Herald of Holiness Volume 45 Number 29 (1956)
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Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today Church of the Nazarene 9-19-1956 Herald of Holiness Volume 45 Number 29 (1956) Stephen S. White (Editor) Nazarene Publishing House Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Christianity Commons, History of Christianity Commons, Missions and World Christianity Commons, and the Practical Theology Commons Recommended Citation White, Stephen S. (Editor), "Herald of Holiness Volume 45 Number 29 (1956)" (1956). Herald of Holiness/ Holiness Today. 1077. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh/1077 This Journal Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Church of the Nazarene at Digital Commons @ Olivet. It has been accepted for inclusion in Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Olivet. For more information, please contact [email protected]. leason uie ucvH 11^ 1115 p i a y c i 1110 1c viguiuuMy ui<in tiny umci ui Christian life. It is the general testimony of godly people that they can testily, preach, give, or enter into any similar type of Christian service without sensing too much satanic opposition; hut just let them General Superintendent Benner try to pray and every possible hindrance seems to he placed in their way. Why should the devil so strongly oppose prayer? First, because prayer humbles the heart. The devil hates humility and encourages And he spake a parable pride and independence. Prayer brings a sense of dependence on God and of need for His help. unto them to this end, that Furthermore, prayer gives a renewed consciousness of God. When men ought alivays to pray, one really prays, he shuts out the world with its clamoring voices. It and not to faint. is then that God’s presence is most consciously real, for true prayer —Luke 18:1 involves communion, and in that sacred fellowship “our hearts burn within us.” Again, it is in prayer that the weaknesses and needs of our hearts are most clearly revealed. The Holy Spirit speaks to the heart and by promptings and warnings, by applying the W o r d of God, He brings a revelation of the true condition of the inmost being. Finally, it is prayer that brings the power of God to bear upon our needs. Nothing is accidental in the spiritual realm. Dispensations of divine power come only as someone meets the conditions by which God moves and works. Through prayer the finite with its weakness and limitations is linked to the infinite with its illimitable source of divine energy. Let us covenant with God that we will honor Clod and defeat the devil by giving ourselves as never before to this blessed privilege of prayer. Persistent, believing prayer secures for us personal, spiritual achievement, and sweeping revivals. “Lord, teach us to pray.” c f j h l i m s s ) Is Your Heart September 19,1956 In Tune with Heaven? Vol. 45, No. 29 B y F. W. DAVIS Whole Number 2317 Telegram Is your heart in tune with heavenl Jackson, Mississippi—The Missis 1 Toward More Prayer, (General Is there singing in your soul? sippi District Assembly convened Superintendent Renner Is the sweetness of His glory August 29 and 30 with a prevailing 2 Is Your H eart in T u n e with spirit of unanimity. Dr. D. I. Vander- Blessing you, beyond control? Heaven? 7. IF. Davis Do you feel IIis loi’ing presence pool did a masterful job of stirring 2 Don’t Wait lor a lairv! our hearts with his unique preach Pauline E. Spray Thrill your heart from day to dax' ing. The bright spot of the district “I Am with You!” Harold E. And His blessed Spirit lift you, reports was a net gain of 103 church Platler As you lake time out to pray? members. Dr. Otto Stueki was re 4 The Cross. Wanda Milner elected district superintendent for 5 I Believe. Kathryn Blackburn Is your soul in tune with Jesus? one and then three years, by an over Peck Precious memories of love w h elm ing v o te.—Roy T. Nix, R e 6 Operation Punishment. Clin porter. Coming from the realms of glory ton J. Bus hey To your heart-life, from above? \\\\ \ 0 Consider the Lilies! Lett a J. v\\ WWWW VWWWWWW w \ \\ w \ W \\\\\\ VWW\ \ WWW V\\ \1 Oh, the joy of Jesus’ presence! Sigler Later word rcccivetl from Rev. R. T. 7 The Tender Mercy of Our Draw me closer, Lord, to Thee— Williams, pastor of Oklahoma City First God, June Pittman Keep tny heart-notes ever ringing Chinch, (see pictures on page 9) states 8 Is What You Have Worth With sweet heaven's melody. that in the recent devastating fire he Sharing? C. /». Strang lost more than 9() per <ent ol his per S The Perlecl (enter. Mrs. sonal library motes, sermon outlines, Evelyn ('•bidding books, papers, including some of his 9 News in Picture 9 God Runs a Heauty Parlor. father’s notes). He is interested in IF. Everett Henry DON'T WAIT FOR hearing from anyone who might have a 10 Hooks in Review library of holiness books for sale, or 10 She Shuddered at “ I9.“>3,” A FAIRY! file copies of the Preacher's Magazine. E. Wayne Stahl Write him, 901 N.W. Sixth, Oklahoma 11 A Salute to a Church By Pauline E. Spray City, Oklahoma. 12 Editorials, Stephen S. White Sparta, Michigan 14 Fhe Magic of Helicving, Eva Do you ever daydream? Wouldn’t it J\ Beets After having served the church at be wonderful if a fairy dropped in some Fairb u ry, Nebraska, for three Years. 14 He Could Alford to Wait! Ernest Moore. Jr. morning when you didn't feel like get Rev. Claude E. I’ittenger has resigned 15 The Sundav-Sc hool Lesson ting up. brought your breakfast to you to accept the call to pastor the rhurch l.“> Foreign Missions in bed, and then did up all your house in Chanute, Kansas. 1(3 Home Missions work? That is wishful thinking, for 10 N.Y.P.S. most of us have our work to do whether Evangelists Tobe and Alice Mackey 17 You and Your Morals we feel like it or not. have left the field to accept the pas IS Servicemen’s Corner Sometimes if we are depressed, it is torate of the church in Fulton. Ohio. 18 T h e Q uestion Hox 19 News of the Churches difficult to rejoice, but we should never theless. "It is a good thing to give Rev. B. J. Hixby has resigned as 19 Thought for the* Day. Bertha Munro thanks unto the Lord" (Ps. 92:1). He pastor in Newton Falls to accept a is worthy of our praise. He is a great unanimous call to pastor the church in God and above all else. He cares for Hut ler, Pen nsylvania. Next Week . “G od Bless the Bartons!” W ou- each of us. I le is our M aker and there fore He understands each of us perfectly. Rev. W. C. Allshousc, pastor of First ter Van Garrett He is always faithful. He never fails. Church, Washington, I). accepted an “The Divine Interlude,” E liza His loving-kindness endureth forever. invitation from Major General Charles beth W. S u dlow We owe Him our gratitude. I. Carpenter, of the office of chief of “The Most Deadly Sin,” F annie chaplains, to be one of four civilian Erb "Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving. lo r the Lord is a great members of a Protestant preaching mis HERALD OF H O LIN ESS: Stephen S. White, sion team in the Far Fast, during the Editor in Chief; Velma I. Knight, Office Ed God, and a great King above all gods” itor. Contributing Editors: Hardy C. Powers, (IN. 95:2 .1) . months of September and October. The G. B. Williamson, Samuel Young, D. 1. Van- combined boards of First Church voted derpool, Hugh C. Benner, General Superin It is our obligation to give the Lord tendents, Church of the Nazarene. Published unanimously to grant their pastor the every Wednesday by the NAZARENE PUB praise, and when we sincerely do so, time necessary to accept this responsi LISH IN G HOUSE, M. Lunn, Manager, 2923 we are actually helping ourselves, too. Troost Avenue, Box 527, Kansas City 41, bility. The itinerary includes seven Far Missouri. Subscription price, $1.50 per I hnnksgiving is a character-refining Fast air force bases in Japan, Korea, year, in advance. Entered as second-class process and adds grace and heauty to matter at the post office at Kansas City, Iwo Jima, Taiwan, and the* Hawaiian Missouri. Printed in U .S.A . our own souls. Let us remember that it Islands. is the highest form of courtesy. The act of giving thanks tends to make us hap Rev. Ira E. Hammer, retired Naza- pier. Besides, our actions inspire others rene minister of Nampa. Idaho, will Later he served as financial field agent to better deeds, also. be celebrating his eighty-second birth for the Laymen's Holiness Association It is a little thing to say, "Thank day on October 4. He began his active and two holiness colleges. While dis You,” but it is an investment that pays ministry fifty years ago as a pioneer trict superintendent on two districts he big dividends. C ount your blessings and preacher in North Dakota, where he organized twelve new: churches in si\ thank Him.