Herald of Holiness Volume 72 Number 19 (1983)
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Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today Church of the Nazarene 10-1-1983 Herald of Holiness Volume 72 Number 19 (1983) W. E. McCumber (Editor) Nazarene Publishing House Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Christianity Commons, History of Christianity Commons, Missions and World Christianity Commons, and the Practical Theology Commons Recommended Citation McCumber, W. E. (Editor), "Herald of Holiness Volume 72 Number 19 (1983)" (1983). Herald of Holiness/ Holiness Today. 266. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh/266 This Journal Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Church of the Nazarene at Digital Commons @ Olivet. It has been accepted for inclusion in Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Olivet. For more information, please contact [email protected]. AN EDITORIAL CENTERS ^ F FIRE he celebration of our dia love as broad as the gospel— to What are carved marble and over mond anniversary calls for preach holiness and organize the laying of gold and trimmings of T a return to our roots— to results of our ministry for ag silver; what are arches and turrets the vision God gave Dr Phineas F. gressive and continuous work. and spires, in comparison with Bresee as he was thrust out by “Every holiness center estab the beauty of the Lord and the God under the stars to call into lished,” he continued, “is the glory of the Divine Presence?” being the Church of the Nazarene. springing forth from the skies of From a thousand such centers of Addressing the uniting assem rivers of life to men. Whatever holy fervor and spiritual devotion bly of the western Church of the else we do we m ust possess this our founder foresaw “rivers of love Nazarene and the eastern Associ land, both for its own sake, as well and salvation flowing to the ends ation of Pentecostal Churches at as for the condition of service to of the earth, and as long as time Chicago First Church of the Naza every land." To this end he envi endures.” rene on October 10, 1907, just one sioned “a thousand centers of Seventy-five years later those year before the historic General holy flame” from which would flow streams are flowing into 70 na Assembly at Pilot Point, Tex., Dr. “streams to the world.” tions on every continent of our Bresee issued a clarion call for “a “Centers of holy flame”! Of the globe. And wherever these center of fire in every city in Amer original frame structure of the streams flow, “holiness unto the ica,” as the first step toward mother church in Los Angeles Dr. Lord is our watchword and song”! launching a worldwide mission to Bresee could write: “It was the O Nazarenes, keep the glory penetrate the entire world with fire that burned within that gilded down! Sound forth the message the message of scriptural holiness. its boards with glory and made of free and full salvation in the "Time emphasizes the fact that them shimmer and shine with the power of the Spirit! Rise up, O our first great mission field is this light of heaven. When the multi men and women of God, and let us country,” Bresee said. “There is a tude is gathered, and there are pay the full price of devotion to very great need everywhere of this hundreds of one mind and heart, see that the vision glorious be church— not narrow, nor partisan, and the Holy Ghost descends in comes ever-increasing spiritual re nor sectarian, but in the spirit of His plentitude and power, that ality! □ place is garnished with a beauty and glory in comparison with which the adornings of Solomon's temple would be barrenness. Ev ery board shines with the jeweled beauty of the new Jerusalem. By General Superintendent William M. Greathouse HERALD OF HOLINESS A CELEBRATION OF OUR HOLINESS HERITAGE he Church of the Nazarene is now celebrating its 75th anniversary. Obviously, vve cannot cram a history of the church into this "heritage is T sue" of our magazine. A bare-bones tabulation of names, dates, figures, and events would be interesting to few, edifying to none. We have attempted, instead, to capture the flavor and spirit of our early years, and to indicate the continuing commitment of the church to the vision and mission of its founders. We hope it will be of interest and inspiration to our people and to their neighbors. Many other people, places, churches, and colleges could have been written about instead of those mentioned in the issue. Our selection is not intended to value some over others but to give samplings of our heritage rather typical of it all. Those who wish more detailed and more comprehensive treatment of our heri tage can find it in the volumes of Nazarene history available in books and in the archives. W. E. M cC um ber, E d ito r HERALD g3HOLI\ESS ~ Cover Photos: Max Tharpe, Nazarene Archives, W . E. M cCUM BER, Editor in Chief and Crandall Vail IVAN A. BEALS, Office Editor MABEL ADAMSON, Editorial Assistant Cover Design: Crandall Vail Pnnfrihi it-inn I V. H. LEWIS • ORVILLE W . JENKINS Magazine Design: Rick Day FHitnrc CHARLES H. STRICKLAND • EUGENE L. STOWE taitors. | W |LUAM M GREATHOUSE • JERALD D. JOHNSON HERALD OF HOLINESS (USPS 241-440) is published semimonthly by the NAZARENE General Superintendents, Church of the Nazarene PUBLISHING HOUSE, 2923 TROOST AVE., KANSAS CITY, MO 64109. Editorial Office at 6401 The Paseo. Kansas City. MO 64131 Address all correspondence concerning subscriptions to Nazarene Publishing House. P.O. Box 527, Kansas City, MO 64141 CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Send us your new address, including ZIP code, as well as your old address, and enclose a label from a recent copy SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $5 50 per year Second-class postage paid at Volume 72, Number 19 October 1, 1983 Whole Number 3383 Kansas City, Mo. Litho in U S A. SPECIAL ISSUE “ALL OUT FOR SOULS” .............................................. 4 “BY THE PRINTED PAGE” ......................................... 16 Our Evangelism Heritage Our Publishing Heritage PLANTING NEW CHURCHES......................................6 “UNTO THE POOR . ............................................... 18 Our Home Mission Heritage Our Social Services Heritage MISSIONS FROM THE WORD GO!.......................... 10 “A SINGING HEART” ................................................... 21 Our World Mission Heritage Our Music Heritage INTELLECT SERVING S P IR IT .................................. 13 KNIGHTS OF THE C RO SS......................................... 24 Our Educational Heritage Our Youth Heritage 3 Reuben “ B ud” Robinson, 0 verted while a cowboy in Tei from a background of ignora Our Evangelism and poverty, became our bi Heritage known evangelist. Under S p irit-a n o in te d ministry, th sands of people were conve an d s a n c tifie d , hundreds churches revived. In additio his evangelism , he was dee interested in our educatio work and helped finance the lege education of scores youth. “All Out For Souls” ne of the deepest roots of the Church of the Evangelist C. W. Ruth was one Nazarene is evangelism. Some would regard our w idely traveled early pre# ers, whose ministry of evl this as our taproot. We have lived to evangelize, O gelism and writing touched thl and we have evangelized to live. Evangelism has been sands for Christ. Here he more than an adjunct with us; it has been a passion, a seated on the steps of H.; mission. Trum bauer’s home in Louisnj Ky. Our traveling ministers wi People are lost in sin. Jesus Christ is the only Savior entertained in private hon from sin. These essentia], biblical facts have stirred men most of the time in those day and women among us with a consuming desire to herald the gospel everywhere and by all means. Evangelists played a major role in our early days. Traveling from city to city, from church to church, they were a force for binding our small bands of people to gether. Along with preaching Christ, winning souls, and reviving churches, they promoted unity, a sense of "fam ily," among Nazarenes. They supplied living contacts be tween regions and churches. But most of all, and best of all, they thundered against sin, summoned to repen tance, proclaimed the possibility of forgiveness and cleansing, prayed with seekers, and organized many of the "finders" into new churches. Through it all, they in Many People, Many Places fused a concern for more evangelism into the believers everywhere. Evangelism took place wherever we could get a hea The spirit of evangelism and evangelists is well caught ing for the gospel, from street corners to ornate sanc up in these impassioned words of J. B. Chapman, spo tuaries. Wherever people were, there came the messei ken while he was a general superintendent and con gers of Christ to press His claims. They weathered cerned lest the fires of evangelism and revivalism be ex storms of criticism, opposition, and downright persea tinguished among us: tion, but nothing could stop them. And if some hoote . my own soul is lonesome for the company of and scoffed, others listened, hoped, wept, repented, those other souls which I am to have with me when praved, and were born again. 1 come at last to heaven's gate. And I expect the Our people were not content with the joyful cries c ticket I hold to read, not "admit one," but "admit newborn souls. Holiness evangelism was characteristi two," or "admit ten," or "admit a hundred." And it We had a message of salvation for the church as well will be embarrassing if the Chief Shepherd must the world.