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/ The Baptist Herald

A DENOMINATIONAL PAPER VOICING THE INTERESTS OF THE GERMAN BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE'S AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS' UNION Volume Eleven CLEVELAND, 0 ., JANUARY 1, 1933 Number One

Facing the New Year

We pledge ourselves To follow through the coming year The light which God gives us: The light of Truth, wherever it may lead; The light of Freedom, r evealing new opportunities for individual develop­ ment and social service; The light of Faith, opening new visions of the better world to be; The light of Love, daily binding brother to brother and man to God in ever closer bonds of friendship and affec­ tion. Guided by this light We shall go forward to the work of an· other year with steadfastness and confidence. - Author unknown. THE BAPTIST HERALD January 1, 1933 3 What's Happening

Make the "Baptist Heraldl' Booster in story is that rof Oncken's. Don't fail very often, the last one married 20 year s your church glad by prompt ly and gladly to begin the new serial story by the ago. The Baptist Herald giving your subscription renewal and by famous "Cape Cod" author, Joseph C. A great many old and new friends giving him a list of prospective sub­ Lincoln. assembled to witness this. unusual event. scribers. Rev. H. P . F'ayser , minister of the On Making Resolutions and When Keeping Spiritually Young Revival at Immanuel Baptist church, officiated at the ceremony. The Rev. H. C. Baum conducted evangelis­ PINIONS have varied as to whether the mak­ MARTIN L. LEUSCHNER tic services .at the Plum Creek · church, Church, Wausau, Wis. bride was given ~n !marriage by Rev. F. A. Bloedow, and attended by Miss A. 0 ing of resolutions at the beginning of a new S. Dak., Rev. E. Gutsche, pastor. The We can lift up our voices with the year is a good thing or not. We believe there is a EEPING spiritually young is just as important meetings were blessed with about 25 con­ 103rd Psalm and praise the Lord for Herb, bridesmaid. Mr. J. Rogalski sup­ ported the groom. Rev. J . Luebeck of virtue in making good resolutions at that time. Of K in life as "keeping mentally fit." We are very versions. The weather was ideal a nd blessing us so richly in the past weeks. much concerned in our age about retaining the the roads in good condition. For a long time we prayed for a revival Whitemouth, a former pastor of the course such action has been the butt of much cheap in our church and the Lord has gracious­ church, spoke on Genesis 2: 18. The witticism but that was usually because the resolu­ youthful vigor of our bodies, as is evidenced by the This number of the " Baptist Herald" ly answered our prayers. During the church choir rendered two appropriate tions were not good or because they were not kept. increasing popularity of physical culture, and about inaugurates the eleventh volume and the Fall months we tried to secure the serv­ selections. At the close of the service maintaining mental alertness, which is attested by editor enters into the eleventh year of ices of several evangelists, but all seemed the .congregation had the opportunity of The making of resolutions is usually the result the widespread acceptance of adult educational his editor ship with our paper. We f er­ wishing God's blessi ng to Rev. and Mrs. to refuse to come to Wausa u. Then, as of some self-examination, of some sort of p·ersonal aids. But the subject of youthfulness in spiritual vently pray that 1933 may pr ove to be we believe, a direct answer to prayer, J . Kepi; and then all went downstairs the best in its history in spite of all dif­ the Lord sent us the Irish evangelist, Dan into the beautifully decorated Sunday survey, a taking inventory of our mental and moral matters receives scant attention in the books and ficulties, hard times and other handicaps. Shannon. Bro. Shannon is a converted school rooms. The table at which the and spiritual assets and liabilities. That in itself is periodicals of our day. This may be due to a mis­ Roma n Catholic and there is never a dull bride and groom and the ministers and a good idea and should be indulged in oftener than conception of "The Flash" is the nallle of a new bul­ theit· wives were se-qted, was centered letin now issued by the Young People's hour when he speaks. He is a great once a year. A little at the close of each day would man of prayer and not only preaches the by a large wedding cake. What Youth and Religion Are Society of the Second German Church, Under the able chairman ship of Mr. be beneficial. Brooklyn, N. Y. We are glad to welcome Gospel of the grace of God but also lives up to it in his every-day life and Dojacek a very interestin g p rogr am was and constitute. "Youth" in the widest interpreta­ its visits at our editorial sanctum. It Nevertheless it may be said in general that New work. given, consisting of little speeches and tion of. the word is not a birthright. but an attain­ reports that the average at tendance at recitations by r epresentatives of the dif­ Years is a most fitting time for the making of good the Sunday night B. Y. P. U . meetings Previous to our meetings we had a ment. It is not a matter of years, brief in number, week of cottage prayer meetings. We ferent branches of church activities · r esolutions. An old year with its faults and failures , during November was 41. The goal for suitable selections by the choir, a m al~ but a spirit and an attitude toward life. It is not December was set .at 50. began our meet ings on Nov. 10 and con­ has been cast off. A new calendar comes before us tinued until Dec. 8. , Ever y night the quar tet, a ladies sextet and a song by the counting of milestones but t he song which is in the mission-band. The ladies of th e with its challenge and appeal. Change is in the one's heart and on one's lips along life's pilgrim­ The Emmanuels Creek church of Tyn­ church was fi lled with•a ttentive listener s air a nd it ou.ght to be a change for the better. A dall, S. Dak., Rev. E. Broeckel, pastor, and on several evenings there was not chur.ch 1had prepared an appetizing lunch, age. I have known some people, young in years, but reports the conver sion of 34 souls and a room to seat all the people. During these which was served by the King's Daugh­ fresh grip is in order and we ought to take hold ter s and the young men at the end of wrinkled and aged by the disillusionment and cyni­ wonderf ul revival. Our General Evan­ evangelistic services we were privileged with a will. the prog ra m. cism of life, which has never been beautiful nor gelist, Rev. H. C. Baum, preached the to pray with 48 people. Among those purposeful to them. It has been my good fortune, gospel during a series of meetings last­ baptized wer e two Catholics and sever al The church presented the bride with a But resolutions are so often broken, we hear ing three weeks and the Lord granted Lutherans. Most of them were middle­ fine set of silverware, and at the shower some one say. Well, suppose you do fall down. on the other hand, to know also men and women, rich blessing in which both of the aged people, fathers and mothers of fam­ held on Dec. 1, 1932, the ladies. a nd the Don't be afraid of making a start for t he land of approaching the sunset of years, th eir h eads King's Daughter s had presented her churches on this field, Tyndall and Dan­ ilies, four married couples and several beginning again because you are afraid of falling. crowned with a halo of snow-white hair , who were zig, shared. The church praises God and young people. One of these converts with a beautiful Limoge dinner service. We will greatly miss Miss B. Knopf, Here's the thing to be afraid of. Be afraid to stay yo unger and more youthful in spirit than their own is g rateful to Bro. Baum and the Gen­ walked 10 miles one evening when i t grandchildren. eral Missiona ry Society for the services was 10 degrees below zer o in order to but as Mrs. J. Kepi we are sure she will down when you fall down. The -devil is no doubt rendered. be present at the service. The power of do her bi t "in the other mission fi eld" as delighted when you fall but there is joy among the It is j ust as true that religion is not a creed to b e she intimated in her letter of resignation. "Christmas and Calvary" were tbe two the cross can still attract people. angels when you arise and press on. memorized nor a record of perfect church attend­ Not only do we r ejoice because of these GERHARD STREUBER, Reporter. ance, nor a facial countenance that evinces a cer­ thoughts and great facts linked together Make as many resolutions as you see fit to make in a "Communion Service" a rranged by souls that were saved; but also because tain type of piety but a spirit and an attitude toward of t he blessings that t he .church received Rev. 0 . E. Krueger and used at the cel­ but let the strongest resolution be to keep your life and God which permeate every experience. ebration on Sunday evening, Dec. 4, at from these meetings. We have all grown resolution. Make your good resolutions and if need spiritually. Despite the severe cold TheBaptistHerald He who is most deeply religious in this sense of the the Temple Ba ptist Church, Pittsburgh, Published semi-monthly b y the be remake them again and again until they become weather Wll had between 40 and 50 out word must be most youthful at heart. In the realm Pa. The pastor did not preach but lead GERM AN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY the fi xed habit of your life. Remember what Paul in this worship program. The leading for our prayer meeting on Wednesday 3734 Payne Avenue Cleveland, Ohio of spiritual truths there is a "fountain of youth" evening. To God be the glory ! May wrote to young Timothy: "Thou therefore, my son, divisions, under which scripture a nd Rev. A. P. Mihm, Editor from which we can quaff and remain spiritually hym ns were grouped were as follows: these new converts now dedicate their be strong in the grace that is in Christ J·esus." Re­ lives wholly to the Lord's service ! The Conlributin11" Editors : young. I have always believed that Contemplation, Adoration, Humiliation, 0 . E. Krueger A. A. Schade member the throne of grace to which every aspir­ Participation, Consecration, Transforma­ Lord has richly blessed and given the Au11ust F. R u ntz Youth Rather Than Old Age Holds the Secrets of increase and we are looking forward to ing soul may boldly come to obtain mercy and find tion, Radiat ion and E xhortation. The .. The Baptist Herald" is a den ominational grace to help in time of need. service evoked much favorable comment. gr eater blessings in the future. per iodical devoted to the interests of t he Germa n Religious Living JOHN WOBIG. Baptist Young People's and s·unday School Who's Who in this number. Rev. M. Wor kers· Union at the subscription price of While New Years has some special features con­ I have never believed of youth that it might drop L. Leuschner, the writer of the leading Ke pi-Knopf Wedding in Winni­ $1.25 a Year. ected with it that make it a good time for making the torch of r eligious fervor. Youth is the most pro­ feature a rticle (written especially for the ( 24 cents additiona l to foreign count rie1) found embodiment of true r eligion. Youth is al­ "Baptist Herald") , is the pastor of the peg, Canada Advertis ing rates, 60 cents per inch single: n solutions, it is not the only time. We would be Fleischmann Memor ial Church, Philadel­ Something very out of the ordinary column . 2¥., in chca wide. ~:mis s in duty if we postponed until New Years all ways r eligious, when it expresses itself most char­ in weddings took place in the German AJl editorial correspondence is to b e addrc!tscJ acteristically. Youth is radiantly religious, even phia, Pa. Rev. C. J . Bender is our vet­ to Rev. A. P. Mihm, 7346 Madis on St. , Forcat good resolutions. Welcome and embrace th em eran missionary t o the Cameroons. He Baptist Church of Winnipeg, on Dec. 7, Park, Ill. ~~:mom ent they come. It may be on your birthday, though its religion may not be expressed in the sails for his field after a brief furlough, 1932, when Miss B. Knopf, missiona ry All business correspondence lo Germa n llaptis t · der· the spell of some gr eat speech or sermon, thought and word forms of its elders. J e~ms, of accompanied by Mrs. Bender, in J anu· for 13 year s in our church, -and Rev. J. Publication Society, 3734 Payne Avenue, Chive or un . ·. . b k . land, O hio. h'l reading some mspmng oo or m the pres- whom we must alway_s think as a young man of ary. Rev. C. A. F liigge is the director Kepi, minister of the German Baptist 1 of the Christian Tract Society, affiliated Church of Regina, wer e united in the w e f some striking life-experience into which Galilee, commissioned t o his divine task by the with our Baptist publishing house in holy bonds of matrimony.-A missionary Ent ered aa oecond-clasa matter J anuary 9, 1923, ~oc; h~ s led you. Ri~ht then and there, make your heavenly Father, leads the way into an understand­ Cassel, Germany. What a wonderful at the post office at Cleveland, Ohio, under tbt rn arryi ~ g in our church does not occur act of March 3, 1879. resolution and keep it. ing of this gr eatest of life's secrets. THE BAPTIST HERALD 4 January 1, 1933 5

Keeping spiritually young demands that discip­ the problems of our day and will certainly not be Th th ht 0 f k Daniel Poling, in his recent book on Jesus, en­ popular with young people. The man or woman e oug . eeping spiritually young stag- titled, "Between Two Worlds," pictures Jesus at lin e whereby we can always radiate an incurable ~ers one. It is so easy to age, to become d isillu- the Bethany home, where his disciples eagerly ask optimism of love to others, faith in God's purposes, who is living in the age of buggies and lamps and s10ned, to find one's 'enthusiasm dimmed. On t'3 him questions about life's problems in the presence hope in the victor y of truth and righteousness, and Victorian customs will be "a back number" today. not only to remain in the company of youth e a:~nt~ of John Mark, the young man. "He answered with enthusiasm in the building of God's Kingdom. The interpretation of Christianity which goes back enjoy their comradeship b t l a sweep of his hand in the direction of John Mark, We shall also be able to keep spiritually young to the world of yesterday can. neither appeal to nor mined to learn the se~re~ 0~ s~h~o~ld be ~eter­ challenge the youthfully mmded person of our · youth" Jesus leads with h. fi tr fountam of who was hurrying on toward J erusalem. 'Youth is By Engagin g in a Life of Active Service hope, Life is wonderful and love is the greatest modern world. The gospel of Christ, eternally the must follow joyously rad·~s1 t(m, ~ t o~g hand. We Yout~ has alw~ys interpreted r eligion with an em­ same in its content, but clothed in the garments of ever the r oad may g;. n y, vic onously, wher- thing in the world,' he said." phasis on practical service and on a life of fruitful­ the day, can be preached most effectively by the Phil d 1 h" p Youth of the finest and most genuine type can ness. Age has criticized the younger me.mbers of Christian who has kept abreast of the times and ad- a e P ia, a. teach all of us much about life. It can lead the way the chur c~ es because of their inability to testify justed himself to changing environmental con­ into the practise of keeping spiritually young. Then Jesus as a Tormentor about their experiences and to pray, not r ealizing ditions. the boundaries of youth in terms of years will dis­ that the deeds of quiet, effective service pray much Q NE day they said to-Jesus, "Why art thou come appear , and all who learn these things "shall mount lou de~ than words. Preaching and practise must go William Lyon Phelps in a small book, entitled to torment us? what have we to do with thee?,, up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be ha"Ild m hand, but he who is more concerned about " Human Nature," describes a visit he had with a Had you ever t~ought of Jesus as a tormentor? As weary; they shall walk and not faint." We shall the forme.r is losing his grip on spiritual youthful­ friend in Boston ~ho w.as a.lmost ninety years of age long as somethmg is wr ong Jesus torments men be able to keep spiritually young ness.. It is most cer tainly true that youth in this who engaged wit~ him m a lively conversation He never lets them alone until that wrong is righted: a.bo ut current at:f a1rs. "Physically all who have By Radiating an Incurable O ptimism age m the words of Prof. Harry F. Ward is "too S~avery was wrong. He never let up until men era­ passed forty begm to deteriorate,'' Dr. Phelps con­ mu c~ ~oncerl_led. with the new opportunities for dicated slav:ery. T~e saloon was wrong. He never Youth at its best is actuated by high ideals, great cludes. "But mentally some men and women never ~ashw~mg this hfe to be interested in any escape lets up until. Amenca outlaws it. He is keeping visions and wonderful dreams. It has been said grow old, no matter how many years they h t fro. m it ·" . Y ou th is· not so much "other-worldly after us until we complete the task everywhere that the words, "all men are created equal,'' in our their credit. If they maintain a constant mmd~d" m a theological assurance of heaven as inte:;s~ i~ upon the face of the earth. War is wrong. He will Declaration of Independence express an ideal never the world about them they will actually live lo . rp racticadll yh mm· d. e d In· Christianizing· our persona' l . . nge1 keep at us until we drive war from the earth Race accepted by most Americans but which was ham­ th an th ose w h ose cur10s1ty diminishes or dee ays." mered on the anvil of a young man's heart, that of ivesTh an kt e social order in which we 11ve.· hatr~d is wrong. He will torment us until thfs mon­ Keeping spiritually young also demands that ~ter is no more and world brotherhood shall sit in Thomas Jefferson. I can well remember the en­ r .L ~v~ ~own many young people who have been shall we thusiasm with which I joined the several thousand E'gar ~ Y others as deficient in t heir religious its place, and love be enthroned as king. young people at the Indianapolis Student Volunteer ~x~ r~sswn,tbut who have been even more spiritual, Champion Unpopular But Truth-Provoking Causes Not in a long time have the followers of the Christ convention in boldly and fer vently dedicating our­ . e iev~, han their critics because of the deter- had more sobering moments than these that are He~·e.in youth has pl~yed its most important role in selves to the great visionar y task-"the evangeliza­ mmed, smcere. a nd. b eaut"f l u 1 Chr1 . sban. ser vice. theY rehg10n. The heretics of yesterday who are th upon us.. With political and economic conditions as tion of the world in this generation." 0 ave been 1 :ndermg quietly. Youth a lies the they are m our land and others, who can be indiffer­ test to which it demands of and heroes . of . today's Protestantism were youn g mene At its heart religion is an incurable optimism. In ~;;Ie itse l ~ ~t~ers c h amp10nmg a most unpopular but •t ' ent, complacent, and inactive? With two-thirds of " Byc~h J :s~s ~tspp h ed so stringently to his disciples : Th v1 a 1 cause our world members of no church, Jewish, Catholic, the face of th e darkest and most inscrutable trag­ ~~e. who ~a_v th: deepest well springs of th~ edy the religious soul can say that "all things work ell' rui ye shall know them " or Protestant, who of us dares be unconcerned or Chnstian r ehg10n will find their lives h 11 together for good to them that love God." The Youth will always b th · causes which will demand self-de . cl a ednged by selfish? phasis in rer · e . e preserver of this em- . · . ma , ·en urance Christian spirit is a love "that beareth all thinga, the gospel ~gion ~n prac.tical deeds, active service, suff eung and sacnfice. There is no b tt f . • The Master is on trial today. The world is say­ believeth all things, endureth all things." J esus comes to cl~~e social ac~ion . . Life's ser vice never of youth in a religious life than the :u er o~ntam ing, "What then shall I do with Jesus?" Shall he came to establish in the hearts of men and on this in the r f but contmues rn unabated measure unpopular religious causes of the day. pportmg of by any indifference of ours be crucified afresh and earth a kingdom of righteousness, love and brother­ That is ~~e: r~a those w~o keep spiritually young. We are told that Robert Louis St put to an open shame, or shall he through our de­ hood. It demands a visionary faith to believe in 'the so many youn son why m my generation there are •• d . "G" evenson once votion and love for him be proclaimed as the one establishment of that kingdom in the face of eco­ Prof. Walte; people who, though they never k new C.11e . ive me the young man w h o h as brams . enoug h t 0 make a fool of himself " J Ad who is able to save .unto the uttermost them that nomic greed, selfish lusts and racial animosities. found in h. .1:-auschenbusch personally, have · h · ane dams come unto God through him ?-Dr. J. M. Bader in m er ,?ook, . "The Second Twenty Years at Hull There is an incurable optimism in the words of the the spirit ifs wJ ritmgs a!1d spirit the embodiment of the C. E. World. po~t. which envisages the hope of a youthful, ideal- 0 esus Chnst. Ho~se, . ascribes her youthfulness of spirit to the istic spirit . We shall also b e a bl e t o keep sp..mtuall y young rle~1~ation of her life and efforts in behalf of reat rehg10us and social causes which we1·e and .g Indifference the Great Foe By Keeping Abreast of the Times · h a1e un- "Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne,­ popuI a r m er day. There are causes at th . O cause is sti·onger than the forces that support Yet that scaffold sways the future, and behind the dim un- The world of e t . . l" · . e p1es- d . . ven s and movements passes by us m en t time, re ig10us m character sweep· . th . it. One enemy inside the camp is more dan­ known, t ai1 Y kaleidoscopic review. You th feels itself in­ · 1· t · · ' mg m e1r N Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his imp ica ion ~, which should challenge the interest of gerous than a dozen enemies on the outside. Indif­ a:nse1 Ya ~art of the onward march of things. Even own." all who desire to keep spiritually young. ference is often a more subtle foe than open hos­ of :handi. will not be able to turn back the clocks Religion at the best is the treasure of those l tility. The church that does not build in the hearts Dr. Luccock tells the story of James Russell b machme development in India so also w ill we . s 0 us, Lowell, who was passing a building in the outskirts w h o, young or o Id m years, are spiritually you of its people loyalty to itself and to the denomina­ e una~ l e to compel the youth of o~r day to live in tion it fosters, will not have to wait long for the of Boston, which bore the inscription. "Home for the environment which belonged to the past century As Jesus, their Master and Savior, they have fa1It\ Incurable Children,'' and said playfully to a friend, in life and God which is incurably idealistic and fateful day when it will have a name to live and is f.ntd gteneration. The world of international events, dead, if indeed it does not cease to have even its "They'll get me in there some day." Dr. Luccock I era ure educaf . l which visions a world ?f peace, good-will and right,.. customs ' d ion: the cinema, in dus Lry, soc1a. went on to say that "the man of Christian faith to eousness, they lead hves of active service which name left. To refuse or fail to foster and support feels at :~m culture is one in which youth lives and whom God and the increasing purpose which runs worldwide missions is to invite the removal of the they are der T.hey can be Christians in it, because constantly prove the truths in the fruitfulness of the ages are realities, lives in an ideal world. He is deeds they adjust themselves and the expression of candlestick. Keeping :r~.med to make it Christian in spirit. , .. * * an incurable child, carrying over to his last years touch with rf1ritually young implies keeping in their message to the cond1t10ns of men in their day, an irrepressible youthfulness of heart. His King­ veal A . i. et as those who are young in spirit re- and they champion causes in which they believe so Did you forget it in the holiday rush? Forget dom is an everlasting Kingdom, and its members . mims .er, who bas not read a book which profoundly that they are even willing to lay down what? Why, renewing your subsc1·iptino. Do it have the dew of youth." has been published since 1914, can hardly know their lives in their behalf. now. January 1, 1933 7 6 THE BAPTIST ~ERALD A Happy New Year How are people to know about your corned the candidate into the r anks of A Happy New Year the Greatest of These is Love." The Ebenezer, Elmo, Kansas, Says NANCY BYRD TURNER meetings if you don't advertise and what the ministers, and Rev. R. E. Reschke story takes place at the Climber home could be a better way than by a poster"! gave the charge to the church. "Hallelujah!" A Happy New Year, teachers! FRANCES RIDLEY HA VERGAL where an orphan is seeking refuge. The There are two incentives to this con­ The special musical numbers such as Like a fair page it lies, Faith that in.creaseth, Climber f.amily thinks only of good times, We were privileged to have several test-one that all posters will be on dis­ the choir selection, solo by Henry Ber­ This year that's just beginning· Walking in light; weeks of services at our church this fall. play at the conference, and second, there tuleit, a girl's quartet and a minister's while Ruth, the orphan, is a very re­ Before your wistful eyes. Hope that aboundEth, ligious girl and is

ing the-the person you just mentioned ous twinkle in them-this was the Ke· "Don't talk that way. He ain't turnin' Aunt Keziah. And he's got on his very with a 11iinister!' ziah Coffin the later generation of Trumet me out. He ain't lettin' houses for his best Sunday clothes. Gracious! I must KEZIAH COFFIN "Oh, I wasn't comparin' 'em! I'll leave knew so well. health and he'll need the money to buy be going. I didn't know you expected JOSEPH C. LINCOLN that for the Come-Outer s to do. Drat But Grace Van Horne, who called her his daughter's summer rigs. She ·ain't caller s." this carpet! Seems's if I never saw aunt and came to see her so frequently, had a new dress for a month, pretty Keziah dropped the tack hammer and (Copyright by D. Appleton and Company) such long tacks; I do believe whoever while her brother was alive and during near, and here's a young and good-look­ stood up. the month following his death, could see in' parson heavin' in sight. Maybe Cap'n , Chapter I ances, she was not. A large portion of put 'em down drove 'em clean through "Kyan !" she repeated. "What in the the changes which the month had Elkanah would think a minister w.as her tbirty-nine years of life had been the center of the earth and let the Chiny­ world is that old idiot comin' her e for? wrought. She saw the little wrinkles high-toned enough even for Annabel to In which Keziah hears two proposals passed under a wet blanket, so to speak, men clinch 'em on t'other side. I haul To talk about the minister, I s'pose. about the eyes and the lines of care marry." and the beginning of a third and she had not permitted the depress­ up a chunk of the celler fl oor with every How on earth Hamburg The selection and support of fellow­ workers wer e made possible by the Edin­ had a new application, "So' mightily In regard to the first German Baptist burgh Bible Society, whose representa­ grew the word of the Lord and pre­ Life Stories of Great Baptists Church founded on April 23, 1834, with tive Oncken became in 1828, and in whose vailed." a membership of seven, of which Oncken service he circulated over 2,000,000 Bi­ A few dates and fa.cts may be cited was ordained pastor by Professor Sears, bles. He was also assisted from America here: was essential, and how to make this clear ably from a word that the Holy Ghost Johann Gerhard Oncken: be remarked afterwards : "I cannot say by the American Bible Society. In Sep­ 1837-Cburches founded in Berlin, Ol­ to others. A young mulatto was the has written." Apostolic Pioneer in Europ_e that there was only a gleam of hope in tember, 1836, he founded a society of denburg and Stuttgart. first whom he won for Christ. Studies the Question of Baptism my heart that the church, after it had REV. C. A. FLUEGGE his own, " The Hamburg Tract Union" 1840-Churches founded in J ever, Bit­ Appointed a Missionary to Germany We already perceive the independence been constituted, would persist and (now the Christian Tract Society), which terfeld and Bayreuth. Life Stories of Great Baptists The "Continental Society," from which which marked Johann Gerhard Oncken; spread. I knew, however, that it .came was also the first Temperance Union. 1841-Church founded in Salzgitter. Baptist World Alliance Series: No. 5 he obtained many tracts, observed his and it is t hrough his personal investiga­ into existence by the will of God and of 1842-Church founded in Goslar. Christ, and t hat I had nothing to do Some Leading Dates activity, and in 1823 appointed him as tion of the Word of God that he came Artisans converted in H amburg, when with results; these were in the hands Birth (Jan. 26) ...... 1800 a missionary to Germany. He reached to a knowledge of the truth .concerning they passed on to work elsewhere, were of the Lord." Conversion · ...... 1820 Hamburg on December 16, and soon baptism. So soon as light b ad come to liberally supplied with tracts by Oncken. Baptism and found.ing of First Bap- afterwards joined the English Reformed him be strove to follow it, and began by Oncken had never any weakness of A conver ted tailor named Knaur, after tist Church in Continental ("Independent" ) Church there. His refusing to allow bis first child (he had will when he saw clearly the way of duty. returning home, distributed 30,000 tracts, Europe (April 22, 23) ...... 1834 work began, as he himself says, "with a married Sarah M-ann in E ngland on May H e came to be denounced as one of the many Bibles and other books, and h eld Death (Jan. 2) ...... 1884 heart of warm love for the Savior and a 19, 1828) to be sprinkled. His biblical first and worst of "sectarians'' in Ger­ meetings : Oncke n then came, baptized passion for reaching poor sinners.'' convictions he also communicated to oth­ many, and t his in sp·ite of the fact that the believers and constituted t!Je church. "I will make a man of this lad," said ers, who came to share with him the he was always a firm Alliance man, In the autumn of 1841 Oncken bap­ the Scottish merchant who on a business desire to be baptized according to the gladly acknowledging every advance of tizea in M:emel 11 men and 18 women, tour came to the town of Varel in Olden­ Scriptures. Oncken says in the address the Kingdom of God and never confusing and on October 4 constituted the chur.ch. burg, was attracted by J ohann Gerhard already quoted: t he Kingdom '\vith his own communion. It proved a center of influence and the Oncken, and had taken him over to " In the year 1829 I entered into cor­ But he refused to permit this attitude to parent of many flourishing churches ex­ Leith as an employee. The boy was in respondence for the first time with a bap­ hinder his loyalty to what he recognized t ending as far away as Estonia. By his fifteenth year, having been born on tized Christian, Robert Haldane of Edin­ from t he scriptures as the will of the 1864 there were 1000 church members January 26, 1800. He never saw his burgh. He gave me the strange advice Lord. It was on this account that he in what a re now Lithuania and Latvia, proved so effective; his power was deep father, who shortly before h is birth had to baptize myself. According to my and by 1870 they had increased to 1728 been compelled on ac.count of political fixed principle I at once turned to the as well as wide. members in 20 stations. activities to flee from the vengeance of New Testament, but from Matthew to The text (Eph. 4:5): " One Lord, OM Napoleon. He had taken refuge in Eng· Revelation I could find no self-baptism, faith, one baptism," which with Acts Assists in Beginning Baptist Work in land, and died there. Of his earliest and I was unwilling to act for msyelf in 11 :32, is carved on Oncken's tombstone Denmark and Sweden years Oncken says: "No one could have so serious a matter. With the beloved C. he emphasized not only in Germany but The movement spread like a prairie been further from the Kingdom of God ~· La nge, who shared my view on bap­ in twelve other countries of continental fire throughout Germany, as a rule in Europe. As a nother scriptural word than I . . . . but God in his providence tism, I was constrained to turn again to Oncken in Later Life the fltce of bitter persecutions which took me away out of my native place prayer. Our petitions for a Philip lasted (Eph. 4 :8-12) says, the ascended Lord recall t he story of the primitive church. "gave gifts unto men .. . . and he gave and brought me into a land in which five years. A few 1lmong us wished that Oncken as Editor and Bible Publisher Very early it passed beyond the borders there was no lack of the means of grace." we should at least observe the Lord's some to be apostles . . . . and some evan­ of Oncken's native land. At the close of Oncken lived in Leith from 1814 to Supper with one another: but I could gelists ; and some, pastors and teachers.'' In 1844 Oncken issued his ea rliest Odober , 1839, he and Koebner visited 1819. During these years the youth un­ not set my band to this since I was These are the best gifts that God be­ periodical, "Das Hamburger Missions­ Cop enhagen a nd there baptized "eleven Oncken in Earlier Life dertook many long journeys on behalf certain that if our b egin~ing should be stows upon a people of a community­ blatt" (The Hamburg Mission paper). believing disciples of J esus," and in Sep· of his employer in Scotland, England, men a ccor ding to his own heart, through H e a lso arranged for fresh editions of tember of the following year nine othe rs Oncken began soon to be known to the wrong the after-developments would also France, and Germany, steadily ripening whom comes the "perfecting of the tl1e entire Bible and various editions of in t he Danish island of Langeland. In people as a "street-corner preacher." He be wrong. I cannot now sufficiently into manhood and gaining the knowl­ praise the Lord that be turned this pro­ saints, unto the work of ministering the New Testament. H e was able in August, 1847, Oncken baptized Nilsson, edge of the world and of men which so won much love, but also hatred and per­ unto the building up of the body of January, 1871, to report from the prev­ the pioneer of Swede n, and ordained him secution. He was forced to betake him­ posal aside, and that we did not d1lre to thoroughly prepared him for bis life found a church for which we found no Christ." ious July, i. e. during the six months of to work in his fatherland; Nilsson in work. At the close of 1819 he settled in self to different parts of the .city, as the t he Franco-German War, 128,000 German example in the New T estament .. ··" "There was a man sent from God, turn baptized the Lutheran theologian London. rati?nalist_ p ~tors sti r ~ed up the police whose name was" Johann Gerhard a nd French Bibles and 2,000,000 tracts Wiberg, who during a visit to Hamburg Converted in London against him m one district after an­ . Baptized by Prof. Sears Oncken. He was truly an a71ostolic man, had been distributed in the hospitals. had gained clear light on biblical bap tism other. He was r epeatedly imprisoned His "Philip" was Professor Sears, A decisive turning point .came in 1820 an evangelist whose success is equalled and the constitution of the N ew Testa­ a nd still more frequently fined. who in 1833 came from the United A Tireless Missionary Pioneer and when in a London Methodist chapel he by few and the vastor a nd teacher of Trainer ment church. Forsell, a Swedish trader heard, as he r eports, "an excellent ser­ Founder of die Sunday School in States to Germany in order to studY· the c h~rch and the fellowship which he in furs, with his assistant H ejdenberg, Germany Oncken's narrative continues: H e was a tireless traveller , and under­ mon on Romans 8 : 1, which opened to me called into being. were in 1854 baptized in Hamburg and the glorious liberty of t he children of Oncken initiated on January , , "Professor Sear s came, and to his took many exhausting journeys to appointed 1ls evangelists for th e work in 9 1825 The B&ptist Clover-leaf God, so t hat I left t he chapel and went t he German Sunday school enterpris b great astonishment found that he need raise necessary funds. H e trained his their home land. founding a Sunday school which L .e y not impart any instructions to us, but Through him arose t he Ba ptist ?e· members from the outset in the habit home triumphant and unspeak ably happy. . F A L . 1cen- In Austr ia and Hungary c1ate •. . oewe rightly describes t?at We were quite ready to r eceive bap­ · ati·on in its German form, which of cheerful g iving ; a nd he gathered From t hat day forward I became a wit­ nomm . . f "the parent of all the work of the I as tism. Since, however I was just then it ten expression m the con es- during strenuous tours abroad the fur­ Oncken also sent brethren to Austria ness of his love to sinner s and of the . . ,, w· b nner f oun d \vr d . M1ss1on. ic ern received her th about to make a j~urn ey to Poland . f fai· th already formu 1ate in co- ther sum needed for the maint!mance of and Hungary, and in October , 1847, the freedom and omnipotence of his grace." .d d . . e e s1on o . d · His sense of salvation awakened the many-s1 e impressions which gav · shortly after the close of the R evolution ·on with K oebner m 1837 an g iven t he mission workers whom he appointed, first scriptural baptism was celebr ated opera t1 · · ·th G W desire to save others. What had made to h is phila nthropic activity. e rise t?ere, as agent of the Scottish Bible So­ final shape in assoc1at1on w1 . · for chapel-building, for the Seminary he in Vienna. founded, and for the funds which he es­ him blessed, he must needs commend to Oncken's character and the fo ciety, the baptism was postponed to the Lehmann in 1847. . Contact with Holland opened with the h. . t t d rm of 22 tablished to assist pastors, inva lids, his fellows. Those whom he could not 1s pie y s an. out .clearly in hi· s a dd ress nd of April, 1834." . . clistinguished men who with baptism of tb1·ee Dutchmen a t Hambu1·g on the occasion of the twenty.fifth . These t wo " 1 widows, and orphans. reach by speech he sought to direct by . anni- Prof essor Sears came from the Uni­ f rmed t he so-called c over- in 1845, and soon afterwards Oncken printeri messages to t he one thing ne.ed­ ver sary of th e F• 1rst Ba mburg B t• vers ity of Balle where he was studying, Oncken ° ·rt f God's g race of In t he course of a collecting tour, undertook a missionary journey to t he Church, in which he said. " Whap ~t I f" were also g1 s o Oncken was once asked how many mis­ ful. He eagerly distributed tracts, going . · en 1t and baptized O~cken with his wife and ea . si nificance in the new move­ Netherlands. There he baptized; and so far as to spend out of the shilling pleased G?S a self­ F. L ange-the . · • B ti t to know how many missionaries." "Seven mor e tracts. Oncken's first sermon m bis pI e-0 apk .sn Oncken after visiting the Breslau church What he was, he wa!l all throu gh~ and true in matters of faith by who ng as e~ de nt duty to p ermit nothing, even ba P- thousand," he r ejoined, "among us in . ' ~~~ days- was another gift. of. God. nc e (Continued on page 16) all he did was ca1'1·ied out in the spirit believed and . taught, that can t ~tsm itself to 1 d h" to neglect the Germany every Baptist is a missionary!" proved clear ly, definitely and unn~ be tm . ' ea im f the a ppointed him a .colportei · of complete surrender. H e knew what m1stak- .mediate and pressing work 0 Kingdom of God. 14 THE BAPTIST HERALD January 1, 1933 15

into all the world and teach, and he is example. He said, " Learn of me," but Kyle church celebrated their anniversary bidding the church today to teach the he does more than that. He will come program. This was a t reat to us, for it truths of his gospel. And so every into our Jives with t he r einforcement of was an interesting program. Our Devotional Meeting church in its own sphere has a wonder­ his own p ersonality, giving us the power On Sunday morning the speakers for ful opportunity of dispelling darkness to follow where he leads. Woul d you Sunday school were: Rev. Ph. Potzner, August F. Runtz from the earth. Sometimes we b: come really wish to live up to the ideals J esus Rev. Fr. Mindrup, Rev. C. C. Gossen, and discouraged and think we can do so lit­ set forth? You may, if you are willing Miss Hilda Ehrhorn. The morning sermon was given by January 15, 1933 J anuary 22, 1933 J·a nuary 29, 1933 tle, but after .all is it not thr ough the to pay the price. Rev. J . E. Ehrhorn; he spoke to u s on Dangers of Living Just for Things What Good Is Our Church Doing? many small units _that the great work is How Unselfish Should We Be? being done? John 3:29 : "The relation between the Matt. 5:13-16 Texas-Louisiana Assembly at bridegroom a nd the church.'' Matt. 16 :21-27 Luke 12: 13-34 Kyle Sunday afternoon a program was given A Wise F ool. ·How often we have seen The Salt of the Earth. Salt has two February 5, 1933 primary functions: it impar ts a fl avor Assembly Theme: "The Investment of by the young people from the different T he Unselfishness of Christ. For the this truth illustrated of which J esus How Shall We Determine Our Life." Asembly Motto : "Investing for B. Y. P . U.'s represented and two ap­ best example of pure unselfishness we preached in the parable of the rich man to everything with which it is mixed, Christ." Assembly Aim: " Growth through pointed speakers. Walter S. Schaible must turn to Jesus Christ. His coming and his barns. Here is a farmer build­ and it is used to prevent decay and cor­ Ideals? Investment." spoke in English on "The Invested Life." to earth as a babe in a manger, which ing up-to-date barns for his cattle and ruption. First then the duty of our Psalm 119:129-136; Matt. 5 :1-9 The Fall assembly met with the Ger­ Rev. C. H. Edinger spoke in German on to us is earth's most fascinating event, hogs; the latest methods and the latest church is to make Christianity winsome. was to him the laying aside of his robes When articles of food have a pleasing High Ideals Essential to Right Living. man Baptist Church a t Kyle. Long had "A prescription on how to be happy.'' equipment are none too good. He is an­ Everyone has ideals; not everyone has Two banners were awarded this yea r , one of glory. In manhood the tempter of" xious to improve his stock by getting toe flavor people enjoy eating them. It is we longed for the time to come to meet fered him wealth and flattery, fame and up to us to show the beauty and the high ideals. E veryone who has high old friends at the assembly. Difficulties for mileage and one fo~ attendance. Th e very best breeds of cattle and hogs. But ideals also has ·unrealized ideals. I deals mileage banner went to Louisiana B. Y . glory, but he choose to labor as a home­ when you .come into the house you find worth of t he Christian life. To be able had come and gone, that we were almost are like mountain peaks : when one is afraid that the assembly would be a fail­ P. U. ;and the attendance banner t o· less teacher, walking long distances over bare floors and bare walls. It may be to do this we must have tasted its good­ dusty roads and rocky paths in th·e heat ness. If we seldom attend t he services reached, a higher one looms before u s. ure ·this year. But to our surprise it Waco for six months and to Crawford that you will find some t hreadbare r ugs If our lives .are to be high and noble and for six months as they were tied in a of the day in order to heal broken hearts on the floors and some old calendars on of the church· if we would Tather go turned out to be a great success. and broken bodies and bring light into somewhere els~ than to prayer meeting, beautiful, then our ideals must be high On Wednesday night the Lord saw best close race. the walls. Good books and magazines and noble and beautiful. " As a man Sunday night the assembly came to a dark corners. And then there came the are not to be found, excepting of course we are saying to the world about us that to send a r efreshing rain. Therefore thinketh in his heart so he is." The man the opening of the assembly was not so close with a consecration service led by inevitable: either he must go to the cross those which pertain to hog raising. You tho Christian life has little attraction. who is content to work with the muck­ largely ·attended. But each day brought Rev. Ph. Potzner; his theme was " T he or else mankind forever be crucified a nd find very little that would tend to make If the gospel message of salvation has rake ,,;ill not start the j ourney to the more visitors. Joy of Living a Christian Life," which bear its own burden of s in. So he says his sons and daughters pTogressive citi­ not captivated our hearts, we had better Celestial City. T he man who has no On account of the mishap of the Sec­ was followed by testimonials. he must go (what a "must" that was!) zens, or· stalwart, energetic Christians. get on our knees before God and r epent higher ideals in life than to "eat, drink, retary of the Young P eople's Work, Rev. Too soon the assembly came to a close. and suffer and be killed. He came not "There must always be time to feed the of our hardness of heart and seek his to be ministered unto, but to minister and forgiveness. and be merry," will never do any piece A. P. Mihm could not attend the assem­ For all the good things we learned and hogs, but seldom time to develop the men­ of outstanding service for God or man. obtained while in Kyle-may the Lor d give his life a !'ansom for many. In the second place, it is the duty of bly, which one and all regrette_d much, tal, moral, or spiritual life. Souls ar e Our ideals should be determined by the for he always brings us somethmg good bless the good people in Kyle ! We all the Christian church to prevent the. d.e­ Self-Denial. J esus said if any would starved to death. "What a wise farmer!" life and teaching of J esus that is useful in our various B. Y. P. thank them for the warm hospitality, say his neighbors. "What a fool!" says cay and corruption of morals. Nations follow him he must deny himself. What The Teaching of Jes·us. It has often U 's. T he key note address was given by and sur ely do we thank the Recreation God. have become prosperous and mi~hty, but does self-denial mean accor ding to the been said that the sermon on the mount Rev. A. Becker, pastor of Waco church, Committee for their splendid enter tain­ teaching of Jesus ? Perhaps it will help The Effect of Things on Character · because of a degeneracy of morals ~a~e is impractical. True, we are overwhelmed ment provided for all afternoons. Also gone down to ruin. What power is it his theme was, "A Life, Consecrated to us if we remember that the Greek word How ~rone our gene7ation is to live just by the loftiness of its ideals; they are God." It was an inspiring sermon. the Music Committee, Registration Com­ here rendered "deny" is used when J e­ for thmgs. Men bmld beautiful houses ~ha t is endeavoring to stem the tide ~f so far removed from our mat erhlistic Thursday morning, Thanksgiving, mittee and Program Committee-all sus is foretelling Peter's denial of his but do not always make homes. Hou se~ immorality in our country today ? Is it way of thinking, that many deem them found a large crowd waiting for the good showed splendid co-operation. May we are cluttt:Hred up Swith things, but they not the influence of Christianity? Were Lord. (Matt. 26: 34, 35.) Peter later 1 impossible of attainment. However , they t hings in stor e for them through the work with greater inspiration as we r e­ said that he did not know him, and at are no ome, weet Home." Things this influence suddenly eliminated fro~ are practical. They have been lived ; day. R ev. C. H . Edinger, pastor of the turn to places! have a way of drying up the sap f society today, our whole social fabric least wished to indicate that he did not 0 lived by him who is flesh of our fl esh Kyle church, op ened th~ meeting with MATHI LDA HIRSCH, Sec. spirituality. When Jesus spoke th would fall in ruins. If the salt has lost belong to his disciples at all. So when . h ese and bone of our bone. song and Scripture, after which we were I want to take the opportunity here we deny self, we say that we do not be­ wor d s o f warnmg e was not playing ~ts saltiness, it is good for nothing. And Furthermore, in our day when many directed to different class roomS1. The and thank the B. Y. P. and S. S. Work­ long to self, but to another. We r e­ the role of a soap-box orator storm· if our churches have lost their influence of the things men cherished so highly teachers were as folows : Rev. Ph. P otz­ er s' Union for the lovely flowers they against the economi c order His mg nounce or deny self as our master, and . k · warn- by ceasing to stand unequivocally for have been utterly swept away it is be­ ner, Investing in Christian Living:­ sent me while I was ill with the 'flu accept Christ as our Master. "Chris­ mgs are _spo en gravely and with a the right and for pure morals, the~ too coming evident that the teachings of J e­ Adult and Senior .course; Hilda Ehrhorn, r ight after my r eturn from the assem­ tian self-denial consists, not in self­ depth of pity. He had little wealth H become good for nothing. What a m1gh~Y sus reveal the only ideals worth str iving Training in Christian Service--Inter· bly. I surely did appreciate it. It made inflicted suffering, nor in sacrificing par­ needed little. He saw men faring s.urr ~ power we might be if we were 100 l'o for at all. H e sets up the ideals that mediate course; Mathilda H irsch, Study­ me feel lots better right away. Thank ticular interests, but in disowning self­ tuously, and felt no t inge of en bp Christian! · make life worth while and that redound ing for Service-Junior course. you! SECRETARY. th f vy, ut interest as the motive of life and sub­ ra er o sorrow, for he saw h . th The Light of the World. It is t l~e to our happiness. Kindness, meekness, Each conference p er iod was led by dif­ were being robbed of true stituting therefore the will of God and rich es~wWh:y na~ure of light to shine. "Why does it forgiveness, unselfishness, the pure heart, ferent br ethren who did not hesitate to New Year Hymn the welfare of men." have t he .abundance of thi"ng n ~hme? Simply because it cannot help the clean thought, charity, love, mercy, do the work and this brought some inter­ h s ever OSCAR E DWAR!> MAURER broug t peace of heart and soul? it ; it is its nature · without effort or faith, fundamental honesty, trustworthi­ esting points. Saving wnd L osing-Losing and Find­ "Your Father knoweth that even consciousness a~d making n o noise, ness, sincerity, these a re the ideals he Friday morning a hike and sunrise Brother Man, Awake! ing. Had our Lord selfishly attempted f · ,, Ye 1i ave nee d o tiiin gs. Poverty 1. .t . it q_u ietly does its duty; and in the doin~ set for himself .and for us. breakfast was held out in the open near Strength withers, of tomorrow dreaming, to save his life he would have died to · n 1 se1 f ls never a virtue. When the K. d 0~ it does not encour age but even foi - The E xample of Jesus. Everyone is a railroad bridge 'and the banks of a Life's ripened grain today is gleaming, all that made his life beautiful and God shall have come to earth .m~ om of aware, great as our educational institu­ . m lts full- bi~s any looking at itself-and t~e river. It was enjoyed by every one pres­ Peer not ahead for duties new: worth while. Adoniram Judson gave ness poverty will be nonexistant brighter it is the more severely does .1t tions are, that they are unsatisfactory ent. P ep songs and yells were given by A wake! Be true. up an easy life here in America, but he George Adam Smith has ar d · Dr. f?rbid it." When we are genuinelY' Chris­ as far as moral training is concerned. some of the B. Y. P. U.'s. Then a Scrip­ really found the thing that made his life fully, and not without histor?ue .. dforce­ tian we will not try to hide the fact How are we to educate people morally? ture and prayer by Rev. C. C. Gossen, Brother Man! Lay h.6ld t so worth-while. All self-seeking is self­ th t · ic ev1 ence a a certam degree of ro . , th.rough timidity or false modesty, but Here's where the example of Jesus be­ pastor of the Crawford church, after This is no time for idle scorning, losing. Even in spiritua·l things, he and even of comfort is nee P sper1ty, comes a mighty factor. " The moment a which all enjoyed a r eal good breakfast. The east lights with the New Year's who is perpetually studying to secure . f . , essary for the Wiii live so as to direct attention to exere1se o religious facult· . "P God; then nien will glorify our Fathher boy or girl, young man or young wo­ Friday night the Dean of the San morning; joy and peace for himself loses it. A and persecution ies · overty men, knows someone whom to imitate, Marcos Academy had charge of the first · · · · put a k who is in heaven. Unless we, as ~ ~ At hand is manly work to do : certain measure of self-forgetfulness is upon the spirit of religion h.l eenness part of the evening. They brought a church spires point toward heaven, poin to admire, and to emulate .... that mo­ Lay hold ! Be t r ue. the condition of the highest success even men that boy or girl begins to be edu­ fine program and also the address on rots its ve:y ~be~s ; but ; ~t~;leluxu1!' so.u l ~ to J esus Christ, we have lost our in Christian grace. Sympathize with an­ of _prosperity is mdispensabl t basis cated morally . . ... Was there anybody " Christian E ducation" by the ~an . Then Brother Man! Give ear! 0 m1&s1on. other in his sorrow and your own sorrow social and religious reform e eve1·y L" h the who ever Jived on this planet of ours Rev. A. Becker spoke in German. His Hear daily faithful!lesses, calling, will be healed. Lift the burdens of an­ Spirit finds fullest coui·se .' and God's r ig t dispells darkness. Wherever ch whom to know, to admire, and to imitate topic was, "Jesus' Wonderful Knowl­ With voice insistent calling, calling; ight of the gosp el has come and a cl~u.r n other and the despondency will leave ties of a certain degree . ~n comrnuni­ would do more to educate morally than edge.'' Today, yea now, love speaks to y ou: has been erected fear ·and superstitio ' your own heart. dom from sordidness." · · of free- and h ' ' been J esus Christ?" Christ himself set the Saturday night the young people of the God's man, be true. . atred, and ignor a nce have 0 driven away. J esu s bade h is disciples g 16 THE BAPTIST HERALD

Onck e n burg, where he received some instructions When Our Forbears Laughed in from Oncken, and was by him formally Church (Continued from page 13) or dained to the ministry. Dur ing a r ecent cold wave one mem­ {founded two years earlier), passed on In Other Lands Across the Sea ber of a congregation shivering in a to Vienna, then addressed a series oi Ger mans who had emigrated to South drafty pew, which even the most modem meetings lasting a full week in Budapest, Africa turned to Oncken with a petition heating apparatus had not made com­ and in Pressburg (Bratislava) had a for a preacher, and in 1867 he sent Hugo fortable, recalled sympathetically an in­ prolonged interview on religious matters Gutsche to take char ge of the newly­ cident in the church history of the town with the pious widow of the Archduke founded church in King Williams Town. that shows that a centur y ago the piety Palatinus of Hungary. On the way E ven in distant China a German Bap­ even of our devout ancestors was not ab­ home he baptized sever al ex-Catholics in tist mission was commenced at the in­ solutely weatherproof. F aithf ully in­ Silesia a nd formed a chur ch at Voigts­ stance of a r eturned English missionary. deed zero or no zer o, they attended dorf. On his r etur n to Hamburg he Oncken sent out Konrad Bas.chlin, who meetings in their unheated meetinghouses promptly dispatched 30,000 tr acts to landed in February, 1870, .and af ter toil­ and sat through long-drawn-out s_er­ Vienna. some labor was 11ble to baptize a dozen mons · but the happy prospect of getb ng home' to blazing fires and smoking-hot In Russian Poland Chinese converts. The work afterwar ds passed into the hands of Amer ican Bap­ dinners sometimes led to unseemly baste in their depar ture .from the sacred the earliest conver ts, nine in number, t ists. p~e ­ cincts. At least, so thought Parson Mil- were baptized on November 28, 1858, and In North America there were in 1850 ton of Newburyport. . . 17 more on the following day. Within about 400 immigrant German Baptists ten years the numbers had increased to Because of his bellowing gr eat voice and Oncken during a tour of the States, he was of ten ~a il ed "Thundering Milton.'' 1000. The pioneer pastor Alf studied at lasting from April, 1853, to Aug ust, the preachers' school, which Oncken had He had noticed during a prolonged co~d 1854, visited many of these and spell that as he near ed the end of his opened in Hamburg. This man Alf en­ "strengthened" them.

river 1 among them by oversight a Rus­ I believe it is an absolute necessity whole pe rforrna~ ce was somewhat as fol­ sian who had been unable to r esist his that Christian for ces associate them­ lows: long-cherished desire, and without tesl selves as never bef ore to safeguard the "Sing to the Lor d aloud or acceptance had entered the water Lord's Day. We need Sunday as the ~th Please pu t that dog out the accepted candidates for baptism. Chr istian day of r est and worship for And make a joyful noise--" This national Russian afterwards bap­ spir itual realization and spiritual re­ tized sever al others. To certain of newal.-John R. Mott, LL. D. "We youngsters sank in waves ai:id Oncken's activities on his return we have • • • billows of hyster ical giggles while Trip already alluded in the preceding para­ was put out, and the choir did its best " A wise mother and good books en­ to make a 'joyful noise.' " graph; it may her e be added t hat he abled me to succeed in life.''-Henry dedicated a chapel at Admadja in Tur­ Clay. • • • k y. The young Russian preacher V•a­ . .. . "Knowledge begins with wondering. sili Pavlov, four years after his bap­ Set a child to wondering and you have tism and t he beginning of his p reaching, "Home-a grand old mirror through put him on the road to understanding.'' was sent by the Tiflis church to Ham- which both sides of us are seen." - Langley.