and healed; ta ils o f t h e 1962 I n t e r n a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e , R Be|| pastor General Superintendent Vanderpooi. by a church in Washington for the healing of a C o n s t i t u t i o n c h a n g e s a n d g e n e r a l p ro - 3 and „ F j, , t ^ " r M baefc-ider, that g r a m m g . I h e s e s s io n s w e r e ab l)- le d b y Church, 4401 Second, N .E., Seattle, Washington. God will help her to find Him again and have real G e n e r a l C o u n c i l R e p r e s e n t a t i v e D w i g h t Rev poy Yeider, pastor. General Superintendent peace and victory in her heart. Millikan.—W a lte r G. GrAEFLIN, R eport* Williamson. (S.S . and N .F.M .S. conventions, May er 1 -2.) ______D e a t h s

D i r p r t o r i e s SAN ANTONIO, May 4 and 5, Grace Church, REV. CH RISTO PH ER E. RYDER 1006 Koenig Lane, Austin, Texas. Rev. Howard Christopher E. Ryder, Nazarene eider ot the Cen- G E N E R A l S U P E R IN T E N D E N T S Borgeson, pastor. General Superintendent Powers. tral Ohio District, died March 3 at his home in (Office, 6401 The Paseo, Box 6076) (N .Y .P.S . convention, May 1-2; N .F.M .S. conven- Coiumbus, Ohio. He was bom in 1884 in Middse- Kansas City 10, Missouri tjon May 2-3.) ' boro, England, and came to America at the age of District Assembly Schedules ' ------four. He served pastorates in Pennsylvania, uAorw r Dftu/CDC. M IS S IS S IP P I, May 10 and 11, First Church, 228 Nebraska, Michigan, and Ohio; the last churches he HARDY C. PU W tR b . Porter Ave., Biloxi, Mississippi. Rev. C. B. Carle- served were at Westerville, and B eilows Avenue in San A ntonio...... • ■.. May 4 ana S> ^ pastor. General Superintendent Young. Columbus, Ohio. Brother Ryder's i if e was a living Canada Pacific...... May 11 ana 12 ( m p m S convention May 9.) example of the experience of holiness. He was a Alaska...... May 18 and 19 ' ______great booster for the entire program of the church. Maine...... J une 8 and 9 NORTHWEST, May 10 and 11 First Church, He is survived by his wife, Susie; two sons: Robert, New England...... June 14 to 16 w 7Q8 N spokane 17, Washington. Rev. C. T. of Miami, Florida; and Paul, of Minneapolis, Min- Canada Central...... June 22 and 23 vanderpooi pastor General Superintendent Lewis. nesota. Funeral service was held in First Church, Canada W est...... Ju ly 6 to 8 (N F M S 'convention May 8-9) Columbus, where he had been a member since re- Oregon Pacific...... Ju ly 19 to 21 ' ______tirement, with Dr. H. S. Galloway, district superin- Southwest Indiana...... Ju ly 26 and 27 P H ILA D E LP H IA , May 10 and 11, First Church, tendent, officiating, assisted by the pastor. Rev. Wisconsin...... August 10 and 11 Dean and Darlington Sts., West Chester, Pennsyl- Miles A. Simmons. Six elders from the city acted Missouri ...... August 16 and 17 vanja, Rev. Don R. Hoffman, pastor. General Su- as pallbearers. Interment was at Glen Rest Memo- Houston...... August 23 and 24 perintendent Vanderpooi. rial Park, Columbus.

G. B. W ILLIA M SO N : A B IL E N E , May 10 to 12, First Church, 1389 REV. A LB E R T M IL L S Washington P a c ific...... May 3 and 4 V jne street, Abilene, Texas. Rev. Wayne Gash, pas- Albert Mills, Nazarene elder, died at Meaford, Northern California...... May 10 to 12 tor General Superintendent Benner. (N .Y .P.S. con- Ontario, November 8, 1960, at the age of eighty- British Isles South...... May 19 to 23 vention, May 8; N .F.M .S. convention, May 9.) three. Born in this area, he early came in con- British Isles North...... May 27 to 30 .______tact with the Gospel Workers' Church, where he Northeast Oklahoma...... June 28 and 29 NORTHERN CA LIFO RN IA , May 10 to 12, Dis- served as pastor and helped to establish churches Minnesota...... June 30 and Ju ly 1 trJct Center, 100 Beulah Park Drive, Santa Cruz, in this area. In later years he saw the wisdom of Colorado...... Ju ly 20 and 21 California Mr. Frank True, manager. To reach the union with a larger body and was instrumental m East Tennessee...... Ju ly 26 and 27 Cente, take Hi-way 17, just north of the city. the arrangements which led to the union with tne Iowa...... August 9 and 10 General Superintendent Williamson. (N .Y .P.S. and Church of the Nazarene. Funeral service was con- Northwest Indiana...... August 23 and 24 n .F.M.S. conventions, May 8 and 9.) ducted m the Meaford Church of the Nazarene wit Kansas City...... August 30 and 31 ------the pastor, Rev. Weldon Bull, in charge assisted ------CANADA PA C IFIC , May 11 and 12, First Church, by Rev. H. Blair Ward, district superintendent, Rev. SAMUEL YOUNG’ 998 East 19th Ave., Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Rev. Robert Rolston, and Rev. C. J. McNicoi.

S r pi.....B f l S t s Z ' t t L S S Z a S F T jo h n e l m e r b u r g e s s ...... M I n e 4 8a and29 Ve" ti0n' M* V ^ " ° n' ^ l 3 J ^ i X i ^ ^ M a ^ h ^ U ^ ' ^ ' a n !' Rocky Mountain...... June 8 and 9 A n n n n n c p m p n t s served as missionaries in the Nazaiene mission in Nebraska...... ! to r A n n o u n c e m e n t s jndja He was a charter member of the Cambridge West Virginia...... J i y ■b RECOM M ENDATION..... Rev. Albert J . Shea, feel- Church of the Nazarene. His wife, the late May I?ichl9an...... A m t .c tV t n 4 'm the call of God to enter the field of full-time Brown, died in 1927; and a daughter, Lois A. £a" sas: ...... & not ict Q in evangelism, plans to resign his church in Cincinnati, Marshall, died in 1943. He is survived by five !^entucky...... » anH 9a and enter full time into this work. He has had sons: Enoch B.; John S.; Waido B.; Rev. H. Mal- c ? u SSe! ’ ALr u...... s i S L i i anH 14 many years of pastoral experience, and I commend corn Burgess, Nazarene pastor in Brantford, Ontario; Southeast Oklahoma...... September 13 and 14 ^ ^ ^ past(Jrs an(J chUrches for evangelistic and Rev. W ilbur E. Burgess, Pilgrim Holiness church i opi' n ,; \ ...... beptemoer zi ana u campaigns. W rite him, 3906 Southern Ave., Cin- pastor at Emelton, Pennsylvania; and a daughter, North Arkansas...... September 27 and 28 cinnatj 27/ 0hio.— M. E. Clay, Superintendent of Dolly P. Henry, with whom he made his home, in _ . Southwestern Ohio District. Cambridge. D. I. VANDERPOOL: u/rnr»TMr r f i i c - — Washington...... May 3 and 4 W ED D IN G B tL L b M RS. S T E L L A JO S E P H IN E M ER ED IT H, age Philadelphia...... May 10 and 11 Miss Barbara Embrey of Oklahoma City and Mi eighty-eight, of Eldon, died December 9, 1960, at a Nevada-Utah...... June 7 and 8 Ray Pearman of Bethany, Oklahoma, were ur .ted in 9 y Missouri. S he had been in ill Eastern Michigan...... Ju ly 5 and 6 marriage on March 18, in Bethany, by Rev. Mis. he&|th ^ yearj. a_ the resu|t of a stroke Northeastern Indiana...... Ju ly 12 to 14 Susie A. Glover, ______She was born March 25< 1872 in f i l le r county. Pittsburgh...... Ju ly 19 to 21 .. n i . , ic She was a charter member of the Church of the Eastern Kentucky...... Ju ly 26 and 27 Mary Ann Dickey of Inch;arnapo is I * J Nazarene in Iberia, Missouri, and loved and served Gulf Central...... August 3 and 4 John S. Marlow of Blo om in gto n IM mois were united ^ untj] ^ dgath Jn 1891 she was married to Northwestern Illinois...... August 17 and 18 m marriage on February 25 at Speedway Indiana, Brumley, who died in 1910. In 1915 she Indianapolis...... August 23 and 24 with Rev. S. T. Moore, Nazarene pastor at Speed- ^ e , ^y, ^ Meredith, who died in Georgia...... September 13 and 14 way, officiating. 1951. She is survived by three daughters: Mrs. Southwest Oklahoma...... September 20 and 21 BORN £. w . Appling, Mrs. M illie Meredith, and Mrs...... to Rev. and Mrs. L. Dale Wanner of Atlantic callie Cochran; a son, Ralph Brumley; also eight HUGH C. B EN N ER : City, New Jersey, a daughter, Kathleen Lynn, on stepchildren: Mrs. Maudie Brockman, and Marshall, Abi|ene ...... May 10 to 12 March 22. Fred, Walter, Edgar, Clint, Clifford, and Gillis Los Angeles...... May 17 to 19 ...... Meredith. Funeral service was held in Eldon with Southern California...... May 24 to 26 .....to Rev. and Mrs. Paul E. White of Mount Rev Don j y;er, Nazarene pastor of Iberia, in charge, South Dakota...... June 21 and 22 Carmel, Illinois, a son, David Michael, on March 18. wjth burial in the Eldon cemetery.

Southwestern3 Ohio" . '. . ". . . ' . . '■ ...... Ju ly 5 and 6 -"to Chester and Margaret (Sutherland) Carlson FRA N K GARRISON, age seventy-two, died Decem- Central Ohio...... Ju ly 19 to 21 at Dallas, Texas, a daughter, Wendy Sue, on March ber 2,^ i960, in his home at Parsons, Kansas. He Hlino;s ...... July 27 and 28 15. had been a Christian since 19.32, and certainly he Akron ...... August 2 and 3 , „ — — placed God and the church topmost in his life. Dur- naiiae ...... Auqust 9 and 10 — to Rev. David C. and Joy (W ekh ) Enckson of jn^ these years he ancj h js devoted wife have kept Louisiana...... -August 30 and 31 Charleston, South Carolina, a son, Douglas Dale, mrmerous Nazarene evangelists in their home. His South Arkansas...... September 20 and 21 on March 9. influence in the community was reflected by the host ------“ of friends, of many faiths, who attended the funeral u 1CU/IC. — to Mr. and Mrs. (Rev.) R. E. Brozell ol Me - sen/ice jn the joca[ Church 0f the Nazarene, with Idaho-Oregon ...... May 3 and 4 rose, New Mexico, a son, Robert laigene, on March ( ‘ e Rcv j , Ri Smith, in charge.

” orthwest...... 24 and 2b ------r ...... , MRS. ANNA M. S H IR E S was born May 31, 1878 ...... M iv 31 and June I 1,1 ''' '" 'l [/: 11,11 v ':1:i|lin 1,1 L 1't)t" '.k, . ,-.iiuijotiarir New York, and died February 17 N ™ Mexi;0...... line ?8 snd ?•' ' - ' ■ ■' ...... -aid Lh.u le , ...... ;■/. (...nastula New Yurt. She had been a f lba" y • ; • ' 1 1 , 4 and ADOPTED mnnbn cl the v,hi,r. h at the Nazarene 111 lanastotu Northweste n Olno July 12 and 13 by b.,1, J..r and WunU:. 'R aile d .,- lia,,,-. ,or tarty-w.u ye,,s, and a Cunday school teach, nhIrani Ppntr I j „ i i 19 and 20 ot Apa.ae, Okiahom.,, a daoghtei, on h e l„o a ,, u , tor tort, years, ih e *as a woman ot prayer ana N nil'-hn'ma jufy ->b and 27 Cynthia Renee, born January 17, 1 9 H . taith, and interested in the full program of the Northwest Oklahoma . ^ ^ 9 and 10 S P E C IA L PR A Y ER IS REQ UESTED churcH She iived a life of se-vice for others. South Carolina . . September 13 and 14 by a lady in California for her husband— that Funeral service was held m the chinch, v .th ..e/. North Carolina September 20 and 21 God will deliver him from an emotionai or mental Ronald Ke.ly and Rev Elbert Atkinson in charge. New York...... September 29 and 30 problem, give him victory, and restore their home— Interment was in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

...» t i t c hv ' Christian Mdv in Oklahoma that Cod may CHAUIMCEY D. MORRIS w.is born in 1884, and D i s t r i c t A s s e m b l y I n f o r m a t i o n * - d h M , hu, b:,nd of a severe physical died Janua-, 16, 1961, in Dundee, Oregon He is

IDAHO-OREGON, May 3 and 4, College Church, condition; ...... v ^ i - ’^ - ^ h e l- l'ln 'th e ChHreh'o*°the Na**- 504 Dewey, Nampa, Idaho. Rev. Eugene Stowe, by a brother u, Inoiana that Uod rnay undertake kuneise,»r he d ml a .Ch ahot the Na. pastor. General Superintendent Lewis. (N F.M .S. for him, as he feels he has had more trouble than i■'; r/on ' “ (h^ M rn d s Cemetrry Convention, May 1-2.) he can bear without special help in prayer from officia.mg. Riinai w a, in the Cemetery. APRIL 19, 19fil • (157) 17 n r i " / t,ir A iS J Religion* World

Ni'.w York. X.Y. American churches nswer corner arc rallying to the aid of sonic 20,001) Cuban refugees who have poured into ihe Miami, Florida, area during the Conducted by W. T. PURKISER, E d ito r present Cuban crisis. I liese harassed, uprooted people need Why is it the Nazarencs never prcach against or cry out against the sin and evil in TV? shelter, food. clothing, medical tare, job I bis is a question in the same class and resettlement advice. and the to or view programs of the Hollywood with. "Have you stopped beating your (lmtdies are l'unticling iu emergency type of movies or shows of the vaude­ wile:-" It implies a condition contrary help to meet the critical situation. New ville level. We therefore call upon our refugees swell the num ber some fortv to fad. Consider, tor example, the state­ leaders ancl pastors to give strong em­ or (ifty a week in South Florida alone. ment iu our M a n u a l (paragraph 004, sec­ phasis in our periodicals and from our tion I) : (NG News) pulpits to such fundamental truths as "Since we are living in a day of great will develop the principle of discrimina­ Rev. Don Noithtiip, a former pilot moral confusion in which we face the tion between the evil and the good to in the Royal Canailian \ir Force. re­ potential encroachment of the evils of be found in these mediums. cently dropped fifty thousand copies of the day into the sacred precincts of our "We suggest that the standard given the Gospel of John in the Xhosa lan­ home through various avenues such as to John Wesley by his mother, namely, guage over I rajiskei. one of the largest current literature, radio, and the more 'Whatsoever weakens your reason, im­ native areas in South Africa. Xorth- modern medium of television, it is es­ pairs the tenderness of your conscience, rup's operations are supported bv World sential that the most rigid safeguards be obscures your sense of God, or takes off Missions. Inc.. a nonsectarian organiza­ observed to keep our homes from be­ the relish of spiritual things, whatever tion formed in I.ong Heath. California, coming secularized and worldly. increases the authority of your body two years ago bv airmen who saw pos- 'While we recognize these agencies are over mind, that thing for you is sin,’ sibilities of large-scale and rapid distri­ ol great value in the propagation of the form the basis for this teaching of dis­ bution of Bible portions by air. (U RN) gospel and the salvation of souls, we do crimination. deplore the low moral tone of much “We especially recommend that the current literature, comic magazines, New V o k k -Francis Cardinal Spellman's reading. listening, and viewing on the recent remarks condemning a 85.810,000.- articles ancl pictures of some magazines, Sabbath day be consistent with our high 000 Kederal-aid-to-education pro]>osal and the contents of many books. standards of holiness, and that we do has aroused opposition from live nation­ "We likewise deplore the sensuous ap­ not allow any television program to be­ al Jewish organizations in the United peal of many radio ancl television pro­ come a substitute for church attend­ States. grams. We believe it to be detrimental ance." (Adopted bv General Assembly, The American Jewish Congress. Jewish lo the welfare of our homes to listen i n.'i2.) lab o u r Committee. Jewish War Vet­ The M anual states that the Sunday school superintendent, the N.Y.P.S. and erans, Union of American Hebrew Con­ N.F.M.S. presidents shall be nominated by a nominating committee. Now, gregations (reformed) , and the United this is what we want to know: When election time comes, is it proper to Synagogue ol America (conservative) nominate from the floor additional names, or do we vote only on the names said in a joint statement that distribu­ putDili Linup byhv thothe nrnninaiinornominating committee?rnm m if tion ol public funds to other than public When a special nominating committee illations are made at the time of voting. schools would violate both public opin­ is ordered in any organization, it is un­ If the nominations made by the com­ ion and Ihe U.S. Constitution. derstood that nominations will come only mittee are unsatisfactory, the group has The cardinal earlier drew protests from that committee. In other words, the recourse of referring the matter back from some Protestant leaders bv saving nominations may not be made from the to the committee with instructions to that it would be discriminatory i[ private tloor. Ihe purpose of the nominating bring additional or other nominations. ancl sectarian schools did not share funds committee is. of course, to give careful I bis would require, naturally, a motion, recommended in the l'cderal-aid-toedu­ consideration to qualilirations in the dis­ second, opportunity for discussion, and cation proposal handed down bv Presi­ cussion of the1 smaller group, something a majority vote. dent Kennedy's task force. (FI’Si which is not always possible when notn

(1) In preparation for the Greater Houston Nazarene Evangelistic Crusade, the entire Bible was read from See photos on page 19 the booth erected in downtown Houston. Texas. The week-end meetings held by C.W.B. groups, from L p s reading took exactly seventy-two hours and forty-nine Vegas, Nevada, to Kalispell, Montana. (4) John E. minutes. Pictured a'-e Rev. Granville Rogers, David Smee (right), San Luis Obispo businessman, is pre­ Kline, ancl Orville Williams. (2) At the recent meeting sented a twenty-seven-year perfect attendance Sun­ of thi> Bethany Nazarene College Board of Trustees, day school pin at the Church of the Nazarene by Dr. B. F. Neely and Dr. Jarrette Aycock were pre­ Sunday School Superintendent Wrid Cady. (5) Rev. sented certificates of appreciation for forty-ei'rht and Norman Salmons, missionary to Portuguese East thirty years ol' service respectively. Rev. G. M. Akin, Africa; Dr. Honorato Reza, director of the Spanish who could not be present, has served thirty-five years. Department; Miss Irma Koffel, missionary nurse to Also pictured are Rev. J. T. Gassett and President South Africa; and Dr. George Coulter, executive secre­ Roy H. Cantrell. (3) A group from the Christian tary of the Department of Foreign Missions, took part Workers’ B»nd at Northwest Nazarene College leaving in a recent Missionary Workshop at Eastern Nazarene for a week-end youth revival. In all. fifty-three Collece. Students raised an offering of $2,700 for two churches on the Northwest Educational Zone had prefabricated chapels for Brazil.

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