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So do "Sunday workers" - week;s Sunday school lesson, pray, Still we · hear over policemen, firemen, . waitresses, deliver messages from other and over again, "Our church is a giving service station operators, and em- church members and distribute church - the major­ ployees of firms that stay open on Home Life, a monthly magazine ity of the members the Sabbath. ' published by' the Southern Baptist tithe." · Without some sYstem of keeping Sunday School Board in Nashville. DR. DOUGLAS This is a local church problem. The denominatien can these people in contact with their The extension visitors also dig offer suggestions, formulate plans, and churches, their names would soon into their own pockets to pay for offer help, but thr. solution to the prob­ fade from the membership rolls. "special kindness" gift's for the at- lem must (as in every other phase of Many churches are solving the home members. Baptist life) always come from the church. . ' problem of "the missing faces" ~ Among Trevine's staff 0f visitors There are many things that produced through their extension depart- ,is the church secretary, who also this situation. For instance, not long ments. And the extension depa-rt- is an expert at rearranging the ago we noticed an usher helping pass ment at Jacksonville's First Bap- church's flowers after Sunday the plate at a Sunday morning service who would not ever turn his head to tist Church is believed to be the night services and distributing watch the plate. He walked dow11- the largest in Florida. - them to homes of extension me~- aisle from seat r6w to seat row with Joe C. Trevine, a retired Naval bers. head erect, eyes forward. As the plate was pa!i)sed to the last person on each Air Station aircraft mechanic and Another visitor's specialty in of the pews, that individual had to lit­ deacon at First Baptist, has been the "special kindness" department erally shove the plate into the usher's superintendent of the extension are the pecan cakes which she hand. This church servant no doubt, had department 14 years. bakes at home, while still another heard that he must ·help fulfill the scrip­ ture, "Let not thy left hand know what "We've got an . enrollment of visitor is an expert with home- thy right hand doeth." 230 members -91 at-home mem- made candy. This, and other attitudes toward bers, and 139 Sunday workers such One of the most active workers money have helped to grow . some of the as nurses, doctors, and telephone is an 81-year old visitor. And a most careless, indifferent, and critical church members that any age ever pro­ · operators," he said. husband-wife team has been de- duced. "The elderly people are 110 longer voting ·at least twd days weekly Christian advance all over the world able to attend Sunday school or as church visitors for five years. depends upon the Christian stewardship church regularly, but they were A 93-year-old-timer at First of local church members. Then that once the backbone of our church. Baptist receives the regular visits member keeps 75 percent of the tithe in his pocket. "Through our extensio:p. depart- from extension workers. A retired (Continued on page 19) ment, they realize tha:t people are railroader, he has been a member still thinking of them. They no of the church_ since 1906. longer think the world is through Trevine has four associate sup- "ARKANSAS' with them." erintendents in the extension de- LARGEST Trevine has 45 specially trained partment. He summed up the RELIGIOUS chul'ch members on his staff of work of the department this way: WEEKLY" visitors. They make more than "When people can't get to S)Jnday 401 WEST CAPiroL 300 visits monthl'y to homes of School, 'we take Sunday School to . , liTTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS Official Pub.ication of the p'eople on the extension roll. them." Arkansas Baptist State Convention ERW IN l. McDONALD, litt.D. ______Edltor New Arkansas Baptist subscribers MRS. E. F. STOKES. .Associate Editor MRS .. HARRY GIBERSON ____Secretary to Editor MRS. GARY laRUE______.... Mail ( Jerk Church Association Pastor Published weekly except on July 4 and December 25. New btldget: · Second-class postage paid aT Little Rock, Arkansas. Individual subscriptions; $2.25 p.er year. Church Keiser, New Bethel Mississippi County Robert H. Moon Budget 14 cents per month or $1.68 per year per church' family, Club plan (10 or more paid annually (After 3-month free offer for new church) : in advance) $1.75 per year. Subscriptions to foreign address, $3.75 per year. Advertising rates on req uest. Fayetteville, Ridgeview Washington-Madison Pastorless; Doyle The cost of cuts cannot be borne by the paper ex­ Magu~re, cept those it has made for its individoal use. treasurer Articles carrying the author's by-line do not .neces· ·(After 1-month free offer): sari ly reflect the editori al policy of the paper. Abbreviations used in crediting news items: Vine Chapel Greene County George McGhehey . BP Baptist Press; CB church bulletin; DP Daily press, •EP Evange lical Press.· One-month free trial offer : Jonesboro, New Hope Mt. Zion Max L. Taylor July 20, 1961 yolum·e.60, Number 28 1. _Page T.w o ARKANSAS BAPTIST The Cover Christian answers to family problems "CHRISTIAN Answers to Fam­ selling for the Midwest Christian ily Pro)Jlems" is the theme of the Counselling Center, Kansas City. Christian Life Commission's Glor­ The Ridgecrest conferences, Aug. ieta and Ridgecrest conferences to 24-30, will be led by Dr. 0. T. Bink­ be held in August. ley and Dr. David R. Mace. Dr. Specific subjects are: "Biblical Binkley is professor of Christian Foundations for Responsible Fam­ Ethics and dean of the facuity at ily Living," "The Church and the Southeastern Seminary and Dr. Family: Competitors or Col­ Mace, one of the world's foremost leagues?", "Teen-Age Marriages," authorities on family life, is execu­ "Birth Control and Planned Parent­ tive director of the American As­ hood," "The Churches Face the Di­ sociation of Marriage Counselors, vorce Problem," "Inter-faith Mar­ with offices in New York. riages," 1'Working Wives and Mo­ Those wishing to attend either of thers" and "The Christian Family these conferences should make res­ and Its Aged Members." ervations with the Glorieta or The conferences will feature a Ridg~crest encampment managers. message on ·each of ·these subjects At both encampments the Christian and each message will be followed Life conferences will coincide with -Photo by Erw.in L.· McDonald by an informal di'scussion period. the annual Bible conferences. Foy Valentine, executive secre­ The Glorieta ·conferences, Aug. '3fl~ fle41t4 '3fla.t~d tary of the Christian Life Commis­ 10-16, will be led by Dr. T. B. Mas­ sion, said the Commission is hope­ ton and Dr. Lofton Hudson. Dr. BusiNESS is conducted as usual ful that these special conferences in this scene taken recently on a, Maston is professor of Christian Ethics at Southwestern Seminary for leaders will lielp in strengthen­ clo1Vn-town s t r e e t in N aza1·eth, ing the fibre of Christian family and Dr. Hudson is director of coun- whe1·e J es~~s grew to manhood. • life among Southern Baptists. Oppose racing extension METROPOLITAN Little Rock Coronation pictures not want~d Association of Free Ministers has J:Y~.emorialized Governor Faubus to THE editors regret that it is g9ing to be necessary to rule include in his call for a special ses­ out the use of Girls' Auxiliary Coronation pictures. We are re­ sion of the legislature the recom­ mended repeal of the 12-day exten­ ceiving so many and each one takes up so much space that we sion of the horse-racing season in are having to make this new policy in the interest of a more Hot Springs. In action taken July 10, the as­ readable paper. sociation called attention to "con­ siderable opposition . : . voiced to In the matter of groundbreaking pictures; le_t us suggest the recently proposed $60 million­ that the center of interest for the photograph be someone break­ dollar bond issue ... on the ground that it was to be financed in part hag ground with not more than two or three others in the picture by a 12-day extension of the horse­ proper. Crowd pictures for the most part do not reproduce sat­ racing season in Hot Springs." In addition to the petition to the isfactorily. governor, the ministers urged I members of the state legislature to In judging what is news to send to the Arkansas Baptist, support .the repeal and urged "all our churches and reporters are requested to keep an eye out for who voiced opposition to this. bond issue on the ground of the extended the unusual and timely. Let us have your news while it is still racing season, to use their influ­ f1.:esh. ence and exert an effort to accom­ plish this goal." .· Let us say again that we cannot use mats. Send us photo- The resolution was signed by · W. A. Blount, pastor of Sylvan graphs instead. We are delighted to have your news and there Hills Community Church, North is ·no charge made for putting it into the-paper. Churches are Little Rock, as president of the as­ sociation, and M. L. Moser, Jr., of billed the actual cost of any cuts used with their releases.-The Central Baptist Church, Little Editors Rock, as secretary. July 20, 1961 Page Three Editorials ...

No wedding of church iHE INCOMPATIBL~S ~-~::~f:~;· and state, please -: ~~·;WHO IS A LIAIC!. BUT He THAT DENIETH THAT JE-.SUS IS THf CH!tiST? HE- IS ANTI• CH21ST, THAT 'D&NIETH THE !'ATHER ANO 11 P ·EACE Corps officials have received prote"sts THE SON. - / ./V'h"tY ,2:.22 from the United Presbyterian Church and the ...... :,, American Jewish Congress against signing over~ seas contracts with religious groups. . The protests were made after Corps officials disclosed that about half of all project work as­ signed to private voluntary agencies would be car­ ried out by groups having religious ties. The United Presbyterian Mission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations, while affirming support of the Peace 1Corps, said it "would betray our posi­ tion'' if ,government aid were received under the progra:m. It is the mission of the Church to "pro­ claim the Gospel'' while the aim of the Corps is to give ''personal assistance'' to underdeveloped coun­ tries, it noted. "These goals may parallel each other, but they are not identical,'' it declared. ''This distinction must be maintained to affirm our historic belief in the separation of Church and State, both in the United States and in other nations of the world." Our Presbyterian friends have dealt with what we believe to be a nice distinction which must be made, if the intent of the Peace Corps movement is to be accomplished without irreparable harm to both our government and our churches.-ELM

Many months after Lady's adoption, one of our friends almost descended to the status of mere ac­ ~~~~~4r- quaintance vvhen by .slip of tongue he referred to our dog as a stray. 1t~ ttm9e't a 4t'Z~'f "Lady's no stray!" my wife retorted. And the offending friend promptly apologized to all con­ WHEN DOES a str~y dog stop being a stray~ cerned. The answer is obvious-when she gets herself Our experience with a stray dog that's no longer adopted~ into a family. stray is illustrative of what frequently takes place About a year ago Lady became a McDonald. in our churches. A stray sinner-perhaps one who Somehow she appeared to be an has been .notorious- becomes a new creature in awfully special "stray" from the Christ. Then, despite the fact he has been bom first day we took her in. Her good again and has risen to walk in newness of life, those training and deep affection who knew him ''way back when'' sometimes go on marked her as a dog of some thinking of him as still being a ''stray.'' ''culture,'' as cocker spaniels gQ. Are we ever justified in holding ove1~ the heads We had her vaccinated, paid of new Christians the sins they committed before her dog liqense, and gave her a accepting Christ as their Lord ,and Savior~ Let us collar and( tags. For a while we remember the Christian is no longer dead in tres­ ERWIN L. called her Spot-she is black-and- passes and sin. He is now a son of God. ''Behold, white spotted. But she did not respond too well to all things are become new.'' that. ·when does a sinner become a saint~ ' The answer Then one of us happened to call her Lady one is inescapable: the mpment he becomes adopted day and she let us know that we had finally hit upon into the family of God. her right n:;tme, or one she felt becoming of her dog dignity. So she has been. Lady ever since. Page Four ARKANSAS BAPTIST 1n visual Jorm Letters to the Editor ONE pastor put his reaction to my The Bookshelf column of June 29 ("Another McDon­ THE PEOPLE SPEAK To the Golden Shore, the Life of Adoni­ ald!", page -~) in visual form. Said pas­ ram Judson, by Courtney Anderson, Dol­ tor- his initials a1·e Jack Gulledge, of phin Books, Doubleday & Company, 1961 Brinkley- w1·ites: "I t1·ust the follow­ The appearance of this excellent biog­ Library Report ing visual aids will get the message raphy of Adoniram Judson in paperback WE DID it again! The May report through." In a po stsc1·ipt, this same pas- · will be welcomed by Baptists particularly. shows that we registered 56 libraries Now many who could not afford the ol'ig­ last month. That means we lack only A .udn '1/(4't-t.U inal issue in hardback, in 1956, will be 15 having an average of two libraries a - able to have it for their libraries, day registered with Church Library Service during 1961. We have recently received copies of I want you to know that I am well five attractive coloring books for children, aware of the fact that the growing con­ from the presses of The Standard Pub­ cept of the library ministry is due in a lishing Company, Cincinnati: large measure to the promotion being Bible Children, New Testament Stories, done by you and your associates. We are The Story of Jesus, Bible A,B,C, and genuinely grateful. Around the World. · Free book offer application blanks, :ARKANSAS BAPTISTS instructional materials, and the person­ Clouded Glass, by Adel Pryor, Zonder­ nel of our department are available van, 1961 whenever a need arises with you which This is the story of Anne Watson, they might meet.___.:Wayne E. Todd, Sec­ adopted daughter of George Watson, con­ retary, Church Library Service, Sunday victed embezzler·, and her love and Chris­ School Board, SBC, Nashville, Tenn. tian concern for Anthony, son of Justice Fletcher, who had sentenced her father to prison. Beyond ow· borders ENCLOSED you will find check for The Vocabulary of th.e Chui'ch, edited $2.25, for which please send me the Ar­ by Richard C. White, Macmillan, 1960, kansas Baptist Newsmagazine for one - $3.50 year .. ·. Bro·. Sam Gash who was our to1·-a forme?· friend of mine, states: ·Pronunciation rather than definition assistant pastor at Fh·st Baptist Church· "Oh, yes, tell Eel F., J?·., that I'm only and interpretation is the main purpose of here for some time has been kind enough kidding- at least about his pa1·t of the Editor. White, as stated in the introduc­ to send copies .from time to time. I do McDonald clan!" tion to this compilation. Here will be think it. is by .far the best Baptist paper .Guess I a?n going to have to take a clay found in one volume information form­ I have ever read. Therefore, I want it off p1·etty soon and go fishing with Jack erly not to be had except through re­ each week. I am 85 years old. Also want ancl t1·y to ge,t him stt·aightened out. ferring to many volumes. This should be to "keep up" with Southern Baptist news -ELM a valuable book to keep with one's Bible ...-Mrs. W. D. Bertram, 312 East 3rd What needs adjusting? for ready reference. Street, Owensboro, Ky. THIS is not a lettet· to the eclitM·, but something far· mat·e potent-a "message" The Billy Sunday Story, by Lee Thomas, delivet·ecl to him face to face. One of my Zondervan, 1961, $3.95 Peace and good will ne·ighbo1·s a'skecl ?ne, after· reading what Billy Sunday's uninhibited delivery, his IN MY childhood days along about the I hacl in 1ny column last week about n~ow­ striking style of oratory, his "diamond­ turn 9f the century it seemed that most ing 1ny neighbo?·s' lawns: in-the-rough" exterior all come to life in all peoples were more desirous of peace "Could it be that it's the edit01··'s soul, this report by a personal fl'iend of the and good will .than today. In those days 1·atlie1' than his n ew lawn mower, that Sunday family. our main defense against confusion and needs adjusting?" The loudspeaker had not been invented tragedy was our religious faith and I.f it wer·e.n't /o1· the fact that the Mc­ when Sunday was living, but he preached prayer. Our local ministers helped to Cor·ldes ar·e going to have to go on living to an estimated 100 million people. solve our daily neighborhood and home next cloo1· to us, I'cl r·eveal who that in­ · The author, pastor of South Hills Bap­ life problems. quisitive neighbor· is ancl call clown fi1 ·e tist Church, West Covina, Calif., had ac­ In those days the elected politicians ttpon her· heal]. But, consicle1·ing the cir­ cess to private papers and previously un­ took care of our governmental affairs cttmstances, I guess I'll jttst have to be published pictures in the writing of this and dealt with foreign rulers concern­ Chr·istian and hol~ my fir·e.-ELM book. ing international differences. ~ ...... eh;·,~·h. ""i~"h~~'k i;;· ...... · I wonder if all mankind wouldn't be The Minister's Mission, by C. E. 'Colton, : by CARTWRIGHT Zondervan, a 1961 1·evision of a book first better off today if we would return to : ••••••••M•••••a••••••••••• those old out-dated traditions. Let the . published in 1951, $3.50 Kennedys take care of Mr. Nikita and . Dr. Colton is pastor of Royal Haven Fidel and world affairs. Let the Red ... Baptist Church, Dallas, Tex., and has Rabbh) ·Rousers take care of the freedom .. drawn upon experiences of 30 years of riders and sit-iners. Let the NAACP be . preaching and teaching, in the writing of responsible for school integration and .- thi:;; book . danger of mongrelization. Let the good .. "I have tried ... to avoid being too ministers eat fried chicken, pr.each the ...'" technical, limiting the disc~ssions to a gospel and try to save souls. Whaddo .-.. common sense, down-to-earth, p1·actical you think?-R. G. Pool, Sr., Rt. 2, : appreciation of the fundamental princi­ DeWitt . .• ples of ministerial ethics," writes Dr. ... Colton. "I have not tried to be exhaustive REPLY:- Of coune, you are w1·iting .c.. in discussing the various fields of min­ with tongue in cheek 1nost of the way, but ... isterial actiyity, but I have sought to be I will agt·ee with you that the real hope ... comprehensive in the scope of this study, for· our. times as for· all times is Chr·ist ~ "If you c:an't beat 'em, join coveJ:;ing every phase of ministerial in the lives of the people.-ELM : eml" life ..." Ju_ly 20, 1961 Page Five The question box

THERE IS time and space for just one question this week. As your questions and comments come in, we will devote increasingly more space to the counselling divi­ sion of our page. Here's the first one. It's from a teenager. By MRS. J. H. STREET Q~wstion: Everybody who talks with us about marriage says we must be emotionally mature. What "/ want to love, honor and obey" do they mean, emotionally matu1·e? "A ~D, please, I want the word obey in our ceremony." A.nswe1·: Gathering ideas from How strange these words sounded to the pastor's ears! He had grown several psychologists, we conclude RO familiar with the current trend toward ~ts omission, or to its being that the emotionally mature per­ laughed off, that he had almost deleted that part of the marriage cere­ son has these characteristics : mony from his thinking. And here was a beautiful girl, with culture, re­ 1. He can love , someone besides finement, prestige, requesting the obey phrase in her ceremony. The himself. request had come in the midst of the pastor's counselling session with this fine young couple. 2. He can acceRt disappoint­ ment. That premarital period of coun­ selling is a prerequisite with our 3. He can cooperate with oth­ pastor for all marriages in which -ers. he officiates. I believe it is. with 4. He can judge a situation as most pastors today, but it is not it is, not as he wants it to be. always easy for them to hold to that practice. I remember the cou­ 5. He is self-reliant. ple who came rushing to our door, 6. He can make a decision today called for the preacher, and greet­ in the light of its consequences to­ ed him with, "Reverend, would you morrow. please marry us real quick. We've Several elements must have en­ 7. He can forego the pleasures got a taxi waiting and we don't tered into her refreshing attitude. offered by the present fqr better want to burn up anymore fare First, she had faith in the Bible. happiness in the future. than we can help." This popular and fun-loving Chris­ My husband explained that if tian girl still holds in reverence its Thi:rd, she properly evaluated they would dismiss the taxi and sacred truths. She considers God's marriage. She entered into her take the time for him to counsel Word life's safest guide. She ac- wedding time determined to make with them about the rep,i meaning cepts without fear Paul's admoni- a success of her marriage and her of marriage, he would be glad to tion, "Wives, be subject to your home. Too often there is lacking accommodate them. That is, if husbands, as to the Lord. . . . As this high purpose- and determina­ neither of them had been divorced. the church is subject-to. Christ, so tion to succeed in life's greatest He would surely like to help them let wives also be subject in every- , undertaking -marriage and the off to a good start toward a happy thing to their husbands" (Ephe- building of a Christian home. home. They looked confused for a sians 5 :22, 24 RSV). What of the sequel to that coun- J1l.Oment, then said no, they just Second, she had complete tru'st selling incident? Their wedding didn't have time for all that. in the man she was to marry. She was beautiful and there is every They'd try to find somebody who'd was not afraid to pledge obedience evidence that it is fruiting in a "do it quick."- The taxi man w<\uld to one in whose character, intelli- home and family where abound know some other preacher's ad­ gence, competence, and love for understanding, happiness, an d · dress. her she had full confidence. She love. I've often wondered who in that knew that he, too, would be guided Time and space for this week little city of 30,000 people married by Paul's words, "Husbands, love are gone. Have a good week! them and what the consequent your wives, as Christ loved the Sincerely and cordially yours, state of affairs in their marriage church and gave himself up for has been. her.... Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bod­ But back to our lovely bride who ies. He who loves his wife loves [Ma~l should be addressed to Mrs. promised to obey the splendid himself" (E ph e sian s 5 :25, 28 Street at 1818 Bruce, Conway, youn2' business man she married. RSV). . Ark.] Pa1e Six ARKANSAS BAPTIST Arl

Hugh Hairston moves to first church, Crossett HUGH Hairston has accepted a call to First Church, Crossett, as minister of education and youth. Mr. Hairston is a native of War- ren and a graduate of Ouachita College where he received his B.A. with a major in English. A f t e r serving with the Army for 28 m o n t h s, he en­ t e r e d Southern Seminary, Louis­ ville, and received MR, HAIRSTON the M.R.E. degree in May 1958. He has served First Church, Rome, Ga., since that time. Mrs. Hairston is a graduate of Bethel Baptist College, Hopkins­ ville, Ky. Mr. arid Mrs. Hairston have three children, two girls, 4 and 2lh, and one boy, 6 months.

West Helena G.A~s SECOND Church, West Helena, They'll observe golden wedding anniversary held a G.A. coronation May 17. RETIRED Pasto1· cmd M1·s. L. G. M·ille·r nad /?"o?n the files of 'THE Those completing the maiden ,step were: Hazel Lawson, Patri­ BAPTIST ADVANCJ!!. of 1920, the year !Vh. Miller was or·clained to the cia Griffin, Debbie Baker, Rolesia minist?·y. Jitmes, - Debbie Johnston, Louise - J ackson, Debbie McAdo, Carol THE L. G. Millers will observe 1920. In the same service a broth­ Cross, C a r o I Whaley, Peggy open house Sunday (July 23) at er·-in-Iaw ' of his, Taylor Stanfill, Evans, Lavenia DeCamp, Linda their home on Highway 35, half a noW, pastor at Magazine, was also Reed, Beth Holland, Gale Green, mile south of Benton, in observ­ ordained. Linda Griffin, and Ma1;y Ruth ance of their 50th wedding anni­ Pastorates of Mr. Miller includ­ Evans. versary. Friends are bei:rg invited to visit them any time from 2 to ed Fisher Street, Jonesboro; New Those completing the l,ady-in­ 5 p.m. Liberty, near Blytheville; and waiting were: Carol McAbee, Pat Bethany, North Little Rock, where The Millers were married July Jenkins, Reba Wells, and Jackie 25, 1911. ' Mrs. Miller was for­ he was serving at the time of his Parchman ~ retirement from the pastorate, in merly Maudie Bailey, a grand­ 1956. He continues to do supply daughter, incidentally, of the Wil­ The princesses were: Dot Hei­ preaching. He served for some delberger, Carla Cox, and Sandra lia:rp. Bailey who discovered Raven­ t ime as moderator Of Mount Zion Cox. · den Springs. They have three and of Mississippi Count:1 associa­ daughters : Lola (Mrs. M. R.) tions. The Queen was Eda Fain. H'ughes, Jonesqoro ; Golda (Mrs. J unior G.A. counselor is Mrs. Chester) Jones, Conway, and· Syl­ Mrs. Miller has missed Sunday Wallace Cox, Sr., assisted by Mrs. via (Mrs. Lester) Cantrell, Ben­ School only once in 20 years and Windon Baker. Intermediate G,A. ton . . is in her 14th year of perfect, 100 counselor is Mrs. Bill McAlexan­ Mr. Miller was· ordained to the percent attendance. She served der, assisted by Mrs. Mary Ann ministry by Oconee Church, near two terms as head of the W.M.U. Geo.rge. Rev. Jack Parchman is Dalton, in Northeast Arkansas,· a in each of Mt. Zion and Mississippi pastor. _· church now defunct, in August, County associations. · -

J u I y ' 2. 0 , I 9 6 I · / Bate;vilfe church gains high rank

WEST Church, Batesville, is one Mrs. J. V. Stephens, Intertn~di­ erage attendance, from 261 to 326.; of three churches in the Southern ate II ; Mrs. Dewey Brightwell, Be­ a 25 percent increase, two years in Baptist Convention to qualify for ginner; De~ey Brightwell, Mar- . a row, in the number of baptisms; the rank of Advanced Standard ried Young People; Ben Gennings, increase in finances of nearly 25 Sunday School, Lawson Hatfield, Adult I; Mrs. Orville McKee, Pri­ percent, from $524-per-week budg- secretary of the Sunday School de!. mary III; Mrs. Dallas Hughes, In­ . et to $655, the first year, and to a partment of the Arkansas Baptist termediate I; Mr:s. Alvin Ford, 33 percent increase the second year State Cbnvention, has announced. Nursery; Marvin Altom, Junior I; to more than $700 per week. · The high honor for the Bates­ and Mrs. S. G. Nelson, Young Peo­ "During this time the church ville church, of which Leslie Ri­ ple I. visitation program and the weekly herd is pastor, caps an improve­ What difference has the Sunday teachers and officers meetings ment program started by the School campaign made in the have been vitalized," reports Pas­ church three years ago. Each and church and its program? Pastor tor Riherd. "Real purpose has every one of the 15 departments of Riherd lists some of the side-bene­ been given to our training pro­ the West Church Sunday School fits: gram," he adds. has met the requirements of the Pastor and people have come The enlargement program made Sunday School B o a r d, S.B.C., tnto a better understanding of the - it easier to grade adults, added a Nashville,.Tenn., for Standard rec­ principles of growth enlargement; third more workers, adde.d three ognition. new departments and 10 new Through a tabulation. of the re­ classes and increased the space Leaders of the church who have sults of an extensive census, the needed for the expansion, Mr. Ri­ helped to reach the Advanced pastor and workers learned about herd states. Standard status include Mrs. Earl the spiritual needs of every one in "A definite spirit of more 'to­ Riley, Extension; C. L. Creighton, the community; getherness' exists in the church Adult II; Mrs. Loy Dover, Primary Training of the church leaders and the officers and teachers are I; Mrs. Leslie M. Riherd, Cradle i:Q effective leadership methods re­ anxious to follow the leadership of sulted in the reaching, teaching Roll; 0. M. ~lount, Sunday School the pastor in the Advanced Stand­ and winning of more people. ard program," he concludes. superintendent; Verne E. Carpen­ A glance at the church statistics Secretary Hatfield indicated he ter, associate pastor; Mrs. Roy •E. for the period reveals a 22 percent hoped the example set by the West Tucker, Junior II; Mrs. Hayden increase in enrollment, from 435 Church would be followed by many Carpenter., Primary II; ~o 530; 25 percent increase in av- other churches. Page Eight ARKANSAS BAPTISl: New pastorium for Stuttgart church NORTH Maple Church, Stutt­ gart, has completed a new ~ pastori­ um in which Rev. and Mrs. Don Chesser and family are now re­ siding. The residence is of brick con­ struction, has central heating and air-conditioning and three bed­ rooms, two baths, living room, den and dining area, all-electric kitch­ en and double carport. An open house was held together with a re­ ception for the Chesser family to mark the building's completion. North Maple's Building Commit­ tee i~ composed of Willard Schroe­ der, chairman; Harry Black, J. W. Blackwood, P. B. Craig, Travis Simmons, Robert Inman, Lee An-1 derson, J o s e p h Simmons, Bill Schett, Tommy Kinsey, Lee Maloy and James Case.

'Arkie' pioneers In Montana church· Mexican historical marker MISS Bobbye Wilson, grand­ . ' daughter of Rev. John D. Bledsoe, Hot Springs, and niece of Rev. Doyle B. Bledsoe, pastor of First Summer in Mexico Church, Stuttgart, was recently · FOUR Arkansans, who are serv­ Tharel, Eddie Morrison and Law­ . elected secretary of the only B.S.U. ing on a Baptist Student Union son Glover, all students at the in Montana on the campus of Mon­ mission tour of Mexico, recently University. tana State College, Bozeman. As ­ visited the city of Iguala. A mark­ Working with them in , Ig·uala secretary she will attend B.S.U. er there marks · the spot where are Sylvestre Garcia, a member of week at Glorieta this summer. Mexican independence was pro­ the Southern Baptist student home Miss Wilson moved to Glasgow, claimed, on Feb. 24, 1821. i:n Iguala, and Missionary Henry The summer missionaries ;:tre Wolf, of the Foreign Mission Board Montana, with her parents, the Jamie Jones, B.S.U. director at the of the Southern Baptist Conven­ R. L. Wilsons, in Octob~r last year University of Arkansas, and Lance tion. from Enid, Okla., where she was a member of; First Church and at- Name new deacons Charles Butler joins tended three Falls Creek encamp- . DR. BOB Banister, Hubert Fer­ first, McGehee, staff ments. She helped organize a guson, Dr. J. H. Flanagin, Dr. CHARLES Butler, Monette, be­ Young Peopies Department which B. A. Lewis,. Charles Perry and came music and education director now has 14 members in the small Harvey Wilson have been elected of First Church, McGehee, July 15. · . , to three-year terms as deacons of Both Mr. and Mrs. Butler hold mu­ Southern Baptist church m Glas- First Church, Conway. Dr. H. L. sic education degrees from Arkan- gow. She shares the position of Minton was chosen to fill out the 1sas State College, Jonesboro. Mr. church pianist and worked in the . unexpired term of L. B. Jackman. Butler a:lso attended Southwestern church's Bible School this summer. Ordination services were held Seminary. Her address is 231-A Pine July 16. Rev. J. H. Street, is pastor. Mr. Butler has served as music Street, Glasgow A.F.B., Montana, and youth director of F i r s t P. J. ' CROWDER, Sparkman, Church, St. Ch,arles, Mo., as well and she would like to correspond u has replaced Bob Duffer, Mem­ as in the Monette church. with anyone interested in B.S.U. phis, Tenn., as mission pa~stor of Mr. and Mrs. BMtler have a son, mission work in Montana. First Church, Fordyce. Mark, 2. July 20, 1961 _page Nine Record turn-out for Ft. Smith crusade Northwest Arkansas crusade concludes Sunday NORTHWEST Arkansas Evan- C. Carlyle Brooks, visitation 200 members. gelistic Crusade had an overflow evangelist from DeLand, Fla., is Northwest Arkansas Evangelis­ crowd of approximately 5,000 peo- also a member of the team, head- tic Crusade is sponsored by . the ple at its opening service July 9, ing personal work. Concord Association and Baptist at Grizzly Stadium, Ft. Smith. Calvin Mahan, Charleston, is or- churches of Northwest Arkansas. The Crusade concludes July 23, for ganist, and Mrs. Paul Maxey, Much preparation and planning which time a goal of 10,000 has Tulsa, Okla., pianist. Paul Me- went into the organization for this been set. Cray, past01~ of Grand Avenue revival which included a large Dr. C. E. Autrey, head of the Church, Ft. Smith, is general corps of workers and committees. Department of Evangelism of the chairman of the crusade. For the concluding Sunday, July Home Mission Board of th'e South- Music each evening is furnished 23, churches of all denominations ern Baptist Convention, is the by a 500-voice crusade choir and of Ft. Smith are participating in evangelist. J. N. McFadden, min- special music by various individ- the final service at 8 p.m. This­ ister of music at First Cht1rch, uals and groups of Ft. Smith. C. A. service will be moved to Harper Lyman, S. Gar., is song leader for Railey is also directing a junior Stadium, which has a larger seat­ the revival. choir, composed of approximately ing capacity.-Andrew B. Setliffe

Dr. James T. Luck heads choral group Revivals FIRST Church, Mountainburg, DR. JAMES T. Luck, chairman Rev. Jimmy Kent, pastor; June of the Division of Fine Arts at 19-25, Walter K. Ayers, evange­ Ouachita College, has been elected list; Harry Wilson, music; five president of the recently ·organized professions of faith, one additiOI1 Arkansas Intercollegiate Choral by letter, one surrender to preach Association. and 23 for special service. Other officers - include: Dr. Howard Groth, head of the Music FIRST Chtirch, Clinton, Rev. Department at Arkansas State Ben Wofford, pastor; Walter K. Teachers College, vice president; Ayers, evangelist; Mark Short, and Mn_;. Dorothy Landis Gray, Sr., music; 11 conversions, two by choral director at Arkansas Col­ letter, 12 rededications. lege, treasurer. FIRST Church, McGehee, Rev. The association will hold its first Mason Craig, pastor; Aug. 20-27 choral festival on the campus of with Rev. John Harrison and Arkansas State Teachers Col lege Charles Wright, both of Immanuel next Feb. 10. DR. LUCK Church, Pine B_luff. ' ARKANSAS BAPTIS:r Arkansas ·All Over------MEMORIAL Church ordained James Myers ·as deacon June · 18. Ouachita readies for Bible con/~rence Joe Melton, pastor, was modera­ tor; Frank Johnson, clerk; Lex DR. CLYDE T. Francisco and Other speakers for the week will Eaker, pastor, Centennial Church, Dr. Jesse Northcutt will be ·fea­ include Dr. Bernes K. Selph, pas­ Pine Bluff, led the questioning; J. tured members of the faculty for tor of First Church, Benton;­ D. Bledsoe led the ordaining prayer, the Bible Conference at Ouachita Frank Pitts, pastor of First and J. C. Myers, pastor, First College July 24-28. Church, Blytheville; Dr. John Mc­ Church, North Lit t 1 e Rock, Dr. Francisco is professor of Old Clanahan, pastor of First Church, brought the charge and the mes­ Testament at Southern Seminary, Hope; Dr. Paul Roberts of First sage. Louisville, Ky., and Dr. Northcutt Church, Little Rock, and Dr. W. 0. is professor of New Testament at Vaught of Immanuel Church, Lit­ REV. Carl Chote has accepted Southwestern S e m i n a r y, Ft. tle Rock. the call of Old Union Church to Worth, Tex. Still others are Newman' Me­ become pastor. Mr. Chote is no The conference is a joint enter­ Larry of First Church, Ft; Smith; stranger to the association, having prise of Ouachita College and the Emil Williams of First Church, served Lee Chapel and Fairdale executive board of the Arkansas Russellville; Dr. R0bert Naylor, · churches. He and his wife, Lucille, Baptist Convention. Total cost for president of Southwestern Semi­ live at 708 School St., Hot Springs. the' week, including board and nary; Dr. Phelps; Sam Gash of will be $8. The conference room~ First Church, Forrest City; Doyle THIRD Church, Malvern, has will run from Monday evening bought a four-room dwelling di­ through Friday noon. Bledsoe of First Church, Stutt­ gart; W. L. Yeldell of First rectly across the street from their Dr. Vester Wolber, chairman of auditorium to be used as a nursery. the Division of Religion and Phi­ Church, Bot Springs; Ben Elrod losophy at Ouachita, will preside of South Side Church, Pine Bluff, ~t - the opening session at 7 p.m. and Dr. S. A. Whitlow, executive Clear Creek association Monday, July 24. Dr. Ralph A. secretary of the Arkansas Baptist Paul E. Wilhelm, Missionary Phelps, Jr., Ouachita ' president, Convention. _ CARROLL •D. Caldwell, B.S.U. will welcome the group. Dr. Fran­ Sessions will begin each morn­ director of Stetson University, cisco will speak on "The Prophecy ing at 9 a.m. and each afternoon Florida, for the past three years, of Jeremiah," followed by Dr. is the new pastor Northcmtt with an expository ser­ at 1 :30 p.m. Evening sessions will of First Church, mon on "The Birth of Christ." begin at 7 p.m. C 1 a r k s v i 1 1 e. He and Mrs. Cald­ Association News------,------well w i 1 1 move to Clarksville the Caroline association ·DeVALLS Bluff Church has called Rev. Freeman McManis as first of August. .J. M. James, Supt. of Missions pastor. He was formerly pastor of Mr. Caldwell is the son of Dr. SOME 15 churches will partici­ Humnoke Church. C. W. Caldwell, pate in a simultaneous revival cru­ MR. CALDWELL superintendent of sade Aug. 6-13. Dr. S. A. Whitlow, AN associational youth rally Missions of the Arkansas Baptist executive secretary of the Arkan­ will be held at First Chutch, Eng­ Convention. sas B a p t i s t Convention, will land, Aug. 4. This program, under pre~ch for the revival at First the sponsorship of Training Un­ A graduate of Ouachita College, Church, England, and will also di­ ion, will give definite emphasis to Arkadelphia, Mr. Caldwell atte'nd­ rect the fellowship meetings for the simultaneous crusade. Rev. ed Southwestern Seminary, Ft. the evangelists, pastors, and sing­ Wendell Ross, pastor of Mt. Car­ Worth, Tex., and is a graduate of ers during_ the crusade. mel Church, will be requested to S o u t h e r n Seminary, Louisville, bring the inspirational message. Ky. While at Ouachita he was pas­ AN associational Training Un­ tor of Nimrod Church. ion rally will be held at First Central association Mrs. Caldwell, the f o r m e r Church, Cabot, Aug. 21. All the Hugh Owen, Missionary Joanne Sellers, is the daughter of churches are expected to be repre­ THIRD Church, Malvern, had a Dr. Preston B. Sellers, ,pastor of sented at this meeting. revival June 18-25 with Ben First Church, Tampa, Fla. She is State approved workers will lead B~achen. evangelist and Lilburn a graduate of Stetson University. I \ the department conferences. All Carlisle leading the singing. Six First Church, Clarksville, is the depart:t.nent officers and workers came· to the · church by letter and largest in Clear Creek Association, should plan to attend. 12 for baptism. with a membership near 800. july ZO, 1961. Jtas:'e Eleven The delegates adopted a 1962 Unified Budget of $10,800,000, es­ sentially the same as the 1961 budget. E i g h t e e n missionaries were commissioned by the American Baptist Home Mission Society for posts as far apart as Kodiak, Alas­ ka and Santa Ana, El Salvador. The Convention adopted resolu­ tions re-affirming doctrinal views, expressing attitudes with regard to denominational work, taking stands on several current soCial and political problems. Pointing to "our wider fellow­ ship" the delegates went on record urging increased participation in the National Council of Churches, the World Council of Churches and the Baptist World Alliance "in order to accomplish the aims and purposes which can be better real­ ized through cooperation with oth­ THE AMERICAN Baptist Convention d1"ew 6,000 delegates ancl vis- _ er Christians than in isolation." itors to Po1·tland, 01·e., fo1· the northeTn body's 5.f;th annual session. The Race relations ·came in for a major business of the ~ueelc was an extensive reorganization ancl centmli­ lengthy re~olution which drew fire zation of the Convention's agenc'ies. The 1962 1neeting will be held in from some of the delegates. As Philadelphia. passed, however, ·the statement called upon all American Baptists to work for desegregation in local American. Baptists Move· neighborhoods, in church and school, in business establishments and everywhere. Freedom Riders To Centralize Ag~ncies and sit-in demonstrators . were commended for "their stand, their By W. C. FIELDS the Convention's work would be di­ courage and their patience under PORTLAND, Ore. (BP) - A rected /by the Foreign Mission provocation." President. John F. sometimes-stormy debate of sev­ .Board, the Home Mission Board, Kennedy's Peace Corps was eral years standing came to a the Board of Edtf~ation and Pub­ praised for its humanitarian aims. . peaceful .conclusion here as dele­ lication, and the Ministers and Separation of church and state gates to the 54th annual session of Missionaries Benefit Board. Under ' was described as "indispensable to the American Baptist Convention · the new arrangement the boards our national policy." voted unanimously to reorganize will be classified as program agen­ and centralize the· work of the cies of the convention. - Baptists' faith Shown body's national agencies. The 1960 meeting of the Con­ By Sitting. on Volcano vention at Rochester, N. Y., ap­ Since its founding · in' 1907 the PORTLAND, Ore. (BP) Convention has functioned as a proved the construction of a new $81h mllion headquarters build­ Delegates to the American Bap­ t:ombination of separate boards tist Convention here, at least and societies. ing at Valley Forge, Pa. It was announced here that the building part of the time, were sitting Under the newly approved or­ will be fully occupied by the spring on a volcano-literally. ganization the four general boards An extinct one, that is. of the Convention will continue to of 1962, bringing together in one One of the entertainment fea­ be autonomous, except that at the place national offices of the Con- . hu·es provided by Baptists in t>oint of policy-making and long­ vention which have been scattered the Portland area for the visit­ !'ange planning they will accept among seven buildings in New ing delegates was a salmon bake the leadership of the · General York C!ty and Philadelphia. at Mt. Tabor Park, in the crater Council. of an old volcano. The Convention has 1,600,000 Edwin H. Tuller, general secre­ Indians from nearby reserva­ tary for the General Council of the members in 40 states, including tions cooked salmon steaks over Convention, explained that most of Alaska and Hawaii. There are open pits for about 2,500 visi­ the service and action divisions of 6,200 churches. tors. Page Twelve ARKANSAS BAPTIST Heart (Of the Big City) Disease Hits Baptists By Luther Joe Thompson First Church, Chattanooga, Tenn. ified. Conside1·ation must be given THE DOWNTOWN church is favorable comparisons between it to the future soHrce of her finan­ the show-window of the denomina­ and the neighborhood churches. cial and evangelistic resources. tion in metropolitan areas - a Perhaps a part of the recent If downtown-minded people who catch-all for Baptist stragglers, a decline in Cooperative Program live in the suburbs are to be dis­ reception center for visitors and a gifts is due to the Southern Bap­ couraged from attending the bureau of Baptist information. tist Convention's failure to define downtown church then the matter Often it is a symbol of moral a ministry for the downtown of endowment or mission support and civic righteousness. By and church in connection with empha­ must be considered. It · is, not large, it sets the tone and pattern sis upon new suburban churches. enough merely to expect her mis­ for the denomination in the whole James L. Sullivan, executive sec­ sion contributions; some consider­ area. retary of the Baptist Sunday ation must be given to her future School Board, recently wrote the life. , i Yet, while denomination~ have grown rapidly in numbers, it larger ch,urches of the Convention 2. The suburban church must comes as a surprise to many that "voluntarily carry (a) tremendous become conscious that she is just downtown ch1,1rches have been re­ financial burden for the as responsible for the downtown ceding. mission program of Southern Bap­ witness as the downtown church is Truman B. Douglas, writing in tists." He stated "four and one­ responsible for the suburban wit­ tenth per cent of the largest ness. Ha1·per's Mc~ga,zine on "The Job .Protestants Shirk," says "If Prot­ churches in the Convention gave 3. Competition between church­ estantism gives up the city, it forty-seven and three-tenths per es must be eliminated. Every New cent of all the money contributed Testament church is important in virtually gives up Am~rica. Yet that is precisely what it has been for the support of benevolent, edu­ our Lord's sight and we are "la­ doing." cation and mission causes of the borers together with God." There Ralph Sackman in his recent denomination. That figure is sig­ can be rl.o competition between article in Loolc Magazine points nificant because those s a me lighthouses. out that in 1917 when he became churches contain only twenty-six 4. Finally, there must be a minister at Christ Church (Meth­ per cent of the church member­ "plus" in the ministry and pro­ odist) in New York City, Methl'l­ ship of our denomination." · gram of the downtown church if dists were closing or merging The minister of a downtown she is to survive. She must be dy­ churcqes in that area at the rate - church in a single month ran into namic and evangelistic, person­ of one evety two years. He further these sincere and serious com­ centered and m~rked by warm fel­ states, "Ou·r city churches have ments: lowship, doctrinally sound and been ailing for at least 40 years." "I don't believe in big churches. prophetic in her ministry, ade­ Wouldn't it be better to divide this quately equipped and staffed, and church and start four or five new constantly involved in the heart of Staggering Problents ones in the suburbs?" the human situation. She must be "Why do we need a downtown flexible and alert to changing pat­ THE ARRAY of problems stag­ church? Don't Baptists believe in terns of human need. gers the downtown church. It joining the church where you , Roman Catholics do not abandon must compete against the flight to live?" the heart of the cities. In their the suburbs. Other churches fail "I feel obligated to attend the strategy of mission conquest they to recognize the importance of a community church and frankly the inevitably build their great cathe­ downtown witness. The downtown pastor has c~mvinced me that they drals at the very center of the city. church ministers to transient peo­ need me worse." It is here that they construct their ple. Many of its.members see each hospitals, their ' churches, their other only at church. It has no Possible Solutions schools. Is this the secret of their boundaries to follow in visiting success in our great northern and and locating prospects and in tak­ WHAT MUST be clone if we are eastern cities? Surely . it is not ing a religious census. to keep our downtown churches? God's will that we abandon the Then too it battles the present­ 1. The denomination must be­ heart of o.ur cities. day emphasis which says, "Join come aware of the importance of Shall we keep our downtown the church nearest you." It en­ the downtown church. Her future chm:ches ? If we are to win Amer­ counters the tendency to make un- ministry must be defined and clar- ica to Christ, we must! Ju l y 2.0, 1961 , Pa g e Thirt e en BY THE BAl'TIST PRESS C. R. McPHERSON, Jr., of Honorary Degrees: Natchitoches, La., formerly with Sunday School Boar'd Northwestern State College, has BSV-er honored bffen named head of the business THE Baptist Student Union sec­ Actress gets award department of Mary Hardin-Bay­ retary for the Louisiana Baptist FILM actress Coleen Gray has lor College, Belton, Tex. Mrs. Convention and the superintendent been awarded the "Best Actress in McPherson will also join the col­ of schools at Brownwood, .Tex., re­ a Christian Film Produced in lege faculty, teaching in the busi­ ceived honorary degrees at the 1960" citation for her role in "The ness and education fields. annual spring commencement ex­ Tangled Web," originally a South- " ercises of Howard Payne College, ern Baptist Radio and Television NEW city missions superintend­ Brownwood, Tex.: Udell Smith, Commission film in "The Answer" ent for South~rn Baptist work in for 14 years Louisiana BSU direc­ series. The honor was conferred metrop,olitan Detroit is Francis M. tor, and James D. King, for a by National Evangelical F i I m DuBose, formerly pastor of 'Beth­ similar period head of the Brown­ Foundation of · Glenside, Pa. any Church, Breckinridge, Tex., wood schools. and a teaching fellow at South­ western Seminary, Ft. W o r t h, Million circulation Deaths ... SALES of Dr. Joe T. Odie's Tex. book, The Chur·ch Member'.c; Hand­ William Plunkett Martin book, first published in 1942, are New Churches ... DR. WILLIAM Plunkett Mar­ now approaching a million, H. S. tin, first dean of the ·school of Simpson, manager of the mer­ Floridians organize Church Music of New Orleans chandise control department of the BAPTISTS from seven states Seminary, died June 17 at \ his Sunday School Board, reports. Dr. went together recently to establish home in New Orleans. He would Odle is now editor of the Bapti.c;.t a new American Baptist Conven­ have been 68 in July. Funeral Recor·d, Jackson, Miss., weekly tion church in the resort center of services were held at First Church, publication of Mississippi Bap­ St. Petersburg, Fla. It is the first LaFayette, Ala. A member of the tists. American Baptist Convention af­ New Orleans Seminary faculty .for filiate church to be organized in nearly 20 years, Dr. Martin was Florida. Many hymnals in use serving as professor of voice and conducting at the time of his A TOTAL of 2,371,000 copies of death. Bapti.c;t Hymnal have been sold, Bapti.c;t Education: the Sunday School Board reports, New entrance test since it made its first appearance Liquor protest aired in 1956. ' A NEW, 87 -question test on the Old and New Testaments will greet THE personal experiences of an first-year students enrolling at airline pilot in facing the problem New Job.c; ... Southern Baptist theological semi­ of serving liquor on airplanes, first reported in a Baptist Press re­ New mission post naries this fall, a report to the Southern Association of Baptist lease, have been read into the MISS Beverly Hammock, of pages of the Congressional Record, Wichita, Kan., has been elected Colleges and Schools reveals. The test has been devised by the Asso­ Washington. The pilot, L. Cullom secretary of special missions min­ Claxton, of Nashville, Tenn., who istri:s of the Home Mission Board, ciation of Baptist Professors of Religion and is being made avail­ has been a pilot for American Air­ to fill a newly-created position. lines for 17 years and who is a Miss Hammock has been youth sec­ able for voluntary use by the vari­ ous seminaries. deacon in First Baptist Church, retary for the Woman's Mission­ Nashville, called the non ~ drinking ary Union for the Kansas Conven­ air passenger "the forgotten man tion of Sobthern Baptists. She will aloft." His story was introduced· work in four areas : student sum­ Race bars down WAKE Forest College, Winston­ into the Record by Rep. Bruce mer missions, tentmakers, Wom­ Alger (R., Tex.), himself a former an's Missionary Union, and work Salem, N. C., Baptist senior col­ lege supported by the North Caro­ pilot and one who said he is "fa­ in pioneer states and correspond­ miliar with the tremendous re­ ence Bible course. lina Baptist Convention, recently enrolled its first Negro student, sponsibility assumed by the per- SUCCEEDING R. Bates Ivey as Kernard C. Rockette, 21, of Win­ , sonnel of our busy commercial secretary of Sunday school, vaca­ ston-Salem. He is studying chem­ airlines." Said Alger: "I think it tion Bible school and church archi­ istry and analytical geometry and is important to give some thought tecture work for the Colorado Bap­ tist General Convention, Denver, is plans to attend the second six-week to the attitude of airline pilots to­ John D. Matthews, of Tucson, summer esssion to take an English ward serving liquor on commercial Ariz. course. flights." Page Fourteen ARKANSAS BAPTIST Second in a series of four Communists thrive on poverty, catastroph~s

By PAUL GEREN

WHEN Lenin, the late Communist Party leader, not perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3 :16). was a young man (in 1892), a famine came to Samara, Man's fault is in the personal center of decision and it the district in Russia where Lenin lived. Being from is there that salvation is teceived. a privileged family, he did not suffer from the famine Communists claim the root of evil is not in the hearts but neither did he help relieve it. of men but in a social arrangement. This arrange­ "Being in this sense inevitable, famine today per­ ment is known as private ownership of the means of forms a progressive function," Lenin wrote. Follow­ production. Once this basic evil is eliminated they ing in his train, Communists today h-eat all catastro­ believe a new society wil,l emerge, first as so,cialism, phies, crimes and mistakes as an ·opportunity to ad­ then to perfection as communism. vance their cause. Communists rely on the new society to produce new Their cause may 'place the "gruesome twosome," men. Christians find the hope of a new society in the , Lenin and Stalin, in a mausoleum in Red Square in hearts of new creatures in Christ Jesus. Moscow where long lines of quiet people file by to view What Christians should do and should not do depends their remains. However, their attitude toward living on their commitment to Christ. Their following Christ man is vastly different. determines the rules of conduct rather than the other Their view of individual.man shows that what men way around. Christian ethics are centered in Christ. believe about Go'd controls what they believe about Communism reverses the words of Christ, who de­ themselves. Communists say man consists precisely clared, "The sabbath was made for man, and not man of the matte1· of his body. Neither man nor anything for the sabbath" (Mark 2 :27). The political system, else in the universe was created, they maintain. the economic system and the social system-Christians believe-are all made for man, not man for the systems. Contrasts with Christianity Christ's rule is reversed THEY reject the Bible and its Genesis account of creation. A Christian, by contrast, will think oi1 Gen. THE HUNGARIAN revolt and all the other purges 1:1, "In the beginning God created ..." and on Gen. and crushings of people evidence how tragically Com­ 1 :27, "So God created man in his own image ..." Be­ munists have reversed Christ's rtlle ... how they hold lieving this about creation, Christians must treat man to the rule that the person serves the system. Commu­ as one made in the image of God, each man unique, nism believes any means is blessed if it serves the pur­ precious, inviolate in personality; pose of Communism. Another contrast concerns the relationship of the Communism, however, is not primarily a system of individual and society. Christian faith is not first of ethics put a program for bringing Communist world all a system of ethics but a surrender and discipleship revolution. Lenin expounded its ethics: "We say: 1 to Jesus Christ. Christians believe society is signifi­ morality is what serves to destroy the old exploiting cant because it is an aggregate of individual persons. system and to unite all the toilers around the proletar­ Communists emphasize that individual life has its iat, which is creating a new Communist society ... We meaning from society: speaking of "mankind," where­ do not believe in an eternal morality." as the Bible speaks of "this man," "a certain man" and This absence of an eternal morality permits every "a man called John." The person in the Biqle may be situation of suffering to be exploited for the Com­ a king, a poor man, a lawyer or a slave, but he is always munist ca,use. If the Communists have succeeded fam­ confronted as one who must decide this day whom he ously, a part of the explanation is that many of us who will serve. claim the name of Christia~ have been satisfied to live Our society has drawn heavily from this view of in comfort and leave the world's suffering millions to man. Communist doctrine, by contrast, is much preoc­ the Communists. cupied with classes, class struggle, the classless soci­ As their rule is "Do all things for Communism," the ety, the dictatorship of the proletariat (as the working Christian rule is "Do all to the glory of God" (1. Cor. classes are called) and destruction of the bourgeoisie 10 :31). The glory of God in respect to suffering men (as the owning classes are known). is that we feed the hungry, clothe the nalBible Society. from your busy summer schedule. Copies of the Society's 1962 Daily Bible Reading schedule are • • • to read . EPHESIANS: now available at two cents each or inspiring PATTERN FOR CHRISTIAN 60 cents per hundred. The Society books LIVING will send a single copy free to ev­ by Ray Summers eryone who requests it. A devotional interpretation of Paul's letter to the church at Ephesus. The The schedule is printed ·in con­ book's message for today emphasizes venient bookmark form and fea­ how to be saved and how the 'saved tures a two-color reproduction of ought to live. (26b) $3.00 the Society's newest Worldwide THOSE TREASURED HOURS Bible Reading poster. by W. L. Howse More than a million of these Interpreting the sheer joy, opportuni­ schedules are distributed annually. ty, and high adventure of Sunday Churches order them in quantity school leaching, this book challenges for distribution to their members teachers and officers to. a more ef­ and to others. Individuals buy fective ministry. (26b) $1.50 supplies of them to give to their GOD AND OURSELVES friends and enclose in letters. by Norman W. Cox The address of the American Here is new insight ·into the story of the prodigal son-a rare book which Bible Society is 450 Park Avenue, makes plain what man is, what God New York 22, New York. is, ·and what there might be between G~d and man. (26b) $2.75 Attendance Report A LAYMAN'S July 9, 1961 HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS . I Sunday Training Addi· Church School Union lions by John Franklin Carter Alpena, First 75 37 A new and unique parallel ar­ Beirne, Fil'st 89 67 Berryville, Freeman Heights 171 94 rangement of the Four Gospels as Camden Cullendale First 457 226 1 translated in the American Standard - First 544 201 2 Version of the Bible. Extensive com­ Conway, First 510 75 2 Cove, First 44 31 2 mentary-type notes, clear organiza­ Crossett, First 601 177 Ell Dorado tion, direct style. (26b) $4.50 East Main 243 122 2 Fh·st 877 244 2 ••• and enjoy good music Immanuel 584 275 5 Cook St. Mission 8· 9 REJOICE AND SING Parkview 223 85 Ft. Smith Recordings of old favorites sung by First 1368 ' 454 9 Grand Avenue 711 309 6 the choir from Southwestern Baptist Mission 19 Theological Seminary. Monophonic Kelley Heig!it 164 76 Towson Avenue 217 93 or stereophonic-specify. (26b) $3.98 Gravel Ridge, First 145 79 Harrisbm·g Calvary 143 90 1 LET'S SING ABOUT Fh·st 277 105 1 Ages 5-8 will enjoy these songs about Harrison, Eagle Heights 244 108 2 Hot Springs, Park Place 468 160 6 Easter, Christmas, creation, the sea­ Huntsville, F irst 117 61 Kingston 39 14 sons. Two 45-rpm vinyl records in a Combs 18 16 hinged album. (26b) $1.98 Jacksonville, First 645 330 4 L evy 517 218 Little Rock r------~ Order today from your First 1041 455 13 Forest Highlands 156 76 Gaines Street 389 225 ' 2 · Dennison 86 46 2 B' APT ~ IST South Highland 454 205 . 1 Tyler Street 274 120 Magnolia, Central 658 239 a I McGehee, First 415 172 BOOK Mission 34 22 Mena, First 342 106 Mission 27 13 Mountain Home, East Side 85 60 STORE North Little Rock Baring Cross 733 263 6 Highway Baptist 224 108 Park Hill 703 207 7 Rogers, Sunnyside 118 71 Smackover, First 320 162 Springdale Caudle Avenue 182 96 1 First 461 144 Van Buren, First 444 137 1 Page Sixteen ARJ

) Camp will begin with recreation program on Monday afte·rnoon and close with noon meal on Thursday.

Nine and ten year Director Camp Pastor Eleven and twelve year Director MRS. HASKELL BOYTER REV. 0. WENDELL WELCH MRS. FRANK BAKER Atlanta, Georgia Sheridan, Arkansas Pine Bluff, Arkansas GENERAL The wonderful summer is here and the time for singing has come. To provide youthful musicians the opportunity of a combined campus life, musical and spiritual atmosphere, we have planned a camp just for Junior boys and girls. Each morning will be devoted to class work and rehearsals. Afternoons will consist of planned recrea­ tion of all kinds. The evenings will emphasize worship, singing, and fun time. The atmosphere of the camp is entirely Christian. Worsl)ip and reverence are foremost in camp activi- ties. The c.amp pastor is available for individual counseling. . · Only Juniors and eight years Primaries (who will be promoted) who are interested in Music should apply.

REGISTRATION Girls' Swim DAILY SCHEDUL~ 3:30 p.m.-Girls' Recreation 1. Register 10:00 a.m.-1 :00 p.m., 7:00 a.m.-Arise! Shine! Boys' Swim Monday, July 31. 7:30 a.m.-Morning Watch and Break­ 5:00 p.m.-Dress Up Time 2. First meal - Monday evening. fast 5:30 p.m.-Supper Last meal - Thursday noon. 8:30 a.m.-"Makers of Music" 6:45 p.m.-Worship in Sanctuary 9:15 a.m.-Flutophone Band (Bring or 7:30 p.m.-Combined Choir Rehearsal . 3. The week begins with the recre­ purchase instrument a n d ation period, 2:00 p.m. Monday 8:30 p.m.-Fun Time! Let's Play! book) 9:00 p.m.-Free time afternoon. Instrument $1.00 9:15 p.m.-In Room 4. Register by sending name, · Book .50 9:30 p.m,_:__Room Devotionals church, city and age to Mr. Mel­ or 10:00 p.m.-Go to Bed, you sleepy heads! vin Thrash, Baptist Building, Harmonica Band ($1.00 in­ 401 West Capitol, Little Rock, struments will be sold) WHAT TO BRING Arkansas. or Bed linens, pillow, towels and wash­ Rhythm Study period (no · cloths, toilet articles, Bible, recrea­ textbook)· tion clothing and equipment, swim COST 9:45 a.m.-Hymn Study Period suit, swim cap for girls. Room, Board, Insurance, Music 10 :20 a.m.-Refreshment Time 10:35 a.m.-Film Time PLEASE NOTE and Registration ------$9.50 11 :00 a.m.-Age Group Choirs Nurse on duty at all times. At time of registration______2.00 12:00 Noon-Lunch Life guards on duty during swim­ Balance to be paid on arrival 1:00 p.m.-Rest Period ming periods. at camp ------7.50 2:00 p.m.-Boys' Recreation Doctor available on call. July 20, 1 .~§1 fege Seventeen DEPARTMENTS~------Miss·iona1·y Union counseling the campus Young Woman's Tmining Union Auxiliary, teaching religion courses for students who plan to enter full-time Some J962 events Christian work and directing their field MANY churches and associations are work program, and sponsoring English­ preparing their calendars for 1962. In speaking clubs. Of the latter she said: preparing these events be sure to in­ "I shall never forget the time I read clude the following the story of the birth of Christ and Training Union asked the club members if they were events: familiar with the story in Portuguese. 1. Church elimina­ A fine looking fellow about 20 years old tion drills an'd tour­ said, 'I've never heard it before.' I left naments should be the English and explained the story to held as late as pos­ him in detail in Portuguese, his native sible in February but tongue." Do you wonder that she added befo1·e the associa­ that the most thrilling moment of mis­ tional drills. The as­ sion service comes when "someone you sociational drills and ,have talked with and prayed for tells tournaments should you, 'I'm a Christian now.'" be held the first part MR. DAVIS of March but before While in the States on· furlough, Miss the district drills and tournaments. The Bible plans to take a course in· pastoral district drills and tournaments will be care at the North Carolina B~ptist Hos­ held in the following places: pital. She is a native of Louisiana, but March 12-N. W. District-Spring­ has a sister at Smackover, Arkansas. dale; S. W.. District-Hope. Registration for Girls' Auxiliary March 13-Central District-Benton; camps should be sent to Woman's Mis­ W. C. District-Booneville. < MISS BIBLE Mm·ch 15-S. E. District-Warren; sionary Union, 310 Baptist Buildin!}:, N. C. District-Mountain View. Camp speaker ~ittle Ro,ck. March 16-E. C. District-Forrest City; N. E. District-1st, Paragould. MISS .Mattie Lou Bible, Southern YWA'S TO GLORIETA 2. State Youth Convention will be held at the Immanuel Church, Little Baptist missionary to North Brazil since Representatives from more than a 1956, is guest speaker at the fhst two Rock, on Friday, April 13, beginning· at junior Girls' Auxiliary Camps at Fern­ dozen churches in Arkansas are num­ 10 in the morning and closing about cliff July 17-21 and _July 24-28. bered among the group going by char­ 8:30 at night. tered bus to the YWA Conference at 3. The fh'st Training Vnion assembly Although the ministry of a mission­ Glorieta. En Jl'oute they will visit a at Siloam Springs will be .:fuly 2-7 for ary is not confined to any one area, N. W., S. W., W. C., and N. C. distl·icts. Miss Bible has worked a great deal number of Indian and Spanish-speaking Second Training Union assembly at Si­ among· students at the American Bap­ Home Mission fields. Mrs. R. E. Ha­ loam Springs will be held July 9-14 for tist College in Recife, Brazil. Her good, State WMU assistant, and M1·s. N. E., S. E., E: C., and Central districts. W. C. Ferguson of Conway will direct 4. Training Union Group Planning 1·esponsibilities there have included di­ Clinic, a convention-wide meeting, will recting the Baptist Student Union, the group who will leave July 25th and be held - at Memphis, February 12-16, return August 4.- Nancy Cooper, Exec­ 1962, for Training Union leaders.­ utive Secretary and Treasurer. Ralph W. Davis, Secretary Stttdent Un·ion Campus pastors meet Their Future Depends on You-. PASTORS serving churches minister­ ing to college students in Arkansas are Your Future Depends on them to be the guests of the Executive Board and the Student De­ partmep.t at a two­ day meeting, July 31-Aug. 1, at a Little .-' .::·... : . .:"~ Rock hotel. Speaking ,,· . :(: . on the program will , . be Dr. W. F. How­ ard, director of the Never before has this dove­ But to prevent this college Texas Student De­ tailing of ed1.,1cation with our crisis, you must start now. partment and South­ national future been as im­ He! p our schools expand their perative as it is today. Yet, facilities. Help them retain ern Baptists' fore­ many colleges and univcrsi-. most authority on and recruit more competent ties are already crowded. instructors. Give to the student work. And in ten years the number college of your cho1ee now! OR. LOGue Any college pastor of college applicants is ex­ who. has not rec~ived pected to double. Learn the full meaning of this ur­ hi ~ invitation and whose schedule will We cannot afford to let stu­ gent co llege crisis. Write for your allow his participation is requested to dents of high promise be free booklet, ".OPEN W IDE THE contact the Student Department. Meals turned away for lack of room COLLEGE DOOR," Box 36, J'imcs and lodging will be furnished by ·the and lack of teachers. Square Station, New York 36, N.Y. Student Depa1'tment. Each pastor will provide his own transp01't.ation,.:.,..Toni J. .Publishetl a_s a p!Jblic &.ervice in cooperation with The Advertising Council. Logue, ~ecretal'Y ·

Pa.~~ E. ighte.c :,ll• ARKANSA .S BAPTIST B1·othe1·hood Looking for youl THE STATE Brotherhood Convention ~ and the State Brotherhood Department have merged their efforts to plan and to hold a worthy State Brotherhood Encampment t hi s year at the Arkansas Baptist Campground. The time is here­ this · week, F r i d a y and Saturday, July 21-22. When you read this, go fill your car with gas, phone those who are going with you, ·and get ready to MR. TULL take off! The Encampment has been publicized for weeks. The current issue of the Brotherhood Challenger is dedicated largely to the Encampment, and includes a registration form for those who want their name in the pot for the Friday evening meal. The cost of the Encampment is as follows: Registration ·is free. Friday supper is one dollar. -A cot for the night is bee (bring your own sheets, pillows, and cov­ ers). Saturday morning breakfast is fifty cents for those who stay over. Meals will be prepared only for those who have let us know they are coming. So, if you have .not sent in your regis­ tration for reservations, call the Broth­ · SS Conference Program Leaders erhood Department (FR 6-2391). Ql~ •. the .. PRINCIPAL p1·ogram leaders for three Souther'YI- Baptist Sunday Arkansas Baptist Camp (VA 1-3466) by School Conferences to be held this summer at Ridgecrest (N. C.) Bap­ 9:00 Friday, July 21. This is the abso­ lute deadline. tist Assembly are shown here. Left to right are the preacher, Bible lMde1·, The Friday night service will present and mus'ic director for the respective weeks. a variety' of worthy features, including First row, July 20-26: Grady C. Cothen, executive secretary, So~tth­ a message by Dr. A. S. Newman, former er:n Baptist General Convention of California, Fresno; Walter L. Moore, ' State Brotherhood secretary of Louisi­ pastor, Vineville Church, Macon, Ga.; and Fritz Smith, minister of edu- ana, a man who· is well known by many of the Baptist men of Arkansas. cation and music, First Church, Garland, Tex. · Come · to the Encampment!-Nelson Second row, July 27-Aug. 2: C. E. Autrey, director, Division of Evan­ Tull, Brotherhood Department gelism, Southern Baptist Home Mission Board, Dallas, Tex.; Kyle M. Yates, professor of r-eligion, Baylor· University, Waco, Tex.; and, William RECEIVE H. Souther, associate p1·ofessor of chur-ch administr-ation, New Orleans (La.) Baptist Theological Seminary. Third row, Aug. 3-9: H. Franklin Paschall, pastor, First Church, · Nashville, Tenn.; D. J. Evans, pastor, Gordon Str-eet Chulf'ch, A.tlan,ta, Ga.; and W. Hines Sims, secretary, Church Mus'ic Department, Baptist Sun­ INTEREST· -day School Board, Nashville, Tennessee. • ON YOUR SAVINGS ' Regular Saving - Reaps Security E xecutive Board itual subject. Therefore, everything that Start with $10.00 - $100.00 - $1,000.00 Baptists do-waits on the stewardship or 'any amount (Continued from page 2) of money. · YOUR MONEY IS ALWAYS I am reminded that God never turned Back to the assigned question- what AVAILABLE WHEN NEEDED his back upon a nation because the gam­ could 'Arkansas Baptists do with $35,- Open your savings account today by mall or In person blers bet too much, neither can we find 141,214? Let's get it down to where we · God deserting a nation because the live. "What could my church do with Name _ _,,,, __, , ___ __,,_.,,_ drunkards drank too much. But I do 75 per(Cent more income next year?" Addr~ss find God's back turned when his own Remember - this picture will not people forget Him. change unless the people plan· to change City .... ---.... --.... - State.--...... - When churches decide that they must it. Many churches have made much not say anything about the stewardship progress by using The Forward Program BaptiSt Building Savings, Tnc. of money and major on spiritual mat­ of Church Finance. Has your church tried 556 Madison Ave. Bldg. JA 3>-1240 Memphis 3, Tenn. JA 3-12<10 ters, those churches have misinterpreted it?- Ralph Doug·las, Associate Execu­ the sa;r,ip.tu-res.--Ghurch· ·finance is a spir- tive Secreta·ry. J u I y 2 0 ,. 1 9 6-1 Page Ninetee-n Because you care ••• keep in touch this summer with these beautiful new BROADMAN POST CARDS

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Page Twenty . ARKANSAS BAPTIST Children's Nook------­ thing I have ever had," said one lady. .forgot about his first Sunday school, for "You can't tell by looking at something he founded the Bethany Sunday school John' s lessons what it is going to do when it is ,which soon became the largest in the washed." whole country. By NELL DUNCAN "I think he must have known about {Sunday School Boa rd Syndicate, all rights reserved) , "WILL you come to my house on Sun­ it, too, for surely he had heard from '" day?" John asked Robert. other customers," said another lady. THE HELPING HAND "Are you going to have a party on "He does not care as long as he sells BY CLARENCE M. LINDSAY Sunday?" asked his friend. "I thought us something," said John's mother. "It Ever-y day I find a way your family did not have parties on is ;not a Christian way of selling." · Sunday." To do some kindly deed; "It isn't a Christian way to take peo­ "Oh, no," answered John quickly, "it ple's · money and not give them what Ther-e'll always be a chance, you see, is not a party. We are going to study they want," John said to himself as he To help a fr-iend in need. , the Bible." thought again of the jeweler. An er-r-and r-un, a task well done, "The Bible? I don't know much about When John grew up, he had a store. A cheer-ful wor-d or two- that," answered Robert. "Yes, I'll come." He told people, "Those who are not These things seem small, yet all in all John went on to another house in the pleased for any reason with what they Co·unt up when day is thTough. block where he lived in Philadelphia. buy, will do us a positive favor· to return He found another boy he knew and it and get, the money back." And since God sees when we would asked, "Will you come to my house on Othet: storekeepers had never done please · Sunday?" this. They said John could not run a And tr-y to helpful be, "What a1·e you going to have to eat?" store this way. But he proved Christian I'm sur-e he knows at each day's close asked the chubby boy. ways were good ways and founded the The good deeds done by me. "We are going ~o study the Bible," large John Wanamaker stores. He never (Sunday School Board Syndicate, all ,rights reserved) answered John. "That is more impor­ tant than eating." God's wondrous world "We-e-t-1, I'll see," Thoma~ said slow­ ly. "We might drive out into the coun­ try. Father has a new carriage." The highest mountains John continued around his neighbor­ hood, asking boys end girls to come to BY THELMA C. CARTER . study the Bible. At last he had enough to begin his "class." , This was in 1850 when Sunday schools were not . common and many children did not learn about Bible teachings. John's Sunday class was something his neighborhood needed. He had been for­ tunate to have parents who had ~aught him. . "John will grow up to be a preacher," the neighbors said. However, John had some lessons to learn himself before he decided what he was going to be. He helped his father in the brickyard 'and occasionally received a few pennies along with a word of praise for the way he worked. Sometimes he was able to earn a little in other ways. John saved part of his money. At "WHEN I grow up, I'll climb the who ascended the great Matterhorn be­ last he had enough to get his mother a highest mountains," young men have tween Switzerland and ltaly. He was present. He decided to buy her a pl'etty said. Some have accomplished great convinced that only a "great unknown piece of jewelry. feats and ·become fal\lous. force" could have placed the mighty He looked at everything in the jew- Most of us have a desire to _meet a mountains in the Alps on their gigantic , elry store. The storekeeper pointed out great challenge, to do something worth­ "gray granite pedestals." the less expensive pieces and John chose while. We may have the wonderful gift Each of these famous men had a great· one. While the man was wrapping it, of an inquiring mind,. an urge to explore respect for the Heavenly Father, who John saw another piece he liked better. the unknown, a desire for exciting ad- walked beside them and cared ;for their "I like this better," he said. "May I venture. Having inquiring minds and safety. Each of us needs a challenge have this instead?" , '· an urge to explore, we may become sci- and a guiding principle by which to "Sorry, boy," the man said crossly. entists, naturalists, explorers, engineers, direct our lives. We, too, neeq God's "You chose this and you'll have to artists, writers, and the like. love and protection. We cannot all climb take it." When Frank Smythe climbed Mount the highest mountains, but we can find John walked home slowly. He liked Everest to 28,100 feet, he accomplished a high goal and keep moving steadily

'his purchase but he said to himself, "If a feat he' had wanted to do all -his life. toward it. 1 I were a storekeeper, I would want my Mount Everest is the highest known There are many spiritual "peaks" to customers to get what they wanted." point on earth. climb·to achieve a happy Christian life. His mother was delighted with his In describing his experiences, 'Mr. From. the Bible we can learn of these gift and so he was happy. Smythe tells of feeling a divine pres- exciting challenges. Paul was meeting A few days later John heard his moth- ence. If he slipped on his perilous climb,, them when he said, "I press toward the er and some of her friends talking about this divine presence seemed to hold him mark for the prize of the high calling a tablecloth. safely. of God in Christ Jesus" (Philippians "The man in the store said it would Sir Leslie Stephen was an English 3:14). not fade, but it faded worse thart any- writer ~nd part-time mountain climber, (Sunday Schoo l Board Synd icate, all rights reserved) July 20, 1961 Pi!ge Twenty-One Sunday School lesson------Through Lazarus' sickness jl.nd subse­ quent death Jesus' power to raise the I dead was concretely demonstrated. The eleventh chapter of John tells us how the Saviour stood before Lazarus' grave Mary and Martha, friends of Jesus and called him back to life. Then there were Mary and Martha. By K. ALVIN PITT In their own home they fixed meals for Jesus. In the ·home of Simon, the leper, Pastor, Baring Cross Church, North Little Rock where He was an invited guest, Martha helped to prepare and serve the food, while Mary anointed His feet with oint­ July 23, 1961 ment of spikenard. Both were serving and worshipping Him as personal Sav­ Luke 10:38-42; John 11:1-44; John 12:1-8 iour and Lord. They wanted Him to have the best of their energy and mate­ rial possessions. Anything they had was His. They :withheld nothing, placing all WHAT an interesting and thought­ haps even prohibited from giving the on the altar. provoking subject we have before us: invitation. "Mary and Martha, friends of Jesus." It is interesting to note what happens · Now the world did not agree with Who is a friend of when people come to know each other what they did. When Mary dared to Jesus ? The answer anoint the feet of. Jesus with the oint­ to this we get from and to be close friends. There is some­ thing about friendship that causes us to ment of spikenard, the voice of unre­ the Master Himself. throw open the door and invite our generate men through Judas Iscariot We hear Him say to friends to come in and make themselves was· heard. Jesus silenced the protest His disciples just be­ by commending what she had done. fore His experience at home. The people whom we don't ' invite to visit us, are usually not counted in the Garden of We can expect the Devil's crowd to Gethsemane and on among our friends. criticize and make fun of us when we the · Cross: "Ye are When people come to know Christ evide.nce our friendship with Jesus by a my friends, if ye do they accept Him into their hearts and total commitment of ourselves to Him. whatever I command homes as Saviour and Lord. They want If Mary was· the object of criticism we you." Him to be the unseen Guest around their can expect no less for ourselves. Instead MR. PITT What did He mean house. They want Him to be the center of . answering our critics, let us wait by these words He spoke to eleven men of family life. They show that they are and permit Jesus to answer them even who had followed him for salvation and His friends by inviting Him in and mak- as 'He answered Judas for Mary. in service? Never before had they been . ing Him to feel at home in their home. Fourth, Mary and Martha revealed presented with an opportunity as now Second, Mary and Martha showed that their friendship with Jesus by turning to prove themselves His loyal friends. they were Jesus' friends by listening to Now they could declare themselves as His Words. Luke 10:39 to Him in trouble. John 11:1-3 · friends of Jesus. · A true friend is one in whom we have To whom do you turn when trouble If, by inference, we see that Mary and confidence and to whom we w;ill listen. comes? A stranger or a close friend? Martha were frisnds of Jesus, we are Mary and Martha proved that they were To your friends, of course. It is not told directly by the Word of God that friends of Jesus by sittin'g at His feet uncommon to hear someone say, "I don't Abraham was a friend of God. He to hear the eternal truths He had to know what I would have done in the translated into action the commands of teach them. Mary spent more time lis­ hour of need if it had not been for my God, although at times he was a little tening than Martha because she was friends." slow in carrying' them out. Obedience always busy making the house present~ Trouble really came to ·Mary and Mar­ marked his life. Thus he could be called able and getting the meals ready for God's friend. tha through their brother, Lazarus. their guest. We can be sure also that First he was taken sick. Then he died. their brother, Lazarus, joined them as When sickness first came they sent for they listened to Jesus. · · BuT let 'us come back now and note Jesus. Their messag·e was, "He whom in what ways Mary and Martha were Let us go back for a moment and pick thou lovest is sick." They did not play , Jesus' friends. How was their friend­ up a truth which we mentioned earlier up Lazarus love for Jesus by saying ship manifested ? . that we might see its connection at this "He who loves thee is sick" but they First, Mary and Martha demonstrated point. We said Jesus taught: "Ye are magnified Jesus' love for Lazarus. They their friendship by inviting Jesus into my friends, if ye do what I command needed Jesus. They knew He would not their home. Luke 10:38 . you." An appropriate question can be fail them. They lived in Bethany, a little less asked right here: How can we do what than three miles from Jerusalem. They He commands unless we have listened Of whom do you think when trouble were close enough · for Jesus to come to Him to know what He wants done? comes to your door? Man? God ? There there when He wanted to get away from ·The obvious answer is, we cannot. So, are some things man can do for you, the hustle and bustle of His busy sched­ it is absolutely necessary that as Jesus' but there is nothing· God cannot do. Just ule and the multitude that was nearly friends we listen to Him first in order the other week I heard a Christian always with Him. He felt free to visit to be doers. friend say this about a Christless cou­ ple who was going through deep trou­ in their home at any time because we Third, Mary and Martha pictured are told "Martha received him into their ble: "I cannot understand how they ex- their friendship with Jesus by serving . pect to go through their experience house." The house must have been hers Him. Luke 11:40-42, John 12:1-3 but we can be sure that· Mary and her without God. When my father was ill brother, Lazarus, who lived with her, Before we see how these two sisters for so long, our family would not have concurred in the invitation she extended served Jesus, let us take note that in a made it if we had not had God." to Jesus to make their home His hsad­ sense Lazarus had a definite way, al­ Mary and Martha were• friends of quarters in Bethany. If they had not, though not of his own choosing, of Jesus, and proved it! Let us prove our she would have felt restrained and per- showing that he was Jesus' friend. friendship with Him. Page Twenty-Two ARKANSAS BAPTIST A Smile or Two INDEX A Actress gets award- '7-20 p14 A big, help American Baptist convention report-7-20 p12 A MINISTER, raising his eyes from 'Another McDonald!' (letter)- 7-20 p5 the pulpit in the midst of his Sunday Attendance. report- 7-20 Bp16 morning sermon, was paralyzed with B.S.U. Mexican mission tour- 7-20 p9 Batesville, West, Sunday School- 7-20 p8 WHY amazement to see his young son in the Bible, Mattie Lou, to speak- 7-20 pl8 balcony pelting the listeners in the pews Bible readings free-7-20 p16 Bookshelf, the-7-20 p5 on the main floor with beans from a bean­ Brotherhood encampment- 7-20 p19 shooter. While the minister was trying Butler, Charles, to McGehee---7-20 p9 c to gather his wits ·in order to stop this, Caldwell, Carroll, to Clarksville---7-20 pll the youngster shouted: "You 'tel'\d to your· Campus pastors meet- 7-20 p18 Caroline association news- 7-20 pll preaching, Paw, I'll keep' 'em awake!" Central association news-7~20 pll Children's nllok- 7-20 p21 Christian Life Commission conferences- 7-20 p3 SHOULD I ATTEND Heart (etc.) warming Chtu'ches, downtown, problems- 7-20 p13 Clear Creek association news- 7-20 pll WIFE-"I'm afraid, dear, you don't Communism, a,. searchlight on- 7-20 pl5 love me as mu.ch as you used to. You Conway, First, deacons- 7-20 p9 Crowder, P. J., to Fordyce- 7-20 p9 always let me get up and make the D fire now." DuBose, Francis M., in r.ew job- 7-20 p14 ·- H I Hubby-"Nonsense,· sweetheart, your Hairston, Hugh, to Crossett- 7-20 p7 getting up to make the fire makes me H ammock, Beverly, in new job- 7-20 p14 JOHN BROWN L . love you all the more." Library report (letter)- 7-20 p5 Liquor, pilot's protest- 7-20 p14 Little Rock ministers oppose racing ~xtension - U nd.esirable alien 7-20 p3 , . I Luck, Dr. James T., heads choral group- 7-20 plO BILLY, six, was exasperated with the M almpst continuous squalling of his baby Martin, William P., dies- 7-20 p14 'Mat·y and Martha, friends of Jesus' (SS)- 7-20 p22 brother. Ma tthews, John D., in new job- 7-20 p14 "I bet I know why he came from McPherson, C. R., Jr., in new job- 7-20 pH Miller, Mr. and Mrs. L. G., observe 50th an·niver- Heaven," Billy mused. "They put him sary- 7 -20 p7 · out." 'Missing faces problem solved'-7-20 ' p2 Music camp (adv.)- 7-20 p17 .N Because John Brown offers Related benefit 'No longer a stray' (PS)- 7-20 p4 Northwest Arkansas evangelistic crusade- 7-20 plO every student the opportu­ "EVERY week for the past two years No wedding of church and state, please (E)- my mailman has· delivered 50 pounds of 7-20 p4 0 nity, to develop himself to his muscle-building -equipment to me." 'Obey, I want to' (CMH)- 7-20 pG "And now?" 'On mowing lawns' (letter)- 7-20 p5 Ouachita Bible conference-7-20 pll fullest capabilities in an at­ "Now I have the world's most per­ R fectly developed mailman." Revival reports- 7-20 plO mosphere of Christian fellow­ s Seminary entrance test- 7-20 p14 Smile or two- 7-20 p23 ship. America's greatest need Big loss Stuttgart, North Maple, new pastorium- 7-20 p9 Sunday School conference Jeaders- 7-20 p19; hand- is that of Christian leader­ THE zoo's only elephant had just died book circuJation- p14 of old age. All the pe.~;sonnel looked sad, T Tithing (Exec. Bd.)- 7-20 p2 ship in all phases of life. but the elephant's trainer carried on Training Union 1962 events- 7-20 plS something awful. Finally a colleague w John Brown University will said, "Now listen, you simply shouldn't Wake Forest College, race bars down- 7-20 p14 West H elena, Second, GAs-7-20 n7 take the death of an animal that hard!" Wilson, Bobbye, in Montana B.S.U.- 7-20 p9 supply many of the leaders "Jt's easy for you to say that," sobbed tlie trainer. "But I'm the one who has Key to listings: (E) means "editorial" ; (PS), of tomorrow. Join with.those Personally Speaking; (SS), Sunday School; to dig the grave!" (CMH). Courtship, Marriage and the Home. The fir~t numeral is the number of the month, as 10 who are preparing them­ for October and the second number indicates the The desired end day of the month the i~sue was published. selves for the future. Inquire NEW Bride: "I cooked my first· meal now about attending John last night and it was a huge success." Absenteeism grows Friend: "It was? Tell me about it." Brown University. New Bride: "Yes, my husband is going SOUTHERN Baptists are still to get us a cook." moving and leaving their church Campus facilities available for membership behind, it seems from summer confen~ nces. Write to It makes a diffe-rence! 1960 statistics carried in the 1961 Business Manager, John Brown ·"BY jove," said a stranger at a dance, handbook issue of The Quarterly University for details. "what a long and lanky woman that is Review: nonresident church mem­ over there!" "Hush," his host whispered. "She used bership showed an increase of 4.8 to be 'long and lanky' but nowadays percent and resident membership she's 'tall and stately.' She just inher­ increased only 1:8 percent. Since ited a million dollars.'' 1950 Southern Baptists giving to Convention-wide causes through Write for this FREE Relieving the pressure the Cooperative P r o g r am has information today,! HE was rather a til'esome small boy, so his father was surpl'ised when the shown an increase of 138 percent, neighbor said: "Why don't you buy him the handbook repor:ts, but for the a bicycle?" same period giving to state causes "Do you think that would improve his through the Cooperative Program behavior?" he asked. . "No," was the rep)y . .. "But it yvould increased 233 per.cent and desig- spread it· over a wider area.'' , nated gifts, 252 percent. (BP). july 20, 1961 Page Twenty-T_h_ree Graham answers· critics TV via satellites BELFAST, Ireland (EP)­ RELIGIOUS TV broadcasts to Evangelist Billy Graham spoke to every corner of the world via com­ more than 50,000 Irish here June munication satellites is a realistic 26 on the eve of his journey home­ prediction, according to Dr. Clar­ ~tunen't magazine set ward by air following the three­ ence W. Jones, dean of Protestant missionary radio broadcasting. TOKYO -Dr. Wilbur M. Smith week North-of-England Crusade In Milwaukee to direct the third will be editor of the Collegia,te in Manchester. annual W o r I d Conference on Cha,llenge, a student magazine to be In an interview with the Meth­ Christian Communications at Con­ published by Campus Crusade for odist Reco1·de1· in London, Graham Christ International; especially de­ cordia College, Dr. Jones said mis­ took issue with critics of the Man­ sion agencies should be preparing signed "to confront the collegiate chester meetings who said his for this revolutionary development world, both faculty and students, evangelism was "too narrow" and with the claims of Christ." to become a · reality within 10 lacked social implications. years. Campus Crusade for Christ is a "The distinctive place of mass Jones, founder of the world's Christian student movement. Be­ evangelism is that it is a source of f i r s t missionary radio station ginning at the University of Cali­ strength and a spearhead of attack (Quito: Ecuador's HCJB) lectured fornia at Los Angeles in 1951, this for Christian movements," Gra­ to 250 missionary radio executives,' ministry has grown to a staff of ham said. "Social advance in the technicians, artists and speakers more than one hundred workers name of Christ is the consequence at the conference. He said the sta­ who are being used of God to in­ of the work of the Holy Spirit in tions of the delegates "blanket the troduce thousands of collegians to world from transmitters in 20 Christ on many campuses across individual life. For this reason the countries.''-(EP) America and in Korea, Pakistan, centrality of tbe message in these India and Japan, it reports. It is crusades is the Cross of Christ." - Queen honors worker the objective of Campus Crusade LONDON (EP) ..::_ Great Brit­ to win, train and send college men ain's Queen Elizabeth II this year and women to the entire world to Sees peril in Red China handed down an award given spe--' cifically for Sunday School work participate in the fulfillment of the PASADENA, Calif. (EP)-Fol­ Great Commission in this genera­ during her annual Birthday Hon­ lowing a recent visit to the lonely tion. ors celebrations. military base at Quemoy, Ells­ In ·a gesture believed to be Eichmann a Pilate? worth· Culver, executive vice presi­ unique for the Queen, she awarded JERUSALEM (EP)-On trial dent of World Vision, Inc., said he Dr. James Kelly of Glasgow, Scot­ here for allegedly murdering six was "all the more impressed with land, the Order of the British Em­ pire iri recognition "of his services million Jews, Adolf Eichmann re­ the ,great debt the American peo­ fused to take an oath upon the to the World Council of Christian Bible but told the court; "I am not ple owe to the defenders of these Education ahd Sunday School As­ bound by confession, but I do be­ islands. sociation." lieve in God." "We must never allow ourselves Dr. Kelly was for many years Eichmann then swore "by God" to think of this defense as non­ general secretary of the organiza­ that he would teU "the truth, the essential to our political welfare," tion's British Committee and is now chairman of the Committee. whole truth . and nothing but the he declared. "These men are a truth." symbol of free men the world over, ... ,.. Alluding to the Bible in his tes­ "'CD ...~ ::a timony, the ex-Secr.e~ Service Ger­ standing up to the vicious on­ c: =ii" -3 ::a ~ man officer likened himself to a slaught of Communism. The only ., 0 ~ z 0 n =. modern Pontius Pilate, forced to thing that could discourage them ~ n a- Q ~ act by the hysteria of Nazi rule.