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Executive Board Southern Baptist Convention May 23-26 THE Southern Baptist Convention, 1961, will be held in St. Louis, Mo., May· 23-26. Thousands of messengers will gather in St. Louis' Kiel Pastors~ Note! MANY of our p a s t o r s Auditorium for the Convention's formal sessions in a scene like that in throughout the state may be the picture below. The Sheraton~Jefferson Hotel is the headquarters interested in knowing that hotel. St. Louis offers many sight~seeing attractions, too, such as its Central Airlines. issues clergy famous zoo." certificates which entitle the (Related Convention articles on pages 17 and 19) minister to travel at about one-half fare. Centra I has flights from Little Rock to St. Louis and return which might be of interest to those attend ing the Southern Baptist Con vention in St. Louis in May. Application for the clergy should be made through the Little Rock office.
May- A Vital Month WE DO not know why, but May is usually one of the- slow · months on Cooperative World Mission giving. M a n y important things in every com munity ·and church are scheduled for May. Schools are usually ending their yearly terms; the pastors and churches always try to coop erate in these mat ters and minister to the graduates. There THE Southern Baptist Convention will meet in Kiel Auditorium. is the S o u t h e r n The halls of decision look lJike this-the auditorium 'interior. DR. DOUGLAS Baptist Convention, which ts an important meeting at tended by thousands of Baptists from across our Convention. Yes, May is a busy month! But, let us not forget that our denomination has duties and obligations, not to men- (Continued on page 23)
"ARKANSAS' ARKANSAS LARGEST RELIGIOUS WEEKLY" ...... : ., .: . 401 WEST CAPITOL LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS Official Publication of the Arkansas Baptist State Con.vention ERWIN L. McDONALD, Litt.D. ______Editor MRS. E. F. STOKE$______Associate Editor MRS. HARRY GIBERSON _ ___Secretary to Editor MRS. GARY LaRUE ...... ---- ~-- ·· -·------Mail Clerk Published weekly except on July 4 and December 25. Second-class postage paid at Little Rock, Arkansas. Individual subscriptions, $2.25 per year. Church Budget, 14 cents per mdnth- or $1.68 per year per church fami ly. Club plan (10 or more paid annually in advance) $1.75 per year. Subscriptions to foreign address, $3.75 per year. Advertising rates on request. The cost of cuts cannot be borne by the paper ex cept those it has made for its individual use. Articles carrying the author's by-line do not neces sari ly reflect the editorial policy of the paper. ST. LOUIS is famous for its zoo. Many messengers, especially those Abbreviations - used in crediting news · items: BP Baptist Press: CB church bulletin; DP Daily press, with children along, will find time before or after the Convention for EP Evan@elical Press. May 4, 1961 Volume 60, Number 18 a visit. The elephants there parttde for onlookers. Photos by Baptist Press Page Two ARKANSAS BAPTIST 1,700 Young People In Music Festival St. Louis Church Plans Services MORE THAN 1,700 boys and girls, representing 35 churches in For · Convention Messengers the state, attended the Arkansas DR. STERLING L. Price, pastor of Third Baptist Church in St. Baptists' 15th youth music festival. Louis, has announced worship services for both the morning and evening· at Immanuel Church, Little Rock, of May 21 planned to be of special interest to messengers arriving in the April 29 and appeared as a unit in city for the Southern Baptist Convention May 23-26. a choir directed· by R. Paul Green The sermon at the morning service, at 10:40, will be preached by Dr. of Nashville, Tenn. Hershel H. Hobbs, pastor of First Chtrrch, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Scrip The host church and First t ure and prayer will be giv~n by Rev. Maple Avery, University Church, Church, Smackover., tied for first Abilene, Tex., and Dr. Edwin McNeeley, professor at Southwestern Semi place in the event to determine the nary, will sing. best boys' quartet. The Smackover entry was adjudged the best in the Sunday school at 9:30a.m. will have as teachers John Dawson, Chi trio event. In the girls' quartet cago, Ill. , president of the Baptist World. Alliance Men's Department, for contest First Church, Russellville ' a class of all adult men in attendance, and Mrs. Bradley Allison, Spring finished first. field, Mo., president of the Woman's Missionary Union of Missouri, for The program was sponsored by all adult women. Convention messengers are invited. There will be classes the church music departll{lent of the for the_ir children and nurseries open for infants. Arkansas Baptist Convention and Dr. Ramsey Pollard, of Bellevue Church, Memphis, Tenn.,-will preach was under the general direction of at the 7 p.m. service. Gale Dunn, of Highland Church, Shreveport, La., Secretary LeRoy McClard, who also will sing and there will be special music by the Bison Glee Club of Okla is state musical director for the homa Baptist University. Scripture and prayer will be given by Dr. Evan group. Green directed the choir in Allard Reiff, president of Hardin-Simmons University. • singing six anthems and also served as a festival adjudicator. Other adjudicators serving on Bulletins the panel included Mrs. Frank ( BAPTISTS were advised to keep out of the John Birch Society by the editor of Baker, Pine Bluff; Dr. James T. the BAPTIST STANDARD, official publication of the Baptist General Convention Luck and David Scott, Ouachita of Texas. Ba;ptist College; Mrs. B. W. Ninin E. S. James, who heads the 366,000-circulation magazine, said in an editorial in ger, Santa Barbara, Calif. ; ahd Dr. the April 26 issue that he was not condemning those who already are participants. and Mrs. Don Warmath, Little "They wanted to oppose communism," he said, "and this seemed to offer an op portunity to join others who were likeminded about it." Dr. James said he advised Rock University. • "those Baptists who have not joined the organization ... to stay out of it for these reasons: . (1) "It is not necessary, Every Baptists belongs to the finest organization on The Cover earth. His church needs all the time and energy he can spare from his home and his work. 'W ·of: (2) "An avowed aim of the organization is contrary to what Baptists have al ways believed and practiced. The press reports Mr. Welch, the organizer and leader, as saying that it is opposed to democracy. (3) "Its methods of harrassment are contt"ary to the Scriptures. The Bible says we are to be kind to one another and submit ourse~ves unto ordained authority. ( 4) "One of its aims seems to be to ·discredit the Protestant ministry by accus~ng 7,000 Protestant preachers of being communist sympathizers. (, 5) "There has been too much secrecy about the organization ... No Baptist on earth should feel justified in hiding his life or activities in any realm. (6) "A movement is not necessarily profitabJe because a great number of good people belong to it ... Any organization that gets its orders from one man is danger ous, even though he were the best man in the world." (BP) PRESS gallery membership in both houses of Dongress has been granted toW. Barry Garrett of Washington, regional editor for Baptist Press, Southern Baptist Convention news service. It is the first time the Standing Committee on Cor.respond ents has admitted a repi·esentative from a news service of a Protestant denomination. Press ·accreditation has for some time been accorded Religious News Service, the National Catholic Welfare Conference and Jewish Teleg·raphic Agency. Baptist ~ress provides news to 28 Bapt.ist state papers from Florida to Hawaii (including the ARKANSAS BAPTIST NEWSMAGAZINE), most of them weeklies, having a combined circulation of 1.4 million. (BP) A MEASURE calling for a statewide referendum onleg·alized pari-mutuel betting on horse races has failed to get away ft·om the hitching post. By a vote of 70-55 the Texas House sent HB 777 back to committee. It marked the deathblow during the cm"l'ent session for horseracing bills. (BP) THE 1961 Sm~theTnBaptist Con THE TEXAS Senate has passed by a 15-13· vote a bill to enable construction of vention will convene May 23-26 in a $20 million bt·ewery in Ft. Worth and liberalize Texas liquor controls on brewery construction. Informed observers say that Gov. Price Daniel, with whom final ap St. Louis, Mo. The statue, a fa?nous proval now rests, probably will sign the bi11, but even without his signature the bill land?nark of the city, is .to St. Louis, would become law within 90 days after tlle legislative session. The bill was passed j'o1 · who?n the city was na?ned. overwhelmingly by the House of Representatives. (BP) May 4, 1961 Page Three Personally Speaking ..•
Scottt4~ ?toted- ONE of our readers asked me recentl~, "Do you slant the magazine more for pre~ch ers or for lay1p.en ?" My reply was that I probably slant it too much for preachers, IN SCOTLAND they may not have as since only about a thousand of the 55,000 who receive our paper each week are ' many automobiles per capita as we have in the States, but they have more · AL- _L A. t .1 preachers. Something that recently came to prams (baby bug ~~ 4t4 trM my desk should be of interest to preachers gies). Baby buggies (31Jit4eien.tt6etd- ;Dad,ttJ'td- and laymen alike. It ~s a questionnaire went out of style , which Pastor J. T. Elliff, of Be~hany Church, with us Americans Kansas City, sends out from time to time to select members of his congregation with when we decided we could not live with a request that they "pull no punches" in filling it out and returning it for the pastor's out cars. We couldn't • consideration. He makes it clear that it is fio call for a vote of confidence. afford both. When Scottish "I. Of My Sermons parents counsel their "Would they be more effective if shorter? Do I give the impression of being un-. children to "stay on prepared? Do I preach simply enough for children to understand? List the words the pavement" they or phrases I overuse. Also list the words or phrases I most frequently misuse or mis· ' mean stay on the pronounce. What gestures do you think I could leave off? In your observance of ELM sidewalk and out of other preachers, what could you sugg~st in other ways that would improve my preach the street. The "pavements" as they call their walks here, are much wider ing? Do you think I should take three hours each day for study? Do you feel my than our sidewalks, for walking is still sermons touch the real needs of our people ? Do I appear to overwork some par in g.ood taste here. 1 ticular doctrine or theme? What could I preach on more than I do, such as forgive AS THE Rev. A.M. Stewart of Dun ness, love, duty, salvation, repentance? Should I preach more evangelistic sermons? dee directed us on how to go from the North British Hotel to Adelaide Place "II. My Pastoral Work Baptist Church for our opening meet "Do you notice some conspicuous way I overlook or neglect my visitation? Do ing of the Scotland Evangelistic Cru you think I visit enough? If not, suggest some idea as to how I could improve. Should sade, he advised us that the best way I be expected to visit in the homes of members who attend regularly and are not ill? would be to walk, since it would take only fifteen minutes. Imagine a group "III. My Work With Other Leaders of American men and women walking "Do I appear too exacting in my expectation of other leaders? What criticism such a distance back in our homelanc;i! do you hear most from'the ones who work with me the most closely? Do I do too much SHORTLY after our arrival in Glas of their work for them? Do you get the impression that I am neglecting the older gow I went to a bank to change some workers in my zeal to develop younger ones? Do you' get the idea that I play United States bills into one dollar bills -the American one dollar .bills are favorites? Do you have other comment? generally a c c e p t e d for purchases "IV. In The Organizational Life throughout Europe. Loaded with cam . "Do you think I am wise to divert so much of my energy to the organization of era equipment, I approached one of the bank tellers and said to him in English our work at the expense of my study and visitation? If you think I should rearrange as we speak it in Arkansas: "I am with my schedule, what do you suggest? Do you see how I couid get more efficient work a party at·the North British Hotel." done as pastor through my Sunday School superint.endent, Training Union director, "How well do I know it!" l'le retorted. etc? MY FIRST contact with the member ship of the Shettleston Baptist Church, "V. In My General Contact With Pe-ople where I was to preach on our first "Have you felt that I am too abrupt, unkind, etc? Is there any instance where Sunday in Scotland, was at a family you think I could make amends with some person whom I have offended? Am I too night affair on Saturday night. I had frivolou!;l, do I go on with too much foolishness? Do you feel I lose more than I gain purchased a McDonald tartan tie which by being informal? Have you felt I complained too much of my troubles? bo you I wore with a great deal of pleasure. When their pastor, Rev. Donald Mac think of some ways I could get closer to a larger number of men? Neill called on me for "a wee word'," I told the group I had come to them "VI. In Community Life .from the Scottish Highlands by way of "Do I take too much inter<;!st and spend too much time with community life? Arkansas, USA. What suggestion would help me be a better preacher, pastor, citizen?" The pastor assured me that his people were a "homely" group. But he '""1: j changed the word to "friendly" when I · ~ 0 CONSIDER as many of the facets of the Christian ministry as outlined here is explained to him what "homely" means enough to cause many to ask, Who can be a preacher? Or, perhaps, Who in the in America. world would want to be a preacher? We used to think that there is a peculiar call SHOP names in Glasgow are an from God to the ministry and that people are not God-called to other places. Baptists interesting part of the scenery for us now generally hold to the conviction that God calls ministers, but that he also calls "foreigners" from Arkansas. The meat teachers, physicians, farmers, merchants, etc. No one should attempt to find his life markets are quite different from ours. Sometimes they are labeled "Meat Pur work without seeking to know without question what God's will is in this vital matter. veyor"; sometimes they bear the name But if there is one field above others which should not be entered without a clear sense of the firm, with no reference to the of call from God, surely it is the Gospel ministry. This is true because of the impos type of business, as "Brechen Brothers, sibility of the minister's task, as far as mere men are concerned, and because the work Ltd."; another designation, "Family Butcher," apparently has no gruesome of the minister, as perhaps of no other calling, is a matter of life and death for so connotation of mayhem, murder, or many people. Laymen and preachers need to pool their efforts toward strengthening homicide for the Scotch meat buyers. the hand of preachers in their high calling.-ELM (Continued on page 22) Page Four . ARKANSAS BAPTIST the future with confidence and believe L~fters to the Editor . that the Lord will · lead. If one door ' t • closes, another door of opportunity wi-ll The Bookshelf i"T H 'E .· P E 0 .P L E S P E A K open. Monser's Topical Index and Digest of . .?·:·. . . We appreciated the many Christmas the Bible, py Harold E. Monser, Baker, East Africa Report cards and letters which were waiting 1960, $5 .95 for us when we arrived in Tanga. We First d.f all the book gives an outline WE SAILED from New York on De have not been able to answer all of of all that the Scrip,tures teach on a cember 6 aboard the S.S. African Planet them, but we do want each of you to topic of interest to the user. For ex for our new home in Tanga, Tangan know how very grateful we are for your ample, if you look up the word "Feasts" yika. Our first stop was-18 days later in interest and your dedication to prayer· you will find a list of all the feasts Capetown, South Africa. We were told on behalf of the Lord's work here. Your mentioned in the Bible. Under "Names that the run between New York .and ;letters are always welcomed and en of Jesus" will be found listed every Capetown is the second longest non couraging. Please keep them coming. name used in Scripture in J.i,eferring to stop run in the world. After having Nothing gives our spirits a bigger boost Christ. Under "Miracles" will be found made the trip, I can believe it . . . than a handful of letters from home. all the miracles of the Bible, Old and We arrived in Tanga 41 days after James, Gena, Connie and Stephen New Testaments. Next it directs the leaving New York. Our conclusion at Hampton, Baptist Mission, P. 0. Box reader to every text of Scripture dealing the end of the journey was that it was 185, Tanga, Tanganyika. with a given topic. Another feature is much too long for families with small· · "Outline Studies in the Books of the children, unless you especially like to Bible," by such scholars as A. T. Robert baby sit. By the time we reached The Change in Name son, John R. Sampey, Milton S. Terry, Tanga, we had travelled over nine thou HAVING been on the field in Pioneer J. W. Mons~r and D. R. Dungan. sand miles. areas for the past 12 years, a word about To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by changing the name of the Convention. One o{ our most thrilling experiences Harper Lee, Lippincott, 1960, $3 .95 occurred\pn the early morning of Janu Here are some reasons we think our Scout Finch, at the age of 8, is an ary 14th as our ship came into the name should be changed. A few years ago entrenche-d free-thinker. She can ac beautiful harbor at Dar es Salaam, the term "South wide" was used by nearly cept her father's warning that ·it is a Tanganyika. Our missionaries had re all our field workers, but today it is out sin to _,kill a mockingbird, because of-date and we use "Conventionwide." ceived word - that the ship would stop mockingbirds harm no one and give In 1917, we established a school in New pleasure. But the benefits said to be there for one night. They all gathered Orleans, La., which we called "BBl." By on an observation point at the mouth gained from going to school and keep 1946 we had to chang~ the name to The ing her temper elude her. of the harbor with a gigantic sign New Orleans Baptist Theological Semi reading "Welcome Hamptons." nary. Many of us hated to see the name The plaice of this intensely moving Here, as in Mombasa, where we changed, but we knew that the school was story is Maycbmb, Ala., the time, the Depression. Other principal characters worked last tour, we have had to begin no longer just a ~ible Instit1,lte, hence from the ground up . . . There is the change. are Scout's 'brother, Jem, and her wise something thrilling and challenging lawyer father, Atticus. This is an in A few months ago, we were in a mee-t teresting study in the social mores and about being · the first Baptist witnesses ing and the term "Southern Baptist" folkways that cause the people o~ May in a city. And yet, there . are times was used a number of times. A lady sit when we are completely overwhelmed comb to show compassion in one crisis ting nearby said "Everytime I hear that and un.reasr,minl?i cruelty in another. by the responsibility which is ours. We word 'Southern' I just want to boil." see the multitudes . . . Moslems, Hin Again, just a few days ago, as we were Stop Pushing! by Dan Herr, Hanover dus, Pagans and others and we realize out calling and handed a lady one of our House, 1961, $3.50 that our meager efforts will only touch Sunday School Quarterlies, she said Auth<'lr Herr is regarded by some as a fraction of these people. "Please tell me the difference between "probably the most outspoken Catholic We will begin working soon in an Southern Baptists and just Baptists." journalist writing· in America today." African area of this city called Most of the people t up here are still Here 'he directs his cl'itical gaze towa1'd Ngamiani, w hi c h has a population fighting the "War between the States." what he sees as foibles of the current or' between fifteen and twenty thousand. Drop the word "Southern" and lets be American scene. In a chapter entitled, "Aw, Shut Up!" he writes: 1 Of this number, 75 to 80 percent are known as "The Baptist Convention USA." Moslems. We have been promised one -D. L. Goodman, Pastoral Missionary, "The trend toward strip-teasing in small room there, measuring 12 by 12 Aberdeen, South Dakota • public print has become so pronounced feet. This will be our beachhead where that a friend of mine, ever alert to a the rising tide of Islam is the greatest. fast buck, is even now at work on a However, there is one bright ray of how-to-do-'it tome, How to Turn Your hope. I have met and made friends ···•·····················•···•••·•·•· Troubles into Cash. He claims, and I with the acting Moslem Akida, who is {3hurch ~huckles believe him, that he has a sure best the representative of this area to the by CARTWRIGHT seller in prospect - every·body · has local government. He has been very •...... ••...... •.• troubles, everybody else wants to read cordial and instrumental in helping us about them and who doesn't need to find this ·one room. Our difficulties money?" in finding a meeting place may be at In a chapter entitled, "I'm Talking tributed to two factors. First, there was about the 97 per cent - the Good 1 a big fire there recently and 150 houses Ones," he w1:ites: were destroyed. This has made the al "The subject of this homilY, is not ready overcrowded conditions even more the juvenile hood but clean-cut, all acute. Secondly, the Moslem influence. American· youth - male and female - The Akida told me that when the Angli the leaders of tomorrow. Now, there's cans started a small church in a shocking thought. As bad a shape as Ngamiani there was a· strong protest this world is in, must we entrust it to a ' from the Moslems. He said, "It i:s just generation of spoiled, lazy, undisci now beginning to die dow'n." I' asked plined fat-cats whose general outlook him when this took place and he replied, on life offers conclusive evidence - if "About 25 years ago." This may be an "Go on home-1'11 wash the such _l:)e needed - that when Mom indication of what we face in this Mos dishes by myself!" takes over raising the family a breed of lem stronghold. However, we look to cry-babies results?" • May 4, 1961 Page Five Gold ' Satan's Sale . ONcE upon a time Satan, grow ing old and weary, decided .that . W'hat Is Worship ? the ·time had come for him to re tire from active work, and offered IT IS the soul searching for its counterpart. all of his devilish inventory of It is a thirsty land crying out for rain. tools for sale to the highest bidders. It is a candle in the act of being kindled. At the time of the auction, the It is a drop in ·quest of the ocean. tools were neatly arrayed: Envy, It is a man listening through a tornado for the still small voice. Malice, Deceit, Enmity, Sensuality, It is a voice in the night calling for help. and all the other devices of evil. Each was plainly marked, and the It is a sheep lost in the wilderness pleading for rescue by the Good prices were surprisingly low, ex Shepherd. cept for an ungainly piece of much It is the same sheep nestling in the arms of the rescuer. \ . used steel marked Discouragement. It is the prodigal son running to his father. It was priced higher _by far than It is a soul standing in awe before the mystery of. the universe. that of any of the other tools. It is a poet enthralled by the beauty of a sunrise. "Why, Mr. Satan," asked a pros It is a workingman pausing a moment'to listen to a strain of music. pective buyer, "do you ask so much It is a hungry heart seeking for love. for this tool?" It is a heart of love consecrating herself to her lover. "Well," rep 1 i e d the Old It is time flowing into eternity. Tempter, "this tool has always It is my little self engulfed in the universal self. been my most u-seful one. You can It is a man climbing the altar stairs to God. see that it has more wear than any of the others. I can use it as a HE WHO neglects worship neglects that which separates man from the wedge to get into· a man's mind birds, the animals, the insects, the fishes. when . all other means fail. Dis couragement, once inside the con The unworshipful man is an anthropoid with a highly developed sciousness of a man, will cause him brain. .c. i to do anything I feel he should. He may be a· paragon of morality, but so are bees and ants. Practically every human being has He may be ke,enly intelligent, but so are wolves and foxes. had this tool used on him, although He may provide for his family, but so Clo hyenas and orangoutangs. ve.ry few of them know that I'm He may be successful in affairs, but so are beavers and muskrats. the fellow who wielded it. So, He may be artistic, bttt so are birds and butterflies. even though it doesn't look it, Dis couragement is the finest device ever patented by Hades, Inc., and WORSHIP is the chief c~ncern of highly developed human beings. certainly should bring in the larg A human being must be graded according to his capacity for worship. est price." Worship for men is what song is for a thrush, or physical beauty for a tiger, or speed for a race horse. As it worked out, none of the shoppers could afford to pay the Worship lifts rrten to the next level of experience and justifies their price Satan wanted for Discour existence as men. agement. Since he will not reduce Worship is man expressing his entire personality, the price one cent, he is still using To neglect worship is to accept low-rating as a man. it; and we see the results every 'To neglect w,orship is to fail in life's highest function. day. - Printopics The neglect of worship is psychical suicide. , Intelligent worship is the most remarkable achievement of which a The Mask of Comus human being is capable. The primary functions of a church are to supply incentives for wor [Excerpt] ship and to furnish the atmosphere for worship. Mortals, that woulcl follow me, If one cannot worship in church, the church may be at fault or the _Love virtue: she alone is free. man may be at fault. She can teach ye how to climb If the church is at fault, it will eventually perish unless it remedies Higher than the spheary chime; the condition. ' , Or, if virtue feeble were, If the man is at fault; he will dry up and become a spiritual mummy Heaven itself woulcl stoop to her. unless he changes himself.-Dwight Bradley, in Leaves From a Spiritual Notebook, by Thomas S. Kepler, Abingdon Press. -John Milton Pa11e Six ARKANSAS BAPTIST Arl
MEMBERS of this yea1·'s gmdu:at-ing class at Ft. S'11tith Senio1· High School 'Who a1·e membe1'S of Gmnd A.ven'ue Chu1·ch, IN. S1nith, we1·e hono1·ed with a banq~~et 1·ecently at the ch~~1·ch. ' GRAND Avenue Church, Ft. Smith, honored its Theme of the banquet, "Silhouettes and Shadows," seniors of this year's graduating class of' Ft. Smith was carried out in both the program and decorations, Senior High School recently at a banquet at the church. the latter in Ft. Smith's high school colors, red and Dr. Tom Logue, Baptist Student Union secretary white. fo1· the State Baptist Convention, was the speaker. He Eel Snow was master of ceremonies. The welcome challenged the young people to face the light, basing was by Donna Bohannon, a junior and the response by his talk upon the scriptures as Christ said, "I Am the Bert Cooper, a senior. Roger Cyrus read the Senior Light of the World" and "Ye are the light of the , Prophecy and SallyDuey, the Seniors' Will. Don Sears, World." minister of music, sang, "I Walk With God." Sixty-six Grand Avenue juniors and seniors and The pastor, the Rev. Paul McCray, gave the invoca- their guests attended the banquet, given by the (hurch tion and Andrew Setliffe, minister of education, the with the aid of the Woman's Missionary Union. benediction. • May 4, 1961 Pia g e S c v c n Arkansas All Over------Civil. War Centennial , Hope Church to Build New Sanctuary Sp~ctacular at OSC THE "Freshman Spectacular," a complete narrative story based on the Civil War Centennial, will be presented at 7 :30 p.m. May 11 at Ouachita College, in Mitchell Au ditorium.· Raymond Caldwell, freshman drama major from Benton, will present his original narration dur ing the performance. Jim Hill, Pine Bluff, is in charge of set de sign and Beverly Spearman, Tex arkana, Tex., is assistant di Fector. The program will feature vocal numbers by ,Mary Lou VanDuyn, Stuttgart, and Frankie Francis, Hot Springs. Others taking part are M a r y Oglesby, McGehee; David Blaylock, Nimrod; Nancy Loveless, Clarendon; Jeff Kelley, McGehee; Linda Barber, Mans field, Tex. ; Herman Homishak, CALVARY Church, Hope, held ground breaking services April 23, Hot Springs ; Janet Selph, Ben to begin construction of a new sanctuary that will seat 300. The new build ton; Fred Reynolds, Snyder, Tex.; ing will also provide two offices, a library and four classrooms. Pat Jared, Jones Mills, and David Basham, Midland. • Calvary Church began as a mission of First Church, 'Hope, in 1956. It has grown from a Sunday School enrollment of 38 to 154. Rev. J.D. Natural Steps Church . Passmore becam.e pastor in July, 1960. Since then .there ,have been 47 Relocates Building additions to the church. NATURAL Steps Church, in the In the picture (frtom l. tor.) are: Delton Calhoun, Hervey Holt, Mr. Pulaski County Association, held a Passmore, Jesse Nus'lco, chairman of Building Committee; Mrs. Dannie ground-breaking ceremony Sun Hamilton, Mrs. Hugh. Jones, and Dannie Hamilton, all membe1·s of the day afternoon, April 16, for its new building. Building Committee. Mrs. Hervey Holt, also a committee member, was The church voted to . relocate ' not present for the picture. • their work by moving into the set tlement of Natural Steps. The new Lavern Moore to former Arkansan Reports building is to be of concrete block first, DeQueen REV. Gerald W. Trussell, pas construction in a two-story de tor, reports that there were 77 ad sign. It will ·house a completely MISS Lavern Moore, Ink, be departmentalized Sunday School came director of Education at ditions to- Southside Church, Shreveport, La., during revival organization and have a kitchen- - First !Church, De Queen, April 23. ette for the serving of meals. The A graduate of Ouachita College April 2-9. Rev. Freddie Gage was the evangelist. dining and recreation area will be and Southwestern Seminary, Miss so arranged that the same space Moore comes to First Church after The church has recently hired can be used for Sunday School de having taught school several years an architect and plans are now partments and classes. The audi- ...., and service as an educational sec being made for a new sanctuary torium will have a seating capacity retary in other churches. She will and the first unit of a new educa of over 200. direct Sunday School and Train~ tional plant. Mr. Trussell is a for Rev. Morris E. Young is pastor. ing Union work and work with mer pastor ·of First Church, War The building committee is com young people. ren. His daughter, Geraldine, a .posed of Dale Johnston, .chairman; music major at Ouachita College, This is the first time in the his C. C. Hoggard, Gene Horsey, Wal- ~ tory of the First Church a full won second place in the recent lace Rowland, B. L. Moreland, Jr., Better Spe~;tkers tournament at time educational director has been I Mrs. Wallace Rowland and Mrs. on the staff. • Little Rock. • Muriel Mahar. • Page Eight ARKANSAS BAPTIST Arkansas All Over------.:.,______....,."!"!'- ABH Volunteers Have Ouachita College Singing Group Appreciation Day DR. T. SLOANE Guy, New Orleans, executive secretary of S o u t h e r n Baptist hospitals, praised Arkansas Baptist Hospital volunteers for their "tremendous service" in a Christ-centered in stitution at the annual apprecia tion luncheon for volunteers April 19 at the Sam Peck Hotel, Little Rock. Administrator J. A. Gilbreath told the group that ABH had seen the culmi1:1ation of many months of work in the past few weeks with the treatment of the first pa tient in the· radioisotope labora tory and the first open heart sur gery performed. Teams have been
working in preparation for open Ouachita News Bure.au Photo heart surgery since last July, he MEMBERS of the I Ouachita College Choralettes, wh.o will present reported. a program of sacred music in Shreveport, La., May 7 are, first row (l. to Approximately 80 of the 105 ac r.): Rosemary Langley, Searcy; Betty June Dake, Midland; Retha Pum tive members of the ABH Volun phrey, Sheridan; Nancy Brooks, Rogers; Beverly G(Lllegly, Little Rock; teer Corps attended the luncheon. Margaret Bray ,Pine Bluff; Martha Simpson, Hot Sp:rings; Patty Seward, Awards for service were presented Arkadelphia, and Beck Kersh, McGehee. by Mrs. Helen Reynolds, director Second row: JoAnn Ferguson, Little Rock; Gerry Trussell, Shreve . of volunteers ; Mrs. S. A. Whitlow, port, La.; Janet Selph, Benton; Brenda Harcrow, Warren; Nancy Love . Auxiliary president; and Norman less, Clarendon; JoAnn Hellen, Benton; Mary Ella Brawley, Earle; Jill Roberts, administrative assistant. May, Arkansas City; Diana Daniel, Hot Springs, and Linda Evans, Bates Receiving 500-hour pins were ville. Mrs. R. E. JBell and Mrs. Elton Cook. Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Marie Mc Cracken and Mrs. James Wilson THE OUACHITA College Chbralettes will present a 45-minute pro were presented with 400-hour gram of sacred music Sunday, May 7, at the Soutpside Baptist Church in Shreveport, La., under the direction of Miss Helen Lyon, associate pro stars and Miss Atrude Kirk and -fessor of music at Ouachita. Mrs. Harlan Nickell received 300- The group sang earlier this spring· in First Church, Sheridan, and hour stars. Mrs. Earl Crump and First Church, Arkadelphia. A 45-minute performance ·of both sacred Mrs. Bernard Linder were given and secular numbers will be given at'the F'ine Arts Festival in Little Rock 200-hour stars. on Saturday, May 6. · Stars for 100 hours of service The chorus has increased its memb'ership to 20 girls from the 14 went to Mrs. R. E. Bredlow, Mrs. who sang last semester. The group was reorganized last year. • R. C. Chalk, Mrs. Nell Hurley, Mrs. Stei1a Hyatt, Mrs. Gus John son, Mrs. George Miller, Mrs. Lou Charleston Church Reports Progress ise Miller, Mrs. Norman McCreary, NORTHSIDE Church, Charles- Memphis, Tenn., had previously Mrs. T. K. Rucker and Mrs. E. ton, reports that with a Sunday served five years in ·pioneer mis Ray Scott. · School enrollment of not over 135, sions in Colorado and New Mex Emblems for one month of serv attendance t hi s ico. Mr. Butler is Training Union ice were given to Mrs. Harry Bow year has aver- director of the Concord Associa man, Mrs. Earl Burnett, Mrs. a g e d o v e r 100 tion and Mrs. Butler is superin Charles Deitz, Mrs. Mae Duckett, each Sunday and tendent of Study Course Awards. J Miss Margaret Ellington, Mrs. in March aver- The church recently installed a Edgar Gibson, Mrs. James Hale, aged 106. There central heating and air condition .Mrs. Helen Kemp, Mrs. Frank have been 40 ad- ing plant, added a camp house and Moser, Mrs. J. D. Rhoads, Mrs. ditions since July, grounds for recreational purposes Louis Schaufele, Mrs. F. W. Sryg 1960, when Rev. and purchased a school bus. It will ley, Mrs. Douglas Thorn, Mrs. Jess ' Warren E. Butler be in revival May 28-J une 4 with Tidmore and Mrs. S. H. Wil MR. BUTLER became pastor. Rev. ;Billy Walker, Walnut Ridge, liams. • Rev. and Mrs. Butler, natives of as the evangelist~ • May 4, 1961 Page Nine ~rkansas ~II ~ver·~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Famed Tiger Coach Plans Homecoming Summer Study To Speak at Banquet SHADY Grove Church, Little Language Grants Made MORLEY Jennings, famed coach Rock, and its pastor, Rev. Walter THREE seniors and three gradu of the Ouachita College Tigers J. Adkins, invite all former mem ates of Ouachita College have· re during 1912-25, will speak at, bers and pastors to a Homecoming ceived National Defense Educa Ouachita's annual athletic banquet Sunday, May 7. After morning serv tion Act grants for summer study May 5, in Birkett Williams Dining ice a lunch will be served at the in modern languages, Miss Lois Hall. church and a special homecoming Gardner, chairman of the Ouach AU athletes and coaches ·of the program will be given in the after ita department of foreign lan college's athletic teams will be noon. • guages, has announced. honored at the banquet. · The Another Ouachita senior has cheerleaders will serve as host First, Bentonville been granted a graduate teaching esses. assistantship at the Unive.rsity of Teams coached by Jennings at Building Chapel Arkansas. Ouachita compiled a record oi 67 FIRST Church, Bentonville, has Seniors receiving NDEA grants victories, 13 losses, and 12 ties. recently begun construction of are Marcia Bowden and Mary Against Arkansas c o ll e g e s his Park Street chapel. This building Charlene Horton, Hope, and Billie. teams were defeated only three is part of the mission program of Joe Johnson, DeWitt. Ouachita times and tied twice in 47 games. First Church and is located in the graduates receiving the grants are His teams defeated such big name Mrs. Herman Hankins, Arkadel schools as the University of Ar northeast part of the town. The phia, Miss Carolyn Croft, Magnet kansas, Tulane, Louisiana Tech, ·new constr.uction will provide edu Cove, and Mrs. Reuben Setliff, and Mississippi State, Jennings' cation space and an auditorium. Little Rock. alma mater. Rev. 0. E. Gragg is the mission Of these, Misses Bowden, John Jennings coached at Baylor Uni pastor. Rev. Al Butler is pastor ver'sity from 1926 to 1940. For the son, and Croft and Mrs. Setliff past 20 years he has been teaching of First Church. • will attend the University of Okla at Texas Tech in Lubbock. He was homa, while Miss Horton and Mrs. installed in the Arkansas Sports FIRST Church, ~lytheville, will Hankins will attend the Univer Hall of Fame January 19- of this honor its senior high school gradu sity of Tennessee. year. D i an a Rodgers, Arkadelphia, Anyone wishing to attend may ates with a breakfast at the ch'urch May 12. Dr. Charles Frank Pitts upon her graduation from Ouach contact Bill Walton in Arkadel ita in May, will receive a two-year phia. • is pastor. graduate teaching assistantship in ·'Youth of the Year' at First, Morrilton French from the University of Ar ···-·-·----· ;'-''<·'." kansas. •
Revivals SECOND Church, Conway, was in a revival April 16-23, with Rev. Calvin Ussury, pastor of Fir t Church, Mangum, Okla., the evan gelist. Mark Short, Sr., Arkadel phia, was the singer. There were 15 addition~ by baptism and 15 by letter. Record attendances were expei:·ienced in Sunday School and Training Union. Rev. William West is pastor.
REV. William B. Sawyer, pas IN THE j'?·ont 1·ow a1 ·e Ma1-gie Stoba~&gh and Bin Jo1·dan, ?ULJn ecl tor of Calvary Church, West Mem "Youth of the YeaT, 1961" c&t the conclusion of Ymdh W eek at F'-i?'St phis, was evangelist for a revival 1 Church, Mo?Tilton. In the back 1·ow, Rita Bmclley ancl Ricky Boyle, 'Yo~&th at Hillcrest Church, Wichita Falls, of the Y ea1·, 1960," flank Fi?'St Ch~&?'Ch's pasto1·, D1·. Amos M. Bennett. -<1 The titles a1·e awc&nled ori the basis of consist ent Ch1·isti'€1.rn cha1'Ctcte1· Tex., Bennie Smith, pastor. There " denwnstn&tecl in many a1·eas, ?Ja?·tiC'ipc&lion in the total chw·ch 1YJ·ogn~m were 24 additions and over 200 re a-rid good stancl'ing among assoc'iates. • dedications. Pa!)c Ten . ARKANSAS BAPTIST Deaths 'Breaking the Record' at Brinkley R'EV .. Vi~to ·r . H. Coffin~n, 69, a Baptist minister at Ft. Smith for 31 years, died April 24 in Ft. Smith. He was pastor emeritus of South Side Church after serving as its pastor for 11 years. He was pastor of Immanuel Church, Ft. Smith, 20 years and also pastored churches in St. Joseph and Adrian, Mo., and · in Eureka Springs and Pine Bluff. He retired in 1959. Mr. Coffman was educated at Ohio Valley College, Bethel Col lege and Southern Seminary. He was a m~mber of Ft. Smith Con sistory, Belle Point Lodge No. 20, and the Ft. Smith Lions Club. He W?-S a trustee of Southern Semi nary and past president of the Ft. Smith Ministerial Alliance. In 1955 he made a trip to the Holy Land and attended the Baptist SUNDAY School Superintendent L. B. Hughes (left) and Rev. Jack World Alliance. Gulledge, pastor, First Church, Brinkley, share in "breaking the record" Survivors include his wife; a when 506 were p1·esent in Sunday School, A.pril16. The old record of a son, Rev. Victor H. Coffman, Jr., year ago was 502. Tliis new attendance record was made the closing Stigler, Okla., and a daughter, Sunday of a week-long revival led by Billy Walker as the evangelist and Mrs. Mary Margaret Pate, Ft. Carroll Evans. There were 23 additions to the church, 19 by bapt~sm and , Smith. four by letter. • REV. Morris Graves Burnett, 80, who made his home in Judsonia church by' baptism. There was an FIRST Church, Blytheville, was with his son, Rev. William J M. all time high of 274 in Sunday in revival Mar. 26-April 2 with its Burnett, pastor of the Judsonia School · attendance on the closing own pastor, Dr. Charles F. Pitts, Baptist Church, died April 25 at a Sunday, April 16, and 115 in as evangelist, and James B. John Sear~y hospital. · .Training Union the same evening. son, music-education director of I the church, as song leader. There A retired Baptist minister, Mr. were 50 additions, 41 by baptism Burnett p a s t o r e d churches in GARDEN Homes Church, Little and nine by letter. north Arkansas, Oklahoma and Rock, was in revival April 2-9. Missouri for 40 years before his There were six professions of faith · retirement several years ago. and one addition by letter. Rev. PLEASANT View Church, Rus F I o y d D a v i s o f Douglas.ville sellville, has concluded a revival in Other survivors include another which four were added on profes son, Rev. Joe Burnett, Tupelo; a Church was the evangelist and Raymond Bull of E a s t- End sion of faith and there were six daughter, Mrs. J. L. Powers, Little dedications to full-time service. Rock; -two brothers, W. H. Burn Church was in charge of music. Rev. H. L. Lewis is pastor. Since Jan. 1 the church has had ett, Sheridan, and 6. J. Burnett, 10 additions on profession 'Of faith Honolulu, Hawaii, and a sister, and one by letter. Rev. Lloyd M. NORTHSIDE Church, Monti Mrs. R. H. Bruce, Sherida,n. • Wade is pastor. cello, has concluded a youth em Revivals phasis revival with Jody Ganna way as evangelist and its own pas REV. Billy Walker re~ently led FREEMAN Heights C h u r c h, tor, Rev. Robert Dottley, leading First Church, Springdale, in re Berryville, has completed a week of vival effort which resulted in 30 the music. There were bver 100 re revivals with its own pastor, R. E. dedications, 12 additions by bap professions of faith and two addi Fowler, the evangelist, and Clyde tions by letter. Rev. Burton A. tism and five surrendered for Stafford; Green Forest, leading in Miley, pastor, reports five surren the musical program. There were special service. Noel Hendrix, a dered for special service. One of six additions on profession of stu~ent at Arkansas A. & M. Col these is a Unversity of Arkansas faith, with five coming into the lege, was the youth pastor. student of engineering. • May 4, 1961 P·a g e E I.e v e n The Scottish Evangelistic Cr-usade-an Appraisal · . . . By ERWIN L. MCDONALD [Editm·, ktlcansas Baptist Newsmagazine]
SJMETHING of tremendous spiritual consequence And, with one strange exception, judging from several for Baptists on opposite $ides of the Atlantic has come of their churches I had the privilege of preaching in, to pass in the Evangelistic Crusade in Scotland. they are far more reverent in the house of the Lord than are we Southern Baptists. Sponsored jointly by representatives of the Arkan sas Baptist State Convention and the Baptist Union of The one exception is in the taking of the offering. Scotland, the crusade centered on evanglism. But.there This s·eemed to be the least worshipful part of theil· were far-reaching, supporting ministries in the related services. It was during this time that the people did fields of Sunday School, church music, missions and whatever whispering they did in the service as they stewardship. passed their strange offering receptacles-something that looked a little like socks with puckering strings From the early stages to the present moment, the at the top. crusade has been a great Scottish Baptist-Southern Baptist fellowship of prayerful planning, organizing, And one of the weak points of the Scottish Baptist and execution. Pastor Lewis E. Clarke of Maple Ave churches, as a look at their annual church budget will nue Church, Smackover, and Pastor A.M. Stewart, of reveal, is in their meager giving, They have done very Lochee Baptist Church, Dundee, Scotland, were the little toward the promotion of tithing and few of their originators of the big idea and are due much credit for members tithe. the success of the campaign. But the greatest thing they did was to enlist their fellow Baptists in this cru One of the saddest things to result from this is the sade of many·facets. extremely low -sala~ies of the pastors, averaging less than $2,000 a year. The pastors and their families are hard-put to pay their bills. ·And their ministry is great ly, handicapped because they cannot afford to own au A Spil'itual People tomobiles for transportation so necessary for church visitation. ScoTTISH Baptists are a great people spiritually. They have a depth of Christian life that has COJl'!.e from We Southern Baptists can learn.much from Scottish Baptists in the deepening of our worship experiences. church services that center on worship. They make And Scottish Baptists might well consider our methods extensive use of the scriptures and have far more of reaching and winning people, and als0 our applica prayer' in their services than do we Southern Baptists. tion of Bible teaching relating to stewardship.
EDITOR E1·win L. McDonald in an English A1.tstin LAWSON Hatfield, secr·etcw·y of the state Sunday ~ with stee1·ing wheel on the ?'ight stele .f01" left-sicle-of School DepaTtment, at a telephone boo.th in Zurich, S w-itze1·land. ?'oacl cl1·iving in Scotland. Arkansas Bapti st Newsmagazine Photos Page Twelve ARKANSAS BAPTIST Interest in Sunday School
THERE was a great interest in Scotland in what they call "All-age Sunday School." They are amazed that we should have Sunday School for "wee folk" and adult and young people as well as for children ages 5-13. Lawson Hatfield, secretary of the Sunday School De partment of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, had full houses as he spoke at a dozen regional meet ings throughout Scotland, on our Sunday School work. It is the consensus of our party of more than 60 co~prising the crusade team that the greatest need in the Scottish churches is for Sunday· Schools that include all ages, meeting just ·prior to the morning worship services. The present plan is to have only children enrolled and to have the Sunday School meet ings in mid-afternoon. The Scots are great singers and they showed much interest in the church music program presented by a group of ten Southern Baptist Convention church mu .,.. sicians directed by Joe Stroud, secretary of church ;;>.., , music for theNorth Carolina Baptist State Convention...... -.,/) A movement is already underway in Scotland to estab .. ~·" ,4..,,~ lish a music ministry for Scottish Baptist churches,' SCOTTISH people.- on em Edinb~~rgh street. Baby including a graded-choir program. . buggies have not gone out of sty"le in Scotland. Southern Baptist Convention laymen who partici pated in the crusade gave their personal witness to the effectiveness of tithing as a means of supporting local churches and projecting world mission pro_grams. Women in the crusade party outlined the missions work being done by the women of the Southern Baptist Convention.
More Than 40,000 Attend ' THE ATTENDANCE of the services in the 29 re vivals and in special conferences totaled more than 40,000, and it is estimated that at least a third of all the Baptists of Scotland were among those attending. There were 704 public decisions, including 224 profes- sions of faith. _ But the worth and reach of the crusade cannot be measured by these statistics as impressive as they are. It will require many months and perhaps y,ears to eval uate the campaign. Southern Baptists and Scottish Baptists are acquainted now and enjoying their Chris tian fellowship as never before. Further working together and perhaps swapping of pulpits should pre serve and extend .the benefits of this campaign. The Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine Photos door is open to Southern Baptists in Scotland as never MEAT maTket, Glasgow, Scotland. Meat is h~mg bef01·e. • in ,h·ont of sto1·e to att'ract customers. Missionary Asks Help California Paper Calls Simmons "WE NEED to locate Southern J. KELLY Simmons has been published by state Baptist conven Baptists living in France," writes elected to succeed Floyd Looney as tions in affiliation with the South Rev. Jack D. Hancox, missionary editor of the Cali.f01·nia So~~the1·n ern Baptist Convention. engaged in English-language work Baptist. fle is to move to Fresno, Looney resigned recently to be in that country. Everyone having Calif., May 15. come field worker for the Pacific Baptist friends or relatives in mil Simmons has been serving for the coast area for the Annuity Board itary or civilian service in France past year as editor of the Rocky of the SEC. is asked to send the names and ad Mountain Baptist, published in A native· of Westminster, Tex., dresses i'O Mr. Hancox at Post Denver, Colo. Before that, he served Simmons majored in j.ournalism at Restante, Orleans, R.P., Loiret, two years as editor of the Baptis·t Baylor University and studied· at France.-Foreign Mission News Beacon in Phoenix, Ariz. All are Southwestern Seminary. (BP) • May 4, 1961 Page Thirteen Baptists By Any Other Name
By W. MORGAN PATTERSON Associate Professor of Church History, Southern Seminary
Baptists. It has found its way into the names of their churches, THERE IS presently considerable interest in the possibility institutions, and news organs. The American Baptist Associa of a change in name of the Southern Baptist Convention. Re tion usually describes its constituents as ''Missiona-ry Baptists." cent discussion of the subject stems from a suggestion made by Thus, in widespread sections the adoption of the term would the pastors of the Wisconsin-Minnesota Baptist Association, a precipitate much unwanted and needless confusion. Southern Baptist group affiliated with the Baptist General Third, the principle of familiarity should oppose the word's Convention of Texas. They claimed that growth could be stim inclusion in a new name. Repeated enunciation every time the ulated in many non-Southern areas if the regional designation group's name is called is likely to obscure its distinctive mean were dropped. • ing and force; it is likely to reduce awareness of its significance This idea has been pursued by at least two Southern Bap and its implications. That which is handled so often tends to tist editors who through their papers, the A1·kansas Baptist become commonplace, and that which is uttered so ofteri tends and Kentucky's Western Recorder, have offered proposals for to lose its meaning to the one speaking. a new name. A number of pastors have vocalizeq their interest These; the writer believes, are ample and compelling reasons in the matter as well as the president of the· Convention. Dr. 'for declining to use the term. Nor can these remarks be rightly Ramsey Pollard has been quoted as agreeing that to drop the construed as an indiffer~nce toward the missionary message or "Southern" from the convention title might give advantage to enterprise. The writer can and does heartily support both. 1 churches in the North and West. He said that the Convention However, it is apparent that the incorporation of "missionary" in St. Louis will be asked to col'tsider changing the name to into the officially sanctioned name of Southern Baptists would something ll:!ss regional. have decided disadvantages and in some cases quite injurious effects. "Missionary" Baptists? Two Possibilities - IN SOME of the sug·gestions already made [and likely to be made] the word "missionary" has been included, e.g .. Mis OF ·THE. possibilities available, two seem to have most to sionary Baptist Convention, or Missionary Baptists, U.S.A. In commend them for accuracy and appropriateness. The first is a poll on this subject conducted recently in a seminary class ir, "Baptist Cenvention, U.S.A." p-roposed by Editor Erwin L. Mc Baptist history, it was discovered that the word "missionary ' Donald of the A1·kansas Baptist. The second is "The General appeared frequently in one combination or anothe-r. Convention of Baptists, U.S.A." The latter suggestion is an Although the word "missionary" has obvious historic and abridgment of the title of the old "Triennial Convention," the contemporary significance for Southern Baptists the writer first effort of Baptists in America to cooperate on a national questions the wisdom of making it a part of..the official desig basis. It is descriptive, distinctive, meaningful, and deeply nation. The student .of Baptist history is deeply appreciative rooted in Baptist history. It is a name that Southern Baptists of the role of the early missiona-ry societies in Baptist life. could assume with pride, sentiment, and a renewed commitment Furthermore, .he is well aware that the first effort of Baptists to missions. in America to organize a national body was prompted by the missionary impulse, which in 1814 resulted in the formation of "The General Missionary Convention Qf the Baptist Denomina Southern Seminary Poll tion in the United Stl).tes of America for Foreign Missions." Thus, an active interest in missions has long been an effective THE CLASS in Baptist history at Southern Seminary, incentive to closer cooperation among Baptists. Also, even the Louisville, was polled to discover its sentiment in the matter of casual present-day observer is aware of the miss_ionary spirit a change of name. Four questions were asked of the 67 mem of Southern Baptists and the advances they have made in this bers of the class. The answers to these queries were illuminat area. ing, significant, and, in some instances, amusing. The questions asked were as follows: Unhappy Results Possible "In view of recent discussion on the subject, would you be disposed to explore the possibility of changing the name of NEVERTHELESS, it would be imprudent to include the word the Southern Baptist Convention?" Nearly ail of the ~ntire in the formal title of the body. Several unhappy ·results can dass responded in the affirmative. be easily foreseen. First, it seems to carry the unavoidable The question was then nanowed in order to discover those implication that in the Baptist family "Southern Baptists" are who already had given some thought to the matter, who were more distinctively missionary than. are the rest. It tends to sensitive to the limitations inherent in the geographical desig foster the idea that the group represented by this proposed new .nation, and whose thinking had matured to the point that they name ["Missiona-ry Baptists"] is in some way more specially believed a change of name was needed. The group was asked: engaged in .or committed to missions than other Baptists. Of "After ·some reflection, do you feel that a change of name is course, there are small minority Baptist groups opposed to mis now definitely in order?"' To this question thirty students re sions; and there are others who only weakly implement a vig plied affirmatively. This number represented nea-rly fifty per . orous preaching on that subject. However, the mainstream of cent of those present. ' Baptists is characteristically and energetically missiona-ry. It In the third ql]estion, an opportunity was given to those seems to the writer that such a label would inevitably reflect who qpposed any name change to make their opinion known: upon other Baptist groups equally devoted to missions. "How many wish to leave the designation [Southern Baptist Convention] untouched?" Only five indicated their preference for the name to be left as it is. It should be added that in this poll Adjective Pre-empted the professor refrained f-rom making any comments which might have prejudiced the. class. SECOND, it should be noted that in many cases the adjective A fourth question was then proposed for consideration and "missionary'; has already been pre-empted by -the Landmark as a written assignment: "What new names would you suggest Page Fourteen ARKANSAS BAPTIST as possibilities? They should be appropriate, descriptive, and inecl. One may speculate that the Ame·rican tendency to con aC'curate. Give two and indicate the reasoning- that prompted tract organization names into initials might cause embarrass them." ment if certain combinations we1·e adopted. Fo1· example, United States Baptists would become US Baptists. More grammatically correct but posing- the same problem would be World Evangelical Over 40 Suggestions Baptists-WE Baptists. Saine students generated real imagination in this project TABULATION of the papers ·revealed more than f01-ty and came up with corcresponding suggestions: The Convention distinctly different suggestions with anothe1· fifteen possessing of Commissioned World Baptists; Conventional Missionary Bap minor variations. From these nume1·ous proposals certain gen. tists ; Christian Baptists of America; The Greater Sou them era! preferences and patterns emerged. By far the three names Baptist Convention~ Inte1·national Baptist Convention of Ameri most frequently mentioned in o·rder of preference were : (1) ca; Coope1·ative Convention of Missiona1·y B.aptists in America; The Baptist Convention of America (with many omitting the General Association of Southe1·n Baptists in the U.S.; Ecumeni word Convention); (2) Missionary Baptists of America; (3) cal Association of U .S. Baptists and Baptist World Mission Missionary Baptist Convention. Cooperative. Inte1·estingly enbugh, there seemed to be considerable senti- . The most interesting of all the p1·oposed names indicated ment against the retention of the term "Convention." Approxi acute awareness of cul'l'ent affairs, especially of the space mately half of the class indicated a disposition to drop the probes. Recognizing that mankind now stands at the threshold term and in its place use Fellowship, Alliance, Association, Co bf the Space Age and that Baptists ought to be prepared for operative, Union, ChLuch, or nothing-. any eventuality, one student sugg·ested the Solar Baptist Con vention. He reasoned •as follows: "This name would allow the The wo-rds "W odd" and "Evangelical" appeared with some Baptists to expand tlnoughout the solar system ... [It] would frequency in the suggestions in one construction or anothe1·. certainly indicate to earthlings that the Baptists a1·e thinking Several students wondered of the possible reunion of Baptists ahead." ' North and South and of the use of the name American Baptist Convention to designate the resulting body. This, they felt, would be the solution to several vexing and lingering problems between the two groups. Lessons to be Lew·ned Many of the proposed names highlighted some distinctive TRYING to assay the lessons likely derivable from this facet of Southern Baptist life: The Baptizers of Jesus Christ; IN Cooperative Baptists of America; Independent Missionary exercise, several things may be noted. Fil·st, there is happily Church; Cooperative P1·ogram Baptists of America; Evangelis no lack of creative ingenuity among us when it comes to de tic Baptist Convention and New Testament Baptist s. scl'ibing om·selves. Secondly, most of these proposals would Several suggestions refl'ected an effort to broaden the geo have the effect of warning us to use caution in cha.nging our graphical 1·ange and perspective of Southem Baptists. For ex mtme lest the step taken be a backward one. Thirdly, I believe ample, included we1·e: United States Baptist Convention; North that the poll reflects the feeling of many Southem Baptists American Baptist Convention; Continental Baptist Convention; International Baptist Convention; The Clnistian World Fellow that discussion of this subject is overdue. Thoughtful Baptists ship'; World United Baptist Church and Universal Baptist Con- have for some time •realized that our regional title has obvious ' vention. limitations and perhaps in some situations is a ·distinct liability. This is especially noted by those in the northern and western states into which we have enter~d. The fact is that Southern Pitfalls in Contractions Baptist chlll'ches no longer are confined to the South. 0)-ll' min istry in the new areas, many believe, will be significantly as IN CONSIDERING a new name for the SEC, obvious!; great sisted by adopting .a name which is consistent with the expan care should be exercised and every possible eventuality exam- sion that is a reality. •
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FOR MOTHER r·he Dutchman's Magic Eye By MURRAY T. PRINGLE ONE evening in the year 1674 a By DOROTHY M. KERR group of townsfolk gathered in the town square of Delft, Holland. nn made what's called a poman "What shall we do," said, one, "that 'der, quite like we may amuse ourselves?" I "I know," cried another.' "Let us go rrhose used by l.adies in the olden to the city hall and watch the madman day who looks at nothing and pretends to see something. Let us go to see Anton rro put among their clothes; then Leeuwenhoek." they would have "Of course!" cried the others. "A pleasing scent when dressed to go great idea. Let's go !" In the basement of the city hall, they away. gathered about a serious young man, • who sat at a rough wooden table peer ing through a strange device. nn took a firm and rosy apple,· "Look you, my friends," laughed a then fat merchant. "All night Herr Leeu wenhoek sits and stares at nothing. "He is right! I see many little ani fnto its skin she gently pressed a Here, my foolish .fellow, here is a hair mals in that drop of water." · clove, from my moustache. Add it to your One by one everyone else in the room sat down and looked at the strange !I' collection of fly brains •and fish scales." hen added others till it was chock Anton Leeuwenhoek looked up an sight. Each one got up and apologized full, grily. "Laugh! Fools always laugh at to the "madman" for having laughed. rapped it in foil tied up with a that which they do not understand. I Leeuwenhoek then showed them that have here a glass like no other in the there were horrid little creatures living bow of mauve. world. on their teeth. "Then why do you p:ot let us see for The people were so amazed that they ourselves?" demanded the fat mer spread the word of Anton Leeuwen IA.nn made .this spicy pomander for chant. "Why do you always- refuse?" hoek's "magic eye" far and wide. Fin Mother, "Because you come only to scoff," ally, it came to the attention of replied the young man, "but perhaps it scientists in London, England. When Who was just as pleased as she is what you need to be convinced. Very they came to see for themselves, they could be. well, you shall see. I shall put this were as amazeQ. as everyone else. drop o.f water for you to examine. Now "Your .instruments are marvelous, IShe thanked Ann w'ith a hug and look, and then scoff!" Herr Leeuwenhoek," the "scientists told kiss, then said, The fat shopkeeper smiled triumph him. "We have none so fine as these in "I love it 'cause you made it just antly as he sat down and peered all England. Can you make some for through the instrument. Suddenly, he us?" for me." gave a startled cry and jumped up so The Dutchman. ,generously agreed to (Sunday School Board Syndicate, al l rights reserved) quickly that he upset the chair. tb,is request, and the British scientists went away happy. Anton Leeuwenhoek, God's Wond?·ous World meanwhile, returned to his studies. 'He spent every moment he could spare from his janitorial duties peering through his glass, seeking answers. He Sites for Cities found them. He discovered, for ex ample, that rain water was clean and By THELMA c. CARTER free of the horrid creatures. IF YOU want a real surprise, take a est city in Africa, Cairo, is near the "Aha," reasoned the amateur scien look at a world map and see where the great and historic Nile River. tist, "then that must mean that these great cities of the world are located. In Bible times, great cities were built animals come from dirty pots and un You will find them located on rivers. near rivers. Babylon and Ninevah were clean fingers." In fact, few of the world's great cities beside the --Euphrates and I the Tigris. He conducted further studies and ex are not located on rivers. Those which Nature's great rivers provide advant periments, and one day he announced are not near rivers, eventually spread ages for people which cannot be found his findings to a group of scientists. out until they include some portion of a anywhere else on the earth. Water "When you boil this water, gentle river, or they may reach' to the sea power is perhaps the greatest gift of man," he told them, "the little animalS to become a seaport. rivers. Rivers .provide electric power. disappear or die. That is strange, is Los Angeles, once an inland city, They irrigate thousands upon thou it not?" soon had to spread out to the Pacific. sands of acres of land. They provide It was indeed. Even Anton Leeuwen Our great New York is on the Hudson navigation for ships and all kinds of hoek did not fully realize the truly River. Philadelphia is on the Delaware. boats and rafts. great discovery he had made. The little New Orleans, St. Louis, and Memphis A•bove all, rivers supply the water beasts he had discovered were microbes are on the Mississippi. Washington, needs of people and industry. They which throughout the ages have bee·n D. C., was built by the founders of our supply drinking water and water used the secret, invisible , killers of mankind. country on the banks of the beautiful for appliances as well as water for our No longer do we laugh at 'the stmy Potomac River. lawns and gardens. of "the fool who looks at nothing and Long ago some pioneers wrote: "Our pretends to see something." Today we In South America, Buenos Aires is on city must be built with a window upon realize what a truly tremendous debt the Plata River. London, England, is a river. Then we can sail our we owe to that lowly Dutchman of on the Thames River. 'Paris is on the bundled reeds." • long ago and· his "magic- eye." • Seine. Rome is o~ the Tiber. The larg- (Sunday Schoo l Board Syndicate, all rights reserved) (Sunday School Board Syndicate, all rights reserved) P a g e S i. x t e e n ARKANSAS BAPTIST 'Meet Me in St. louis' Convention Messengers to Have Full Schedule
MANY meetings, conferences and other activities The Monday evening session will include a discus- will take place in St. Louis, Mo., while messengers are 'sion of "Seminary Church Music Educatio'n and Its arriving for the 1961 Southern Baptist Convention Future" by representatives from Southwestern, Golden May 23-26. ...- Gate, New Orleans and Southern seminaries. Among scheduled events: The seventh annual Conference of Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Pastors' Conference. May 22-23 in Evangelists will assemble for a breakfast meeting May Kiel Auditorium (where the Convention will hold its 24. R. G. Lee, retired pastor of Bellevue Baptist meetings) ; Church, Memphis, Tenn., will be the principal speaker. C. E. Autrey, Dallas, Tex., director of evangelism for Woman's Missionary Union annual meeting, May 22- the Southern Baptist Home ~ission Board, and mis- 23 at the St. Louis Opera House; sionary W. H. (Dub) Jackson, Japan, will also be on Southern Baptist Church Music Conference, May 22- the program. 23 at the Third Baptist Church; . The Religious Education Association meeting will Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists, May 24 hear a speech by Dr. Baker J. Cauthen on "Religious at the Sheraton-Jefferson Hotel (headquarters hotel Education and Foreign Mi~sions." for the Convention) ; Religious Education Association meeting May 22-23. Special Group Events on Program
Outstanding Speakers Scheduled THE SECOND annual annuitants luncheon will be held at the Third Baptist Church May 25. The tuncheon ALL THE meetings,will feature outstanding speak will recognize and honor retired ministers and church ers on their programs. and denominational employees. About 150 persons The pastors will hear Harold W. Seever, Alabama; have indicated they would attend the luncheon, free L. D. Johnson, Virginia; and H. Franklin Paschall, to any person who receives an annuity check from the Tennessee, on the May 22 morning program; Glen L. Southern Baptist Annuity Board in Dallas. Archer, Washington, D. C.; D. J. Evans, Georgia, and Missionaries of the Southern Baptist Home Mission William Hull, Kentucky, that afternoon; Arch A vary, Board will be honored at a reception on Wednesday, Georgia; Marshall Craig, Texas, and Carlyle Marney, May 24, from 3 to 5 p.m. North Carolina, on the evening program. "Friends of home missions are invited to have fel Messages will be brought during the May 23 morn lowship with their missionaries during this two-hour ing session by Harold Cole, North Carolina; Gordon period," said L'. 0. Griffith, Atlanta, director of the Clinard, Texas; a medical doctor, not yet named, and board's division of education and promotion. The re Dale Moody, Kentucky. During the closing session that ception will be in the Crystal Room of the Sheraton- afternoon speakers will be J. B. Weatherspoon, North Jefferson hotel. · Carolina, and Earl Guinn, Louisiana. There will be many special features of interest to Southern Baptists in the Convention Book Exhibit, to be centered around the theme of the Convention-"My From Around the World Church Reaching Out." Thirteen authors of recent Broadman Press and Con THE WOMAN'S Missionary Union meeting will vention Press books will be available at autographing feature many outstanding speakers. In the evening sessions at the Convention Book Store exhibit in Keil program May 22 the vice president of Liberia, W. R. Auditorium. Tolbert, will address- the group on "The Hope for Changing Africa." The next morning John Soren, Nursery to be Available president of the Baptist World A-lliance, will speak on' "Hope of Every Nation." A NURSERY will be available at the Convention Other speakers scheduled include Mrs. E. P. Dosher, this year. However, parents are advised that it would West Africa; Executive Secretary Courts Redford; be much better if they could arrange to leave small Paul S. James, New York City; Robert C. Davis, children with friends or relatives back hon:ie. Hawaii; Carlos Owens, East Africa·; Miss Anna Mae For messengers who must bring children, the local Wollerman, Brazil; Miss Hannah Plowden, Hawaii, arrangements· committee 1is pre·paring an air.-condi and Mrs. H. D. Olive, Philippines. tioned room at Kiel Auditorium to accommodate babies The Church Music Conference will hear panel dis up to three years of age. The charge '*ill be 75 cents cussiems during the May 22 afternoon sessibns on "The per session per child, or $2 per day. Children must be UseYof Music and Education in the Growth and De picked up by parents after each session. • velopment of a Child" and "Pastor, Minister of Music, [The Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine reported the Minister of Education- a Team." Convention pro~ram in its issue of March 2, 1961.] \ May 4, 1961 Page Seventeen Sunday School lesson------be avoided by the heart fearing· God. As one fears God and departs from evil Out of the Heart rr~e.wm find spiritual health for . his
By DENNIS M. DODSON Pastor, North Crossett First Church, Crossett 11. The Heart: Place of Storage and Source May 7, 1961 of Conduct Bible Material: Proverbs 3:1-8; 4:20-23; Luke 6:43-45. Pro·verbs 4:20-23 Memory Selection: "'Keep thy hea1·t external contentment which anyone of 1Vith all diligence; fo?· ont of it a1·c the us could use more of today. The heart THE TEACHER calls. our attention " ·isstws of l·ife." Proverbs 4:23. produces these results. when it is to his words. We are to listen and to be obedient to God. :recep1tive to his instruction. The INTRODUCTION: The lesson this The second exhortation (3 :3) is for us teachings are to be held constantly Sunday is concerned with the part the not to let mercy, which is really love, before us as the guide for our whole heart of man plays in the conduct of and truth be absent from our lives. It c·onduct. They are to be kept in the the man. In the means that we are to love God and midst of the human heart. The heart study of the lesson our fellowman without any selfishness is to be their place of storage and it will ·be of bene.fit and hate. It means. that we are to affection. The instructions. bring life to to keep the memory have an absolute integrity of character those who by effort get possession of verse in mind be which excludes all hypocrisy and dis and procure them. They are the means cause of the simple, simulation. When mercy and truth are of health for the whole body to the self - evident truth found in many they indicate the high man who possesses them. which it proclaims. est normal standard of moral perfec Of all the things which need to be It reveals to us the tion · . By THE BAPTIST PR~SS The Christian Life Commission The Public Affairs Commission T HE OBJECTIVE of the Southern Baptist Chris THREE FIELDS of work-public affairs, church tian Life Commission, as proposed in a forthcoming state relations, and religious liberty-shpuld most con manual, is to help Baptists lead a more effective Chris- cern the ·southern Baptist Convention Public Affairs tian life. _ Committee. To guide Southern Baptists in this, the Commis This committee works with committees of several sion will have a program of Christian morality develop other Baptist national groups to sustain a staffed Bap ment. It will emphasize Christian social ethics through tist Joint Committee on Public Affairs in Washington. literature, conferences, polls and a mail-answering [The proposal, which may be presented at the Con service from its office in Nashville, Tenn. vention, and, if presented and adopted, will become part The Southern Baptist Convention at its 1961 meet- · of the manual, would have to come from the Executive ing in May will decide whether to include this descrip Committee. The Executive Committee first must ap tion of the Christian Life Commission in the new prove it at a pre-Convention meeting in St. Louis.] agency manual being· drafted through the Executive ~s they apply to Southern Baptists, the purpose and Committee. ' objectives of the joint committee in Washington cover Other matter pertaining to the Christian Life public affairs study and research, church-state public Commission includes special assistance by it to groups relations, public affairs, information and correlation of interested in (1) world peace, (2) eounseling and Baptist influence in the field of church-state relations. guidance and (3) human welfare. "In the Southern Baptist Convention, the joint com It provides observers at United Nations. In a mittee works as resource and staff to the agencies of newer phase of responsibility it aids state Baptist the Convention and its· Executive Committee and to groups interested in the care of children,' the care of state committees on religious liberty," according to unwed mothers and the care of the aged. the proposal. · It stresses among Southern Baptists the impor Some of the details outlined include (1) holding re tance of world peace to the propagation of the gospel, ligious liberty and church-state conferences such as serving as a central information source for this field the joint .committee already conducts annually, (2) in the denomination. carrying the Baptist viewpoint on religious liberty be The commission should work, the report states, fore committees and councils, (3) furnishing news and with other SEC agencies and with state Baptist agen other material in church-state relations and ( 4) en cies. It should not work directly with churches, except couraging local interest in local and national religious on invitation to conduct demonstration- conferences. liberty affairs through local Baptist groups. In states where it has no state Christian life group with The members of the SEC Public Affairs Committee which to work, it may work with associations and will comprise SEC representation on the Baptist Joint churches through printed media. Committee on Public Affairs. "The Public Affairs The objective of the agency, stated in full, con Committee shall work directly with the joint commit tains these ·words : tee and should have no other staff except that em "The Christian Life Commission shall assist ployed by the joint committee," according to the Southern Baptists in the propagation of the gospel by proposal. (1) helping Southern Baptists to become more aware "In view of the instructions approved by the several of the ethical implications of the Christian gospel with co-operating Conventions, the objective of the Baptist regard to such aspects of daily living as family life, Joint Committee on Public Affairs is: human relations, moral issues, economic life and daily ' ... to act in the field of public affairs whenever the work, citizenship, and related fields; and by (2) help interests or rights of the co-operating Conventions ing them create, with God's leadership and by His which constitute the committee call for conference or grace, the kind of moral and social climate in which negotiation with the government of the United States 'the Southern Baptist witness for Christ will be most or with any other governments, or whenever Baptist effective. This emphasis in the field of applied Chris principles are involved in, or are jeopardized through tianity is to be pursued with the full awareness that governmental action, or when any of the co-operating the chief concern of the Christian Life Commission Conventions or any of their agencies may refer to the is in the area of Christian social ethics which is under joint committee any matter of common interest or con stood to mean the application of Christian principles cern, for the consideration and recommendation.' " . in every day living." · (Constitution as approved in 1956). • May 4, 1961 Page Nineteen DEPA~TMENTS------~ Race Relations Training Union Department Goals- J 964 1. SIX Extension classes for in service Negro Baptist preachers and lay leaders. 2. Assembly and ~- encampment p r o g r a m of ten w e e k s. Enrollment goal 1,000. 3. Twelve Negro Baptist College stu dents appointed by Home Mission Board for work in Arkan sas. Plan to use them in assembly programs. .._.-...... u 4. Scholarship as- DR. HART sistance for fifteen ministerial and mis sionary students. 5. Enroll. 300 chm·ches in use of Unified Budget. 6. Cll Operate Baptist Center Build ing and programs at Camden and Blytheville. (2) Operate Baptist Stu dent Building, BSU program and Chair of Bible at AM&N College, Pine Bluff. ' 7. Assist 250 chUl'ches in VBS THIS gro.up ofyoung people attended the first -'.{'raining Up,ion as clinics. sembly at Siloam Springs in 1960. Other large groups like this a;r.e ma-k 8. Assist 250 churches in Sunday ing their plans to attend one 'of the Training Union wee.ks at Siloam this School clinics. ' ' 9. Assist 250 churches in Training year. Union clinics. THE following churches haVe re ported Youth Week and have thus earned seal No. 1 on the Honor Church Program diploma: For Graduation-Give the Best! First Church, Crossett, Ashley Asso ciation; First Church, Enon, Bartholo mew; Prairie View, Boone County; First The gift they' II open Church, De Witt, .and First Church, Stuttgart, both in Centennial; North Side, Charleston, <;oncord; Portland, Delta; Pickles Gap, Faulkner.; First Church, Marmaduke, and West View, Paragould, both in Greene County; Rosie, Independence; Etowah, Missis sippi; Vandervoort, Ouachita, and Fair "The .Experts' Oaks, Tri-County. Dictionary" YOUTH NIGHT NEWEST! BIGGEST! The following associations have re More than 142,000 freshly ported their Youth Night meetings, defined entries. 1,760 pages. More than · held on Saturday night, April 1: 3,100 terms Illustrate d. Arkansas Valley, Big Creek, Black Sturdy cloth binding, plain River, Centennial, Concord, De 1 t a, edges. $5.75 Greene County, Gainesville, Harmony, With thumb index. $6.75 Mississippi, Mt. Zion, Ouachita, Rocky GIFT ED ITION: Bound in Fabri· koid, gold stamped with sprinkl ed Bayou and Stone-Van Buren-Searcy. ' edges. Thumb-index ed. Two churches have already become Boxe d. $8.00 SPECIAL GIFT EDITION: Bound "Honor Churches" having earned all in ca l f·finish sorre l brown five seals for the diploma. They are leather ov er beve led boards , stamped in gold with go ld Portland 10. Assist 250 churches in WMU and VACATION AND CAMP TIME Brothet;hood work. 11. Conduct five District Leadership BOTTOMS BAPTIST ORPHANAGE Conferences. 12. Jointly sponsor two state-wide· Monticello, Arkansas Institutes.. ' - 13. Continue work at T.B. Hospital. 14. Co-operate with Little Rock Jay WOULD YOU LIKE to have a part in helping one of our children go a ~ees in T.V. Literacy work. 1 to a Camp or the Assembly? Cost $15.00 to $17.50 each. 15. Conduct at least 10 associational conferences on missions and evangel- · WOULD YOU LIKE to have one or more of our children in your home ism. Clyde Hart, Director • for vacation tht: first half of August? You may get them July 30 or 31 and bring them back August 16-20. Relatives and sponsors are given preference; others when approved by their pastor. Missionary Union Send us your coupons PLEASE REMEMBER: and your Birthday Off.erings GA Focus Week GIRLS' Auxiliary is an organization and include the Orphanage in your Will in the family of Woman's Missionary Union. Its purpose is to provide mis CONTACT sionary education and participation for Mrs. Mildred Cooper, H. C. Seefeldt, each girl, ages 9-15, in every Southern Ba·ptist church. SociaJ Worker, or Superintendent, There are 285,657 members in 29,190 EMpire 7-5638 EMpire 7-3241 or EMpire 7-5288 auxiliaries throughout the convention. On foreign mission fields one finds GA's, t·oo. In Arkansas there are 902 organizations with a membership of 9,342. Girls' Auxiliary is the largest denominational organization for girls in the world. . , , Not only is Girls' Auxiliary big in numbers, but it is big in purpose and in program. The purpose is well stat ed in the GA Aim: "To J:>e awake to conditions about us even to the end of the wm'ld, to be alert to guard our minds against evil, to keep our bodies as temples of God, for your youngsters to cast selfishness out of our hearts, tp align ourselves With all our denomi OZARK OBIE nation does to make Jesus Christ by Virginia Whitman known." Ob'ie wanted more than anything The program seeks to accomplish else to buy a rifle and kill a deer. this aim in the life of each member Then maybe his folks would stop calling him '.'our baby boy." See through the study of missions in books what happens in his exciting summer. and programs, through Christian serv Ages 11 -14. (26b) · ~2.95 ice in the community, through a per sonal response in prayer and gifts and THE SKY Y TRAIN through the Forward Step program. by Oren Arnold · Rod hadn't wa nted to go to the old run-down summer camp, but Each year during Girls' Auxiliary an amazing discovery in an abandoned tunnel led to the best summer Focus Week the attention of the ever! Plenty of action for ages 9-13. (26b) $2.95 church is directed to the activities of Girls' AuxiliarY. Parents and friends will want to express appreciation to the • • • new picture books leadership of Girls' Auxiliary-the GA I HELP TOO . director, counselors and assistant coun by Alma May Scarborough selors, the faithful Reviewing .council All young children love to help. Through simple text and Iorge and members of the GA committee. full-color pictures this book shows woys little ones "help" at Parents of junior and intermediate home. Ages 2-4. (26b) Board, 60¢; Cloth, $1.00 girls have a particular responsibility to JESUS' FIRST TRIP undergird this program of missionary by Robbie Trent education through prayer, interest, en The story of Mary and· Joseph's flight to Egypt, simply told for couragement and home participati:on. oges 2,4. (26b) Boord, 60¢; Cloth, $1.00 The dates for observance of Focus THE SINGING BELLS Week are May 14-20. by Anita Scott Cofeman Each junior and intermediate girl The Be ll s were a very special family. But when TV came into who is not a member of Girls' Auxil their home, they found they were special in a more important way. iary is especially invited and urged to Ages 6-8. (26b) Boord, 60¢; Cloth, $1.00 join the auxiliary provided for her by TODAY ••• visit, phone,. or' order from your the church.-Mary Hutson, Youth Di- · rector • BAPTIST BOOK STORE May 4, 1961 Page Twenty- 0 n e . DEPARTMENTS------The men worked over an area about above laymen, and for certain laymen 1 eighty miles long and sixty miles wide. who made it possible for some of the Brotherhood They worked by twos in churches and in men to go. It has all been a great missions, doing visitation and personal experience in the Lord - Nelson F. soul-winning, dealing with unaffiliated Tull, Brotherhood Department. • Items of Interest Baptists, conducting 'prayer meetings, THE SECOND quarter's issue of · the and holding evangelistic services. It Pe?'Sonally Speakin.q ... Brotherhood "Challenger" will be in the was a great experience to the men, and (Continued from pag·e 4) mail at an early date. About 2,400 men also to those among whom they served. are presently on the The meat is taken out of the refrig "Challenger" m a i l Our hats are off to: Frank Sham erator storage in the back of the meat ing Jist. These in burger and Paul Power, J. P. Cheatham ·market and hung in the store in the clude all state, dis and C. Ij. Carlton, Monroe Drye and front of the windows so the people pass trict, and association · Garland E. Goodwin, G. C. Hilton and ing up and down the street can see a! Brotherhood offi A. James Linder, Carl King and Toni just what is available. · cers, all pastors and De Loach, Harry Parker and E. M. On the front of one place of business associational mission Brisbin, Elbert Wilson and Harold An ~ was this noteworthy firm description: aries, all church Bro ders011, W. L. Layman and 0. P. Ham "Builders, Joiners, Upholsterers and therhood presidents mons, Robert Moore and Glenn Knight, Fimeral Directors." of record, all Royal Nelson Tull and James Hinkson. But these good folks would find Ambassador counse- · The Brotherhood Department wants America a "wee bit odd," no doubt. lors of record, all men to express its heartfelt gratitude for MR. TULL whose names have ~/,~~ been sent in by their pastors (every pas the pastors who helped to enlist the tor has been contacted), and all men ·who have requested to be added to the mail ing list. LON'G TERM CHURCH FINANiC'IN'G If you desire the "Challenger," send . - 10 TO 16 YEARS - name and address to the Br-otherhood * $20,000 to $500,000 secured in 8 to 100 days thru mortgage Department, 302 Baptist Building, Little Bonds .. Skilled on the field guidance to successful conclusion of Rock. the program. - TWENTY MEN TO OHIO * We .offer a complete tested and proven service which assures The ful! quota of men for the Ohio you considerable savings in brokerage, Architectural, Truste~ Tour was met! The men h,ave gone to fees and Building costs. Ohio, done their work there, and have * Why wait? We can help you build NOW. Write- phone returneq home. When they send in CHURCH FINANCE CONSULTANTS their reports of work a composite re 2108 Balboa Dr., Box 13667, Ph. 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Order from yoztr Baptist Book Store THOMAS NELSON & SONS m ' Exclusive publishers of the Revised Standard Version Bible liJ Page Twenty - Two ARKANSAS BAPTIST I I Executive Board A Smile or Two INDEX (Continued from page 2) A tion the opportunities. We live in a The Prosperous Years Africa report (lett er)-5-4 [!)5 world that is dying morally and spirit Arkansas Baptist Hospital volunteers' day-5-4 p9 • ually, and the gospel is the only pan "SO YOU met Marian today." Attendance report-5-4 p23 "Yes, I h adn't seen her for ten years." acea ·for these ills. This is a trite B saying and we all know that Christ's · "Has she kept her girlish figure?" Baptist Hour radio sched ule-5-4 p24 "Kept it? She's doubled it." Baptists, b y any other n ame-5-4 p14 way is the best way but sometimes we Bentonvllle, First. bullddng chapel-5-4 p10 become careless in our giving. · This Bookshelf, the- 5-4 p5 Brinkley, First, breaks record-5-4 p11 carelessness can cause Kingdom causes Knows What He Wants Brotherhood department-5-4 p22 to suffer set-backs on every level. THE Baptist Standard says that at Burnett, Morris G., dies-5-4 p11 We realize that many churches are the Capitol Heights Church, Austin, c on a percentage basis in their coopera Cath ey, Sam T., to First, Beardep-5-4 p7 Tex., a teacher and her six-year-olds Charleston. Northside, reports progress-5-4 p9 tive giving and therefore give as they had finished singing "Soldiers for Jesus" Children's Nook- 5-4 p16 · · have been prospereq. Unless the mem Civil War spectacula r at OBC-5-4 p8 when she asked: Coffman" Victor H., clies- 5-4 pll bers in these churches are constantly "How many would like to be soldiers Convention, Southern Baptist-5-4 p2, 17, 19; taught and encouraged to bring their for J esus?" ch ange name (letter)-p5; special worship tithes and offerings to the church each services-p3 All hand ~ went up except one. •"Jim week all of us are losers. Jesus said: E mie, don't you want to be a soldier for Executive Board-5-4 p2 "It is more blesse._d to give than to J esus?'' receive." F "Naw," answered Jimmie. "I'm going Ft. Smith , Grand Ave., honors seniors-5-4 p7 Don't forged For Christ's sake, let's to be a marine." do our best in May - Ralph Douglas, ·G Associate Executive Secretary. • I GA Focus week-5-4 p21 Sportsmanlike Conduct H Heart, out of the (SS)-5-4 p18 TWO friends had a date to play golf. Hope, Calvary, to build-5-4 p8 The first one stepped to the tee, took a · J Attendance Report mighty swing and his drive turned out Jennings, Morley, at OBC ba nquet-5-4 plO to be a hole in one! John Birch Society, warnin g against-5-4 p3 April 23, 1961 The second friend stepped to the tee L Sunday Training Addi· and said, "Alrightee, now I'll take MY Little Rock, Shady Grove, plans homecoming- Church School Union tions 5-4 p10 Alpena, First 108 55 practice swing and' then we'll start the Armorel 123 97 gan1e." M Beirne, First 76 69 Moore, Lavern, to First, DeQueen~5-4 p8 Berryvllle, F1•eeman Heights 191 101 1 Morrilton, F irst, youth of year-5-4 p10 Camden Cullendale First 462 218 Next Question N First 538 222 A MAN was shocked ·to Tead about Natural Steps church relocates-5-4 p8 Hlllside 111 43 Charleston, 'Northside 96 81 his own death in the weekly newspaper. 0 Conway, Second 461 212 10 He promptly phoned the editor, identi Ouachita College Choralettes-5-4 p9 Crossett, First 584 191 ElDorado fied himself and said: p East Main 258 138 3 "There's a story about my death in Pastors, checklist for (E)-5-4 p4 ~irst 924 311 arkview 302 95 2 your paper." R Trinity 220 128 "I see," said the editor calmly. Race Relations department-5-4 p20 Eudora 296 122 Randall, Bob, on Texas staff-5-4 p7 Fair Oaks 94 54 "Where are you calling from?" Revivals listed-5-4 p10, 11 Fordyce, First 423 186 2 Ft. Smith s Grand Avenue 735 302 Modern-minded , Sacan's Sale (NG)-5-4 p6 Mission 21 Scotland crusade, an appra isal-5-4 p12 Kelley Height 187 92 AND then there's the woman who Scottish Notes (PS )-5-4 p4 Towson Avenue 221 113 3 Simmons, J. Kelly, to edit Caloifornia paper- Fountain Hlll, First 78 41 scribbled "atomic" in the age blank of 5-4 pl3 Gentry, First 235 93 -her employment application. Smile or two-5-4 p23 Gravel ·RH:I ge, First 177 109 11 Study grants at OBC-5-4 p10 Harrisburg, Calvary· 149 92 Harrison, Eagle Heights 304 122 6 T Hot Springs, Park Place 477 177 1 No Sale Training Union department-5-4 p20 Huntsvllle, Flirst 130 41 A LITTLE boy answered the sales Kingston Mission 35 30 5 w Combs Mission 18 20 man's phone call. "Is your mother or Worship, what is (NG)-5-4 p6 JacksonvUle, First 746 310 7 father home?" the salesman asked. Jonesboro, Central 528 177 y Levy 608 274 ~ The answer was no. "Well," persisted the Youth music festival-5-4 p3 Little Rock salesman, "anyone else I can talk to?" First 1297 526 34 The boy said his sister was there Key to listings : (E) means "editorial"; (PS), Forest Highlands 160 71 6 "Personally Sp.eaking"; (SS). Sunday School; · Gaines Street 394 229 3 and he'd put her on. There was a five (NG), Nuggets , of Gold. Tl1e first numeral is Dennison St. Mission 67 30 4 minute wait. Finally the boy got on the number of the month, as 10 for Oc.tober, Immanuel 1267 477 5 and the second number indicates the day of Forest Tower Mission 28 18 the phone. "I'1n sorry," he said, "but the month the issue was pubNshed. Kerr Mission 33 19 South Highland 582 242 6 I can't lift her out of her crib." Tyler Street 283 136 ::O.Iagnolia, Central 868 310 ::-.IcGeh ee, First 411 171 How Time Flies! Mission 41 24 IF YOU want to see a shorter winter ::~lena, First 319 107 AVA,ILABLE :\Iission 27 14 - Borrow money due in the spring. ::-.Ionticello, North Side 96 70 :- Registered Securities Dealer No. ~'74 Tenn. Dept. of·Insurance & Banklnr