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July 14 195 5 \.l ,, Cameroonj .Aiijjionariej at the {}eneral Conference l:,x/iibit

Stir Us Anew! We, Too, Were There! Our Greatest General Conference General Conference Cameos BAPTIST HERALD By DR. MARTIN L. LEUSCHNER, Editor CONTENTS e Let's begin this issue by looking at Baptist Churches was thrilling as re­ some of the General Conference ports were received of conversions cameos--gems of news and data that and church additions after the mes­ Volume 33 No. 14 shine with bright luster following the sages by our pastors. memorable sessions held in Waco, July 14, 1955 Texas, from June 6 to 12, 1955. This e This was the greatest General ,,A cught to be a thrilling introduction to Conference ever held for newspaper the pages of the "Baptist Herald" coverage and city-wide publicity. he Spirit Guided Conference • that follow! The "Waco Times-Herald,'' "Waco News - Tribune" and the· Sunday pa­ ·• The paid registration at the 31st per, "Waco Tribune-Herald," fea­ Cover ...... ''l'aco " Times-Herald" General Conference reached a high of tured news articles about the Confer­ HE 31st GENERAL CONFERENCE at Waco, Texas, was bathed in " Cameroons Missiona ries at the Gen­ 1160. This virtually ties the Waco ence in every issue with a total of the glory of God. No Conference theme in several decades was eral Conference Exhibit" Conference with the second highest 461 inches of space which is the such a guiding star throughout the sessions as at Waco where we " General Conference Cameos" T Dr. l\f. L. Leuschner ...... 2 registration total of any General Con­ equivalent of almost three full pages listened constantly to "What the Spirit Saith to the Churches." God ference in our history. In 1946 at of newspaper space. Seven General Editorial answered prayers for good weather, for the right decisions, for har­ " The Spirit Guided Conference" 3 Tacoma, Washington, the registra­ Conference pictures were also pub­ monious action, especially when everything seemed to be going in tions totaled 1164. The record for lished with two of them appearing on ''Stir Us Anew!" the opposite direction. This was a Spirit-guided conference, firmly Mr. Walter W. Grosser ...... 4 highest registrations was in 1949 at the front pages of the newspapers. in the controlling grip of the Lord Jesus Christ. " Our Greatest General Confer ence" Sioux Falls, S. Dak., with a total of Dr. M. L. L euschner ...... 6 1575. e A total of 88 children were taken Messages are inspiring, not because they have had profound and care of during the General Confer­ The " Welcome Wagon" in th e vestibule "\Ve, Too, \ Vere There in Texas" of Waco Hall with two belles of Waco, prodigious preparation, but because they are spoken at the right Testimonies by Conference e There were more than 700 Gen­ ence sessions, making this the first Texas, welcoming all visitors to the 31st Delegates 10 eral Conference visitors and delegates moment of need to an attentive audi·ence that is attuned to the Holy Family Conference with such ade­ Gen eral Confer ence. " General Conference Officers and housed in the dormitories on Baylor quate provision for "the little ones." Spirit. Then God's blessings can be showered through heaven's open Committees'' University campus. The University In the nursery at the Seventh and era! Conference groups appeared on windows upon receptive hearts. Elected and Appointed Officials ...... 11 cafeteria was used by so many visi­ James Church there were 22 infants the television program, "Better Liv­ That was the secret of the inspirational program of the Waco Represen tation at the B aptist World tors that the hours for meals in the and little children. Twelve children Congress, London, England ...... 13 ing" (KWTX-TV), with Miss Brooke . Conference with every message in wor:d and song lifting the great large, air- conditioned dining hall from four to seven years of age were Loring interviewing the guests. Vari­ " Women's Meetings at Waco, Texas" Mrs. G. K. Zimmerman ...... 14 with all of our people seated around entertained at the Home Economics ous musical groups, including the audiences to the holy altar of God. The program, headed by the com­ the tables reminded one of old-time Building. A total of 54 children from mi tte~'s chairman, Rev. Paul F. Zoschke, was studded with great mes­ " CBY and SS Union Program at Waco" Gospelaires of the Seminary and the Miss Ruth Bathauer .15 sessions with their grand fellowship. seven to twelve years enjoyed the Choristers of the Christian Training sages, wonderful musical selections, colorful missionary presentations " Sunday School Lessons., recreational program arranged for Institute, provided the music for and profound Scriptural expositions. The voice of the Holy Spirit Rev. B. Jacksteit .16 e On Sunday m01·ning and evening, them at the Central Baptist Church June 12, thirty-one North American these television programs. was clearly discernible at Waco, and those who heard went away What's Happening ...... 17 of Waco with a bus transportation. greatly blessed! Baptist ministers spoke in pulpits of e Dr. H. Theodore Sorg has served Our Denomination in Action ...... 18 Waco's Southern Baptist Churches, e For the first time in General Con­ the North American Baptist General Critical decisions had to be made at the Waco Conference. Im­ May Contribu tions ...... 22 including four Negro churches. The ference history, pictures of our ses­ Conference for 43 years as its legal portant new positions had to be filled. Further missionary advance Obituaries ...... · ...... 22 church page of the "Waco Times­ sions and leaders were presented as counsel. His appointment by the llerald" on Saturday looked like a spot news on Waco's television sta­ was contemplated. A projected reorganization of our denomination Conferen ces and Assemblies in July . . .. 22 Gener al Council was confirmed by an required prayerful consideration. In all of these crucial matters (as North American Baptist ministers' tion KWTX-TV (Channel 10) and on overwhelming majority by the Con­ roster. The response of the Southern four consecutive days various Gen- ference. Both Rev. W. S. Argow of we now look back upon the days in Waco), we were led to take action Erie, Pa., and Rev. Julius Kaaz of and to make decisions only as "it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and • Philadelphia, Pa., have attended ev­ to us." Because of this moving of the Spirit upon the Conference ery General Conference since 1901 eight new missionaries were commissioned and another (Miss Marga­ Bi-weekly Publication of the which was held in Berlin (now ret Kittlitz) re-appointed; the new denominational positions were ROGER WILLIAMS P R ES S Kitchener), Ontario. This was the filled with capable, consecrated men; and a commission was appointed 3734 Payne Ave., Clevelan d 14, Ohio 18th consecutive Conference at which for a study of the denomination's objectives and organization. In Martin L. Leuschner, D.D., Editor each of these veterans of the faith every step of advance, there was an unmistakable harmony of pur­ was able to be present. Rev. E. J. Baumgartner, Business poses and action that can only be described as having been "Spirit Manager e By overwhelming vote the Gen­ guided." eral Conference voted to accept the • recommendation of the Time and Christian fellowship is wonderfully heart-warming when it is "like to that above," with ties that are bound by the Holy Spirit in THE BAPTIST HERALD is a publication Place Committee to hold its 1958 of t he North Amer ican Baptist General General Conference in Edmonton, united service for Christ. We had a boundless measure of that kind Conference w ith headquarters at 7308 Mad­ ison St., F orest Park. Illinois. It also main­ Alberta, Canada, 2600 miles from of fellowship in Waco, Texas. The local Commit tee on Arrangements tains an active membership in the Asso­ Waco, Texas. This is the home of our of the Central Baptist Church with its pastor, Rev. L. R. J ohnson , ciated Chu rch Press. Christian Training Institute and of SUBSCRIPTION PRI CE: $3.00 a year to blazed the trail for this fellowship with its splendid, selfless prepar a­ any address in the United States or Canada four North American Bapti st tions. The Southland with its deeply spiritual atmosphere provided - S2.50 a y ear for churches under the Club Churches. It is also close to the ma­ the setting for this fellowship. The facHities of Baylor Campus, the P lan-$3.50 a year to foreign countries. jestic Jasper National Park, colorful CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Three weeks greatest Baptist University in the world, and the warm welcome of notice requir ed for change of address. Banff and enchanting Lake Louise, When ordering a change. please furnish and the towering Canadian Rockies. its genial president, Dr. W. R. White, and of those associated with him an address stencil impression from a recent If a uditorium "and hotel facilities on the faculty as well as the use of the new auditorium of the Seventh issue if you can. ADVERTISING RATES: $2.00 per inch, (which are now being built) in Ed­ and James Baptist Church at the invitation of its pastor, Dr. Charles single column. 2 \(i inches wide. monton should prove to be inade­ Wellborn, kept our Conference together and knitted us into one grand ALL EDITORIAL correspondence is to be quate, then the General Council is family for the week. Our people were filled with the Spirit as they addressed to the Rev. Martin L. Leuschncr, authorized to change the General 7308 Madison S t., Forest Park, Illinois. entered into the week's activities until the joys of Christian fellow­ ALL BUSINESS correspondence is to be . Conference sessions to Minneapolis, ship overflowed from hearts everywhere. addressed to the Roger Williams Press . ..., - Minnesota, using the facilities of the 3734 Payne Avt:nue, Cleveland 14 , Ohio . I ~ ' '\I Entered as second-class matter January 9. \ • I -I . First Baptist ~ hur ch of that city, with This was a General Conference long to be r emembered, as we give 1923, at the post office at Cleveland, Ohio, Th e registration deslc In Wa co Hall on Monday afternoon, June 6, with some of the 1160 our churches m the Twin Cities serv­ all glory to the marvelous guidance of the Holy Spirit during those under the act of March 3. 1879. regist er ed visitors to th e 31st Gen eral Conference receivin g their Conference 1>acke~s . ing as hosts. memorable, sacred days! (Printed in U.S.A.) 2 BAPTIST HERALD JULY 14, 1955 3 ities; and we can see how our arch Both are competing for the loyalty of "The changes that are sure to come I Keynote Addrbss I enemy, Satan, is taking full advantage th e people of the world. I do not fear to see." of both. 3. These millions of revolting The writer remarks that ther e are people see in this conflict an oppor­ A fi ne hymn entitled, " 0 Master of only two things wr ong. Most of the t he Waking World," will appear in our tunity to gain for themselves some of the things which w e have enjoyed congregation do not expect an y new denominational 'hymnal. The fi rst changes will be coming, except per­ stanza says: for years. Their loyalty seems to be available to the highest bidder. haps summer changing into fall, but " O Master of the waking world, 4. As a nation, w e have engaged certainly no change in t li eir w ay of Who hast the nations in thy heart, in a progr am of buying friendship life. And they would face with tr em­ The heart t hat bled and broke to send w ith lavish spending, backed u p by a bling fear .any change of life that had God's love to ear th's remotest part; boasted military power. We have, to done pretty well by them. Here is Show us anew in Calvary a degree, even resorted to principles Mr . M. J . P ierpont Jones w ho has just The wondrous power that makes men taught by Jesus, but w ithout a vital finished taking up t he offering. No free." a cknowledgment of h is power. Be­ fear of changes? If A T and T cause w e have been know n as a A WAKING, RESTLESS WORLD dropped 19 points, he would go into Christian nation, everything we do a purple apoplexy. * Is t his not the message of the Spirit now de termines world opinion of our to the churches? In the Revelation we Christianity. AG GRESSIVE CHRISTIANITY are int roduced to such a waking, rest­ NEEDED less, resurgent w orld. In the midst of BATTLE FOR MEN'S SOUL S t his world we re t hose who were re­ It is in the midst of this strange, Comfortable and complacent self­ By MR. WALTER W. GROSSER deemed by the blood of the Lamb. confused battle for the souls of men, suffiency is killing the spirit of ag­ of Oak Park, Illinois, They lived in an envir onment of para­ that the wr iter of the hymn so appro­ gressive Christianity all over Ameri­ doxes. There wer e those who were priately appeals to the church of the ca, and it has not by- passed our fel­ Moderator of the General Conference from rich and needed nothing, and knew living God: lowship. The Spirit says to the n ot that i h ey were wretched a nd 1952 to 1958 miserable and poor and obvious. The church was there that had but little Mr. Walter w. Grosser of Oak Pa rk, Ill., d elivering h is a ddress a s r emairung strength, as was the luke­ Gen eral Con feren ce m od erator on "Stir Us Anew !" warm, complacent and comfortable church. They beheld a struggle unto THE INSP IRATION to use the desig­ then civilized world. The whole of people ha ve been w eak, by contrast death. nation, "Stir Us Anew," came f rom a the Revelation was the message di­ with the e ffort being made by C om~ O n t he one side was the Lamb that prayer w ritten by Ralph Spaulding rected to each church. The Spirit, m urusm . , w as slain , wor thy to receive power Cushman. It was was printed in thz however, had a special word for each We have sent the few missionaries and riches, wisdom and strength, program of the 30th Gener al Confer­ church. who were willing to go. We only sent honor and glory; and on the other side, ence of Nor th Amer ican Baptists. The We expect during this week t hat out as many as we felt able to sup­ t he Beast, w ho demanded that a ll who wor ds a re: able ministers w ill sha re with u s what por t, a nd we were always sure, fi rst dwell upon the earth should worship "Set us afire, Lord, t he Spirit has revealed to them con­ of all, to have all of our own m ateria l him. The by-products of this struggle Stir us, we pray. cerning the mysteries of the Revela ­ wants provided. We fi gured that the were plagues, tribulation, and terrible While the world perishes, tion . It is our desire to use what fol­ millions of backward people of Africa judgment. The Lamb ultimately pre­ We go our way, lows now to create within us an atmos­ and Asia would always be there. Sud­ vailed, and t he King of kings tri­ P urposeless, passionless, phere of receptiveness. denly we learn w ith dismay that Com­ umphed! Day after day. J ohn was in exile on the Isle of munism has moved into these areas The T riumphant K ing of the Apo­ Set us a fire, Lord, Patmos for his loya lty to God's Word with enough trained missionaries to be calypse is "The Master" of our hymn. Stir us, we pray." a nd because of his testimony of J esus able to convert 100,000,000 of them He was aware of a waking world. His Christ. He had witnessed for his faith each year . According to Baptist d istinctive:;, hear t bled a nd was broken in order to through the fi rst two of ten imper ial r edeem the world from sin and death. t his gathering in Waco is comprised persecut ions. He lived into the t hird. TODAY' S GREAT CHALLENGE of many local churches, each perform­ "Show us anew in Calvary the won­ In Nero's persecution in 64 A.D., he We a re being told in our churches drous power t hat makes men free," is ing its calling as it believes God di ­ saw vast multitudes crucified, thrown rects, a nd responsible only to h im and that the Gospel of J esus Christ is the what the Spirit is now pleading with to its members. to wild beasts, and burned at the stake. only effectual block to t he spread of the church es to pray. We know the It was d uring the Domitian persecu­ Communism, and this is true! Is i t a power of the atom, but we need to The Gener al Con ference of North t ion that he was exil ed. American Baptists is a voluntary union layman's lack of faith then that raises know the power of the Cr oss. i\lisslon nry- a1>p olnt ecs, Rev. George W. Lani; (left to r ii:h t), Mrs. E cl w~ l' ern and Rev. F or ty thousand Christia ns were mar­ t he question, "But how?" How, at t his Edw in Kern, look over som e J apanese sh oes at the i\1lss1on ary Exhibit of th e Gen eral of such local chur ches. We have cer­ AN AWAKENING WORLD Con feren ce in Waco, Texas. tyred. This took place about 95 A.D. late hour, can we make Jesus Christ tain common purposes a nd needs, What a re some of the evidences to It was during this fi rst one hundred a live option for Com munism? The " O Church of God! Awake! Awake! ehurches, "I know thy works and ~ more readily attained through cooper ­ indicate an awakening world? years of Christianity tha t the church answer to this question has a vital ef­ The waking world is calling thee. have somewhat against t hee." Will ation and joint effort. We are in Waco, was accused of promoting a world fect upon our missionary program. l. Scientific discoveries have made L ift up thine eyes! Hear thou once \Ve have the spiritual insight, when Texas, for conference conce rning t hcs2 revolution. These men, t hey said, E vangelizing the world is one of those it impossible for one part of the world more we behold t hese social revolut ions of cooperative objectives. Expectantly ~ e have set the world upside-down. wait upon God (who knows our need:;, great cooperative r esponsibilities of to be isolated from any other part. T he challenge of humanity." our day, to be disturbed and aroused The entire message of the Apoca ­ the church. W hat we do or say today is known to­ our weaknesses and our accomplish ­ A few Christians out of a dedicated to change our way of life to one of un­ lypse describes a great conflict between It is per tinent, therefore , that w e morrow in the r emotest corners of the selfish devotion to the prnclamatiori: ments) to speak t0 the churches du1·­ the forces of God a nd of Sa tan. It is heart may answer : ing this week through his Spirit. weigh the answer to this question as globe. of the Gospel? significant that, even while we are a North America n Baptist Conference. 2. Underpriv ileged millions of "O Christ, we come, our all we bring, In a Sunday School class, a disc'us.:: THE SEVEN CHURCHES gathered here, the world i s once more If God has allowed the church to face people, suppressed by selfish colo­ To serve our world and thee, our torn and bleeding in the midst of world sion developed over the practice of The general theme of our meeting th i ~ crisis, may he not hereby be of­ nialism for decades, have witnessed King." the early church- of sharing posses­ r c;•olution . Communism, an athe istic feru:ig us, as we fight it, a great po­ glob al wars and have learned the Many church people will sing is "What the Spirit Saith to the religious nationalism, is capita lizing sions, hav ing all t hings in com mon. Churches." It is solemnly r epeated in t~nbal for u ruty of action ? All Chris­ power and use of scientific as well as hymns of dedication, but seldom is Most of the members ag1·eecl such an upon the present world of unrest. It is tians must face this challenge together. military inventions. They have been the commitment carried out. the book of Revelation, following a a missionary minded religion. E ven attitude would be unworka ble today. Does the Spirit have an answer in w hat taught h ow to use these instruments In the March 9, 1955 issue of "The message to each of seven churches. though the Church of J esus Christ has The teacher suggested that if a n H ­ he says to the church es? of war and industry. T hey have Christ ian Century," Simeon Stylite The seven churches are hi ~ tori ca l. They promoted and supported foreign mis­ Bomb were unexpectedly dropped .. urged .that we observe the seen, emerging out of World War II, were located in cities of Asia Minor sions for over one hundred years, our ~esu s describes a company of fine church upon one of our major cities, in a s.1gns of the ti.mes." Examining t he two powerful nations, each represent­ members, well - fed, well - dressed, all connected by a main highwa; efforts to evangelize great areas of the moment- for those w ho surviv ed­ climate of our times reveals to us our which was one of t he crossroads of t he world's exploited and underprivileged ing a way of life. They see that well- heeled, and well- propelled in there would be imposed a n im mediate shortcomings, but also our oppor t un- these two are in mortal conflict. shining 1955 models. They sing : (Continued on Page 13) 4 BAPTIST HERALD J ULY 14, 1955 5 of the winds a nd the weather as well ;:; ~ of our lives! God in the directives of his will and purposes also brought about a harmonious spirit in a ll the Confer­ ence sessions that w as reflected in the joys a nd blessings exper ienced in the hearts of the visitors and also re­ fl ected in t he decisions reached by the delegates. At this conference m a ny human aspirations and tensions in the h earts of men were pulled apart " to let the face of God shine through." EXCELLENT PREPARATION S uper b and detailed preparations h ad been m ade by the local arrange­ me nts commit tees for th is Genera l The Gen er al Confer en ce choir directed hy Mrs. Lon;s R . .T ohnson . the b eau tiful decorations on th e pla tform, a nd th e s p eakers on the Conference . About 50 leaders of the op ening n igh t, June 6th, of the Gene ra l Confer en ce session s in Waco Hall. Central Baptist Church of Waco a nd several Southern Conference churches in ten important commit­ tees headed by t he general cha irm an, Mr.' Raymond E. Engelbrecht, and in­ siness p r ogram of the Wom an's Mission a ry U nion in th e luxurious Our Greatest General Conference spired by their pastor, Rev. L. R . T h e lun ch eon a nd bl.IJJrawlng Room of the Studen t Union Building on Baylor·s Campus .. surround ings of the J ohnson h ad lef t no stone unturned found us " In Medi- Mrs. G. Ben Lawrence broug ht a The Stor y of the 31st General Confer ence of North American Baptists Held C f to p r ep~ re the way for our coming. ~h e on er_ence tud y" every m orn- touching selection in song. The mis­ at W aco, Texas, from June 6 to 12, 1955 (More n ews about the work of these .t a hon and Bible .S g 11 a If h our w1' th sionary messages by Rev. Fred Hol­ committees will appear in the next a:; Reported by DR. M. L. LEUSCHNER, Editor of the "Baptist Herald" mg for the closiJ'lpi. . W . R . WI1 1't e, zimmer and Rev. George Henderson , IJ I esse d resu lt s. U . 't issue .) 1 bot h of the Cameroons of Africa, pres1.d en t o f 13aY or . m vers1 y, E verything w ent smoothly. The clim axed this program. Other mis­ of the prevalent prices in the de­ Texas at Waco. W ith boldness we t. . d all hearts and enriched our [ VEN North American Ba ptists results w ere beaut ifully pleasing to s 1n e "S . . t 1 sionaries also par ticipated. I n re­ pression days. We have never before lives by his m essages on ptn u a learned to talk like T exans in trying gave our witness for Christ in the the eye. We sat back and enjoyed sponse to the invitation eleven young to describe the wonderful blessings of enjoyed such ideal facilities as those brightly focused light of the Holy T th .. "The R igJ1 teousness th at Ex­ what w as offered to us in such gen­ people came forward to dedicate their afforded us on the spacious wonder ­ Spirit upon our Conference, and then c:l~ " ~ nd "The Will of God." Dr . C. the 31st General Conference from erous manner by our Southern hosts. lives to f ull- time service for Christ. ful campus of Baylor University. The deep in Southern Baptist territory we Emanuel Carlson of Wa~h ingt?n, J une 6 to 12 at Waco, Texas. It wa s The registration desk took care o_f a ll On Sunday evening, June 12, fol­ undoubtedly one of our g reatest con ­ visits of 31 of our pastors to Southern made the name and ministry of t he D. C., secretary of. the B apttst Joint arrivals a nd expedited them q utckly low ing the installation service for t he ferences ! Visitors to Waco were not Baptist churches of Waco, virtually North American Baptist General Committee on P ublic Affairs, brought to their room s for the week. The dec­ new Conference officers, a colorful embarrassed to use "T exanic" words fi lling every important Baptist pulpit Confer ence known and beloved in the devotional message on Friday orations on the platform a nd the Con­ and stirring presentation of all of our such as "the best ever ," "the grand­ in the city on Sunday, June 12, was the Southland far beyond any human ference them e wer e simply m agnifi ­ m orning, reported at length ~bout the mission fi elds was given. The '\Vork est," "the fin est," "really thr illing a nd something quite new in our history. expectations that we h ad prior to cent. The e xhibit d isplays w ith prom ­ work of this important Baptist Com­ and facts of these fi elds was narrated uplifting" to describe their experi­ The Sunday evening crowd on J une those days. inent signs and importa nt informa ­ m ittee a nd graced our Conference by by Rev. R . Schilke, secretary, with ences in the Southland and at the 12 was the largest we have ever had tion, pictures and curios fi lled t he h is delightful, hum ble fellowship GOD WAS IN CHA RGE! r epresentat ives of th e home m ission Conference. to stay "right to the end" of the Con ­ halls a round the a uditorium . The \Vith our people. It can be said w ith confidence that ference Week. Cam eroons Baptist Cha pel in the churches, Indian missions, Spanish­ God took hold of this 31st General M ISSIONARY EMP HASIS TEXANIC ADJECTIVES This was the setting for t he Gen­ front vestibule wa s the main center American fi el ds, Austria, J apan and Conference in Waco, showed us tha t Let 's look at the record and see eral Conference deep in the heart of of a tt raction. The ushers m oved There were m anY missionary high­ t he Ca meroons of Africa telling th eir HE was in charge, and then handled that this is not mere exaggera tion in a bout in the performance of their du­ lights in the Conference progr am . On story b riefly. This was appropriately things as he deemed best. That was the Texas style. With ll60 r egistra ­ t ies w ith precision . All luncheons, Thursday evening, J une 9, four of our followed by the impressive commis­ felt in the opening moments of t he tions, it t ied with the General Con ­ breakfasts, specia l prog rams, t ~a and Ca m eroons m issiona ries gave their sioning of eight new missionaries a nd Conference on Monday evening, June ference in T acoma , Wash., as the sec­ ba nquet were handled with skill a nd test im onies as to what it m ea ns to "go by the mass choir sin ging, " Onward, 6, when llOO of our people for the ond largest. It is im possible for this gra ciousness. in the power of the Spirit." They Christia n Soldiers," t o bring the Gen ­ editor to remem ber over 30 years fi rst t ime in their lives sang Hymn were Mrs. George H enderson, Mrs. eral Conference sessions to a m agni­ when we had more favorable, cool No. 1 in English in t he new "North PROGRA M HIGHLIGHTS Fred Holzimmer, Rev. Donald Gan­ fi cent close . weather for our General Conference , American Hymnal" (a lso Hymn No. T he program had m any spiritua l strom and Miss Ma rga ret Kittlitz. "Bap tist Men " w ere in charge of especially after the Canadia n cold I in the Glaubensh arfe) "Mighty highlights. It w ent from one inspira­ the Friday evening progr am on June wave hit Waco on W ednesday after ­ God, We Worship Thee!" That was tion to another. It a fforded m uch food U!fil@:t ~~ :t11 )t m 1:c :: :t~.ll:tllJlLln · ;t~ ~ t , :g:g :" ..;_;_;tJ 10, with Mr. H arry H . Geis of noon. It presented one of the fi nest a n electrifying experience to feel that for t hought. It brought us back Okeene, Oklahoma, in charge. The tremendous surging of joyous music a gain and again to "What the Spirit ~ F RONT COVER 1 a nd most deeply spiritua l programs tt • h ::] male chorus of 20 voices of the in m a ny years, with the General Con­ and praise as it filled the spacious Sa ith to the Ch urches." The Confer­ l ~c The front cover picture s ows i;::1 Strassburg Baptist Church, Marion, ference t he me a lways before us in a a uditorium of Waco H a ll. T his is one ence m oderato1·, Mr. W alter W. Gros­ 1;.; L a ura E. Reddig (left to r ight ), 1;;1 K ansas, rendered several inspir ing bold display a nd in every message. of many hymns in the n ew hymna l se r, gave the keynote for t he days in 1:: Delores H enne , and Gera ldin e :! numbers with all of the strength a nd Glasenapp looking at one of t he ;; It w as one of the smoothest r unning t ransla ted by Rev. P aul Wengel. his provocative address on "St ir Us ~ 1 fervor of Christian men. Mr. Ray­ For t he first few days of the Con­ Anew!" (It appea rs in f ull in this is­ fi African curios in front of the [l.l conferences, with all preparations 1 mond R. Lindsey of L ittle Rock, Ar­ having been made superbly in a d­ ference it was quite hot and uncom­ sue.) The evangelistic note w as ;; ca m e r o o n s Baptist Chapel, 1;; kansas, president of The G ideons I n­ vance . T he conference was charac­ for table. We hoped a nd prayed fot· sounded on Tuesday evening, June 7, H w hich was the feature attra ction ;; ternational, spoke pointedly, fer vent­ terized b y the fi nest spirit of harmony cooler breezes, but we never expected by R ev. H. Palfen ier on "Witnessing :: of t he Genera l Conference ex - ,;;JI ly and w ith practical emphasis on and general agreement. God t o take hold so m iraculously. On i11 the P ower of the Spirit." IH hibit a t Waco, Texas, J une ;; "God Expects You to be a Soul Win- Wednesday an 80- mi!e-an-hour w ind Our Church Ex tension P rogram n 6 to 12. Miss Reddig has been a ;;I ner ." No General Conference ever had brought a storm, rain clouds and a H m issionary to the Cameroon s for 1;; such amazing and spectacula r news­ was reviewed at length and w ith deep cold wave to the Southla nd which for 17 years. T he other two girls 1::1 YOUTH WAS PROMINENT paper coverage. (See page 2 of this earnestness by Mr. Edwin H . Mark­ four days virtually broke all weather :: w ill sail for the Cameroon s_ a s 1;;1 issue) . For the fi rst time our Confer­ lein, chairman of that committee, on Young people were prominent at bureau records for low temper atures fi m issionaries for the fi rst tim e 1::1 ence leaders and musical groups ap­ Wednesday evening, June 8, followed the General Con ference by t heir at­ in J une. T hen on Monday, J une 13, ~ this fall. This photogra ph ap- I;;] peared repeatedly on television over by the heart- warming m essage by tendance and par ticipation in the after the close of t he Conference, t he ~ peared in lhe "Wa co Times-Her- :tj Waco's station WKTX-T V. The meals Dr. w. R. Wh ite, president of B aylor Uni­ Rev . John Wobig of Portland, Oregon, p rog ram. (T heir sponsored services temperatures in W aco soared to 94 :: a ld" d uring the Con ference week . ;;1 at the Baylor Un iversity cafeteria versity, Waco, T exas, br inging on e or his on "B uilding in the P ower o[ the f! 1 are described m or e in detail on page fin e d evotiona l m essag es to th e 31st Gen eral degrees, t he h ighest since the summer were so cheap tha t we were reminded Spirit." :• TI'1f .clI:lI ViT:lI'F'FTf'F)lf:I'FllJl:ITv:finf H :1 :W" 15 of th is issue.) At the sunrise serv- Conferen ce. days of 1954! Our God is the Mast er JULY 14, 1955 BAPTIST HERALD ice (6:30 A.M.) on Thursday morn­ W :ITR'fflfi)fEiff::'1i"'R'~~::ttiff1f1f lDiill".m.2!. lt "IT'.ff.ll~ made these presentations. The CBY ing, held in picturesque Cameron and SS Union brought its informative MY PRAYER LIST Park, Rev. Raymond Yahn of Bridge­ IdI~ report in a pictorial and dramatic port, Conn., spoke with great enthu­ ~ . ~.'I presentation on Wednesday after­ @ The 10-page booklet described ~I siasm to more than 350 young people. I~ by Mr. Raymond R. Lindsey of ~ noon, June 8. A festive crowd of 860 people at­ :,, Little Rock, Ark., in his address llil Thursday afternoon was reserved I for various luncheons. The Ministers' tended the banquet on Saturday eve­ ~ on Friday evening, June 10, at ~I Fellowship (180 pastors present) met ning under the leadership of the ~ the General Conference is avail- 1@ at the Raleigh Hotel. Dr. Perry F. CBY and SS Union. Rev. Joe Son­ :, able free for the asking at our ~ Webb of San Antonio, Texas, gave nenberg of Chicago, Ill., brought a Headquarters Office, 7308 Madi- tel the preachers a thrilling hour with captivating message for youth and @ son Street, Forest Park, Illinois. ~ youthfully-minded hearts on "Possi­ his oratorical, humorous and deeply J~ It gives the "Roman Road to ~I spiritual message. The Baptist Men bilities Unlimited!" The Sunday 1ffi Eternal Life" on page 1 followed f~1 afternoon Youth Rally was well at­ ( 145 laymen present) held their ~.;. I by two pages of "Prayer Re- ~ luncheon at the Roosevelt Hotel, with tended and effectively presented. ~j quests of the Holy Spirit." The ® Miss Dallas Bowen of Anaheim, Cali­ Mr. J. 0. Johnson, chairman of the !@. r est of the pages are for your ~J ''Baptist Men" Board presiding. The fornia, and Mr. Joe Fritzemeier of ~ "Prayer Requests." All requests ~I Stafford, Kansas, brought brief testi­ Women's Luncheon at the Student ifrl should be lim ited to ten book- 1~! Union L ounge (375 women present) monies and Rev. Harold W. Gieseke !~l lets or less, please. EDITOR. Jm c;f Lorraine, Kansas, moved the was addressed by Missionaries Mar­ ~ ~ garet Kittlitz and Verna Ganstrom. hearts of his listeners in the power of !i lillR~lrJ]!Jilii~:fil'lli:ID:t:?i:t"iffi'ID ,: 1 tt :: 1~iffim l the Spirit as he spoke on "The Irre­ and "The Sunday School Union." HEAVENLY MUSIC sistible Attraction of the Christian." Each organization has its own elected The General Conference music was The women were equally prominent Mr. Raymond R. Lindsey of Little Rock, general secretary and executive com­ another outstanding attraction of our at. the Conference with their g racious Arkansas (right), president of The Gideons mittee. Each will work out its own experiences in Waco. The mass choir \'Vitness and beautiful presentations. International, confers with i\Ir. Harry Geis, president of "Baptist Men," before his aggressive program for t he spiritual of about 80 voices composed of sing­ The story of their business meeting, message to Ute Genera l Conference on F ri- blessing of its constituency. Rev. ers from our Waco, . Cottonwood, The c'horister s of the Christian Training Institute of Edmonton, Alber ta, directed by Rev. day evening, June 10. Edward Link (right), singing at one of the General Conference sessions in Waco, Texas. luncheon and missionary tea is re ­ Lawrence Bienert is the elected sec­ Crawford, Gatesville and Dallas ported at length on page 14 of this many years since we have listened to retary of the CBY Fellowship, and churches and directed by Mrs. Louis There is so much to say in report­ rielegates will b e able to secure many issue. The thrilling program on Fri­ Rev. G. K. Zimmerman of the Sunday R. Johnson was "superbly wonder­ ing a great Conference like this one of these pictures for themselves. Othe,r day afternoon, June 10, featured the such a profound Conference sermon a~ that brought by Professor Ralph School Union. Rev. J. C. Gunst was ful." It rendered medlies of Gospel in Waco, Texas. The General Confer­ pictures by Mr. Siemund will appear m1ss10nary pageant, "The Macedo­ elected to the important position of songs, anthems and Negro spirituals ence Exhibit was also "the best ever." in the next issues of the HERALD and nian Call" directed by Mrs. Albert E. E. Powell of Sioux Falls, S. Dak., on the Conference theme. With Scrip­ promotional secretary for the denomi­ with unique arrangements, spirited Dr. and Mrs. Paul Gebauer of Africa in the 1956 ANNUAL. Reddig, author, and Mrs. Walter Hill, nation. presentation and Southern fervor. had sent some of the material as well program chairman, and the wonder­ tural exposition, with spiritual bold­ Another important decision of the Thank you, Conference Choir, for a as instructions for a Cameroons INSPIRED LEADERSHIP ful address by Missionary Laura E ness and with spiritual earnestness, he brought us into the sacred pres­ Conference concerned our Children's musical ministry that was WELL Chapel which was then built in Waco It was also a Conference of effec­ Redding on "His Spirit Hath Sent liome in St. Joseph, Mich. As re­ DONE! Hall by Mr. Erich F. H . Arnold of tive human leadership under the con­ Me!" Mrs. Walter W. Grosser, presi­ ence of the Person of the Holy Spirit. ported by Dr. Frank H . Woyke, exec­ Miss Carol Schmidt of Lorraine, Waco. ·This brought Africa right into trolling hand of the Holy Spirit. Mr. dent of the Women's Missionary Un­ IMPORTANT DECISIONS utive secretary: "With great reluc­ Kansas served as the Conference or­ the Exhibit Hall. (This Cameroons Walter W. Grosser was the capable ion, the Union's officers and all those Decisions were made at the Waco tance and with sadness of heart the ganist. ' She was always on the job, Chapel w ill also be exhibited at the and tactful moderator. Dr. Frank H. who assisted them can be commende:I Conference that will be epoch-mak­ Conference approved the closing of but, best of all, she made every prel­ Baptist World Cong ress in London, vVoyke as executive secretary and for the impressive presentation of the ing in our denominationa l enterprise. the Home as soon as practicable. ude, offertory, postlude and accom­ England.) also the recording and statistical sec­ women's work at this Conference. The former CBY and SS Union has Through the years conditions have paniment a "musical event" in our CONFERENCE EXHIBIT retary for the General Conference The Sunday morning worship serv­ been dissolved and two new organi­ changed so that today such homes lives. Since Friday of the Conference contributed greatly to the Confer­ The General Council told the ice was an hour of spiritual dignity zations have been created, "The Com­ are needed primarily to care for chil­ week was her birthday, she was pre­ ence's success. Rev. R. Johnson as amazing story of our denominational L. and reflective thinking. It has been missioned Baptist Youth Fellowship" dren from broken homes and prob­ sented with an orchid corsage as an pastor of the host church in Waco is building program in constructing lem children. A denominational com­ expression of heartfelt gratitude by churches, parsonages a nd institutions l o be commended for his fine leader­ rr.ission, however, will study the pos­ the Conference audience. ship behind the scenes. Mr. and Mrs. si bility and advisability of carrying totaling $1 1,492,000 in r ecent years. The 22-voice chorus known as the Approximately 200 enlarged pictures Raymond E. Engelbrecht of Waco and on a children's work elsewhere." Choristers of the Christian Training the entire local Committees per­ Eight new missionaries were com­ were on exhibit w ith this complete Institute of Edmonton, Alberta, di­ story. In addition, the missionary formed a Herculean task in preparing missioned at the Sunday evening rected by Rev. Edward B. Link, and for the Conference. Dr. T. Theodore display, the work of our various co­ service following the approval of its several quartet groups, as well as Sorg as legal counsel led the Confer­ operating societies, the White Cross their appointment by the General the Male Chorus of the Strassburg ence through important business mat­ work of the women, the Roger Wil­ Council. They are Rev. and Mrs. Baptist Church near Marion, Kansas, ters with a minimum of time con­ liams Book section and the .fascinat­ George W. Lang (Cameroons of Afri­ rendered musical numbers long to be sumed. Mr. Edwin H. Marklein and ing little things from our mission ca), Rev. a nd Mrs. Edwin Kern (Ja­ remembered. The Ministers' Chorus Mr. Arthur Schwerin as consecrated fi elds (under glass) informed our . pan), Dr. and Mrs. Gene Stockdale directed by Rev. E. Mittelstedt of Los laymen provided important leader­ people about the greatness of our (New Hope Settlement of Cameroons, Angeles, Calif., sang on Wednesday ship for the Conference days. North American Baptist Conference! Africa), Miss Geraldine Glasenapp evening with great blessing. Many Yes, it was one of our greatest Con­ Mr. Herman Siemund served as of­ (nurse for Cameroons, Africa), and talented soloists and instrumentalists fer ences! Some of the unique features ficial General Conference photogra­ Miss Delores Henne (Cameroons, from our churches a lso beautified the oi this Conference in Waco will prob­ pher . Almost 100 pictures were taken Africa). services. ably never be repeated. We as North by him-and each one turned out A large crowd was present for the American Baptists have come into DENOMINATIONAL REPORTS perfectly! Conference visitors and All the cooperating societies deliv­ unique 45-minute musical presenta­ our spiritual maturity with new tion by the Toliver's Chapel Baptist strength, boldness of witness and ered their reports and gave triennial MORE TO FOLLOW! accounts of their stewardship most Church (Negro) Choir on Sunday firmness of step as we continue to go effectively. In addition, the Publ ica­ evening, June 12. How our people The next issue (July 28) of forward. The seal of the Holy Spirit tion Society honored its business were thrilled by t he exciting Negro t he "Baptist Herald" will present is upon our work. Of that we are as­ more colorful mate rial about a nd manager, Rev. E. J . Baumgartner, spirituals and special numbers sung sured. If we continue to serve our oictures of the Genera l Confer­ annd the editor of the "Baptist Her­ by this group until they burst spon­ Christ humbly and sacrificially, and tc;neously into enthusiastic applause. e nce in Waco, Texas. The 1956 if we receive the Spirit into our a ld," Dr. M. L. Leuschner , on their ANNUAL will also feature a n It was enough to make your heart hearts t o be led by HIM, then the terms of service of ten and twenty illustrated story about t he a bid­ jump, your feet beat rhythmically, years, respectively, by presenting ing blessings of the Confere nce road ahead ought to be bright and Dr. Frank H. Woyke (right), e x ecutive secretary, presents a scroll of a ppreciation to Dr. and your soul rejoice to hear such triumphant with "the best things still M. L. Leu schner, editor of English literature, upon completion of 20 years of d enomina­ them w ith scrolls of tribute. Mr. Har­ for our churches! tional service. old Johns and Dr. Frank H. Woyke heavenly music! I< · be ."

8 BAPTIST HERALD JULY 14, 1955 9 ship of God's people. God has literal­ ly moved heaven and earth to make Christian fellowsh ip possible. The General Conference Arrangements Committee and all who were respon­ sible left no stone unturned to make this wonderful fellowship a thrilling experience for all who attended the Conference. Among the many contributing fac­ tors there were a few things which esp~cia ll y helped to lift this fellow­ ship to such glorious heights. The singing was superb! By their beauti­ fully rendered musical presentations the several choirs as well as other special musical artists again and again focused the spirit of the Con­ ference to the burning point of con­ secrated spiritual fellowship. The stirring congregational singing also contributed notably in this direction. ____\...... __ Unusually favorable were the won­ derful facilities of Baylor University. Dr. Frank H. Woyke (left to right), l\Ir. Edwin H. Markleln and Dr. Martin L . Leuschner make J> lans for thei r appear ance on television over Waco's station KWTX-TV while ..... ~--· ·· - Smee the large majority of the dele­ standing in fron t of the General Council's Exhibit. gates and guests needed not to scat­ Waco Hall on Bay lor University campus during the General Confe rence week in Waco, T exas, showing th e fine con ference sign pre­ ter but rather secured their lodging of the Southern Conference as a The response of the brethren, E. J. pared by Mr. Erich H. F. A rnold and his Exhibit Committee. as 'well as t heir meals on the univer­ whole, were certainly an instrument Baumgartner, M. L. Leuschner and sity campus, more time and opp~rtu­ in God's hand in establishing and Carl Fuellbrandt to special recogni­ nity were available for fellowship. maintaining the spontaneous Chris­ tion accorded to each of them for • The weather w as most ideal. All tian warmth experienced t hroughout !'ervices rendered was also a high­ of the many conference arrange.ments the Conference week. light. It seems t hat each man's re­ We, Too, Were There 1n Texas! were handled with inconspicuous Then, too, the thoughtful person sponse was characterized with deep smoothness. A spirit of wholesome Testimonies About the 31st General Conference Held from June 6 to 12, 1955 at Waco, Texas will also return home with a keen Christlike humility. The messages Christian friendliness surrounded ev­ sense of humility knowing we have given by Rev. H . Palfenier, Mr. Ray­ ery effort. Eva ngelistic and mission­ not accomplished as much as we mond R. Lindsey and Rev. Harold W . DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS OUR ONENESS IN CHRIST This unity was demonstrated in the ary warmth thoroughly permeated ought to have clone during the past Gieseke were stimulating. Devotion­ untiring ~fior ts of our denomination­ By Mrs. H. J. Waltereit of Winnipeg, By Mr. Herbert Stabbert of Anaheim, the entire Conference program. All triennium and with a sincere desire al periods led by Dr. W. R. White, the al leaders to lead our Conference and of these th ings made this Conference Manitoba, Minister's Wife at the California to press on to greater achievements president of Baylor University, were overall to work in a business-like but McDermot Ave. Baptist Church a great one, long to be remembered for the L ord abroad, but particularly well received. As a whole, all the de­ My impressions of the General still inspiring manner. The devotion as a glorious mountain- top of won­ at home by preparing ourselves votional periods were fine, with the Conference can be summarized in and sincer ity of many laymen was This Conference, "deep in the heart derful Christian fellowship. through the further development of one led by Rev. Raymond P arry in these words: " It was good to have outstanding in their willingness to of Texas," through the kind hospital­ our talents, so that when opportuni- which testimonies were given, as un ­ been there." give of time and talent to the Lord's ity and warm Christian friendliness, 1.res for greater service arise, we will usually inspirat ional. has reached deep into our hearts and While listening to the soul-in­ work. GENERAL CONFERENCE ~pir ing mass singing, I was impressed IMPRESSIONS be ready to provide the necessary It was also gratifying to see five has given us a lasting impression of The message of Christ and his re­ means and leadership. the graciousness of the South. ty a oneness - a oneness in Christ. deeming love was reflected by the By Rev. Leland H. Friesen, P astor of young people respond to an invitation It was extremely pleasant and corps of our faithful pastors in their the Zion Baptist Church, Okeene, to dedicate themselves to do the w ill A mountain-top experience has profitable to get together, to renew messages. Then, too, one could not Oklahoma cf God and perhaps to serve on the been mine as I have listened to per­ friendships, to make new friends, to foreign field. The Hendersons espe­ 'sonal testimonies, devotionals, the help but feel our common bond a nd " S pontaneous Ch1·1·stian warmth" kinship while rubbing elbows with . ses the domi­ be reawakened to the need of our clay cially presented a real m issionary messages and the inspiring music. A most adequately exp1 es and to be refreshed in soul. challenge. The commissioning of new new determination is mine to let my delegates and visitors. Yes, we are nant characteristic of our 3lst Gen­ one, whether we be leader worker or * .. * missionaries and the presentation of life radiate the power of the spirit of 0 eral Conference at Waco, Texas. t he mission fields was very im­ 1istener- one in Christ a ncl one as We have always enjoyed good AN INSPIRING GENERAL Christ to those about me. f~l - pressive. North American Baptists. A united 1.owship-especially thi~ tim~. A sp'.r­ CONFERENCE I admired the Southern gift that people can move mountains! it of real Christian fnendlm ess pre­ By Rev. Richard L awrenz of North The singing of the mass choir un­ was portrayed in the beautifying of These were days of inspiration and vailed. Whatever our weakn~sses as Freedom, Wisconsin der the direction of Mrs. Louis John­ Waco Hall and the student lounge blessing. We can be grateful to our a Conference may be, the attitude of (Attending his first Conference son was splendid. Music on the who1e where our Women's Luncheon and rendered by all was fine and in­ heavenly Father for his faithfulness. our people in "preferring on~ an­ sessions) Missionary Tea were held. Let us be faithful to him. other" and the obvious Jove fo.r each spiring. Perhaps the big musical In thinking about writing of my other demonstrated once again the treat was saved to the end w hen the The women's program on Friday One '.11ore impression- the splendid h ' A few impressions of the 31st General Con­ afternoon was well planned and pre­ people m Waco, both city and church uniqueness of our fellows ip.. . Negro Chorns thrilled our hearts to · g to gnps with ference. I find that it is not an easy no end. sented. My heart was touched will not soon be forgotten for thei L'. warm clays, the comm job, simply because there were so conflicting opinions, the annoyanc~s through our missionary speaker, Miss warmth and hospitality. many good th ings. The host church did a splendid job oi minor frustrations, did not seem 0 Laura Reddig, and the pageant, "The :;: * * However, let us enumerate the of entertaining the Conference and alter the deep concern of one Ior the Macedonian Call," as the challenge GLORIOUS FELLOWSHIP OF GOD'S things which stood out in my mind. laking care of multitudinous details. and need of the mission field were other. cl ·1 Perhaps the fi ne facilities whi ch were PEOPLE Th s facilities ma e ava1 - Perhaps the highlight of the Confer-· put before us. We as women have e campu 'bl for us ence for me was the message given available at Baylor University may gone back to our respective mission­ By Rev. Daniel Fuchs of Oak Park <'!ble to us, making it possi e . never again be duplicated. Illinois, Denominational Evangelist' to live together , eat togethei and b y Dr. Perry Webb of the First Bap­ ary societies with the zeal to work tist Church, San Antonio, Texas, at walk together, contr ib u ~ed no small There were also some disappoint ­ harder, to give and to pray more. The fellowship of kindred minds is the Ministers' Fellowship Luncheon. ments. First and foremost was that heavenly, indeed! Such was the ex­ amount to the friendliness ~f.· the_ I thank and praise God for ·( he C fe The very fine spmt of His manner of delivery and orator­ our Church Extension Program is b1essings and inspiration received. I P~r~ience of nearly 1500 delegates and on rence. th presenta ical style w ere electrifying as he presently at a standstill because of v1s1lors at the General Conference at our Conference leaders, e . - am sure none of us who were priv­ spoke of the lessons he had learned lack of funds. I n his fi ne message Missionary R. Neu ma n servin g among the Waco, Texas, from June 6 to . The tions by the participants on t.he p10- ileged to attend the Waco Conference Cree Indians on th e Bull Reser ve of Al­ 12 . d the generous gracwusness through his experiences in his min­ "Building in the Power of the Spirit ,: n,umber one highlight of this great will want to miss the next one. berta, Can ada, as h e a ppeared on the front gram, an 0 f Texas and istry. (Continued on P age 22) ' page of the "Waco Times-Herald." C0nference was the glorious fellow- of our people of Waco, 10 11 BAPTIST HERALD J ULY 14, 1955 SECRETARY General Conference Officers and Committees Mrs. Peter Pfeiffer, Erie, P enn­ Elected and Appointed at the 31st General Conference (June 6-12, 1955) at Waco, Texas sylva nia TREASURER Mrs. Edward K a ry, Cleveland, 0 . MODERATOR EDITOR OF BAPTIST HERALD Christian Training Institute GENERAL CONFERENCE REPRE­ Mr. Wa lter W. Grosser, Oak Park, Dr. Martin L. Leuschner, Forest NORTHERN CONFERENCE BOARD SENTATIVE Illinois Park, Illinois MEMBERS Mrs. Frank Veninga, Aplington, VICE-MODERATOR PUBLICATION BOARD MEMBERS Iowa Rev. J ohn Wobig, Portland, Ore. Rev. Ervin Faul, Calgary, Alberta Ministers Rev. Isador Faszer, Minitonas, Al­ GENERAL TREASURER AND GEN­ Ministers' Fellowship Rev. John Grygo, Bismarck, berta ,. ERAL MISSIONARY TREASUR­ PRESIDENT North Dakota Rev. W. R. Muller, Carbon, Al­ ER Rev . Leland A. Friesen, Okeene, Rev. Edward Kary, Cleveland, berta Mr. Fred A. Grosser, River Forest, Ohio Oklahoma Illinois Rev. H. Waltereit, Winnipeg, Rev. Arthur McAsh, Detroit, Manitoba VICE-PRESIDENT Rev. Raymond R . Dickau, Ven­ EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Michigan Mrs. Clarence Weisser, Edmon­ Dr. Frank H. Woyke, Forest Park, Rev. Paul F. Zoschke, Brook­ ton, Alberta turia, North Dakota Illinois lyn, New York SECRETARY-TREASURER BOARD MEMBERS (GENER AL Rev. Edwin M i 1 1 e r, P arma EDITOR OF ENGLISH LITERA­ Laymen TURE CONFERENCE REPRESENTA- He ig hts, Ohio Mr. Stanley Ernst, Detroit, TIVES) Dr. Mar tin L. Le uschn ~ r. Forest Michigan P a rk, Illinois Prof. George Dunger, Sioux Falls, Baptist Men Mr. Harold Johns, Oak Park, South Dakota PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF PROMOTIONAL SECRETARY Illinois Rev. Albert Felberg, Vancouver, !lliss Carol Schmidt of Lorraine, Kansas, who served a s Gen eral Conferen_ce organist and Rev. J . C. Gunst, Forest Park, Ill. Mr. Walter Kohrs, Peoria, Ill. BOARD Waco, whose skillful use or the g reat Waco Hall Org~n b rough t m elodious blessing to the Con ­ B. C. R a y m o n d Engelbrecht, fer en ce :rnd1 ences. GENERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS­ Mr. Paul Ludwig, Cleveland, Rev. Robert Hess, Tacoma, Wash­ Texas AT-LARGE Ohio ington VICE- PRESIDENT . C Ii Legal Counsel STIR US ANEW! other three years in a seminary. To­ Mr. Edmund Streuber, Winni­ Rev. William Hoover; Benton Herbert Stabbert, Anaheim, a - Chairman of Investment Commit­ peg, Manitoba (Continued from P age 5) day he has a small P r otestant church Harbor, Michigan fornia in one of the worst slum areas of a tee equality of forced losing of all pos­ Rev. William J eschke, St. Paul, SECRETARY-TREASURER large American city. Chairman of Finance Committee Seminary Board Minnesota Roland E. Ross, Forest Pa rk, Iii~. sessions. There would be a common Chairman of Pe nsion Fund We have in our churches such Ministers (Three Year Term) Rev. Rubin Kern, Chicago, Illinois VICE -.PRESIDENTS (Repr esent g sharing of anything that could be Chairman of Church and Parson­ ~el'ious -minded young people. They Rev. Raymond Dickau, Ven­ Rev. Joe Sonnenberg, Chicago, Il­ t he Conferences) . salvaged, and certainly t here would are by education and ex perience well age Fund linois turia, North Dakota Atlantic Conference - Edwin H . be a sha ring of misery, such as not equipped to cope with the issues be­ Rev . Re inhold Kanwischer, even the early Christians had ex pe­ General Missionary Society Children's Home Board Marklein Meister fore us. Many of them see the shal­ Morris, Manitoba Central Conference-Ed H rman rienced. I n a day when this could be lowness of what so many people con­ GENERAL the ex perience of any of us, is it un ­ MISSIONAR Y SECRE- Rev. Robert Schreiber, Lodi, LOCAL MEMBERS D a k 0 t a Conference - e sider the successful life. Are we pre­ TARY California Mr. G. A. Achterberg Bleeker · d Baer reasonable to consider voluntarily pared to encourage our childr en to Rev. Richa rd Schilke, F orest P ark, Rev. Alfred W eisser, Parkston, Mr. Henry Bartz Eastern Conference-Davi Charles what changes in our way of life will choose the higher calling- the higher Illinois enable us to pr ay? - South Dakota Mrs. Olive Bartz Northern Conference - calling that elevates man beyond his Sunday School Union Rev. H . J. Wilcke, Stafford, Miss Nell Benning B iffe rt "0 Master of the waking world, material concepts? Do our lives Ka nsas Mr. S. Beimfohr Northwestern Conference - Harry PRESIDENT Thou who hast the nations in thy exemplify the advice we give? Mr. Otto Bluschke Luiken rr Fox heart, Mr. Ralph Kletke, P hiladelphia, M inisters (Six Year Te rm) DEDICATED ACTIVITY Pa. Rev. H arold Gieseke, Lorraine, Mr. C. L. Sommerfeld Pacific Conference - HaR:y mond Show us anew in Calvary Ka nsas GENERAL MEMBERS Southern Conference - The wondrous power that sets men Is our enthusiasm for evangelism VlCE-PRESIDENT something interpreted by youth as Rev. A. Dale Ihrie, Detroit, Mr. Merle Gibbens, Erie, Pa. Engelbrecht Har- free." Mr. James Billeter, P ortland, Ore. Sout hwestern Conference - mere lip service, or a specialized ac­ Michigan Mrs. Meta Glanz, Detroit, Mich. GENERAL SECRETARY vey Kruse Recently I was thrilled by a young tivity of our church ? Can we show Rev. Edwin Miller, Cleveland, Mr. T ed Hirsch, Minneapolis, Min­ man, born and r eared in a wealthy Rev. G. K . Zimmerman, Milwau­ Ohio nesota by dedicated activity that to evan­ kee, W isconsin 1958 Program Committee home, who told me t hat, after getting gelize characterizes the whole pur­ Rev. Wa lter Schmidt, Arnprior, Mr. B. V. Krueger, Wate rtown, a degree in engineering, he had an Ontario Wisconsin Rev . H. J. Wilcke, Cha irman pose of the church? True evangelism CBY Fellowship ear nest conversation with his min­ can bring hope to a world suffering Rev. Frank Veninga, Apling­ Mr. J oseph Ludwig, Cleveland, Mrs. Freda Red? ig . c ommit - ister about the need of men in this PHESIDENT ton, Iowa Ohio Chairman of M1ss10na i Y under the rule of sin and death. The troubled age. He was persuaded S pirit expressed t his hope in his mes­ Mr. Herman Balka, Dallas, Texas Mr. E. J. Russell, Detroit, Mich. tee t within h imself to dedicate h is life to VJ CE-PRESIDENT Laymen (Three Year Term) Mr. Raymond Engelbrec1 1 sage lo the churches: "I have set be­ Mr. H. E. Schultze, Dayton, Ohio the Gospel ministry. He spent an- Miss Betty Meister, Chicago, Ill. Mr. Herman Bleeker, Alexan­ Mr. Herma n Bleeker fore thee an open door, and no man dria, South Dakota Mr. .Herman Siemund, Chicago, GENERAL SECRETARY Illmo1s Mrs. Emma B. Meier can shut it." Rev. Lawrence Biener t, Forest Mr. H. Geis, Okeene, Okla­ Mr. C. L. Sommerfeld ~; :t :: :: 1: :: :: 11::11;~~~l~i;l11lli1Urn :! :: @ This hopeful, encouraging state­ hom a ment may be relied upon by the Park, Illinois Committee on Education Rev. J ohn E. Grygo CBY COMMITTEE MEMBERS Mr. J. 0 . Johnson, Portland, Mr. H erman Ba lka churches of the North American Bap­ Oregon ;; WORLD CONGRESS l::J Mr. Jerome Janssen, Lorraine, Rev. Donald Davis, L os Angeles tii;t Conference. The open door pro­ Mr. Ra lph E. Kletke k ;; About 60 North American Kansas Mr . Edwin Marklein, Brook­ California ' Rev . Ronald MacCormac ~!J v ides missionary opportunity only if lyn, New York ~ Baptists are attending the Jubi- ,; Miss Sena Plucker, Sioux Falls, Re~. Be:thold J acksteit, Anaheim, Rev. H . J. Waltereit we take advantage of it. We cannot Mr . Wilber t Neuffer, Roch­ California :: lee Congress of the Baptist World ;; ta ke this opportunity unless we first South Dakota ;; Alliance in London, England, ··1 ester, New York . t·n o- Committee understand and live the Christian Mr. Russell Middleton, Philadel­ Miss Martha L eypoldt, Sioux 1958 Non11na 1 e. :t from J uly 16 to 22, 1955. Among ; phia, Pa. F alls, South Dakota ' ""er, Erie, Pa., way of life. Laym en (Six Year Term) Rev. P eter Pfe u L .. them are Dr. Frank H. Woykc, ;~1 Mr. Edward Dirksen, Madison, Mrs. Emma B. Meier, P ortla nd, ;; Di·. M. L. Leuschner, Dr. George :: Oregon Cha irma n General Mis- "O Church of God! Awake! Awake! Publication Society South Dakota Vice-Chairma n of :: A. L ang and Rev. J . C. Gunst. :: The waking world is calling thee, " A report and pictures of the .• BUSJNESS MANAGER Mr. R a y mon d Engelbrecht, Lift up thine eyes, hear thou once Woman's Missionary Union sionar y Committee P ortland, Ore ­ :: Congress will be featured in t~c ;; Rev. E. J. Baumgar tner, Cleve­ Waco, Texas Mr. James Billeter, more Mr. Rubin Glewwe, St. Paul, PRESIDENT :: Sept. 22nd issue of the "Baptist :: land, Ohio :: Herald" and several numbers :: The challenge of humanity." Minnesot a gon Dickau, Ven- EDITOR OF GERMAN P UBLICA­ Mrs. Thomas Lutz, Abe rdeen, R ev. Raymond R. H thereafter. The 1956 ANNUAL ;~ Only a sincere commitment to the TIONS Mr. Walter P ankratz, Chica go, South Dakota tu r ia N or th Dak ota Pointe ;; will also publish several featured :t Illinois ' c~ue1 . full Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ Rev. W. .J. Luebeck, Cleveland, VICE-PRESIDENT M rs. Meta Glanz, :: stories about the memorable ~; will meet this challenge. God grant Mr. Her bert Stabbert, Ana­ :: Baptist Congress. EDITOR. it Ohio Mrs. Alber t Reddig, Cathay, North M ich igan . Cleveland, 0. .. ,. us wisdom and g rant us courage that heim, California Rev. Edwar d Kai y, ) Dakota 24 Wtiitt"ff ff,, lt :t ntt )t ttEtttt:r::TI":r !t :: :: :c::: : :: :u~ we fail not man nor thee! 12 (Continued on page

BAPTIST HERALD 13 JUL Y 14, 1955 Women's Meetings at Waco, Texas Report by MRS. G. K. ZIMMERMAN of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Wow wonderful it would be if all Mrs. Grosser then introduced Mrs. Frank Veninga of Aplington, Iowa, of our women who labor so unselfish­ Carl Fuellbrandt of Toronto, Ontario, was elected to serve in this capacity. ly and unceasingly t hrough the years Canada, to us, whose husband for We felt deeply grateful to our outgo­ could attend our General Conference many years was our director of mis­ ing officers for their past efforts, and Woman's Missionary Union activities! sions in Austria. Mrs. Fuellbrandt we pray God's blessing and guidance It is difficult to describe the joys and re!'ponded with words of greetings upon t hose who will continue in this inspirations one receives at these from the Austrian women. Miss Gret­ important work. gatherings. Truly, the Spirit of God chen Remmler of our Forest Park of­ INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGES Rev. Raymond r B ·dgeport, conn. (right), bringing t h e message at th e Sunrise Service h eld in Cameron Pa rk of Waco during spoke to our women at Waco, Texas. fice was also honored for her many Yahrn ri eek and (left) the line-up of young people for the delicious break fast served them after the ser vice. the General Con er°en ce w • The Woman's Missionary Union years of service. Then followed the F ollowing the adoption of our re­ luncheon was held at the beautiful adoption of our new chart, which w ill vised constitution, the report on Students' Union lounge on Thursday be mailed in the near future to our "Women's Work in t he Cameroons" afternoon. We enjoyed the excellent societies. was given by Mrs. S. Donald Gan­ Southern cooking in a lovely setting. The expr ession of gratitude so sin­ strom of St. Paul, Minn. Mrs. Gan­ CBY and SS Union Programs at Waco Red roses decorated our tables, and cerely given by Mrs. 0. G. Graa!man strom brought greetings and words of our favors of sweet little African of Okeene, Oklahoma, to our beloved gratitude from the African women Report About General Conference Youth Activities by MISS RUTH BATHAUER of Forest P ark, Ill. babies "adorned" with tiny bandages president, Mrs. W. W. Grosser, for for the work our Conference is doing on t heir bodies reminded us of our her many hours of service in the in­ there. She reported that t he women White Cross activities. With Mrs. terest of our Woman 's Union work are being trained by our missionaries T HE BEAUTIFUL SETTING of the tendent." Mr. Billeter is also the new­ attendance in spite of t he warm ly elected vice-president of the Sun­ weather was most gratifying. Walter W. Grosser presiding, we con­ was an echo of the feeling of a ll of us. to conduct their own meetings and south and the warm hospitality ~x ­ tinued with our devotions, which Truly, we are much indebted to Mrs. programs. Since the African women tended by the Texas people contr~b ­ day School Union . Very early Thursday morning, June were led by Miss Margaret K ittlitz, Grosser for her outstanding leader­ have a limited knowledge of the Eng­ uted much to the fine success of ·che "Teaching Can Be Fun" was the 9, over 350 young people and friends one of our missionaries. She chose as ship. lish language, simplified material 31st General Conference in w.aco, theme of the talk presented by Miss went out to beautiful Cameron Park from our own program packet has Texas. There were many nc· h s pint- Ruth Bathauer, Children's Worker. for an impressive sunrise service. In The term "teaching" was defined and been sent to them for use in their ual blessings which the delegates a nd the stillness of t he morning t he group meetings. Even our most remote sta­ G era! Con- a challenge was presented to a ll teach ­ joined in song as Robert Schmelte­ friends enjoyed at the en . . . ers. The importance of bringing some tion, Warwar, has a Woman's Mission ference. A number of the a~ ti ~i tJ es kopf, Kyle, Texas, led the song service. of the Christian principles down to the The Christian Training Institute Chor­ Union and it was challenging to hear h C n1 m1 ss10ned were sponsored by t e o . level of t he child was emphasized. As isters, under the leadership of R ev. Ed 01: the African woman's willingness Youth a nd Sunday School Union. to take part in women's work. 8 over 300 a teacher is able to observe Christian L ink, added much to the spirit of wor­ Wednesday noon, J une • . th growth and development in the chil­ ship through their songs blended with The Woman's Missionary Union workers and delegates gathered in e dren, teaching can be fun. Bible verses of praise. Miss Ellen program on Friday afternoon, June beautiful dining room 1n· the mez-'he t 1 for « In addition to the tlu·ee speakers at Lehr, St. Paul, Minn., read the Scrip­ 10, was a highlight of t he Conference. zanine of t he Roosevelt Ho e Mr. the luncheon, there was a beautiful ture passage followed by a p rayer by Greetings were brought by our presi­ Christian Workers' Luncheon.School violin and piano duet by Clara a nd H arold Lang. dent, Mrs. Grosser, who also pre­ Waldemar Rempel Sunday 1 Carsten Seecamp, Hebron, N. Dak., and R ev. R aymond Yahn, Bridgeport, sided; by Mrs. J. J . Lippert, president E anuel Bap- superintendent of the mm C da a musical number by the Christian Conn ., challenged t he young people of t he Southern Conference Woman's t1. st Church Morns,. Man ·• a na ' ' . f ·e the mea1 . Training Institute Girls' Quartet, Ed­ with his inspiring message on the Missionary Union; and by Miss Eula gave the invocation be 01 monton, Alberta. Mae Henderson, executive secretary H oly Spirit. He emphasized the im­ porta nce for young people to allow of the Texas W.M.U. (Southern Bap­ WORKERS' LUNCHEON PICTORIAL REVIEW PROGRAM ncheon was the Holy Spirit to be t heir guide in tists). Music was provided by the T he toastmaster at the I u Southern Conference Women's Cho­ B lka new1 Y Another highlight of the Commis­ their work, in t he choice of friends rus. Dr. Frank H. Woyke conducted the congenial Herman ~y 'Fellow- sioned Baptist Youth a nd Sunday and in their lives. At the close of t he elected president of the C d nee a School Union activities was the Pic­ t he installation of the new officers. . · atten a ser vice, the smell of hot coffee re­ s hip, who gave a 11 ll1 mediately torial Review presented on Wednes­ minded us of our physical needs as With M rs. H. 0. Kohrs of Bur ling­ warm Texas welcome. Im_ a round day afternoon, June 8. By means of the group enjoyed a delicious break­ ton, Iowa, providing the background after a fine time of feJlowshif solo by slides and an opaque projector, the fast in t he great out-of-doors. music at t he organ, Mrs. Peter Pfeif­ th~ tables, there was a v~~~ l adel phi a, achievement a nd advancement of the fer of Erie, Pa., led us in an im­ Miss Dorothy Yahn, CBY and SS Union department was CONFERENCE BANQUET pressive memorial service for those Pennsylvania. d y School presented. There were four narrators The General Conference Banquet, Leaders in th e Wom an's Missionary Union progra m h eld at the Seventh and J am es Bap­ who have gone to their heavenl y Various phases . of sunr ad iscussion for the r eview: Mr. Ralph K letke, under the auspices of the Commis­ tist Church, Waco, Texas, on Friday afternoon, June 10. Father during the past triennium. work was t he topic unde M·il ler Rev. J. C. Gunst, Rev. Lawrence B ie­ sioned Baptist Youth and Sunday · Audrey • Left to right: Mrs. Albert E. Reddig, Mrs. Emanuel Wolff. Mrs. Henry O. Kohrs. Mrs. The missionary pageant, "The at the luncheon. Miss . . l r at Pil- nert, a nd Miss Ruth Bathauer, with School Union, was another outstand­ Walter W. Grosser, Mrs. Waller Hill, and Mrs. Thomas Lutz, the new p resident of the 11 0 Woman's Missionary Union. Macedonian Call," written by Mrs. Christia n Education D e.c P a e m- the assistance of the Chr istian Train­ ing event of the General Conference. . ·1 d Jphia, c ., Albert Reddig of Cathay, N. Dak., gnm Church, Phi a e f visitation ing Choristers and the Gospela ires Approximately 860 delegates and her Scripture passage, Romans 8: 28, In the election that followed, Mrs. was a very color.ful a nd inspiring ~hasized th e impo r t~nce .~h a Smile." qua rtet of the North American Bap­ friends assembled at the Karem Tem­ "And we know that all things work Thomas Lutz of Aberdeen, South Da­ presentation. Appearing in the cos­ in. her topic, "Visita t10n w~ day is long tist Seminary. ple for the banquet. The t heme of the together for good to them that love lrnta, our forme r treasurer, was tumes of the mission field they repre­ Miss Miller stated that th boys and The Genera l Conference delegates banquet was "Clu·ist, Our Guiding God, to them who are the called ac­ named president. Mrs. Albert Red­ sented, twelve women, two for each P?st when men and women.School. It voted for a division of the CBY and Star." Mr. E. R alph Kletke was the cording to his purpose." dig, of Cathay, N. Dak., who did such mission field, gave the call for us to girls flock into the su_ndl~y important SS Union, making two separate de­ toastmaster and Rev. H arold Weiss, a remarkable work in editing our partments. Just prior to the pictorial pastor of the Northside Church, Sioux REPORTS AND ELECTIONS strive more diligently to help them therefore becomes vita Y rry on an program packets for the past trien­ in their various needs. that the Sunday School ca to estab- review, Mr. Ralph Kletke, newly F a lls, S. Dak., was the song leader. The report of our secretary, Mrs. nium, was elected vice-president. effect1ve . v1sita. . t.ion programpi e into .,. h e elected president of the Sunday School The newly elected officers of both t he Emanuel WolIT, was encouraging to Mrs. Pete1· Pfeiffer of Erie, Pennsyl­ We were thrilled as our beloved lish contacts and invite peo Union, gave a brief report explaining CBY Fellowship a nd the Sunday us as we heard of the progress and vania, is our n ew secretary, and Mrs. Laura Reddig spoke lo us on the the purpose of the division . Opportun­ School Union were presented. Special activities of our 351 societies, who, theme, "His Spirit Hath Sent Me." Sunday School. daY s chool Edward Kary of Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. James Billeter, sun·ty Church, ity was givef1; to delegates a nd fric~~s recognition was given to Rev. J. c. according to the latest figures, have treasurer. We feel that the Woman's She told how we, through our New superintendent. of th e Tr1n1me of his. to ask quest10ns regarding t he d1v1- Gunst for his ten and one-half years contributed over $130,000 to our en­ Union has made an important step Hope leper settlement, are bringing sion. Rev. J. C. Gunst gave a resume Portland, Ore., s h~red /~vork of t~e of service a nd a small token of ap­ tire denominational program during forward in that we have representa­ the good tidings of relief a nd cure of a proposed progra m of work for preciation was presented to him. the last triennium. tion on our General Council. Mrs. actua l experiences in th. "The Thnll (Continued on Page 24) Sunday School in h is topic, .l superin- the Sunday School advance. The large (Continued on Page 24) of Being a Sunday s choo 14 BAPTIST HERALD 15 JULY 14, 1955 H. Wa lth of H ebron, N. Dak., as the pastor for t he new Church Extension field at the Willow R ancho area of Sacramento, California. • The Chicago Tract Society, Chi­ cago, Ill., is distributing a four- page printed tract, "A Response to L ove" by Rev. Lorimer D . P otratz, pastor of • The Board of Trustees of the North Baptist Church, Milwaukee, Wis., t he Ma rtin Ba pt ist Church, Martin, A LESSON PLAN oppression, greed, exploitation with impunity. We think we get a way American Baptist Seminary, Sioux which he has served since 1951, and North Dakota. It was a prize-winning Date: July 24, 1955 fl ourish. with it; but we don't. God holds u s F alls, S. Dak., has ex tended a call to announced that he had accepted the tract in the 66th anniversary contest responsible for our pledged words, new position tender ed hi m. H e w ill for students conducted by the Chicago Theme: GOD'S JUDGMENTS ON II. THE NATURE OF GOD'S JUDG­ Rev. Roy Seibel of Emery, S. Dak., to MENT ON NATIONS. and every broken promise exacts its become part - time teacher and director begin his ministry as the denomina­ Tr act Society. When the tract was NATIONS price of divine r etribution. tional Sunday School Un ion Secretary w ritten, Mr. P otratz w a s a student at 1. The nation is cursed with wea k of promotional work and allied re ­ on September 1st. t he Northern Baptist T heological Se­ SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 24:20b-25:12. a nd ineffective leadership that is Developing the Theme: sponsibilities a t the Semina ry in Sioux minary . This tract is a vailable at 250 PURPOSE: To show how the judg­ a) incapable of sound judgment (2 Falls in September 1955. · I. SOLEMN VOWS MUST NOT BE e On S unday afternoon, May 1, the tracts for $1.00 postpaid at the Chicago m ents of God fall on nations. Kings 24:20b; b) at the mercy MADE NOR TAKEN LIGHTLY. • . On Sunday morning, May 22, Rev. Sunshine Club and L adies' Aid of t he T ract Society, 2561 N. Clark St., Chi­ GETTING STARTED: We need to of pressure groups (J e r. 38:4- 5); 1. Like the people of Judah we are ~1ch a rd Lawrenz, pastor of the Bap­ H erreid Baptist Church, H erreid, S. cago 14, Illinois. Single copies of the remind ourselves that the purpose of c) lacking in courage (J er. Z·B: given to making promises when we're t~ s t Church, North Freedom, Wis., bap­ Dak ., held a Mother and Daughter tea tract ca n be received free by writing today's lesson- as of all the lessons in 19; 2 Kings 25:4); d ) heedless of up against it or want something very tized 17 converts on confession of their in the basement of the chu rch. T he to the editor of the "Baptist Herald." this quarter- is lost if we do not apply its solemn promises and cove­ much. Like them, we look upon such faith in Christ, and received these a nd Artas Woman's Missionary Society it to the n eeds and problems of our nan ts (2 Kings 24:20b) ; e) con ­ p rom ises as- t hree others a t the cand lelight com­ also part icipated in the program as in­ e Mrs. F red L. P aul of the Dayton 's own day. There's little value in study­ cerned about trifles and unable a ) A means of getting ourselves out vited guests. Songs and choruses Bluff Baptist Church , St. Paul, Minn., ing Old Testament history simply for to deal with the important issues munion service on t hat same evening. of a bad situation or ge tting what opened the program, as r eported by will be a delegate from t he four th its own sake. That history attains real (Jer. 38:19). The converts wer e the results of evan ­ we want (42:1-6); L auretta Naasz. The oldest mother congr essional distr ict of Minnesota to value only as we learn its lessons a nd 2. It is torn by inner strife and t en ­ gelistic services held some weeks ago President Eisenhower's White H ouse apply them to the time and place in sion (Jer. 39:24- 27). b ) A lever or bribe to get God to by the Rev. E ddie Wagner. present led in prayer. There were do our bidding a nd approve our Conference on Education to be held in which we live. To know what hap­ 3. It is stricken with economic col­ readings and musical selections by the Washington, D . C., from Nov. 29 to pened to ancient Israel m ay be inter­ lapse (2 Kings 25:3). pla ns ( 43:2- 4). • Rev. G. Scha lm recently resigned Sunshine Club and L adies' Aid of H er­ a s Pastor of the Fa ith Baptist Church, Dec. 1st of this year . This will be the esting information; but that informa ­ 4. It becomes involved in wars that 2. Then when things turn out other­ reid. Rev. E. S. F enske is pastor of fi rst White House Conference of this t ion is wor thless unless we let God impoverish the land and destroy the wise tha n we had feared or wanted, ~ei:non, British Columbia. His resig­ the church. speak fhrough it to our own genera­ flower of its manhood, leaving the na ­ we feel free to go back on our prom­ b ahon was a ccepted by the church , nature. Mrs. Paul is vice-president of tion and situation. Tha t God judges tion weakened beyond all hope of re­ ises a nd do what we please (44:16-17). ut he Will continue to serve as supply e T he Woman's Missionary Society the St. P aul Board of Education and nations only a fool can doubt. But let covery (Jer. 39:6-9; 2 Kings 25:5- 12). 3. But t he fate of Juda h teaches us pastor until a new minister can be of the P in Oak Creek B aptist Church , chairman of t he State Citizens Com­ us take note and turn from our own 5. Complete disaster finally over­ that we cannot m ake a nd take our called to t he field. Mr Schalm has Mt. S terling, Mo., held its a nnual mittee on P ublic E ducation. She will vows so lightly and ge t nway with it this church as pastor since birthday p rogram on Friday evening, report about the conference in Wash­ evil ways, lest t he same fate overtake takes it (2 K ings 25:8- 12 ). ~r1 ved i~ us and our nation. (44:23). s organization in 1951 It is a church April 29, with the vice- president, Mrs. ington, D. C., for "Baptist Herald" 1argely c · . A LESSON PLAN II. GOD EXPECTS US TO KEEP gra t omposed of recent imm1- Olland F. Cole, in charge. A brief readers. 1. THE CONDITIONS THAT BRING OUR VOWf,. of ~ s from Germa ny and other parts program by the society followed. Date: July 31, 1955 Rev. R. Schilke, general m1ss1on­ GOD'S JUDGMENTS ON NA­ 1. He la kes us a t our word a nd entral Europe. T hen Miss Margaret K ittlitz, Camer­ e .TIONS. ary secretary, announced at the clos­ Theme: BROKEN VOWS holds us to it (42:7-9). oons missionary, now home on fur­ ing service of the General Conference The history of Israel shows these to 2. Our pledged word, whether to : t~h e Church Extension Committee lough, spoke and showed pictures of SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 41:1b, 5-7, in Waco, Texas, that the Gener al Mis­ be the sins that bring God's judgments God or m an, is sacred a nd ca rries with the a e d.enomination has announced the m issionary work in Africa. After IO, 19 ; 43:2, 4, 7; 44:15-18, 23. sionary Committee had reappointed on nations: it the obligation tha t we carry it out PPomtment of Rev G p Schme- the program refreshments were ser ved PURPOSE: To show that vows are d er of L · . · · · Miss Margaret Kittlitz of Waco, Texas, 1. Spiritual bankruptcy-brought on faithfully, and no excuse can speak us tension odi, Calif., as the Church Ex- in the church basem ent, as r epor ted sacred and must be faithfully kept. for the Cameroons Mission field in a) By a progressive re ligious decline free of that obligation (42:2-3 ). F Pastor for thr ee months at West by Mrs. Ha rvey Lipskoch. Rev. 01- GETTING STARTED: T oday's les­ a rgo No 1t h D Africa. This news was greeted with where 1) vital faith gives way to 3. When we seek God's help and fi eld ~v ith akota. This is a new land F . Cole is pastor of the church. son runs t rue to form. Whenever we'r e vigorous applause by the large audi­ empty religious forma lism; 2) re­ promise to obey him, we m ust leave recent! good Prospects which was up against it, we're ready to m a ke al­ ence. Miss K ittlitz will probably sail ligious observances take the place the a nswer with him and do w ha tever Chu rci{ su~v eye~ by Dr. W. J . Appel , • It has been announced that Mr. most any kind df promise to God. But for Africa this fall with Rev. and Mrs. of obeying God a nd keeping his he comm a nds (42:6). Schroect . xtension Worker. Mr . Ha rold F . Lang of Sioux F alls, S. Dak., a ll too often when the pressure is off George W. L ang, missionary ap­ commandmen ts; 3) men dissipate III. VOWS FAITHFULLY Fargo ei began his ministry at W est has been appointed as exchange stu­ a nd life gets back to normal again, KEPT pointees. Mr. Schilke has also an ­ their spiritual energies in follow­ CARRY W ITH THEM work ~~/un e l ~ .. A r eport about ·~his dent to the Baptist Seminary at Ham­ we forget a ll about our promises a nd T HE noun ced for the Missionary Committee ing a fter ever y kind of "Ism" and PROMISE OF BLESSING. "Bapt· t appear m September in the burg, Ger many, beginning this fall. go our own merry way. Nor is God is He rald." He is a son of Dr . a nd Mrs. George A . that R ev. a nd Mrs. Jay H irth of worhiping false a nd popular gods; 1. T he way of obedien ce is always the only one who suffers from our in ­ Lang of Sioux F alls. H e has been a V\ilheaton, Ill., will not be able to re­ b) By a growing spirit of material­ consistency and fa ilure to keep our the way of blessing (42:10) . ~ The Calva · B . . lmgs M: ry aptist Church of B1l- first year student at the Nor th Amer ­ turn to the mission field in Japan, due ism wher ein 1) men value money prom ises. Time was w hen men prided 2. T o follow God's leading, no m a t­ Mr. W esfent., has ex tended a call to ican Baptist Seminary d uring the past to reasons of health. and things above every other themselves on the honor of their word. ter how cont rary it may seem to our a te of thy Ger ber, a 1955 gradu­ year. The Baptist Seminary of Ham­ consideration and 2) a re willing That virtue is ra pid ly disappearing. own thoughts a nd desires, is a lways A. • Miss Virginia Becker Chapman, burg, Germany, has also announced to sell even their souls for the Men make promises on ly to break them t he right a nd best way (42:1 0-12). Seminary es .North American Baptist daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Emil Becker through Dr. H ans L uckey, president, a lm ighty dollar. whenever it suits their advantage or He has ' ioux Falls, South Dakota. of New L eipzig, N . Dak., and her hus­ IV. VOWS THOUGHTLESSLY OR ~ounced ~ce p ted ~he call and an- that one of its students will study for 2. Moral decadence - expressing convenience. The ha ll s of government WILFULLY BROKEN ALWAYS band, R ev. Or ville Chapman, were 1str y in th!t ~e . w ill begin his min­ the nex t school year at our Seminary itself. a re littered with the shreds of broken BRING TROUBLE AND LOSS. two of 26 new Baptist missionaries who p romises. The battle fi e lds of the world succeed in Billings church in J uly, in Sioux F alls, South Dakota. a) I n a decline of personal and pri­ h g the Re R . were commissioned for service a t the a re drenched wit h blood because n a­ J. T o break our vows is to open the as become th v. . Sigmund, who vate morals w herein the ideal of door to m isfortune and tragedy; to e The denominational Church E xten­ American Baptist Convention held in personal integrity is lost a nd tions make solemn promises but will Ce ntr a l Ba . e superintendent of the sion Committee has appointed Rev. Atlantic City, N. J., from May 18 to 24. not abide by them. All a long the line disobey God isi to court disaster ( 42: Chicago Il ~ ~ s~ Home for the Aged, men give themselves to practice 13-18). Fred A. David of East Detroit, Mich., They will leave for the Belgian Congo, every kind of vice a nd immoral­ we make p romises and break t hem church is th ois. Mr . Gerber's home a 1955 graduate of the North Amer­ Africa, sailing in August 1956, after 2. I n the end , the faithless cannot r ose, Alt e Bethany Church of Gam- ity; escape the judgments of God (44:23). a ., Canada. ican Baptist Seminary, as Church Ex ­ they have completed language stu ­ b) In a decline of public morals The editor of these Sunday The G tension pastor for the new field at dies and African culture a t Hartford Applying the L esson : e ene ral wherein poli tics become hope­ School Lessons is Rev. Berthold a t W aco T c onference convening Santa Ana Heights, California. T his Conn., and further studies a t the Uni~ lessly corr upt, social righteous­ J acksteit, pastor of the Bethel What happens to Ch rist ians who elected ..d exas, from June 6 to 12 is an outgrowth of the Zenith Avenu':? versity of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium. .ci.ev. G K ness is forgotten, the needs of Baptist Church, Anaheim, Cali­ br eak their vows-taken a t t he time Waukee w· . . z·Immerman of Mil. - Sunday School of Santa Ana, Calif., Both Mr. and Mrs. Chapman a re grad ­ men are disregarded, justice is fornia. of their conversion-faithfully t o fol­ r etary ~f ti~ ., as the new general sec­ which was described in the June 6, uates of the Be rkeley Bapt ist D ivinity sold lo the highest bidder, and low and serve their L or d? Schoot lJ . e den ominational Sunday 1955 issue of the "Baptist Herald" School, Berkeley, California. The for­ he resi nton. On S unday, June 19, (page 9). The Church Extension Com­ mer Virginia Becker is well known to g ned as Pastor of the Temple mittee has also appointed Mr. Clarence many of our churches. 16 BAPTIST H ERALD J ULY 14, 1955 17 e a 114 r •n S· x: b a " .1 e e & =::::::::n::a.. "BAPTI ST H ER A LD" I SSUES July 28- More about the General Conference in Waco, Texas. August II - Abb reviated n umber with 16 pages. Sept. 8- Special "Sunday School ~ the Sunday School and used to divide w eek" Issue. the young people's class on the plat­ Sept. 22-Baptist World Congress in L ondon. Englan d, and our Church Dakota Conference form from other classes in the church. Extension program. A matching choir rail was provided by the Senior CBY. Also a project "A*'R +ea a ·&UMG? th "Tfl P *' · i"'M 5 C"' Baptist Life Scholarship Presenta­ called, "God's Acres," was inaugu­ Twenty - eight societies responded tion to Seminary Student, Eugene rated this spring when the men of the church planted 55 acres of flax in one with 77 delegates present. The newly The Bism ar ck Baptist Chu rch, Bismarck, N. Dak. (left), of which Rev. Joh n E. G rygo is J>astor; and the Bism ar ck Ba ptist Clrnrch Stroh, at Sioux Falls, S. Dak. day with four tractors, plows, and pony organized Tabitha Society of the First Choir (right) w ith the director, Rev. B. W. K r entz, at the left in the pict u r e. On Sunday, May 15, at the Seminary drills. The pastor, Rev. Bernard Edin­ German Baptist Church of Ash ley Commencement Exercises at the First ger, assisted by working with one of was. given the hand of fellowship. T he Baptist Church at Sioux Falls, S. Dak., the church deacons clearing the field treasurer's r eport was given by Mrs. We a lso have two German services daily. Mrs. Fred Mashner sang a solo. Northwestern Conference CBY the Baptist Life Association presented of r ocks. E. Oster of Hettinger. A h ear ty wel­ each month. These services are held Gifts were presented to Miss Reddig, and SS Union at Aplington, Iowa, come was extended to t he new m in­ a $250 scholarship to Eugene Stroh, A project of the Fort Yates Com­ on Sunday afternoon. Our older peo­ Mrs. Ga nstrom and also to Mrs. Frank Holds Ban quet an d Rally a seminary student. The scholarship mun ity Church has been a Bible Class isters' wives: Mrs. C. H. Seecamp of ple seem to prefer this to early in Veninga, retiring president. Thre~ was presented to Dr. George A. Lang conducted each Monday night with the Hebron, Mrs. J ohn E. Grygo of Bis­ the morning. new ministers' wives, Mrs. Ganstrom, Once again this year the CBY and by Don Lindaman, the Baptist Life pastor and a local Baptist nurse from marck, Mrs. G. W. Breitkreuz of Lehr . We are constantly inspired to Mrs. E. W. Blackburn, and Mrs. Ver­ SS Union played a very important representative from Aplington, Iowa, the reservation hospital, Miss Vivian A report about the Home for the greater services by t he clear and en­ non Link were introduced a nd wel­ part in the annual program of the and Dr. Lang then made the presenta­ Rowe, teaching a group of High School Aged in Bismarck was given by Rev. thusiastic manner in which our pas­ comed into our Union. Northwestern Conference wh ich was tion to Mr. Stroh. students in one of the dormitories. B. Krentz. A trio from the Wishek tor, Rev. J ohn E. Grygo brings the The following officers were elected held at Aplington, Iowa, from May The recipient of this scholarship The class consisted of a period of sing­ Society r endered an inspiring num­ Word of God to us. We are truly for the coming year; president, Mrs. 27 to 30. was chosen by the Seminary board ing, and about 40 minutes of Bible ber. The secretary of t he Union, Mrs. grateful for the ministry of our p as­ Henry Fluth, Minneapolis, Minn.; On Saturday evening t he CBY and on the basis of academic standing and study. Twenty-eight Indian young Magdalena Fuchs, brought the annual tor and his dear wife in our m idst. vice-president, Mrs. J . Benke, Water­ SS Union sponsored the annual con­ financial need. This scholarship is one people were enrolled in the class. Al­ report. Thirty-seven societies with On Easter Sunday Mr. Grygo bap­ town , Wis.; secretary, Mrs. Alvin Wet­ ference banquet for all delegates and of four to be presented to students at though the class was held with vol­ 682 members showed a gain of 66 new tized four young people and on the ter , Victor, Iowa; a nd treasurer, Mrs. friends of the Northwestern Confer ­ various seminaries throughout the untary attendance, the average at­ members. The offering of the evening following Sunday extended the hand Harm Sherman of Aplington , Iowa. ence. T he banquet was held at Black's United States. Through this new tendance was very high. was equally divided between the of fellowship to them. On the eve­ Our missionary offering of $279.21 was Tea Room in Waterloo, Iowa, just a channel of benevolent activity Baptist Bernard Edinger, Pastor . Crystal Springs Youth Camp, Old Peo­ ning of April 1 7 the young people of given to the Leper Work in the Cam­ short distance from Aplington. Ap­ Life is endeavoring to be of greater ple's Home and F oreign Missions. The the New Leipzig Baptist Church gave eroons. proximately 200 guests attended. After service to its constituency. Sessions of the Central Dak ota election of officers was as follows: a very fine program in our church. On Monday afternoon we presented a most delicious dinner the group was president, Mrs. E. S. Fenske, Herreid; our program with Mrs. Veninga in David Baer, Reporter. Woman 's Missionary Union The choir of the Turtle Lake Baptist welcomed by the Aplington CBY pres­ vice-president, Mrs. B. Krentz, Bis­ Church gave a concert here recently. charge. The Women 's Chorus, under ident, Louise Chenette. F ollowing a a t Linton, North Dakota marck; secretary, Mrs. M. Wolff, the direction of Miss Dryer san g, "O Reception for Rev. and Mrs. We were t hrilled by the fi ne singing singspiration led by the presiden t of ,The Central Dakota Woman's Mi s­ Gackle; and treasurer, Mrs. H. La ng, of this group. Lord Most Merciful." The dedication the Northwestern Conference CBY and Lorim er Potratz and F amily a t sionary Union opened its program with Napoleon. A well planned program, Our church choir, under the leader ­ service for t he newly elected officers SS Union, David Nasgowitz, t wo of Martin, North Dakota a luncheon served by the host society under the leadership of our president, ship of Rev. B . W. Krentz, does much was in charge of Rev. Emanuel Wolff. the young people from the host church Mrs. E. S. F enske, was given on the An impressive m emorial service was Sunday, May 29, marked the begin­ in the church parlors of the Linton to enrich the services every Sunday. read the Scripture passage and of­ Baptist Church, Linton , N. Dak., on evening of the same day. Mrs. G. We are happy that so many of our led by Mrs. Emanuel Wolff, of Bur­ fered prayer. Miss Irene Tipner, Mil­ ning of the pastorate of Rev. Lorimer Breitkreuz led the fine singing with lington, Iowa. Our guest speaker, Potratz at the Baptist Church of Mar­ May 13. Mrs. E. S. Fenske, acting young people are using the talents waukee, Wis., favored t he group with chairman, called on Mrs. A. Krom­ Mrs. J. Grygo at t he piano. Mrs. E. the Lord has given to them. Miss Laura Reddig, brought a very in­ two vocal selections. tin, North Dakota. He and his family Oster read Luke 5:1- 7 and Mr s. C. H. spiring talk on "Ambassadors for had arrived the previous week in bein to give thanks after the doxology The church demonstr ated its ap­ T he message for the evening was was sung. We then assembled in the Seecamp led in prayer. The Women's preciation for the blessings received Christ," using as her Scripture lesson given by the R ev. Roy Seib el, Emery , time to see the finishing touches being Choir, ably led by Mr s. Grygo, r en­ 2 Corinthians 5:14- 21. She told of the made to the newly remodeled kitchen church for the business meeting. Song by voting, at the last business meet­ S. Dak., who spoke on the sub ject, service was conducted by Mrs. LeRoy dered two selections. A double duet ing, to designate the building fund for almost unbelievable advances t ha t "Youth in the Christian Home." and utility room in the parsonage. from the Venturia Society a lso brought have been made in our mission fields His opening message on Sunday Schauer of Mott, North Dakota. t he erection of a new parsonage. We On Sunday afternoon the annual a fine m usical number. The new of­ hope that this will become a reality in the Cameroons during the past 17 business meeting was held. It was morning was based on 1 Corinthians ficers were installed by Mrs. A. K rom­ years. A big "T hank You" was ex­ 2. The sanctuary was beautifully dec­ in the near future. decided that money over and above bein who spoke fitting words of chal­ Walter Aman, Cleric pressed to all the women for their the running expenses be given to t he orated with flowers donated by the lenge. Four me mbers of our union faithful service in keeping our m is­ Weinholz family in memory of iheir work of the Church Extension . Elec­ were called to their eternal reward ~~ sionaries supplied with White Cross tion of officers was held and results parents. for whom Mrs. W. Prendinger con­ material. The Harvey, Anamoose, and Rosen­ were as follows: p resident, Donald ducted a solemn memorial ser vice, Northwestern Conference Mrs. Louis Schulze, Repor ter. Richter, St. Paul, Minn.; vice-presi­ feld Baptist Churches joined with us which included a solo by Mrs. M. for the evening service officially to ~~~ dent, Myron Dudek, Racine, Wis.; sec­ Wolff. ltt1lt i lt btl~E!fb: :t lt ::ntll • ~~~Rfil§ retary, Louise Chenette, Aplington, welcome our new pastor and his fam­ A missionary dialog entitled, "To Northwestern Conference Wom­ ; GENERAL CONFERENCE Iowa; treasurer, Doris Glewwe, St. ily. Words of welcome were brought Thine Own Self," was given by the an's Missionary Union Sessions at ~ Paul, Minn.; advisor, R ev. G. W. by representatives from the church, Linton Society . T he guest speak er Ba ptist Church, Aplington, Iowa :t HYMNAL 1iij Blackburn, Pound, Wisconsin. Sunday School, CBY, Baptist Men, and was our evangelist, Rev. D. Fuchs. ~ The General Conference Hym- ~I On Sunday evening a CBY R ally Mission Circle who presented Mrs. H e gave a challenging message based The Woman's MisSiionary Union of ~ nal w ith 80 songs and hymns :; was held. T he song service was again Potratz with a corsage. Music for t he on Luke 5:4, "Launch out into the the Northwestern Conference met for ii taken as sample pages from the ;; led by Da vid Nasgowitz. Scripture program was provided by the choir Deep." The offering for the evening its annual breakfast and business and prayer were take n by Evelyn Ry­ and male chorus. T he guest speaker IH new "Nor th American H ymnal" ;;l amounted to $28.00. meeting on Monday, May 30, with our :: now being printed was exceed- [:.; mer and Doris Glewwe, respectively. for the evening was Rev. Arthur Voigt Mrs. A. W. Bi belheimer, Repor ter. president, Mr s. F rank Veninga, pre­ A trio consisting of Mr. and Mrs. David ingly popular at the sessions in 1:..) of the Rosenfeld Church. After hear­ siding. It was our joy to have as our Nasgowitz and Irene Tipner, Milwau­ Waco, Texas. It contains several :t ing from both Mr. a nd Mrs. Potratz, Baptism al Service, Reception of guests Miss La ura Reddig, miss ionary­ kee, and the choir from Steamboat the eventful day was closed with a New Members and Choir's nurse to t he Cameroons, and Mrs. Don­ final translations of old-time ~ Rock, Iowa, directed by Ha rry L u iken, fellowship lunch. Ministry a t Bismarck, N. Dak. ald Ganstrom, former missionary, n ow German hymns and chorals. ~ provided t he special music. The mes­ Betty K essler, Reporter. r esiding in St. P aul, Minn., and serv­ Several hundred copies are r:;j sage for the rally was brought by R ev. The Lord has been most gracious ing in the Riverview Church. available for youth assemblies 1:: Lawrence Biener t on the subject "F or to us at the Bismarck Baptist Church and churches at our Roger Wil- ,;; J esus' Sa ke." Building Improvements and of Bismarck, North Dakota. In the Our speaker, Mrs. Ga nstrom, chose 1 "God's Acres" Projects at Baptist as her topic, "Our Outlook for 1955 Iiams Press, 3734 Payne Ave., l~j As the con fe rence was brought to past six mont hs we have had the joy and 1956 as a Woman's Missionary Cleveland 14, Ohio. As long as !::J a close, everyone looked forwarct to Church, Selfridge, North Dakota of welcoming 29 new members into Union." She spoke of the women's :t they last, they can be pur chased ~I the nex t. one and we cannot pr aise our Steps of progress at bhe First Bap­ Dr George A. r:an g, pr~sld ent o~ the North our fellowship. A wonder ful spirit of Lord enough for t he wonderful weel-­ · Jean saptist Scm1 n a ry , Sioux Falls, cooper ation prevails among our peo­ work in the Cameroons and reminded H at 25 cents a copy . P lace your :t tist Church of Selfridge, N. Dak., in­ Am~r k presenting th e Ba ptist Life Asso­ u s that we should not only take a ;s orders immedia tely. ~ end of blessings which he bestow~d clude th e addition of maroon curtains S: . a "sch olarship to E ui;ene Stroh or ple. T.he services are ve ry well at­ upon his children. c1atiOl1 G ra nd Forks, North Dal

18 B APTIST HERALD JULY 14, 1955 19 60th Wedding Anniversary The four living children a nd their J ohn Vanderbeck, Mrs. Harry J ohn­ song service, toast to mothers and families were present a t t he service: son, Intermediates; Mrs. Edward da ughters, prizes for those qualifying of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Thoms of Mrs. Mildred Busacker, Mrs. Ida John­ Milwaukee, Wisconsin Krueger, music instructor; Mrs. Arbie were part of the program w hich con­ son, a widow, and sons Ray and Ca rl. Schroeder , accompanist; Mrs. H arold cluded with a showing of colored slides On Memorial Day, May 30th, a t t he Mr. Thom's one brother , Robert F . Ort h, Mrs. Abe H abeger, recrea tion of ~oints of inter est in Spain, accom­ Temple Baptist Church, Milwaukee, J ansen, was a ver y active and loyal leaders; and Colleen Boleyn, secretary. panied by the most in teresting com­ Wis., a public celebra tion for the 60th member of the Immanuel Baptist The total offer ing was $55.04 and m ents by Mrs. J ane J acksteit, w ho wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Church of Kankakee, Illinois. He died was designated for the Leper Work r ecently toured that country. Mr si. Emil Thoms was a rranged by t he fam­ in 1941. Brother Thoms served our at t he New Hope Settlement, Camer­ Leola Bowen, the n ew president of the ily . They have been loya l a nd active church as trustee, a lso as deacon for oons, Africa. Woman's Missionary Society, was in members of the church for more than 35 years, being deacon emeritus now. Mrs. Fred Schaer, R epor ter . charge of t he event. He also served as Sunday School libra­ 60 years. A fitting program was car­ ~ Olga Pieper, Reporter. ried out under the direction of t he rian . He sang in the m ix ed and male pastor, Rev. G. K. Zimmerma n. After choirs a nd a lso served as custodian. Mother and Daughter Banquet Mrs. Thoms served as Sunday Sch ool Pacific Conference the singing of a hymn , the pastor read of the Trinity B apt~s t Church, teacher and was active in the Mission­ ~~~ the great chapter on love, 1 Corin­ Portland, Oregon thians 13. ary Society, and still is, doing much Grandma Heyden On Friday evening, May 6, about of Bethel Chu rch, Salem, Oregon, 275 women of the Trin ity Baptist Celebrates Ninety-sixth Birthday Ch urch, P ortland, Ore., gathered On May 29 the women of the Bethel around the tables to honor our m others Baptist Church of Sa lem, Ore., had in Christia n fellowship. The three Some of the 275 w om en at th e Mother and Dau gh t er B anquet of the Trinity Baptist Church , the privilege of helping to celeb rate women's groups of the church com­ Portland, Ore., w ith the Speakers' table in the back g round. Grandma Heyden's 96th birthday. bined to make it a memorable occa­ Everyone enjoyed t he afternoon. She sion. The Women's Missionary So­ people need to do God's work to forget the attendance at the Central Con­ was greatly p leased w hen the group ciety had cha rge of t he dinner, the t heir own ailments. Refreshments were ference in Forest P ark, Ill., w as small sang familiar German hymns. Sever al Dor cas Guild supplied tickets and served after the program by t he moth­ for this reason, t he sessions from ladies a lso gave readings. ta ble decorations, a nd the Debora h ers of the Gu ild girls. May 19 to 22 were rich in h ear t-warm­ Grandma H eyden has been a faith ­ Circle made favors a nd programs. Our The officers of the Jun ior Guild are ing fellowsh ip. Inspirational and chal­ ful member of the church for 63 years. m en ser ved us and cleaned up the Lois Dobson, president ; Sar a Lou lenging messages we re delivered. Re­ Unfortunately she fell and br oke her kitchen. Gunst, vice-president; J anet Schmit­ p orts of t he status of the var ious leg two yea rs ago. Before that time Our toastmistress was Alice Pohl, zer, secretary ; and Char maine Reh­ churches as well as of the denomina­ she was always present a t every and the honored speaker was Mrs. bein, t reasurer. Other Guild girls a re tion as a w hole were given . A few church ser vice, which was a wonder ­ Earl Ka lland, w ife of the president Louanne Fuchs, Doris Schuster , Bar­ items of business w er e t ra nsacted. fu l example and great inspiration for of the Western Baptist Seminary of bara Salvatori, Eleanor Schreiber , Ar­ The t heme of the conference was a ll the younger members". Today she P ortland. We were h onored w ith the leen Rappuhn, Ela ine Grundke, Lor­ "Charging the Church." In the key­ can rejoice in the fact tha t all her presence of two four-generation raine Schreiber, Mildred Johnston, n ote address on "Cha rgin g the Church children a re members of t he church. groups a nd four mothers over 80. It and Mary J ane Cochrane. to a Stronger F ellowship," R ev. L . H. The following verse seems very ap ­ was a privilege, too, to hear briefly The girls are under the able leader­ Broeker of St. J oseph , Mich ., stressed p ropria te: "And even to your old age from our r eturn ed m issionary, Margie ship of Miss Mary Leypoldt and m eet four "stakes" w hich needed to be I am he; a nd even to hoar hairs will Lawrence, who is now a t home in once a month in the members' h omes. stren gthened (using t he tex t from I carry you: I ha ve made and I w ill Portla nd w ith her pa rents. Arleen Rappuhn, Repor ter. Isaiah 54): Christia n exp erience, bear even I will ca rry, and will de­ The accompanying picture shows Clu·istian expression , Christian ex­ liver' you ." t he banq uet hall and the personnel at Central Conference Sessions a mple, Chuxch ex pansion. Mr . and Mrs. Emil Thom s of th e Temple Bapt ist Church, Milwaukee, Wis., who celebrate d Margaret P eters, Reporter . the head table. From the left, they Another thought-provoking address their 60th weddin g an niversa ry on May 30th. a re June H awks, president of Deb o­ With the Theme, "Charging th~ Fou rth Anniversary of was t h e "Charge to a More Thorough rah· Mrs. J. A. J ennings and Mrs. Fred Church," at Forest Park, Illinois Teaching and Train ing Program ,'' Two fine vocal selections were ren­ White Cr oss work. Both Mr . a nd Mrs. Rev. B. J acksteit's Ministry at Ba~ma n, sister and mother of Margie "With a conference here a nd a con­ pr esen ted by R ev. G. Beers of Nor th­ dered by Miss Irene Tippner entitled, Thoms have made missiona ry interest Bethel Church, Anaheim, Calif. Lawrence; Margie Lawrence, our "The Lord's Prayer" and "My God and support a vital factor in their fer ence there, here a conferen ce, t her e ern Semina ry . T he n eed for improved It was four years ago that the Rev. m issionary ; Mrs. Charles Cook of a conference, everywh ere a confer­ educational standards for pupils, and I !" Prayer was offered by Rev. church life. T hey still a ttend Sunday Boston , Mass., sister of our speaker ; George Hensel, a friend of the family School and worship services regula rly. Berthold J acksteit came to Anaheim. ence-which sha ll I a t tend?" Many of higher qualifi cations for teach ers and Calif., to ser ve as pastor of the Bethel our speaker, Mrs. Earl K alland ; A lice the members of our churches in the development of better attitudes t oward for ma ny years. One of the grand­ May God bless and keep them .for P ohl, president of Dorcas; Bertha children , Sigrid Johnson, ga ve an in­ many days to come! Baptist Church . The years have been Central Conference ar ea decided on chur ch educational work was stressed. packed with activity, not only for him Losli, vice-president of the Women's the General Conference in Waco, T he missionary emphasis was teresting reading, "To My Grandpa." George H ensel, Reporter . Missionary Society; Marguerite and Some reminiscing was done by Mr. as leader of his flo ck but a lso in the Texas, or the Baptist World A llian ce brought by our beloved m ission ar y­ £>ervices render ed to his community. Susan Blake, h er daughter and grand­ meeting in London, England . Although nurse, Miss Laura Reddig. "Have faith Hensel and t he guest of honor, Brother Vacation Bible School Thoms. After t his service a bout 150 On May 24, a t a brief comm e m o r a ti n .~ daughter; and Mrs. John Wobig, our guests were invited to a bounteous at Elgin, Iowa, Has Average At­ ser vice, expressions of appreciation p astor's w ife. wedding supper arranged and pro­ tendance of 85 Children were tendered him. Mrs. Melvin Becker , R eporter. Among the blessings of the p ast vided for by the family . The church "Sailing With Chr ist" was the presented to the couple of honor an year has been a member ship increase theme of the Vacation Bible School a t - 19 by baptism , 20 by letter, and six everblooming rose bush and a chaise­ the F irst Ba ptist Chu rch , Elgin, Iowa, lounge. by confession of faith, ma king a total Central Conference which was held from May 21 to 28. of 47. At the annual election conse­ The following items of biography The clos'ing progra m was on Sunday cra ted members were willing to fi ll all ~~ will be of interest. Brother Thoms was afternoon, May 29. Because the dates posts. A ll branches of the church a re "Top Teen Talent" Program of the Northwestern a nd Genera l Con­ one of a family of orpha ns. He be­ now enthusiastically a t work. by J u nior Guild Girls of Forest came the foster son of Rev. Carl OhJ ­ ferences ca me so early, the school was T he Woman's Missionary Society gart w.ho also united h im and his wifo shortened to seven instead of the celebra ted its 44th an niversary recent­ P ark, Illinois in marriage. Mr . Thoms and his \vife usua l ten days. ly. Its active membership of 124 is The J unior Guild girls of the F orest were both converted a t the age of I 2 The average attendance was 85 a nd divided into nine circles, which meet P a rk Ba ptist Chur ch, F orest P ark, Ill., years. Mr. Thoms was baptized by of these, 66 child ren received awards monthly. All circles sha red in the presented a program of "Top Teen Rev. Coffman at Minonk Ill., in 1884. fo r perfect attendance. T he ten who W;ti ite Cross work fo r the Banse Hos­ Talen t" on Sa turday evening, April He became a member of the North brought new pupils were made " Ad­ p ital in the Cameroons, clothing for S'Cl, in the church a ud itorium. Ave. Baptist Church , Milwaukee, now mirals for the Day" and were given overseas, relief and the Colorado mis­ The musical numbers on the pro­ the Temple Baptist Church in 1895. special recognition in the progra m . sion fi elds. T he birthday party, m ite gram included two vocal solos, a v iolin Mrs. Thoms was baptized by Rev. H. Teachers and helpers were as fol­ boxes and the anniver sary program solo a sextet number , and a piano L. Dietz in 1885 and joined the First lows: Mrs. Guy P robert, Beverly offerings ar e designated for our mis­ duet. The president of the J unior Baptist Church, now Immanuel Bap­ Muehlethaler, Bever ly Tra utman, Be­ sionary enter prises. Guild gave t he welcome and read a tist Church, and two years later joined ginners ; Mrs. Alfred Baechler, Mar­ A tota l of 215 persons were present· poem. the Temple Baptist. Six children were jorie J ohnson, Mrs. Kenton Krueger, at t he Mother-Daughter banquet, fop The climax of t he program was a born to them, two sons of whom died Primary; Mrs. John Schaer , Mrs. H ugo Which the tables were beautifully dec­ play called, "A Missionary Clinic," by some years ago. Hackmann, Juniors; Rev. a nd Mrs. H. J unior Guild girls or the For est Pnrk B aptist Ch u rch, Forest Park , TI!., at th eir orated with color ful "May Poles." A Ethel Fleming. It showed the way "Top Teen Talen t" program. 20 B APTIST HERALD JULY 14, 1955 21 in God and he will help you get well" Brother Entzi was preceded in death b y Mrs. Renneaux inspired her church and him, and shew him my salvation." Truly, CONFERENCES his parents, three sisters, one broU1er, his community by the way in which she en­ this departed saint has enjoyed long life .has become a watchword at the Leper AND ASSEMBLIES wife, and three chi.ldren. He leaves to dured pain as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. here and eternal life with the Lord. settlement. The difference this faith mourn: s ix sons, four d aughters, two sis­ She accepted her fatal illness in faith and Calvary Baptist Church, Denominationa l Guest Speakers Also BITUHR9 ters. 41 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchi.1- trust as !'hough it were a sacred steward­ Parkersburg, Iowa makes in the lives of the patients was ICf ship from the hand of the God of love. strikingly illustrated by two slides­ Listed. dren, a host of relatives and friends. At RONALD C. MacCORMACK, Pastor. CA charge of five cents a line is made for the funeral services Rev. Abel spoke in the As in the case of her Lord, her suffering the "leper look" of sadness and des­ German language, and the undersigned was redemptive. She drew others closer all obituaries, except for those of our pas­ brought a message in English. May the to the Christ she served. In life, in the pondency on the faces of patients just July 18-22-Central Alberta-Saskat­ fellowship of his suffering, and through JIIRS. MARIE SCHROEPPEL entering the settlement, and the "New tors and their wives. If possible, limit the Lord com!ort the bereaved! of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. chewan Triunion Junior Camp at obituary notices to 250 words. Send them death to life under new conditions and fed Ebenezer Baptist Church, from different sources-these were her Hope Look" of radiance and faith Elkwater Lake Assembly Grounds. Lehr, North Dakota Mrs. Marie Schroeppel of Philadelphia, after they have been at the camp lo the Editor, Box 6, Forest Park, Illinois.) ventures with her hand in the Hand of Pa., r:ee Arnold, was born on August 11, Prof. Hugo Lueck and Mrs. Wal­ GEORGE W. BREITKREUZ, Pastor. Christ. 1861 m Saxony, Germany, and went home some time. JIIR. JACOB ENTZI to be wit'h her Lord on April 18, 1955, aged T1he reports of the churches showed ter Stein. At the service of worship held in her July 18-24-Manitoba Girls' Camp at of Lehr, Nort.h Dakota. MR. ROBERT E. BERNDT honor on the occasion of her death, her 93 years and 8 months. At the age of 22 a heavy building program under way, of Bon Homme County, Sout.h Dakot.'l. pastor, Rev. Preston Taylor, gave an ex­ she came with her brorher to th e United with the overall giving higher because · Lake Nutimik, P. 0. River Hills, Mr. J acob Entzi of Lehr, N. Dak., was position of 'her favorite Scripure passage, States and settled in Buffalo, New York. of this. Also noteworthy was a general Manitoba. Miss Ruth Bathauer. born September 25, 1870, at Old Frieden­ Mr . Robert E. Berndt of Bon Homme Psalm 139. On August 27, 1885 she married Mr. th al, Russia, a~d passed on to his h eavenly County, S. Dak., son of Emmanuel and New Bridge Baptist Church, George Schroeppel, and the Lord b lessed "housecleaning" of membership lists. July 18- 25 - Dakota Intermediate reward, followmg surgery at B ismarck, on Dora Berndt, was born on June 28, 1895, in this union w ith seven children. Her hus­ There was a gain of 170 members, but May 22, 1955, a t the age of 84 years, 8 Bon Homme County, S. Dak., and passed Richmond, Virginia Camps at Crystal Springs Baptist ELIZABETH MALLORY, Chu rch Secretary. band and four of her children preceded months and 5 days. away unexpectedly early Friday morning, 'her in death. a total loss of 132, leaving a net gain Youth Camp, Crystal Springs, N. May 27, 1955. He Jived to be 59 years, 11 In 1894 he came to this country with his In 1907 she found Christ as her Savior of 38. Dak. (Badlands Assembly in parents. On Feb. 8 1896 he was united in months old. MR. JOHN D. VAN LOH The report of the Central Baptist and was baptized on confession of her faith Charge.) Dr. Ralph E. P owell, holy wedlock to Eva Miller. To this union On February 21, 1921 he was married to of George, Iowa. by the Rev. F. Hofmann into the fellowship Home for the Aged of Chicago was 13 children were born. In the fall o f 1897 Minnie Triebwasser. Their union was of the Spruce Street Baptist Church of Rev. L. Bienert, and Rev. and Mrs. Mr. Entzi settled in the Lehr district where blessed with four sons and one daughter. Mr. John D. Van Loh of George, Iowa, interesting. A building fund has been son of Myne T. and Katherine Van Loh. Buffalo, New York. In 1929 she came to accumulating for some years. Now Fred Holzimmer. he resided till his passing. Approximately Their son, Waldo, preceded his father in Philadelphia, Pa., where she has been a July 18-25-Alberta Triunion Junior the year 1911 he became a child of God death in December 1953. was born July 11, 1867, at Silvercreek, member of the Pilgrim Baptist Church the Board of Directors feels in a po­ through faith in Christ Jesus, was baptized Stephenson County, Illinois. After a long The deceased leaves to mourn: his dear and useful life he was ushered into the since that time. She had been ill for many sition to go ahead with plans for re­ Camp at Sylvan Lake, Alberta. and added to his Church. In 1935 Brother wife, Minnie; h is mother, Dora: one daugh­ years, but in her suffering she bore a radi­ Entzi transferred his membership to the presence of his Lord in fue early morning locating the Home. A plot of ten (Mart.ha Wiebe and Irene Som­ ter, Mrs. Glen Janssen; three sons: Wilbert, of the Lord's Day, April 24th, at the age ant testimony to her Savior. Ebenezer Baptist Church of Lehr. In the La Vern, and Harvan; and five grandchil­ acres has been bought, and the archi­ mers appointed by the denomina­ year 1940, after the death of his first wife. of 87 years. Her homegoing is mourned by two daugh­ dren; two brothers: Ado!! and Helmut; as ters, Mrs. Lina G. Headwall (who loving ly tect's sketch for the new building was tional Youth Service P lan.) he was married to Margaret Zoller, nee well as two sisters: Amielia Wormsbeckcr From boyhood Mr. Van Loh attended the Kirschman. Baptist Church and became a believer at cared for 'her during her long illness) of displayed at the conference. July 18-30-British Columbia CBY and Mrs. Tillie Hinzman. The deceased was Philadelphia, Pa.. and Mrs. Florence a member of the Danzig Baptist Church the age of eleven. He was baptized and One of the pleasant items of busi­ and SS Camp. J uly 18-24 : Young received into the membership by Rev. F. J. Leader; one son. Paul. both of Buffalo, N. since 1908 when he acepted the Lord and Y .. as well as two grandchildren. At the ness was the acceptance of two new People's Camp; J uly 25- 30: Junior was baptized by Rev. John Reichert. Meyer in 1921. His early experiences were kota (Northern Assembly in gained in Baileyville, Ill.. and later at service in Philadelphia, Pa.. h er pastor churches into the Conference, the Bi­ Camp. Rev. and Mrs. Ben Law­ Services were held in the Kostel F~meral brought words of comfort from John 14: ble Baptist Church of Detroit, Mich., Charge). Miss Ruth Bathauer. George, Iowa, where he served as a mem­ r ence, Missionaries, at both camps. Home of Tyndall and in the Danzig Bap­ ber for 34 years attaining to the highest 18-19. Her earthly remains were taken to and i he Baptist Church of Windsor, tist Church on May 29, 1955, which was the Buffalo, N. Y .. for burial in the family ulot. July 18-31-Saskatchewan Baptist As­ July 25-31-Alberta Triunion Youth offices as a layman in the church. He was pastor's first day on the new field. Inter­ diligent in business as a Christian and was At the services there t he Rev. G. E. Frie­ Ont., Canada. An unusual addition to Camp at Sylvan Lake, Alberta. ment was made a t t'he Danzig Cemetery. the planned program was the ordina­ semblies (Junior a nd Young Peo­ a forward-looking member of the com­ denberg of the T emple Baptist Church ple's Camps) at Echo Lake Camp. R ev. L. Bienert, Rev. and Mrs. Danzig Baptist Church, munity, very much respected and loved. brought the messages of comfort to the tion council for Mr. Fred David held Fred Holzimmer. Tyndall, South Dakota The words of the P salmist are most fitting, bereaved family. May the L ord continue Prof. Herbert Hiller, Rev. E. P. to comfort the bereaved. by request of the Burns Ave. Church J uly 26-August 1- Manitoba Young RUBIN HERRMANN, Pastor. "Oh, how great is thy goodness, which thou of Detroit, Michigan. The Conference Wahl and Miss Margaret Kittlitz. hast laid up for them that fear thee; which Pilgrim Baptist Church. delegates acted as delegates to the July 23-30-California CBY and SS People's Camp at L ake Nutimik, MRS. WILHELMINA MAJESKE thou hast wrought for them which trust in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania P. 0. River Hills, Manitoba. Rev. thee before the sons of men" (Psalm 31:19). WALTER C. DAMRAU, Pastor. council. After hearing his well-pre­ Conference at Hume Lake, Cali­ of Bay City, Michigan. To the Lord be all the praise for a life lived pared statement of beliefs and ready fornia. Miss Laura E. Reddig. E. P. Wahl and Prof. Hugo Lueck. Mrs. Wilhelmina Majeske of Bay City, to p lease him I answers to questions from the floor, July 24-30- Wisconsin CBY Camp July 25-28- Kansas Scripture Mem­ Mich., nee Kerston. was born Dec. 26, 1874, Those left to mourn his decease are: two MR. JACOB HERZ they unanimously voted to r ecom­ ory Camp at Camp Fellowship, Gross Schimanen, Germany. She died after sisters. the Misses Katherine and Minnie of McClusky, North Dakota. (Juniors and Seniors) at Camp a lingering illness on June 8, 1955. She was Van Loh of George, Iowa; several nieces mend him for ordination . Bird, 15 miles west of Crivitz, Goddard, K ansas. Rev. George married to Fridrick Majeske in 1895. To and nephews: Miss Marie Spieker of Mr. Jacob Herz of McClusky, N. Dak .. Informed, inspired, warmed by Wisconsin. Rev. Daniel Fuchs Henderson. this marriage eleven children were born. George; the Rev. Carl Spieker of Dennison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Herz, was born Christian hospitality and fellowship, July 28-31-Kansas CBY Camp at The husband and five children preceded Iowa; Mrs. Lewis Van Loh, Mrs. Mabel October 14, 1889 in South Russia and died the delegates hope to bring back to and Mrs. Alma Henderson. the mother in death. Our sister in the Daubenberger and Mrs. Katherine Metcalf. May 12. 1955 in the Bismarck Hospital, Bis­ July 25-29-Dakota Junior Camp at Camp Fellowship, Goddard, Kan­ Lord and her husband came to the United a ll of California; and Mr. Kyne Kruger of marck. N . Dak .. at the age of 65 years, their local churches some of the sti­ sas. Dr. Ralph Powell and Rev. States in 1903, and settled down at Muns.on, George, Iowa. Funeral services were con­ 6 months and 28 days, after a lingering ill­ muli of this very fine conference. Crystal Springs Baptist Youth Pa .. and in 1911 t.hey came to Bay City, ducted in the Central Baptist Church by ness of twelve years. In a ll these years of Florence E. Schoeffel, Reporter. Camp, Crystal Springs, North Da- George Henderson. Michigan. the undersigned. suffering 'he was lovingly cared for by his Mrs. Majeske is survived by six children: Central Baptist Church, wife and children until the last few weeks three sons: Gust of Saginaw, Eric of Mun­ George, Iowa of his earthly life, when he had to be under the doctor's care. ger, and Arthur of Bay City: three .daugh­ JOHN W. WALKUP, Pas tor. MAY CONTRIBUTIONS-NORTH AMERICAN BAPTIST AN INSPIRING CONFERENCE ters: Mrs. Herriet Guenther of Detroit, Mrs. Mr. Herz came to this country with his GENERAL CONFERENCE (Continued from Page 11) Marie Becker of Saginaw, and Mrs. Alma parents in 1903 and lived w itl1 them on a Yana of Auburn. Sh e a lso leaves 25 grand­ MRS. ANNA SCHUCK farm near Goodrich, North Dakota. He CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ALL PURPOSES Rev. John Wobig pointed out that it children, 21 great-grandchildren, and her of Parkersburg, Iowa. came to a saving knowledge of the Lord sons- and daughters-in-law and many Jesus Christ. was baptized in 1912, and was Conferences May. 1955 May, 1954 would only take $2.50 per member a friends. Death came peacefully on May 20th to May, 1953 Mrs. Anna Schuck of Park ersburg, Iowa. united w ith the Mennonite Brethren Atlantic ...... $ 1,953.42 $ 2,807.96 $ 1,500.83 year to meet our goal. In the light of Mrs. Majeske was conver ted when 18 Church. In 1954 h e became a member of the fact, as pointed out by Dr. Arnold years of age a nd baptized by Rev. Broda S he was born th e daughter of John and the McClusky Baptist Church and remained Central ...... 3,648.36 6,160.76 6,346.71 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. She Joined Katherine Miller Schuler on July 15, 1862, a faithful member until h is death. Dakota ...... 6,046.67 7,538.72 2,590.75 Ohrn, that by 1975, 100,000 n ew -at Dunkerton, Iowa. Her marriage to Con­ the former German Baptist Church of Bay rac\. Schuk on November 7, 1880. continued In 1915 he married Carolina Engel and Eastern ...... 1,486.41 3,031.02 1,454.84 churches will be built, we as a de­ City, and since 1934 she was a member of until the death of her husband 62 years Jived on a farm ten miles south of Good­ Northern ...... 4,462.08 2,3 74.43 nomination cannot sit idly by while the Beaver Baptist Church, of w'hich she later . Their lives were g iven to farming in rich. This union was b lessed with 14 chil­ 1,311.79 was a faithful member until her death. Northwestern ...... 4,106.65 7,361.83 7,900.40 ot hers go ahead for Christ and build. Grundy County, Iowa, until retirement to dren. of whom two daughters preceded him The fun eral service was conducted by her Parkersburg in 1919. in death. In 1943 Mr. and Mrs. Herz re­ Pacific ...... 6,142.14 S·,562.53 3,736.17 At times some of the evening pro­ pastor, Rev. Henry Hirsch, at ~he Vallen~er tired from active farming and moved to and Penzien Funeral Home 111 Bay City, In addition to her husband, s'he is pre­ Southern ...... 3,474.81 3,837.01 1,006.36 grams were too lengthy to insure ceded in death by two sons, two d a ughters, McClusky, North Dakota. 1 and she was buried at the Green Ridge Southwestern ...... 1,581.92 3,301.07 3,009.56 maximum and intended effect upon anc\ all her brothers and sisters. She is sur­ He leaves to mourn his passing besides Inter-Conference ...... Cemetery. vived by two sons: Joe of Waterloo Iowa· h is wife, three daughters and nine sons ns the listening audience. One service Beaver Baptis t Church, Martin of Lake Mills. Iowa: and by fou~ follows: Mabel. Mrs. Edwin Sauder, of for example, lasted 2 Vi hours. This: Auburn. Michigan daughters: Amanda Becker and Laura Tuttle. N. Dak.: Martha, Mrs. Harvey Total Contributions ...... $32,902.46 $39,975.33 $28,857.41 HENRY IDRSCH. Pastor. Huisinga of Parkersburg. Iowa; Marie Bechthold of Goodrich, N. Dak.; and Lor­ Budget Other Total oi course, was not fair to the speak­ Chamberlin of Riverside, Calif.; and Eli­ raine al home: Raymond, Emil and Albert. all of GoodriCh. N. Dak.: Theodore and CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED Con trib11 lions Purposes Contributions ers. On the whole, however, the pro­ IN l\IEI\IORIAI\I zabeth Herrick of Chesaning Mich; also by gram had a fine balance. 15 grandchildren. 26 great-grandchildren. Reinhold of Wing, N. Dak.; Alvin of G len­ For the month of May, 1955 ...... $29,764.72 $ 3,137.74 $:3'2,902.46 l\Irs John l:tennenux and three great-great-grandchildren. dale, Ariz.: Herbert and William of Me­ C lusk:v. N. Dak.: and Jacob. Jr.. serving in For the month of May, 1954 ...... 39,006.37 968.96 39,975.33 All in all, it was a pleasure and a Nee l\iartha Weitchbrodt. The deceased was a consecrated member For the month of May 1953 ...... 32,757.20 3,899.79• 28,857.41 the U.S. Navy; and also 20 grandchildren fine spiritual experience to meet and Born: September 19, 1888 in Chi<:ago, Ill. of the Calvary Baptist Church of Parkers ­ and three sisters as follows: Mrs. Herman hear members of our denominational Died: June 21, 1954 in Highland Spnn gs, Va. burg, Iowa. having been baptized October Schatz of Billings. Mont.: Mrs. Tillia Dem­ CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 16, 1932. Throughout the years she dis­ fam ily. In asking Rev. W. S. Argow, Survived by he r husband, John Renneat~x ke of Bismarck, N. Dak.: and Mrs. Robert April l, 1955 to May 31, 1955 ...... $ 87,350.29 $ 8,2:3'8.66 $ 95,588.95 played a quiet certain witness for the Sav­ Demke of Goodrich, N. Oak.: and one 80-year-old veteran saint, about the and one son, Edgar Rochon of Richmon · ior. Through life she was hard-working Apr~! 1, 1954 to May 31, 1954 ...... 100,837.36 2,157.79 102,995.15 Virginia. brother, Nick Herz of G lendale, Arizona. April 1, 1953 to May 31 , 1953 ...... 101,718.92 3,618.12 future of our denomination he re­ and devoted to her family in love and sacri­ 105,337.04 Mr and Mrs John Renneaux join.ed the fice. May the Lord b less the mourning f.amily plied, "As bright as the of and friends, and may we a ll meet him CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FOR THE TRIBNNIUM pro~ i ses New. Bridge · Baptist Church. Higl~~nd In respect to her long and fruitful life, Springs Va on September 9, 1951. B~ey again In his heavenly Home! Same as for the fi scal year. God." May this be true as we as a Rev. R. C. Maccormack at the church-held denominational family press on for came b y letter from the Clay .s\l~~~h ~f funeral service on May 23rd spoke from McClusk y, North Dakota ( " ) Adjustment of prior month's distribution. tist Church of Benton HarboI. . y~ars Psalm 91 :16, "With long life will I satisfy D. KLEIN. Pastor. Christ! which they h ad been members fol 25 · 22 23 BAPTIST HERALD JULY 14, 1955 WOMEN'S MEETINGS CBY and SS UNION CONFERENCE COMMITTEES (Continued from Page 14) PROGRAMS AT WACO (Continued from Page 12) from the dread disease of leprosy. (Continued from P age 15) Miss Betty Meiste1·, Chicago, Ill. Constantly while under treatment at The Gospelaires, North American Mr. Herbert Stabbert, Anaheim, the settlement, they are told of the Baptist Seminary quartet, and t he California saving power of Christ. Christian Training Institute girls Rev. Henry P feifer, Edmonton, It was in teresting to note that the qua rtet rendered several numbers in Alberta date of our meeting, June 10, was the song. Other musical numbers were a Rev. Emanuel Wolff, Burlington, 3rd anniversary of the use of sul­ vocal due t by Dorothy Yahn who sang Iowa phone for the treatment of leprosy. "Psalm Ninety- One" and a duet by Rev. P a ul F. Zoschke, Brooklyn, Due to this medicine it is possible for Rev. and Mrs. Ed Link. The banquet New York leprosy to be wiped out in 25 years. speaker was Rev. J oe Sonnenberg, Commission on Denomina tional Wh at a reason to be grateful to God! pastor of the Foster Avenue Church, Objectives and Organization "Don't ever get tired of rolling ban­ Chicago, Ill., who spoke on "Possibil­ (Alphabetically Arranged) dages" our women were told, and ities Unlimited." how can we but respond to this hear t­ Mr. Herman Bleeker, Alexandria, The Sunday afternoon Youth R ally felt request! South Dakota was another program filled with good Rev. Isador Faszer, Minitonas, Our mission offering for the after­ things. Rev . Lawrence Bienert intro­ Manitoba noon amounted to neary $700. After duced the new theme, "Strive to Win," Rev. G. E. F riedenberg , Buffalo, singing the Woman's Missionary for the CBY Fellowship for the com­ New York Union theme song, "Christ for the ing year. Mr. J oe Fritzemeier of Staf­ Mrs. Walter W. Grosser, Oak Whole Wide World," we were invited ford, Kans., and Miss Dallas Bowen, P ark, Illihois to the Student Union Lounge for a student of Baylor University, g11-ve Rev. Leonard B. Hinz, Marion, missionary reception and tea. The brief testimonies sharing some of the Kansas women who took part in the pageant joys which are theirs as Christians. Dr. A. Dale Ihrie, Grosse Pointe presided at the six tables which were H earts were thrilled with the musical Woods, Michigan beau tifully decorated in keeping with renditions by the C.T.I. Chor isters and Mr. Harold Johns, Oak Park, Ill. the m ission fields t hey had portrayed the Mass Choir of the Southern Con­ Rev. Louis R . J ohnson, Waco, in the pageant. ference churches. Texas In addition to these activities, our Just before the afternoon m essage Mr. Edwin H. Marklein, Brook­ Women's Missionary Union sponsored by Rev. Harold Gieseke, Lorraine, lyn, New York two prayer and meditation periods Kans., there was a vocal duet by Rev. Mr. Arthur Schwerin, Burlington, which were held in the Foyer of and Mrs. Donald Patet, Randolph, Iowa Meditation ~f the beautiful and awe­ Minnesota. Mr. Gieseke based his i n­ Mr. Edmund Streuber, Winnipeg, inspiring Armstrong - Browning Me­ spiring message on Acts 4:13, using Manitoba morial Chapel. The Women's Bible the example of P eter in pointing out Rev. Fra nk Veninga, Aplington, Class, led by Mrs. Grosser and taught the cha nge of cha racte r which may Iowa by Mrs. Frank Veninga, was held on ta ke place through Christ. H is chal­ Rev. J ohn Wob ig, P ortla nd, Ore­ Sunday morning. lenge to the young people was to live gon Those of us who attended these such a life that others would be sur­ Ex-officio sessions were inspired and strength­ prised at the change in their life Dr. Frank H. Woyke a nd Mr. ened spiritually. through Jesus Christ. Walter W. Grosser ,-----·------·-·-·--·------·---·------,

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