~ "God Shield Ye, Wernlds of the Spring!"

April 15, 1942 Printed in U.S. A. Page 2 THE BAPTIST HERALD

t **Wt& .. eg arm ,. *&k WfiitMMMJt• = WHAT'J HAPPE-Ml MG • • • The Baptist ~erald KQff • Published semi-monthly on the first and fi fteenth of each month by t he e 'On P alm Sunday evening, Mr. Davis was formerly a member of ROGER WILLIAMS P RESS tDITO.lllAL March 29, the choir of the the Forest P ark Baptist Church of Andrews St. Baptist Church Forest Park, Ill., while he served as 3734 P ayne Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. of Rochester, N. Y., presented minister of "the Church Around the Martin L. Leuschner. Editor the cantata, "For He Is Ri sen" Corner." by J oseph Clokey. At the eve­ • The Rev. A. Husmann of Forest • "f7""""' I B I ning service on March 22 the Park, Ill., the promotional secretary, Cont ents seminary students were in spent E aster Sunday, April 5, with Cleveland, Ohio, A pril 15, 1942 charge with Mr. R. Sf!hmidt t he Temple Ba pt ist Church of Pitts­ Co ver Design ...... Cha1·les Coo le \\" hat's Happening ...... 2 of the g raduating class speak­ burgh, P a ., preaching at the morning Volume 20 Number 8 ing on "Condemned .. to Life." service, speaking to t he B. Y. P. U. in 1,;tl itorial- "l'ictures That Preach" ...... 3 On that same Sunday morning the la te afternoon meeting, and bring­ "Art for the Gospel's Sa ke" the sermon topic by the pastor, ing a brief message at the evening ser­ by :IIae Johnson ...... 4 the Rev. Daniel Fuchs, was vice in conj unction with the cantata by PicturesTha t Preach "Goel and the Ma rch of L ife." ".\ :l[ercifu l Fa ith" t he choir. On Sunday, April 12, Mr. by Rev. r aul ~V e n gel ...... Husmann served as guest speaker a t 8 Miss Evelyn L u b b er s of "Why Did This Happen to :ICe?" ICTURES always preach! The pr ofoundest impressions of Yankton, So. Dak., daughter of the Bapt ist Church of Scottsbluff, Neb. by Dr. Wi ll iam Kuhn ...... 7 life are usually received through our eyes. Our characters M1·. and Mrs. Fred Lubbers A full and very interesting r eport Cha11Ja ins Corner P Ill about his recent experiences in the Ecnr o n t bc fro n t co , ·t-. r Children's Page ...... 13 Early in Christian history this fact was recognized by those und o u 11ni.:e (I of thl'4 l s>< u e of ' •'J'he Rev. Otto R. Schroeder, interim pastor friends, Edward Keehr and Miss Wynn Dn1ttl1

Page 4 THE BAPTIST HERALD famous Christian cartoonist encouraged him in Chiefly interested in boat and water scenes, he his commercial art work; and a famous song frequently would spend hours along Lake Michi­ writer's words encouraged him to create his gan. Painting lake scenes seemed to satisfy his famous "Head of Christ." longing for the sea and his native home. It is not so surprising that Sallman was able As early as at the age of five, Warner showed t o convey his idea of Christ as a man's man when unusual interest in painting. Oil paintings attrac­ -one realizes that he, too, is a manly man. Athletic ted him most of all; his dad encouraged him. In in type, as an apprentice for Meyer-Both Studios one of the lower grades at the Robert Morris in he was chosen by men to pose for men's clothing advertisements. It was at Meyer­ Both studios that Sallman became friends with U.S. Abel. They frequently walked from the stu­ Art dios to the Art Institute where Sallman complet­ €d an art course and had the distinction of being the first evening school graduate. As they hur- 1·ied down Michigan Boulevard, Abel would dis­ ·for the -cuss Scripture verses with him. Mr. Sallman re­ calls these walks with pleasure and today thanks God for all the Christian business men who en- courage young men in the faith. · At sixteen, in 1908, Sallman accepted Christ Gospel's as his personal Savior. A Sunday School teacher, who lived during the week what she taught on Sundays, was instrumental in his conversion. Sall­ man is now the teacher of a large men's Bible -class. Sake The Artist and His Wife When you meet Mr. Sallman, you will like him. He's a well built man ... almost a six footer; he weighs 192 lbs. He is one of those persons to By MAE JOHNSON whom you immediately take a liking. His friend­ of Chicago, Illinois. ly, hospitable and happy manner will make you (Known to Thousands of feel at home with him. He's quick to give God the Christians as Radioland glory for his artistic talents. His modesty is that "Counsellor Mae" s of a true child of God. One of the most impress­ Over Chicago's Station WMBI.) ive things about him is the thrill he expresses when he tells of the men who have come to see his picture. It is he who feels honored; it matters Jllr. "\Vnrne r E. Snllmon, the Christion A rtist, '''ho Hos Enrlc ltctl O ur LIYcs b y His Pointing of little that the visitors felt honored to meet him "'l'h e Hcotl of C hris t" :-: and view his work. The Sallman family live in a typical bungalow School, Warner handed in ~n oil painting of a at 5412 No. Spaulding Ave., Chicago, Illinois. It home. The teacher r ecognized the more than is a well-furnished home, in good taste. In the average workmanship of it and proudly exhibit­ 'rhe Pen c iled Picture of " The Heu1l of C hris t " b y "\Vorner E. Sollmon entrance hall hangs the original black and white ed it throughout the school. Mr. Sallman laugh ed enlargement of the "Head of Christ" inscribed when he relat ~ d the experience. The actual home Twelve years later, Sallman was able to put to his wife. Mrs. Sallman can justly share in her scene was so clear in his mind; h e could just see "M AKE Him a real h e - m an when you paint oi;i canvas the now famous "Head of Christ," the husband's success, for she helped to make the how he had worked on the picture and then had Him." That was one of the suggestions Warner picture that c l e ~rly shows the strong character house a home for h er husband and children. She, set it. up against the old sewing machine t op in E. Sallman received as a young artist in a friend­ of J esus, th~ picture that drives men to their too, is a Christian and is deeply int ere ~t e d in Mr. the lntch en for mother and dad's comments on it. ly interview back in 1912. Mr. Sallman, influ­ knees, t~ e picture. that reveals Christ's love and Sallman's work. He values her honest opinions In the Service of Jesus Christ compassion, the picture of a real man's man. enced by a gospel cartoonist, .U. S. Abel, decided and criticisms. She helps by detecting slight in­ Before demands for Bible pictures came in, to enroll in Bible school for Christian training. Important Influences consistencies in lines or colors, and by resource­ Mr. Sallman specialized in magazine illustra­ De~n E. 0. Se 11 er s (well-known gospel song The thumb nail sketch of the painting w r ful suggestions. 'tions, portraits, and m urals. His tooth brush and ~rit~r~, on looking over applications, noticed paste advertisements, food and clothing illus­ artist as the profession of the new student. n;ade the nig~t before he was expected to fu~·~ The Sallman Family ~1s ?, a cove: p 1 c~urebf or the "Covenant Compan- The Sallman's have three grown sons. The old­ trations appeared in widely circulated publica­ "!"he V.irile, Triumphant Christ 10hn mat~a z1~~. na(he to create or find a picture est has established a home of his own. Another tions. For a while he expected to limit his talent Immediately, h e arranged an interview with t at sa is 11 e 1m, e was art editor) h t son's main interest at present is in the air corps; to illustrations of food. He has a knack of mak­ young SaHman. He encouraged him to stay in the to bed feeling uneasy. As he was !yin ' t~ wen he expects to enlist soon. The youngest son has ing th e observer want to eat the food he has painted. field o~ art. He spoke to him of the many pictures picture of Christ came to him which w g efre, a an interesting position with the Commonwealth h f lt as so orce- Edison Company. Today God is blessing Sallman's talent for the of ~hnst ... how he felt that too many were ef­ f u I t h a t e e compelled to sketch 1't t H feminate; that too many lacked strong character hurried to his attic studio and e a .one~ . e "Like father, like son" is a true adage as far Gospel's sake. Pressed by the Holy Spirit, count­ He expressed a desire that some day Sa ll ma~ penciled the "Head of Christ." nthusiasb cally as the Sallmans are concerned. W arner Sallman's less sinne1·s and saints, beholding Sallman's father, born in , was an artist, but it was "Head of Christ," have been drawn closer to the sho~ld p:oduce a conception of Christ that would Famous men have played an . depict him as a man's man. Christ was an out­ in Sallman's life A f important part more of a hobby with him t han a profession. Son of Man. door man. mony led him to· d da' mous o. pera. smger· ' s t est' 1- . e icate his hfe to Christ ; a THE BAPTIST HERALD

pity are qualities decried as weakness­ es by the modern paganistic superman. Why Thus is becomes necessary to proclaim and emphasize what the world and even the Christian is likely to forget. It will be this quality of his faith that will be most severely tested in the days just ahead. Men and women will Did This ~appen feel that their common welfare is de­ pendent upon certain attit udes of their fellow men. When these attitudes or actions seem to spell danger to them t hey become intolerant and often un ~ merciful. The early Christians were to Me? persecuted because their teachings se~m~d t~ u~dermine the security of • cx1stmg mst1tutions. That t hese in­ stitutions were insecure because they A Personal Account were founded on paganism and that they really blocked the way toward t he by DR. WILLIAM KUHN, fuller life, mattered li ttle. General Missionary Secretar}'.', S trnu ~e Jt'orct."~ Scc111 lo Couteutl All that worldly-minded men of high " ' Ith Eneh Other in the Ynstn c1<1< of t h e and low degree note is the frustration After a Recent Illness of their immedia te appetites and inter­ f erence with t heir striving toward ments and disappoint so many? Why pr eacher's philosophy of life is not short-range goals. The world has writ­ A MID the uncertainties of l ife, we ar e was I not influenced to decline those .satisfactory. No tired hearts sitting in ten a bloody commentary on this fact. often called upon to face a miscarriage invitations for Odessa and Edmonton the deep shadows of disappointment M?re and more will the merciful of our most carefully devised life in advance? and disillusionment can from such a quahty of the truly Christian faith be plans. Sometimes it h appens that the I n t he interest of economy, it was faith find a consolation to their ago­ put to a test. thwarting of our own pla ns brings us most fortunate that this long trip be­ nized soul cry : "Why did this happen "Enter into lah.c g·atcH , ,·itJJ th n uksJ.,:"h· h1 ~, n nd Into bit-1 court:i4 " ·Ith o rnlt-tcJ ... for exper iences which are better than our tween Chicago and Spokane coul d be to me?" t h e l.ortl iH gootl; h is 1u c r c ~ · is c\·crht:-c tln1-:' ; uud his tru t h cJtdurc th Mercy in Human Relations expectations. Very often, however, the made on a free railroad pass. At this to n il generntlons." Psnlm 100:-t-;;. . Someone . will assert, "Wh y cmp1 rn- upsetting of our own plans projects us time, I would also expr ess my sincere A Better Ans~er 1 s1ze?w mt is already an accompl ished into a tragic situation. Most of us t hen gratitude for the generous hospitality Happy, yea, thrice happy, are all fa~t · Do not our social institutions give try to find an answer to this question: and kind consideration r eceived from those who can implicitly believe that evidence of t h 1. "Why did this happen to me?" 1 e qua 1ty of mercy in the Rev. and Mrs. Niels Christensen the Lord of heaven and earth, wh o rnm~n _relations. We do not let t he Thwarted Plans during my stay in Spokane. calls the myriads of stars by their ~cal\ c:1e of exposure, but we build names and lea ds them in their own os pd1 a s for the sick, homes for the It is one thing for a pastor to try Here Are Some Answers AMerciful ~aith and comfor t someone who is sitting orbits, also directs the steps _of each age and the orJJl W A Sermon by the REV. PAUL WENGEL, Pastor of the se r 1an. e do not merel y Many will say, even some though t­ of his own ch ildren. When Jesus said among the ruins of his own cherished ful people, that this was just one of tu~b~~ate the mentally weak and dis­ life plans, and quite another matter that the hairs of our head are all num­ Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan d taunt them for fun as Lon- those erratic chance happenings. "You t~ for a pastor to find a satisfactory solu­ bered and not one falls to the ground onebrs _did ~ brief century o~· so ago. did not have good luck." However, such when he discredited that faith because we mid sc1entifi · · . tion of the mystery of the miscarriage a philosophy of life is surely not Chris­ without t he Father's will, he meant to great deal has been written about it lacked the quality of mercy toward cy h . c rnstitut1ons of mer- of hi s own plans. Months ago the A tian. If we believe that, we ar e nothing teach us that even the seemingly trivial the content and scope of the Christian others who disagreed with him. It is andw .eie _every effort is made to heal writer had accepted a n invitation to 't .· _1eclai111 personalities. All of our more t han a poor, hel pless leaf torn by affairs and occurences of •our life are f ait h. It covers a wide r a nge, even in possible to have "the way of truth evil s uvmg toward . l participate . in the ministers' confer­ t he New Testament. There is the mys­ spoken of." (2. Pet. 2 :2). It is possible va ted b socia security is moti- a strong gust of wind from the tree under his direction. Y mercy and . ence a t Odessa, Wash., on March 10, and, after being blown hither and tical approach of John, the theolog ical to walk one's faith though not charit­ downtrodd compassion for t 11e 11 and 12, and immediately ther eafter OUl· lives are so involved that every­ thither , at last it falls as if by ch ance emphasis of Paul, t he heroic view of abl y. (Rom. 14: 15-16). secure." en and the economically in- to spend a full week at the Chris tian thing exerts a determining influence Hebrews and the practical appeal of to lie somewhere. No, t hat will never The Christian'& faith, like that of We have reasons t . . Training Institute at Edmonton, Alta., give a satisfactory answer to someone · upon everything eles. Only because James. Faith runs t he gamut of human the Romans, is bound to be spoken of measure of · . . o pomt with a Ca nada, and to visit a number of g rop ing in the dark and in agony of God directs all of our life ca n it ever experience until it becomes synonymous throughout the world. (Rom. 1 :8 ). cial h" Justifiable pride to the so- churches. A full program had been out­ be true t h at " all things work t ogether ac ievements 0 f ti soul crying out: "Why did this happen with t he divine life itself. When men do ta lk about it they will Man has m . 1e last century. lined at the Training Institute beside for good to t hem that love God, to t hem think of its quality rather than its this area. T~de _his greatest strides in important conferences with the Mis­ to me?" The Christian's Faith 1 Many more would agree with that who are the called according to his content. Even the Old Testament pro­ ascribed to t~ ~s ults can doubtless be sionary Committee of the Northern purpose.'' When the mystery of God's F aith as such is a univer sal, human phet Micah makes it the center and Conference. preacher who, while traveling with me, sincere and !"be influence of t horough, leading is cleared up during our life potentia l. The gospel message of sal­ heart of his three-pronged a pproach is not enou g ~ ! era! Christianity. Yet it Althoug h not in excellent physical expressed his creed regarding the lead­ vation by faith has a world-wide ap­ condition, I lef t Chicago shortly before ing of God in our lives. H e said: " In . time, then there is sunshine and music to the right relationship to God. (Micah Madame Roi I . . rieal. E ven the primitive, benighted 6 :8). lotine "O I" b anc cried from t he gml- midnight on March 7. While traveling every man's life there are two areas ; in our souls. Even when the answer is heathen ca n respond to it. F a ith is no in the one area God directs t he affair s, not g iven, one ca n ha ve soul rest by The Quality Needed Now been ~ommit~ er~y, wha t crimes have westward, my condition worsened, so stranger to him, although it may be be a .· . eel in thy name " It would that I was compelled to spend all of while in the other area God does not having faith in Goel. Justifiable t. ~ . t direct." I am wondering into what area misdirected and submerged in super­ Good, pupil-centered teaching does quotation t 1 anscr1p tion of t ha the second day in my berth. Because H elpful Factors stition. The distinctive t hing about not waste its time with the lessons crimes haveo say, "O Faith, what serious symptoms had developed, the of my life that preacher would place this miscarried plan of mine when, in­ Christiani ty is not that i t is based on that have been learned. It is especially name." been committed in thY doctor at Spokane, Wash., ordered me Upon leaving the Sacred Heart H os­ faith, but that its faith has a unique concerned about t he needs of the pupil. to be taken to t he hospital in an am­ stead of attending the ministers' con­ pital on that Sunday evening, t he quality. Christian f . ference and spending a week at t he Good Christian teaching is concerned dogmatic can aith t ha t is credal and bulance with the prospect of spending nurse a nd t he supervising Sisters re­ One cannot forget t hat the apostle with the needs of the moment. That Bible school, I did nothing more than ma rked about my astonishing recovery. steely Wh become ca ll oused hard, at least t wo weeks there. travel 3700 miles and spent tllose days P aul does not discredit faith in 1. Cor . need seems to be a merciful faith. · · en it t ' · After Ifaving had such a r emarkable W·hat factors brought this about? No it ceases to b ~kes on t hat qualtty, in the Sacred H eart Hospital of Spo­ 13 :2 and 13. He merely puts it into the "Blessed are t he merciful," said J esus. pious its 1 e Christian, no matter hoW and rapid r ecovery so that I could realistic t hinker would ignore the r ight r elation to t he whole of t he k ane. timeliness of the t reatment, t he effi ­ More blessings tha n ever are obtain­ ma or soundang .tuage ' h ow 1o g1c. al i . ts cl og- leave the hospital after six days, the Christian life. Faith must be qualifie d able today t hrough t he exercise of M 1 s cloctri ne. question constantly asserts itself: If that preacher would place this cacy of t he medicine used, the adva n­ by love to become a merciful faith. mer cy. ercy and Povert "Why did t ha t happen to me?" Why miscarried plan into t he area, where tages of g ood hospit al car e as well as It was a great day when Martin This is a brutal day. Mercy, pity Someone h . y should I have made t hat trip from Chi­ God does not direct, how would h e ex­ lhe recuper a tive powers of t he patient. Luther r ediscovered the t r uth of "sal­ a nd compassion are not in f a vor in iian faith ' w 0 laid claim to a Chris- cago to Spoka ne, a distance of over plain it that I went to Spokane uncler These were all helpf ul factors in my va tion by fait h" for a world t hat k new cer tain quar ters. The words, "revenge" when sp~ ~~ as r ecently heard t o reply 3700 miles, when I could ha ve had that these circumstances? What forces in­ case, but t here was one other factor nothing but formalism, legalism and a nd "hate," a re crowding to the cen­ need be a mg of the poor: "There duced me to go? Was it blind fate? \\rhich was not of minor importance. I 0 same hospital car e her e at home? Why ecclesiasticism. Yet it was a sorry day ter of human consciousness. Mercy and (~ P~or people ; they are either did I have to break all those engage- Were the forces good or evil? No, t hat (Continued on P age 8) 0 ntinued on Page 19) Page 8 THE BAPTIST HERALD April 15, 1942 Page 9 could not he that controls the winds and the sea have caused an air pocket or something to swing the plane into its normal course again? Be that as it COllTRIBUTOR'I PAGE- 111• CHAPLAIN!r may, we are not so much coRcerned •111 about the ways and means by which God does things as we are in the fact Lead Me On! that he docs them. D y :111 1111 Velmn Pluc k e r of A l exouclrln, South Dnko tn The wr iter of Hebrews tells us to (A Member of the Chancellor Baptist C:OlNtl look to God for help and di rection at Church or South Dnlcotn) Edited by CHAPLAIN EDWIN KRAEMER of the Air Corps all times. " Let us therefore come boldly Lord, let me live unto the throne of grace, that we may So close to thee Basic Flying School of Bakersfield, California obtain mercy, and find grace to help in T hat I might sec time of need." H eb. 4: 16. We've looked A "Victory Service" is Held by ' ..,,..,....,....,,,..,=------::-:i----• Thy will for me; about every place else in this t rouble­ And let my hand the Ore~on League for some time and have forgotten the main Be held in thine. Its Service Men point in all our problems, which is to Oh, Father may · "commit thy way unto t he Lord; trust Thy will be mine! "Victory with Christ" was the time­ also in him; and he shall bring it to ly theme r ecently used by the Oregon pass." Ps. 37: 5. Lead thou me on ! Baptist League. It was particularly T hy way must be appropriate in connection with the Vic­ The only way tory Service held during the Sunday WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? There is for me. afternoon session of t he League on March 15th at t he Laurelhurst Baptist (Continued from Page 7) My Savior died That I might live; Church, honoring the men who had am thinking of the power of interces­ been called to serve in the armed forces I owe my all- of our country. From t he seven church­ sory prayer. l\1y all I give! es of Oregon there are 39 men in ser­ From many sources I was informed: vice with more going almost weekly. "We are praying for you." Even ..•.• T he retiring president, Mr. Samuel though there is a deep mystery which J. Rich, in conducting t he service, no Christian sage can unveil shroud­ I Give Thee Thanks str essed the need of loyal, Christian ing the power of intercessory prayer, Dy L o rrnluc Dlncler D oeckcl support from those of us who ar e at of Dculnh, North Dnkotn home in comparative secur ity and com­ we do know by "many i n f a 11 i b 1 e fort, while t he boys are ready to lay proofs" that P RAYER CHANGES I thank thee, God , for sunny skies, down their lives for t he way of life THINGS. Long ago I have resolved F or moon a nd stars o'erhead, which is dear to us. if I thank thee, God, on bended knee God Jll c>C>C You nrul JCeep Yon, t hat if I should become ill and i t New temptations a nd trials come in D efendc rH of Our Country ! were possible for me, I would call up­ For r est and daily bread. the way of the boys in service. Many us in prayer to God remembering espe­ on as many of my Christian friends as I give thee thanks, for sorrow's fires decisions must be made, the outcome ' possible to remember me in prayer be­ of which may depend largely on t he cia ll y the ones in the service. That over me may roll; training they have received in church We were urged to devote ourselves f ore God's Throne of grace. In enume­ I give thee thanks for J esus Christ, and home. The best assurance we can Lo the ideals as expressed by William r ating the helpful 'factors in any re­ The Savior of my soul. Are We Willing? The spirit which we loved so dear, give them is our faith in them, our [•'. F loyd in his poem, covery, we would give first place to the I give thee thanks for all good gifts D~· Alice Schermer Is dwelling far away. loyalty to Christ and the constant as­ "MY TIMES ARE IN T HY HAND" power of intqrcessory prayer. of D e nto n Hnrbor, J\llcblgnn surance of our interest in them. Aside Which thou didst send to me; In Paradise he safely roams, from frequent letters we owe them My times are in thy hand; Some Time We'll Understand I give thee thanks for blessings great, Are we wiiling to do what Christ wants 'Mid scenes of holy bliss, My God, 1 wish them there; good readin~ material. "The Baptist While groping in the dark a nd For pardon full and free. us to do, 'Tis better that he should be there, Herald," Secret Place," testaments, My life, my friends, my soul To give him our lives who was so kind stt:aining every nerve to catch a satis­ Accept these thanks which now I bring Than in a land like this. tracts and other literature as well as I leave entirely to thy care. and true? fymg answer , as God's children we I humbly lay them now before thee, the cookies, candies and so forth, that My times are in thy hand; Are we 'villing to live for him day by Why should we weep and say farewell, bring the affection of friends. Whatever they nw.y be; have the assurance: "Heav'n will the This all I have that I can give, To one who's gone before? my,steries explain, a nd then, ah , then clay, Shall we pray for victory? Yes, it is Pleasing or painfttl, dark or bright, Myself and thanks on bended knee. And to witness for him along life's For soon it shall be ours to g<>, our duty and privilege, but as J esus A s best ?nay seem to thee. we 11 understand." While r eturning Unto that beautiful shore. taught us, "Thy will be done." We way? M11 times a1·e in th11 hand, from S?okane, I r ead again with r e­ He was willing to suffer affiiction and We only have a little while must remember that we are Christ's J esus, the Crucified ; n.ewed interest that inspi red descrip­ These earthly griefs to bear, and that as his children we must put ttoi:i of the innumerable host of those Through a Lighted Window loss, our unfailing trust in his divine will. Those hancls m11 cruel sins pierced And to carry the burden of Calvary's Then we'll go home with parted friends A re now my guarcl and guide. :hite-robecl and palm-carrying victors D y E the l L . R c n ul,.ou We must put our entire faith in the cross; A starry crown to wear. efore the t.hrone. They had come out of Dntcs burg, South Cnrollun assurance that whatever happens to My times are in thy hand, He was willing to die there for you Why should we weep, my brethren dear, you and me, to our nation, homes, etc., I'll always trust in thee; ~~ .great tt·1bulation and had washed In the early evening, after the lights and for me, For those who fare the best, will be for the ultimate best. If we And after death, at thy 1·ight hand their robes and made them white in are lit, That we might forever be happy and have Christ, the victory must be ours, I shall f orcver be. I see my neighbor spread the table When one has laid the armor down the. blood of the lamb. Passing t hrough fre.e. even as Christ was final victor of sin eir great tribulation they doubtless, And gained eternal rest? An Aviator's Prayer h cloth Won't you trust him today as your and death. ofungered G , ancI t h'1rsted for a' revelation And set three places; I see her husband As forth he takes his own, we weep, There are definite things we can do 0 Savior and Friend, Following one of our services a ca­ suff s plan and purpose in all their come But in that land so fair, to assure victory in our own lives dur­ det stepped into my office with quite a er?mg s. And receive the sweet peace that he Bright hopes we cherish in our· heart, ing the days of stress. Opportunities And carry in from the kitchen milk . only can send? serious expression on his face. He re­ Their hung . f II Of meeting them o'er there. for the fusion and strengthening of lated that in the course of the week, now b . et or an answer sha and bread; You'll never be sorry you were willing Christian forces to give assurance to be e satisfied and their thirst shall The tall son enters, and each one takes to say, •.• the world that there is yet one Con­ while he was doing flying duty, his assuaged. "F . .. plane suddenly went into a tail-spin. in the . cl · 'or lle1 lamb which is his place. . "Lord, take my hand and lead me all queror who is unconquerable. Some of Then for a moment every head is A Plea For Better the factors stressed for spiritual de­ Not knowing what to do, he remem­ them m~ st of the throne shall feed the way." fense are: Daily scripture reading, bered to pray. God heard! After the founta~n shall lead them unto living bowed- Sunday Schools thoughtful prayer, regular church at­ plane fell about a thousand feet, he fountai~s of watet·s." These living ! cannot hear but I know that a bless- :·: Dy Arthur E . Fnuslow tendance, regular support of the brought it under control again. He be­ all the v~c of .waters will be open for ing is said. Why Should We Weep? of Ne' v Ho,1 e n, Connecticut Ch.urch and Christian institutions, lieved he was saved in an answer to he disclo tor1ous saints of God, when And I think of the million homes In these times of trials and tribula­ daily Christian living, service to others Dy :llr. F. H. Scbmertmon prayer. divine re~:~ ~?e deep mysteries in the throughout our land of Aplington, lown tions throughout the world, we must and the practice of complete faiLh. 1011 It was, indeed, a narrow escape. Is Then we .~ of the Word of God. Where families meet to partake of t he (After his d ca.lh on December 2, 1941, rally around our Sunday Schools and Miss Viola Schneider, secretary of 1 it not reasonable enough that through wise and '~ . clearly understand God's evening n\eal ; . rtl lhc nge of 83 years, this poem by Mr. churches as we put forth our best en­ the League, read t he list of names I wish that they too might pause till Schmertmltn was r ead by the pas tor. which seemed astonishingly long con­ the means of prayer God gave him the our own oving Purpose in directing Rev. C. F. Lehr.) deavors for Christ and his Kingdom. ability to master the controls of the we will thperson~J lives. In adoration their thanks were given sidering the size of our Oregon Con­ Why should we weep, when we behold We must gather up the ends here and ference. The Rev. F. W. Mueller led ship at such critical time; or else, hath done en Praise him and say: "Ile And their humble prayer up1·aised to all things well." the God of heaven! This empty house of clay? (Continued on Page 12)

....I David A pril 15, 1942 Page 11 wherever and whenever you can be­ a bout these past offenses and has used Livingstone's cause you feel sony for them and be­ t hem for his own advantage. cause J esus said, "Heal the sick." Now this young man must remove Influences Beyond Measure this curse from his head. H e is told to Testimony bring a rooster and some palm wine to This man, whoever he is, has per­ the priest or whatever other price he haps come from some distant village. exacts. This is done! Then the priest • When he gets well, he returns to his takes a gourd of water over which he home. He is welcomed back. He tells says incantations making t hat water "'l 1 he s pirit of Jlistdons t he family what has been done for him, efficacious. Then with a spray of leaves 1>1 the " p i r I t of our and they rejoice that one of their own he sprinkles this " blessed water " over who has been sick so long has been the ·man. H e will put some in his ::u nst er: 1he Ycry geulus made well. At t he dispensai·y we do of Hl>1 rcll;.:-lou. mouth a nd as a fine spray he spits it not hear of him again but the mi ssion­ on t he man's head. H e will carry out " I 1101 n n1hoJslonnry, ary goes on trek to preach t he gospel other ritual forms and the man is then b e nrt nntl 1mul. God hull a nd to meet the people. In some places told that the curse of his father has nu only Son, tuul He he has found that the people are been removed and it cannot harm him afraid of him a nd are shy. They stay " ·nr-c n nncl any more. He goes home in hope or n1i!'l!'lio n nr~· in t heir huts or, as has ha ppened, they n 11hy>1lelnp. A 11oor, perhaps wondering if that will do t he run to their farms and stay in hiding trick. We do not know what a ll goes JJ O Ol" hnltn ti on I tun or until he has passed on. Perhaps, a few " "it'h to h e . Ju thli-J scr­ 1 P nrn 1• hcrnnllu An Afrlcn n " Juju" \\"Ith Mn11c Among the Slclc NntlYe>1 of the Cameroons \Yble h Som e of J\ frlen' H \\' orst S 1111 e rsllllons .\ r e .\ >

the arm again was fast and immobile. She could not use that !ower arm . . Keen disappointment was theirs. 'Wll.,11 'W ClllLDRlll:, PACI ti II 'I II ti And this tragedy was later fo ~l owed by a much greater one. Some time later one morning we heard that the mother in crossing the turbulant Warwar Edited by MRS. BERTHA JOHNSON of Chicago, Illinois River on the native bridge had "fall­ en" into the water. The little babe was Story Book ·of Christ tied on her back. A few days la~er down the stream the river gave up its Being Neighbors to Katina Read Luke 5 : 1-11. Rewrite the story prey and the bodies were found on the in your own words. At the top of the IT was visitors' day at the hospital. All page copy the verse, Matthew 4:19. bank. No one knew what had. happened. afternoon Katina, lying in bed, had The natives were non-committal about Instead of a picture to go with this been watching visitors who passed in it. But I wondered and have ?ften won­ story, we shall make a net as described and out of the children's ward. Her below. Paste the n et on the page with dered since. Knowing natives, as I great dark eyes looked longingly at the know them no doubt this mother was this story, pasting down just the top 1 other girls as they eagerly greeted edge of the net. When you have finished cursed for having allowed this to hap­ their friends and unwrapped all the pen to her child. this, you should have three stories in lovely mysterious packages. But she your "Story Book of Christ." Undoubtedly, she was derided and was lonely, because she was an orphan mocked for her misfortune, and she in a foreig n land, with no one who must have despaired of the future for cared enough even to bring her a IXSTRUCTION"S that child. For was she not herself a FOR THE !lower. .\ CCOlll PAN\ "TXG woman and did she not know what was A gentleman passing through the expected of her child to take its right­ DI AGRA.JI A Swolle n Foot be G i ven Xnth·e Jlecllenl 'l'rentment 'Vlth Drmchlng room glanced at her, and noting her Take a p i e c e of of Hot " "nter from n " ' ooclen Ludie ful place in her family and tribe. So I wistful face, took five cents from his wondered if she "fell" in! Or, did she colored p a p e r (rather pocket. "Here, little g irl. It is a great thin) a b o u t 4 inche.s now knew that he would get well. And people about skin grafting that must "want" to "fall" in? And I wondered, he could not help but r ealize that his be done but that it would have to be a fortune ; don't spend it all at once," he square. Fold it through too, if there had been that mission doc­ r emarked, laughing. the center, and then fold dead father had nothing to do with his "man doctor" to do that. Oh, would tor to help at that time, whether that illness or at least the white man had Katina smiled her thanks and it once more so that it that there were a mission doctor to mother and babe would not be with us has been f o l d e d into a powerful medicine to offset or "kill" help such as these! They went away clasped the money tightly in her hot today. I don't know; do you? palm. One of the nurses was coming four parts. When it is his father's curse. very much disappointed that I could But there are also many bright gems folded. it should look I believe that truth will have the toward her, so Katina called, " Oh, like the- .ic~pa)lying not help them. in this great work in medical missions please, Miss Lovejoy!" ultimate triumph and although this and I will tell you of them in another diagram. U sing a pencil, A Mission Doctor Needed "Yes, clear; what can I do for you?" draw !bes about ~ man will have to go through a laby­ "Baptist Herald" article. A " Dli;i:" L ittle !Fellow! rinth of thinking and reasoning, yet I A few days later they appeared "You know the popcorn man, nurse. 'l'l101nnH Dounhl L utz of J(nn sns, '\Vbosc inches apart as shown P nrcn tl'C, R e ,·. i:uul i'UrM. TboN. Lutz, Are in the diagram. Then know that truth shall live and as Jesus He stay outside the gate. I gotta five In t he !\llub1 t ry of t he i'llt. Z ion Dn1>0Mt again and there was a nativ:e bandage cut on these lines. being says, "The truth shall make you free." on the arm. I 1·cmoved it, and what did cent. Please, you getta me fritters." · Churc h , nncl " ' ho ''' Ill Soon Dei;i:ln u BETTER SUNDAY SCHOOLS Miss Lovejoy hesitated. The super­ Sh n lln r Service In S h e hoy~o n . ' V b t. careful not to cut be· my eyes behold! A deep cut at the An Unfortunate Girl (Continued from P age 9) intendent of the hospital objected to yond the dotted lines . place where they had told me to cut. When opened up. your Then I would like to tell you another there. We must not r etreat. We dare the popcorn man and did not like to of g irls. First, she told them about the What I did not have the courage to paper should look like side, of what it means not to be able to not harbor the thought of Christianity have any one buy his wares. Still here good Samaritan, then followed the do, they in their despair had the bold­ a net. Be careful not to help. dying out. As stewards of our Lord was a little girl who had so few pleas­ story of Katina. "Who, I wonder, wants ness to do. Present pain was far better tear it as you open it There was a young mother at War­ and Savior let us not only bring our ures that Miss Lovejoy found it hard to be neighbor to Katina?" asked Miss up. war whose baby had fallen into the than future sorrow and disgrace. offerings, which are needed at all times to refuse. Lovejoy. fire and had badly burned one of its Hopefully they looked to me to supply to carry on this work, but let us also "Give me your money, dear," she arms. She was told to bring it to the that medicine that would now heal the Susanne was the first to speak, and pray that our Sunday Schools may be­ whispered, and hastened off to get Ka­ then one after another the other girls Answers for March dispensary at Mbem but that was too cut and then all would be well! But come spiritual center s f or Christ. tina's popcorn. responded, "I do." far to go. The natives are afraid to that hard scarred skin tissue did the What is a Sunday School composed An hour later, coming to Katina's .\ ltn Jlnc A1J::;.lngton, North Dnkotn same· as before. There v;as no life in "Well, then, suppose you organize leave the boundaries of their own of? It should include young and old, cot again with a cup of broth, she saw Dernlee Drnueskl, country, and then isn't there the farm that tissue and slowly the lower arm a mixture of good common sense with the fritters, unopened, lying on the yourselves into clubs of two or three Mecl lelne Hnt, Alberto members, take turns in visiting Ka­ that must be taken care of? Farming was drawn up to the upper arm and a generous portion of spiritual values pillow. Del orbe Ebmnn tina, and perhaps occasionally bring must go on or t here will not be any in those who believe in God and J es us "Why, Katina, you haven't eaten her some little gift, if not more . than i'llnrllon Fel Hbu rg, corn to put in the granaries. Christ and who have a strong faith your popcorn I What's the reason?" ' restler, J{nnSJl8 "Oh, please, nurse, I didn't buy a flower or a Sunday School paper," Later, when I came to Warwar, I that will not be overcome by obstacles suggested Miss Lovejoy. i'llrs. R. Grnbln, saw this baby. The wound had healed created by Satanic forces. them to eat. You know all the other i'lllllet, Alberto but in the process the arm had drawn Our motto should be f or our God, children have people come and bringn Next Sunday afternoon at the visit­ Helen E. lU. l(nnett, ing hou r two g irls entered the hospital ugntbun, Sn tkntchewnn up so that the lower arm was pulled Ch~1·ch and country, to whom and to the presents. No one ever comes to me. up to the upper arm, making that arm which we all belong, for the advance­ I pretend my mother come today and ward. Each one carried a package Leotn F e rn ' ltHcb, wrapped in tissue paper and tied with Ye8t>e r l(nusn• immobile. Hard scarred tissue formed ~e nt of Christ's Kingdom and the en­ bringa the popcorn." Ai;ncs Ohlbumcer, over the area. "Now what?" was the lig htenment of all mankind through­ Miss Lovejoy's eyes filled with tears. ribbons. Down the long r oom they Cnrbon , Alberto "Katina do you care so much?" walked, Katina following them with C hnrles R el""' Jr., thought of the parents. This baby was out the world. Let us pray without L)·ons, J{nusns a girl. What future had she? How can ceasing for a spiritual goal, and the "Yes, ' verra much," answered Kati­ her eyes; and then-oh, could it be true?- they stopped at her bedside, Ges,.y Rice, · she farm, something which every Mam­ financial aid will surely come by our na, her thin fingers reaching out to cuttle, " ' n1tlecllcr, woman must do? Must she not cook over Christ's Kingdom. tina called Miss Lovejoy again. "I had !\lc l .ougbllu, South Dnkota for her husband and children? And Do we want a better life? Yes, most a good time," she said with a _smile. py times fot· the lonely little girl who Ger t rude Sch utz, who will marry he!.' if she cannot farm, certainly ! How? By keeping in close "Now break the popcorn and give to never again had to pretend that some Jlorrls, lllnnltohn if she cannot cook? one came to see her. As for Susanne i'llnrjorle A m e Sents, ~ouch with Jes us. His joys are our every girl some." ' Vell1er, l\:nusnH me to cut the arm on the inside of the ~ il ver lining of J esus Christ's teach­ one Lo vi sit Katina." Miss Lovejoy asked of Susanne. )I rs. Joe " . erre, elbow so that 11he could use her arm "I never had a better time," Susanne (S. S. C l nHM o l l:! boys nutl l'.!rlM) ings on this earth. In Nehemiah 4:21 The next Sunday Miss Lovejoy had Grund Finks, North Dnkota a~ain. As best as I could I told them we read: "So we labored in the work confessecl.- (Reprinted from "Juniors' a chance to go to Sunday School, and .\ nonymo111<1 that was beyond my ability, that mere­ and half of them held their spears she had an opportunity to teach a class Pleasure," November, 1932.) '.\lcC'luMky , Noi;th Dukotn ly cutting the arm would not help. I A Young C hlm11nuzee of the from the rising of the morning sun tried to explain to these simple-minded Brl tl"b Cameroon• till the stars appeared." P age 15- Page 14 THE BAPTIST HERALD April 15, 1942 A Beehive of Activity Washington and Irene Kist on the in the Grace Ba ptist Church other great men of F ebr uar y such as DAKOTA CON~[~[NC[ of Gackle, North Da kota Charles Dickens, George P eabody a nd REPORT,_, FROM TllE 'lll:LD Robert E . Lee. This was followed by a The young people of the Gr ace Bap­ brief message on America n patriotism ' Reception of Welcome for the tist Church of Gackle, No. Dak., have by t he pastor, the Rev. Cha rles W ag­ Rev. A rthur Schulz held regular meetings since t he begin­ ner, closing the service. Th e Conference · of the Oregon b y the Unityville Church ning of the year. On Sunday, March 8, t he Sunday School presented a Bible Day's Pro­ Ins tr uction s for Re porter s Ba ptist League is Challen ged by Members and friends of t he Baptist We have studied the origin of deno­ . PAC l~IC CON~[~[N([ the Theme "Victory with Christ" Church of U nityville, So. Dak., held a minations. Some of the churches of our g ram with t he entire school participat­ Scncl your rc11 ort x to t h e e d itor , i ng. The male quartet, composed of surprise r eception in the church par­ town sent representatives to give the Oregon a nd Wash in gton llox H, F o r e?it Pnrk, llll n o l s . The fifteent h a nnual confer ence of lors for our new minister, the Rev. Gottlieb Kr emer, J-ake Kiemele, Reuben A ll rc1>orh• nnud he Jin1H ccl t o ! ~ 00 t he Baptist Young People's and Sunday origin of their communions to us. We Bibelheimer and Reinhold P feifer, fa­ Ministers' Conference is H eld Arthur Schulz, on F riday evening, also studied the work a nd history of ' '"ord s n u tl 111us t h e s e nt " ·ft hlu 3 0 Schoc;il Workers' Union of Oregon was March 6. The Rev. Wm. Sturhahn, our vored u s with several insoiring num­ at Od essa, Washington d nys nftc r t h e o cc u r r~ u cc of 1he held m the Laurelhurst Baptist Church former pastor, has been serving a t our own church iri Gackle a nd the work bers. The I ntermediates presented a The Oregon and Washington Minis­ c l·cu t i·cu o rtc tl. of P ortland, Ore., from March 13 to 15. Loyal, Ok la., since last December . of t he various bra nches. playlet, "The Spirit of the Bible." ters' Confer ence met wi th the Baptist r1cturc"4 for c uts \\"ill h e , ,·e1 - The theme of the conference was " Vic­ L ucile Karlson led a shor t pr ogram The Choir and J unior orchestr as HILDEGARD WAGNER, Reporter. c o1uetl ,, ·h c n c ver th e~· n rc c lenr untl tory with Christ," which was beauti­ Church at Odessa, Wash., from March of welcome. Brief talks were g iven by meet ever y Thursday evening wi th the Many Successful Activities of 10 to 12. The local p astor, t he Rev. tlls tlnc t. 'rhc rc '\V III h e n o c b n r ;.:c f ullr p or tr~yecl in a floral "V" of gar­ Edwin Wobig, Ernest Wobig, Mrs. L. Rev. a nd Mrs. G. W . Rutsch as t heir cxcci•t f o • 11lcturcs of \\' c tld l n ~ :nt- J. G. Rott, had every detail so well demas encircled wi th yellow daffodils R. Duke, Lyla h Ander son and Vange directors. The Rev. E . P. F osmark of th e Ebenezer Church of uh·c r."" n r~ · con1>l c1;. a nd greens. or der ed, t hat there was an " at home­ Anderson in behalf of the church, Sun­ t he First Baptist Church of J ames­ Wessington Spr ings, So. D a k . ness" feeling for every visitor. l lll'\"C y o ur r ~ 1• or t s ty11 c \Vritic n On Friday evening welcomes a nd day School, Ladies' Aid, J unior B. Y. ll'he n eYcr f)OS"4Jhl c . town held revival meetings f or several I t has been some time since the The program committee under the E Dl'l'OJl. a ~n o un ce!n e nts were made by Miss P. U . a nd Senior B. Y. P. U., respec­ weeks in March. We heard many Ebenezer Baptist Church near Wes­ chairmanship of the Rev. F. W. Muel­ Eileen Riemer , president of the Lau­ tively. E ach one welcomed Mr . Schulz sington Springs, So. Dak., h as r eport­ ler provided an excellent program on relhurst B. Y ..P . U., and by Sam Rich, and gave him assurance of whole­ str ong and well delivered evangelistic sermons based on t he Wor d of God. ed anything of t he work her e. Never ­ t he theme, "T he Sur e Word of God." our state president. The play " To the hear ted cooperation. P hyllis Wobig and t heless, we have not been idle but have P resentations of t he many assignments Several Groups in the Trinity Cameroons," was ably present'ed by t he Verna Lubinus sang a duet. Mr. Schulz T he Bible Day program was given kept building at t he Kingdom of God g iven during the day sessions were in­ Church's B. Y. P . U . of Portland ~ a ure l.hurs t young people in collabor a­ r esponded briefl y, saying t hat working on Mar ch 9. Each class of the Sunday in our own way and in God's str ength. spi ring and informative. The evening Conduct Interesting Programs t 1on with :1'aul and Cla r a Gebauer. The together with combined effor ts we can School r ender ed one number. The col­ After entertaining the South Dakota services wern well attended by the local play dep 1 c te~ . ou r progr ess in our do great things. lection was over $6.00. Mrs. G. W'. Association last fall, we started wi th church people. Throughout t he confer­ We fi nd it easier in t he B. Y. P. U. Cam~r oo n m1ss1onary enterprise from Lunch was served and a n hour of Rutsch has organized a Ladies' Chor us, special services. First, t he pastor, t he ence special music was r endered by the of our T r inity Church i n Portland, t he time of our first missionaries to t he f ellowship was enjoyed. We am all which presented sever al numbers on Rev. A. J. Fischer, h elped in Vent uria, choir and trio of the local ch urch, and Ore., to change age limits and to re­ d ~ p ar tu re of Pa ul and Ciara Gebauer. looking forward enthusiastically to Easter Sunday. No. Dale, and then in exchange the by trios a nd a soloist from the group name a few groups from time to time P ictures. of the missionaries and Afri­ working with our new pastor and MRS. E. K. REMBOLDT, Reporter. Rev. A. Guent her assisted us for t wo of ministers. than to try actually to tell someone ca 1.1 settmgs.' which were fl ashed on th e God's servant, the Rev. Arthur Schulz. weeks. The Lord blessed our humble The confer ence was deprived of the that he or she is too old or too young sc1een dur ing the play made t he VANGE ANDERSON, Repor ter. effor ts and the preaching of h is word. presence a nd saddened by t he illness for certain groups. This is the way scenes even more vivid. ' Missionary, P a triotic a nd Bible Day Programs Are Presente d by Mr. Guenther 's ministry was well re­ of Dr . Wm. Kuhn, who was hospitalized in which we have now organized our On Saturday evening the banquet Farewe ll Se rvice for the ceived and has greatly helped us. Six in Spokane, Wash. Good was the news society. was held and the wonderful food p re­ Rev. a nd M rs. A. Reeh · the Linton Y. P. a nd S. S. young people of one family accepted r eceived on Thursday of his r ecover y. T he oldest g roup runs from approxi­ pared by the ladies of the Laurelhurst in Goodrich, North Da kota The young people of t he Baptist Chr ist. (An ar ticle by Dr. Kuhn about his ill­ mately 25 years and older , and it hap­ C hu rc~ will long be r emembered a nd After a four year ministry in t he Chur ch of Linton, No. Dak., gave a n Since Sept. 7th we have had two ness appears elsewhere in this issue pens to be probably the best attended. apprecia ted. A brief business session Baptist Church of Goodrich, No. Dak., enlivening missionary p rogram on the bap tismal services. The last was h eld under the heading , "Why Did T his In t his gr oup we have ha d a consistant followed t he banquet at h ' h t' the evening for the last service for t he on Mar ch 15th in t he H uron Baptist Happen to Me?"- E ditor.) Mr Ro R ' ' w 1c ime evening of Feb. 8. T he main part of program of Bible study, having fi n­ · Y ocks was elected p r esident, Rev. A. Rech a nd family h ad a rrived. t he evening was g iven to the playlet, Chur ch. w ·e received eight persons into The conference came to a happy ished P aul's epistle to the Romans. We sE~cileeceedmg n· Mr. Sam R'1 c h , an cl M'1ss On Sunday evening, March 8, the "Amer ica H elp Us," written by Helen t he ch urch fellowship through baptism close a nd we are hoping to meet with a re now busily studying the epistle to " n iemer succeeded Mr. Roy church had kindly arrnngecl for a fare­ Heitzman of our Dakota Conference. and letter. one of t he Oregon churches next year . t he E phesians. We consider ourselves Rocks as t1·casure1· W 1 t d t well ser vice in honor of their pastor, Our missionar y on the foreign field, At the ann ual business meeting t he R. H. ZEPIK, Reporter. for t unate in having such a capa ble and change ou . · .,e a so vo e o L ,, 1 . name to Oregon Baptist and the auditorium was well filled for portr ayed by Mrs. Gottlieb Kr emer , church voted unanimously t o adopt the Ne w s G limpses Into the amiable teacher as t he Rev. Simon p eaglu ~ with the sub-Li tle "Young t he occasion. br ings the gospel to the lost, por tr ayed Club P lan again for the fourth con­ Forsberg of our city, who is dean of e~p e,~ a nd Sunday School ' Wcirker s' The Rev. R. K aiser, t he neighboring by Bobby Pfeiffer, Jake Tschr itter and secutive year, t hus renewing twenty­ Young People's Work t he Multnomah School of the Bible. U at K elow na, British Columbia bemo hen id and our. · summer assembly to minister, who had been invited as guest Dolores Kremer, a nd she shows the six BAPTIST H E RALDS and twelve Our next group runs from ages 16 A at Silver Creek Camp from speaker, opened the meeting. After a har dships she has to endur e because of SENDBOTE subscriptions. Our peo­ T hi s is the German Baptist Young to 25, and t hi s is a lso well attended ~~1 s t 9 to 16 was emphasized song service led by Mr. Reeh, the Rev. t he lack of under sta nding a nd h elp ple enthusiastically endorse t he Cl ub People's Union of Kelowna, B. C., re­ and probably the most active, holding B \ss Grace Cla nfield a nd Mr ·George R. Kaiser brought a n appropriate mes­ from America. I n America we find a Plan, for it has proven very satisfac­ porting! We've been enj oyi ng the in­ r egular meetings with good singing · a uc er gave shor t talks on '"V ictory sage on " T he Relationship of the family consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Jake tory in our church. 111 spirational "Reports from •the Field," and good programs. T he members of L tt~urMDe nom i n at i o na l Goals"· Miss Church and t he P astor." The choir K iemele, t he unseeing father and The financial condi tions of th e vari­ and it is high time we "pulled our o 1e eves . · ous treasur ies have showed up fi ne this grQup h ave also held successful violinist fa ' .an acc on~ p l 1 sh ed young r endered a fine musical selection, mother; Charles and Doris Wagner share of the load" by sending our con­ prayer meetings for 15 minutes pre­ lection s 'o ':'01ed . u s with sever al se­ whereupon Messr s. J . Schmidt and a nd Dorinda Graf, their children, wan­ with a surpl us of over $200 on hand. tribution to t his fine work. Our wish is ceding each regular meeting . old P etice b1 Ntational President, Har­ John Felch le, senior deacons of t he dering aimlessly, not conscious of a The pastor received a $75 gift as he that this report may be of help to dis­ Now I a m r eminded of what I once t h R ' oos ed the "100" Club a nd church, both followed with short t alks need in t he mission field. T his family began his fifth year of service with t he couraged young people who wonder if of appr eciation of the effor ts and in­ spends its l ife frivilously a nd lavishly church. Many other deligh tful g ifts read in "The Baptist H erald" some­ "Devoetl~ : ~~ l D~~~a,~er spoke briefl y on it is worth while to "work for t he time ago. It said t hat one of our P hila­ spiration of Mr. Reeh a nd his family and leaves t hem nothing over to give and expressions of love were extended Lord." The Young p · , delphia churches had a sig n hanging on Sunda eop1 es Rally was held while with t hem. to church, much less for missions. On to the minister's family, including These men were followed by Mr'. R. a Sunday morning, t he Sunday School some substantial products of the farm. We think it is ! Alt hough many of in t he entrance that read something goodly nJinb~~~rnf on a nd attracted a our group have left for Vancouver we like this: " T he biggest obstacle to t he 0 Martin, who represented the choir, a nd superintendent, Eddie Tschr itter, W e have fine services and well at­ from t he v " our young people who also spoke very h ighly of t he as­ ~re still keeping up our regular n~eet­ · younger generation is the example of league Th R I!ous churches of our reads a letter from t he missionary and tended meetings. As most interested rngs a nd monthly programs. On Fri­ the older generation." If only enough sistance and encour agement which Mr . leads t he Sunday School in a conse­ readers know, ours is a rural church. Salt c'reel·e C ev. Otto Nallinger of t he cr ation service at which the entire dar ;vening.3 we are discussing "Pil­ of us would take t his to hear t ! Our elected offl ~ urch installed the newly and Mrs. Reeh have given the choir T he people appreciate and support i t g rim s Progress." Often we come to younger groups have good sou nd adult dur ing the years of their ser vice. Last, family r esolves to do something for t he wholeheartedly. At pr esent, th e p:istor "Victory s~~~:i'c ~fter which a brief but not least were words of Mrs. J . mission field. The missionary offer ing lives in Wessington Springs. The dis­ some port in his journey where we can leadership and t hose who are taking our president Se wa.s conducted by say, "That has happened to us, too." part are truly to be commended. But Schmidt who' spoke for the Ladies' amounted to $21.08. tance to and from the church is great, t he 39 you ' am Rich, in honor of On Feb. 22 the Linton B. Y. P . U. but event ually, with many priorities on The first Friday in the month is pray­ since we a re a downtown ch ur ch , it is gone out f~~ men who have already Mission Society. . er hour, and an older member of the most essential t hat we have real co­ T he church a lso pr esented then· rendered a patriotic program opening a car, our people w ill get a clearer to ser ve our c~not~r Oregon Churches with t he congregation singing "Ame­ vision of the practicability and necessi­ church gives us a much needed heart­ operation between par ents a nd chil­ The Rev R i y. minister and h is wife with thoughtful t<_> -h~art talk. Our choir has been busy dren. Regularly our B. Y. P . U. takes gifts as r emembr a nces for their faith­ r ica," followed by t he salute to t he ty of having a parsonage by t he Christian · Edodne¥ Britten, director of American fl ag and t he sal ute to the church. To live 26 miles away from smgmg for our March progr am for charge of some meetings at t h.e. U nion Baptist Conv uc~ tion of the Oregon ful work. Mr. and Mrs. Reeh r espon­ Bible Day and for Easter. ' Gospel Mission. We also v1s1t our noon messa ention, br ough t the af ter­ ded with words of t hankfulness for all Chr istian flag. A piano solo by Edna one's field of ser vice is, indeed, a great It. has been our privilege to attend church members a nd friends r egularly t hat God had done for t hem at Good­ K ist, a saxaphone sol o by P hyllis Zol­ hindrance to the work, and it creates Christians sge, . stressing the need of ler , a n instrumental quar tet composed unnecessm·y handicaps and hardships special meetings at the Bethel Baptist who may be ill. A new activity of ~u r at t his time eekmg a r efuge in Chr ist rich and praised God for the privilege Churc.h here. We are glad of the fel­ B. Y. P . U . is keeping in contact with of serving him by serving the church of Phyllis Zoller, Ilean Dobler, Charles for both minister and people. cial music fo:sneve r before. The spe­ Wagner, Alma Docktor, accompanied Continuing to feel that we are a lowship we have with the other church. the young men of our church wh o are ings was fur aJ1 the conference meet­ as t hey wished t hem God's r ichest We. thank God for this blessing in in government service and remembP.r­ churches W ni s 1led by our var ious blessing. T he Rev. and Mrs. A. Reeh by Dor is Wagner; and several selec­ vital :part of our gen~ra l con stituency, war tii;i~, and .we do try to use t he op­ ing them occasionally with a surprise for the ~cco~ a~·e all thankful to God and family left two days later for La­ tions by the choir wer e a few of th e we align ourselves w ith ot her church­ portun1tJes he gives us to stand up for package. They also receive "The Bap­ of this conf n~h shments and blessings Salle, Colo., where t hey have assumed musical numbers presented. Dolores es in service anc1 praye1· that God him. He gives us the strength. tist Herald." will be s ui~~ence and pray that we t he work of t heir new field. Kr emer gave a short talk on Abr aham might bless our den omination. JOHN PASCHOLD, Vice-president. ERNEST H. PASSARGE, Reporter. Christ." JE,,_:d on to "Victory W ith R. G. KAISER, Reporter. Lincoln, Hildegar d Wagner on George A. J . FISCHER , Pastor. • • z K. PFAFF, Reporter. Page 16 THE BAPTIST HERALD April 15, 1942 Page 17 The Rev. C. C. Gossen led the devo­ one week was held in the Fall for our tion on Saturday morning , basing his young people with the Rev. F . W. Chi cago, I ll., is welcoming harbingers cross; the dissatisfied one who wishes thoughts on John 16 :33. Mr. Hoeffner Benke of Edmonton in charge, :ind which indicate life, development and to carry a cross of his own choosing · led a Bible study on the theme, "The suppor ted by the Rev. IC . Korella of fruitage. the follower who elects to bear th ~ Proper Use of Our Christian Liberty,'' Southey and Mr. Weisser. We are also A bud which promises to develop in­ cross, but secretly ; the f r ivilous ser ­ Many Evidences of Spiritual based on 1. Cor. 10 :23-33. Mr. Buen­ Growth in the Central Church pleased to repor t that for Lhe past two to a nosegay of flowers is the childrens' vant who boasts in the outwar d symbol ning closed the service and spoke to )'.ear~ we are club members of the Pub­ Insp iring O rdinat ion Service for work. A year ago a Baptist Junior of the cross; the hypocritical preten­ of Waco, Texas us on Rev. 3 :7. The evening and Sun­ lication Society. the Rev. Roy B. Anderson by the Union was organized. T he at tendance der ; and the true cross bearer. In these The Central Baptist Church of Wa­ day afternbon progr ams were in the F orest P ark Ba ptist Church averaged six. During the past f ew char acter s we all behebl as in a mir­ eo, Texas, has been wonderfully blessed hands of the young people. Enthusiastic and Active Youn g months the r egular pupils number ror, our own varying atntude toward On Sunday the church was filled People's Society in the Baptist Tuesday, March 24, was t.he date of d uring the past 20 months under the ordination into the gospel ministr y for about twenty. The children ar e using that which we are called upon to take s uperb leadership of ·the Rev. P. Pfeif­ with people from far and near and we Church of Forestburg, A lberta the Cameroons Mission Calendar and up and bear for the sake of Christ. The had fine services. After Sunday School Roy B. Anderson of F or est Park, Ill. f er. A marked spiritual growth has Nearly a year has elapsed since the Mr. Anderson holds the Bachelor of closing . scene of the pagean t showed been noted, and a renewed interest is Mr. Hintze preached the mission ser­ the various char acter s as each returned mon, based on Rev. 2 :4. The offering last r eport of the Baptist Church in Ar ts degr ee from Wheaton College of to assume the cross indicated by manifest in the differ ent branches of Fore~ tburg, Alber ta, appeared in "The Wheaton, Ill., and is a May candidate the church. was $50. These blessed days of fellow­ Christ. ship came to a close in the evening Baptist Herald," and that was when for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity There wer e three requests for inior­ We have grown numerically as well our pastor, the Rev. E. Riemer, and his from Northern Baptist Theological with an evangelistic message by Mr. ~ation concerning the pageant, look­ as spir itually and are happy to r eport Hoeffner , based on 2. Peter 2 :5. Next family came to F or estburg in April, Seminar y. Wh ile at Northern Semina­ 13 recent additio1;1s, two thr ough bap­ 194 m~ forward to presentations in other year we shall meet with the church in . 1. Ou_r y~ung people's society was r y he held several offices and was elec­ churches by their own local talent. Af­ tism and 11 by letter. The attendance Donna, Texas. still _.havmg 1.ts winter sleep and had ted student body president during his in b?th i::ior ning . and evening worship senior year. The highest honor given ter the service a time of f ellowship was L. HOEFFNER, Reporter. not r esumed its activities And so af- enjoyed in the lower church r ooms ser vices 1s especially gr atifying. ate re seed1'ng . tim' e, our pa· stor encour' - to any student was bestowed upon him when he r eceived the coveted Heagle where r efreshments were ser ved. Many The fin ances have been incr eased gl ,d us. a~~m to start om· young peo­ happy returns, Philathea ! and we are h appy to r eport that on P esw activ1bes . scholar ship award for the year 1941 'The class wishes to express to Miss J an. 1st we were privileged to increase ~I organi~ed our society under the to 42. Anne ~u7dke, the r etiring president , our p~s tor's ~a l ary by $200 per year. IO~~ e pr es1_dency of Miss Adelaide The or daining church was the For­ aoprec1ation for the effi cient service An extensive r enovating progr am Many Blessings Are Enjoyed by t, a_nd with the assistance of our est P ark Bantist Church, of· which the of the past few years, and extends to ~as jus~ r ecently been completed, dur­ the Baptist Church at pastor m the committees and in the Rev. O. R. Schroeder is the ad inter im her good \vishes for God's blessing for mg which the church received a new Edenwold, Saskatchewan prograi::is. We succeeded to build up pastor. H ighlights of the service wer e continued effort in other ch annels. roof and frame work painted and the our society with h . the sermon by Dr. Charles W. Koller , It seems some time since we of the of 32. a present members 1p Like . the "Song bir ds of Spring," interior was completely redecorated at pr esident of Northern Baptist Semina­ the ch01r, under the direction of Rober t an approximate cast of $700 for which Baptist Church at Edenwold, Sask., our president had t o r y, who used for his text the wor ds of had a report in the BAPTIST HE R­ l e~~ortub atel y, the Lord to J eremiah: " Prophet, wh at E llis J ones, gladdens our hearts each we paid cash. Due to the fact that take u us eca1;1se of her in tention to ~unday. This ministr y of song is cher ­ sev~ral. of our members gave much of ALD. Since the Rev. and Mrs. Arthur P a business cour se in Calgar y seest thou"? and a contralto solo beau­ Weisser have been with us we have tifully rendered by the candidate's sis­ ished by our congr egation. On E aster their time to this work the cost was a· n d soth the g i. ea t es t b urden .m a rrang -' Sunday night the singer s r ender ed m~ch !ess than it would have been had many blessed times together , and mg t e programs was laid upon the ter, Miss J ean Anderson. The ordina­ they have offer ed and sacrificed much tion prayer was made by Dr. William Stainer's " Crucifixion" and concluded otlierwise. Ptha.s or until our annual meeting Far 'vith an appropriate finale of victorious We ar_e thankful for the splendid of their time and talents in our church is year we el t d . Kuhn, the charge to the ca ndidate by work as well as in the homes of the M . R ec e as our president Dr. P eter Stiansen, and the welcome resurrection music. Thank God for w~rk which Mr. and Mrs. Pfeiffer are . i s. uby Bresch who is a very ac- "the Spring time at Humboldt " and ?omg, f<;>r the unity that is so evident members. twe worker He . . to the ministr y by the Rev. C. B. Nord­ R ev. C nrl F. 1-l. 11 c 11 r y , Pm•tor oC Our young people's society is not so ar e very · t assistance and efforts land. Invocation and scriptm·e r eading 1bc Ji.u n1bnl d t 1~n r1c D u1•H1"Ct C burc h wher ever it is found. ' m ~>Ur little group, and for the coope­ young Pe muc1 1 appreciated among our C hlc u i;o, Illlno l 8. ' ratio_n of every member. active dur ing the 'Yinter mon ths, since op1e. were given by the Rev. Douglas E adie RUTH c. DOESCHER, Church Visitor. roads do not permit us to gather reg­ Mr E R' · and the Rev. Lloyd Gibbs, respectivel y. arc learning the worthwhile h abit of W1th the Loi·d's help we hope to do Helm"uth. R ~ eme r is our vice-pr esident, much mor e for him in the coming ularly for our meetings. This is also a A r eport of the ordination council of daily Bible reading. For a number of year s. · hindrance for our church choir. Still, and the un i em~r se1·ves as treas u~· e r , the Chicago Baptist Associat ion was weeks .they have been making ver y R. E . ENGELBRECHT, Reporter. gre~t efforts are made especially for chur ch h d~~·s i g n ed as secretary. The br ought by Dr. A. M. McDonald, super­ attractive book marks, one of which festive days, such as Christmas and use ever as mdly g iven its consent to intendent of the Chicago Baptist Asso­ the Y second Sunday evening for was presented on E aster Sunday to The South Texas, Louisiana and E aster , when good programs are usu­ ciation. Mr. Anderson had been exam­ each g uest of the Old People's Home. Baptist M ission Band ally rendered. We have a fi ne grou p of letiny b~n~ people's progr ams. A bul­ ined on the preceding day and heartily Alabama Association Holds Its of the chid was attached in the lobby An Easter program was also given by of Buffa lo Cen ter, Iowa, Annual Sessions at Kyle children in our Sunday School which approved by the council. T he benedic­ the Juniors. A weekly event· of great Cele b rates Its 12th Anniversary is ~b l y supervised by Mr. C. Rumpel. of the Y urch, announcing the meetings tion was appropr iately g iven by the vance a people two weeks in ad­ inter est to the children is the "Clue On Thursday evening, March 5, dele­ Smee Mr. Weisser's min istry began, o~ng Rev. Roy B. Anderson. and Quiz" Contest. The Mission Band of the Baptist gate.s. and friends of our South Texas, we have had two new groups formed. of the h a also. giving us some news Church of Buffalo Center, Iowa, cele­ and ppenmgs among ourselves An interesting sideline to the ordi­ A more conspicuous plot in our Lou1 ~ 1ana and Alabama Association O ~e is a girls' club, "The Busy Bees," nation was a delegation of some thirty chw·ch garden is the B. Y. P . U. The brated its 12th anniversary on Feb. met m the Emanuel Baptist Church at w1th Ella R umpel as president. The That som~, of the " Do You Know member s of the Baptist Church of young people are doing things. Dating 13, at which a progr am was given. Kyle, Ti;:xas, for a few days of blessed other is the J unior Society for boys o u; · ~· of "The Baptist Herald." Campbellsport, Wis., which travelled from a debate, in which the question Some of the member s gave special fellowship. We are thankful to the and girls under fifteen year s. Ella of SacrpedogSr ams cons isted of " Or igins 150 miles to witness the service for was, "Resolved, that the Humboldt numbers in song. We had as our speak­ Lord, the local pastor's family and all "M ission ong·k s •,, " O ur M1"ss 1. ons," a nd er Dr. R. Moyer, dean of Northwestern Rumpel is supervisor of the Junior s w 0 Mr. Anderson, who is their pastor. P ark B. Y. P. U. cannot succeed," the thos~ who c<;>ntributed to the many who is ably assisted by Mrs. Weisser'. tists ,, Ra r 1p of our Canadian Bap­ Friends and r elatives of the candidate society has proved beyond doubt the Bible School of Minneapolis, Minn. He blessings r eceived. We cannot appreciate enoug h the and ' Chr i~tia rograms'.' and devotional were in attendance from various negative side of this question. It is gave a ver y interesting sermon on We also n educational programs. missions. The offering taken at this. On Th~rsday evening, after a brief never failing willingness of the Ladies' 1 churches of the Chicago area, Baptist succeeding ! Worthwhile progr ams ar e song serv1ce, the local pastor gave his Aid in all that they r en der towards lobby anl aced. a question box in the and otherwise. Members of the candi­ given each Sunday night. One entitled meeting was $114, for which we are ar e questions are pouring in and very thankful. welcome to delegates and friends and our chur ch. During the past year we answered b th d date's family p resent wer e his par ents, " The Righi: Kind of American D e~ the Rev. P. Hintze r esponded The had a great deal of work done in our the pastor i Y e president an Mr. and Mrs. Albert Anderson ; a f ense," directed by Dolores Arnhold In looking back over a f ull year· of Rev. . P. Pfeiffer of Waco brought the church as to alterations in the base­ installed a h7't~de ry meeting. w·~ also brother and wife, Mr . and Mrs. Robert a!ld an evening of kodach ome-colored work, we as a Mission Band can say open mg !71essage, based on Acts 17: 6. ment and the installing of a new furn­ ed the conte 1 ay box and des1gn at­ Anderson; and a sister, Miss J ean pictures on the work at Moosehear t that God has been ' vith us and has ~r. Bieber led a brief devotion on ace and a new chimney. T he church t ena1·y Off i:i ts of the year to the Cen- wer e unusual, and well attended. blessed us. We have a membership of er mg. Anderson. 35 women. F_1ffday morning. The reports from the yard was improved by a new fence, we r eceived d LLOYD GIBBS, Clerk of Council. We have one hardy per ennial in our d! erent ch urches gave us t he impres­ and the ch urch stables moved to a new much ins i . . many blessings an garde_n, the Philathea Class. On March Our pr ogram consisted of a mission­ erings a!d r ation ~hr ough these gath­ 22 t h1s group celebrated its 27th anni­ ar y study, readings, musical numbers ~~~~u that God still has a great work location and repaired. T he parsonage, Spring T ime With New Signs of and a season of prayer for mission ­ s f:o do. The Rev. W. H. Buenning which stands j ust across the road in the' inte our society is gr owing both Life Comes to the Hu mboldt v~rsa r y br taking charge of the eve­ pas~r m. Gate.sville, led the quiet half from the church, also had some im­ in member:h~ t of God's Kingdom and m ng service. P alms and flowers lent aries at h ome and abroad. We follow hor, basing his thoughts on Ps 121 ·2 provements made to it, thanks to the well attendedp. Our meetings are verY Park Church of Chicago a festive air to the auditor ium which the. progr am found on our calenda1·s. on ~hthe afternoon three speake~s w~r~ Ladies' Aid who carried the big sh are people, but al' not only b y the young Spring t ime is always an insp il·at~on h oused a good sized audience. Mrs. J . wh1ch the executive committee plans cam e program. The Rev. C. H. See­ of the financial burden. On E aster so by our older people. to everyone. Although the cold ram.; Meier, the founder of the class and its for th~ .entire y~ar . Our object is for we presented evening, 5, teacher for a number of years was the spintual uplift and the deepening Cotfu' the new pastor of our church in Our village church at E denwold has ~hnd~y Apr~ ! fall and the wind scurri<'s through t he of the missionary spirit. "Our nG°0~· brought us a message on been improved with a new coat of pain t of the Cros ,, e dialogue, "The Light silhmietted branches c·f the trees, '"e able to be with us and gave the' invo­ · 1 orious Hope." Mr. Hintze led on the inside, thi rty new chairs to com­ Old Rugged' and a pantomine, "The see signs of new lit'e and anticipate cation. Miss E mma Luedke and Mr s. . We con~dbute.d $147 to missions. Be­ si?es. send~ng this money to the various b Bidble study on "Faith and Works" plete the set and the balance of the ~ songs, "Lift ~ross , " as well as two a time of verdu~· e nnd fruitfolness. W. Krenz rendered the lovely vocal ase on James 2 14 24 o ' rustic benches removed, and also a new Gates" and .,P .Y.our Heads, 0 Y_e duet, "Love Divine." missionaries, we sent cookies to the secretar M. :. - · ur mission 'l'har.k God for the swelling buds. the Bethany O_rphanage and good second­ theme lun·~·d PJ.eifl'er, spoke on the fence ~round the premises. King ,, u d ReJ01ce, the Lord is urgE:nt pushing up of tender gr een 'l'here were tears of repentance and Durmg the past summer Mr. Weisser pasto'r wi ei: the leadership of our consecr ation in the eyes of many who hand ~lothmg to th e Indians of north­ Denon'.iinati~n ,, Tie Sdhall Stand as a 0 crocus leaves, and the return C'f the ern Mmnesota. We also donated toward I . · le ay came to a he!~ a two weeks' Vacation School the church is .also the conductor of summer song birds. witnessed the presentation of the c ose with a message from the Rev period. Misses My1·tle Fiddelick, Edna this ro . choir. The offering from the "ma1·ch of climes." L. Hoeffner on "Have Faith in G d ,; Nature has no monopoly on the sea­ meaningful pageant, "The Challenge 0 Rosom a.nd Ella Rumpel assisted in Easte~ 1f a::1 was designated to. the of the Cross." Six attitudes of cross We h a~e a comm~ttee that visits and based on Mark 11 :22. • the teaching. A Bible Study Course for 0R er mg of ou1· denomination. son of spring. There are seasons of t he takes frmt to the sick and elderly peo- UTH SCHM ITKE, Secretary. soul, and periods of pr omise in church bearing are depicted in this play. The life. The H umboldt Park Church of arrogant disciple who despises the ( Continued on Page 19) April 15, 1942 Page 18 THE BAPTIST HERALD Page 19 M ISSION BAND OF _March 13. A large group of church e On Easter Sunday, April 5, the A MERCIFUL FAITH BUF F ALO CENTER members and friends were present. (Continued from Page 6) What's ~appening News Humboldt Park Baptist Church of Chi­ The speakers for the evening were the (Continued from Page 17) (Continued from Page 2) cago, Ill., dedicated a chur ch sound Revs. Pieter Smit from Lorraine, F . E. lazy or do not know how to manage." system furnishing tower chimes for pie of our church. Thus, we have Klein from Stafford, and R. Vase! from T hat may often be true. Yet J esus was / :a sacred concert with Gideon Zimmer­ Church auditorium. The chorus, direc­ the church neighborhood at a cost of cheered many on their way in t he past Bison. Talks of appreciation were moved w ith compassion as he looked man and Lorenz Mic,helson delivering ted by Herbert R. Pankratz, sang about $211. The system can also be year. We trust in t he Lord to bless us g iven by Mr. Oliver Ringering in be­ at the mul titudes. He included the poor brief messages. "The congregation was many numbers, including "America used for a ir raid signals in case of an in the future and to help us make our half of the church members and Mr. in his kingdom program; "the poor _greatly blessed both by song and word for Me" by C. Austin Miles, "Now Let emergency. T he church has also suc­ Mission Band a worthwhile organiza­ Donald Fisher in behalf of the Sun­ have the gospel preached to them." tion which will do its part in the bmld­ day School. Mrs. Harry Widener spoke and wishes to extend every success to Every Tongue Adore Thee" by Bach, cessfully inaugurated a $1000 improve­ ing of his Kingdom. They need it. They are most likely the students in their summer tour of for the Ladies' Missionary Society and and "Thanks Be to God" by Dickson­ ment campaign looking toward the MRS. A. G. GEIKEN, Secretary. lo accept it. To them the gospel is the United States," as reported by Salter. Arthur Loewen sang several church's 50th anniversary in 1943. On Mr. Duane Scheufi er in behalf of the really good news. To the rich it is bad B. Y. P. U. For the mission chur ch in Miss Shirley J. Beuerman. baritone solos and Herber t Pankratz Good Friday evening, April 3, the Rev. news. It is likely to separate them from rendered a piano solo and gave some Ellinwood Mr. L. Reed spoke for the e On Easter Sunday evening, April 5, Carl F. H. Henry, pastor, baptized two Sunday School · and Mrs. Alfred t heir wealth and place of privilege. the Baptist Church of -Ashley, No. r eadings in Pennsylvania Dutch. The persons and received these into the Scheufier in behalf of the Baptist The more one is economically secure, Dak., held a festival service at which free will offering of $47.88 was desig­ church's fellowship at the observance Training Union. the less likely one will be merciful to­ its pastor, the Rev. Willy Luebeck, nated for the Old People's Home. of the Lord's Supper. On Easter Sun­ ward the economically insecure. If our day morning the pageant, "The For­ Ellinwood Church of Kansas As a special token of appreciation , faith has a Christian quality it will ·was honored on his 10th anniversary 9 A Junior Church was recently or­ Mr. Helwig and family were given a as minister of the church. A large con­ ganized in the Second German Baptist gotten Cloak," was presented by the Holds a Farewell Rece ption for become active sacrificially to alleviate small rug and an electric lamp by t he the suffering of our fellow men, re­ gregation gathered to shar e in these Church of Brooklyn, N. Y., which has church school under the direction of the Rev. a nd Mrs. W . Helw ig Ladies' Missionary Society, two woolen festivities. The surprise of the service been meeting from 11 to 12 o'clock Mrs. Helga Henry, and Stainer's "Cru­ The Rev. W. Helwig, until recently blankets by the church, and a pillow gardless of creed, color, or na~ionality. was the unheralded arrival of Dr. Wm. every Sunday morning since March cifixion" was sung by the church choir pastor of the First Baptist Church of case and sheet set by the B. Y. P. U., The Christian knows the weapons of Kuhn, general missionary secretary, 15th. This group is supervised by at t,he evening service with Mr. Robert E llinwood, Kans., baptized two persons of which Mr. Helwig was the sponsor. his warfare. (2. Cor. 10:4; Eph. 6:10 who brought the address of the eve­ Messrs. Wal ter Marklein, Sr., Wm. Ellis Jones directing the choir. on confession of their faith in Christ to 20; Rom. 13:12; Isa. 31:1 ; P s. 20:7). on Sunday, March 15. These converts 1\fr. and Mrs. Helwig served our ning. Mr. Luebeck is not only the high­ Ehrhardt and John Veninga. On Sun­ • During the week of April 13 to 17 · church for the past five and a quarter The world is presenting the minds of day morning, March 22, the Rev. Wm. were also given the hand of fellowship ly esteemed pastor of the Ashley several important committee meetings by the pastor. This Sunday was also years, and the church has grown great­ men-with the two horns of an apparent Church with its mission stations at Swyter of West New York, N. J ., are to be held at Forest Park, Ill. On the last Sunday on which Mr. and ly in spirit and also in numbers. A dilemma. These are "appeasement or .J ohannestal and Jewell but has been brought the message at the German M?nclay, April 13, the program com­ Mrs. Helwig and their family were mission church was also started in El­ war." T his is no time to discuss the a lso the revered editor of the weekly service. The Fathers' and Sons' ban­ mittee for the 1943 General Conference with us before they left for Dallas, Tex. linwood. The Lord has richly blessed Christian's attitude toward war. But quet, sponsored by the Crusaders So­ the!ll in their great work here. .Sunday School page in "Der Sendbote" w~ll. convene with the Philadelphia A farewell reception was held for we may question whether appeasement for several years. ciety, was h~ld on Saturdl\Y evening, mm1sters, the Revs. Milton R. Schroe­ t hem in our church on Friday evening, ARLENE SCHEUFLER, Reporter. is the only alternative. Marc~ 28, w1th Alfred Orthner, presi­ der and H. Palfenier, also in atten­ O T he J anuary 1st issue of " The Bap­ dent m charge. A very colorful and tist H erald" published the news report dance. From April 14 to 16 the General unusual magazine of 12 pages, entitled Missionar y Committee, now called the -that the Rev. A. Stelter of American "F l as l~," is ~ing published by the youn~ Falls, Ida., had accepted the call of the peoples society. The Rev. Wm. J. Ap­ North American Baptist General Mis­ Baptist Church in Olds, Alta. This re­ pel is pastor of the church. sionary Committee, will hold its annual port was incorrect, for even though the session. On the evenings of April 15 A B ible B argain call was received Mr. Stelter did not • The Rev. T heo. W. Dons, the deno­ and 16 public services will be held in accept it. We extend our apologies minational evangelist, held very suc­ the Forest Park Church, at which the both to the church and to Brother cessful meetings in the Baptist Church Revs. Wm. L. Schoeffel of Cleveland, For the Girls Stelter with the assurance of our good of Creston, Neb., from March 8 to 20. Ohio, and L. H. Broeker of St. J oseph, The Girls White Bible which has been b ecoming so popular of There ~v ere ten persons who made a \vill in this matter. Recently the Rev. Mich., will be the speakers and at late ca n now be offered to our g irls with the popular G. Eichler of Missoula, Mont., spent 11 profession of faith in Christ during which pictures of our denominational days conducting meetings with Mr. the services. From Feb. is to 27 Mr. enterprise will be shown. The choirs TALON FASTENER 'Stelter in Paul, Idaho. Great interest Dons conducted similar meetings in of the Forest Park Church and the at a bar g ain price. was shown in the services, and several the nearby Shell Creek Church of Neb­ · First German Baptist .Church of Chi­ ·Sunday School scholars expressed the r_aska. The Revs. Theo. Frey and Mar­ This is an unusual opportunity because our government has cago will sing at these services. On prohibited the m a nufacture of the zipper or slide fastener. After wish that they be remembered in tin DeBoer are pastors of these F~·iday, April 17, the General Council -pra'Yer. churches, respectively. From March 22 will meet for its annual session. existing stocks a re e x h a u s t e d there will be no m ore for th e dura tion. e The choir of more than 40 voices t? April 3 Mr. Dons served as evange­ list m the German Baptist Church of •. Miss E dith K o p p i n of Detroit, of the Strassburg Baptist Church of lVhch., one of our two Camer oon mis­ We ha~e come in possession of a little lot w hich we could buy Kansas rendered the cantata, "The Sh~ttuck, Okla., a nd from April 5 to a t a low p rice and so we ca n resell the m for correspondin g little 12 m the Bethany Baptist Church near sionary-nurses now at home on f ur ­ Easter Triumph" by Carrie Adams, lough, has just completed an interest­ mone y. on Easter Sunday evening, April 5, Vesper, Kansas. From Sunday, April 19, to Sunday, April 26 he will serve ing promotional trip to the Middle in the church. On Sunday evening, West. On Sunday evening, March 22, This l?t .is sli.g htly shopworn and may h a ve some other slig ht b lemish es. The publisher March 22, -the same cantata was given the First German Bapti;t Church, Chi­ removed his imprint for market reasons but on the whole these exceptions are not serious cago, Ill., with evangelistic messages. she addressed a large mass meeting of by the choir in the Methodist Church the churches of Milwaukee and the and w~ furt? er~ore a gr~ e t~ take b ack a ny copies not wanted a fter the purchase and refund -0f Antelope, Kans., and on Good Fri­ • Mrs. D. S. McAlpine, missionary of surrounding territory in the Immanuel the p rice paid w ith a smile 1f n ot satisfied. day evening in the Youngstown Com­ the Ridgewood Baptist Church of Long Church of Milwaukee. This was pre­ munity Church near Marion. The di­ Island, N. Y., recently presented her ceded by a -Youth Luncheon at which OUR PRICE W HILE THEY .LAST: Tector of the choir is Roy Vogel. Two r esignation because of ill health. A Mr: Rog~r Norman presided and at numbers by Prof. Herman von Berge farewell service for her was held on which Miss !Coppin also spoke. On appear in the cantata. The Strassburg Wednesday evening, March 25. On Monday evening, March 23, she acl­ $ 1. 45 Each 3 for 4.00 Sunday evenings during the Lenten •Church has purchased a fine substan­ dr es~ed t?e -Chicago young People's This price is ne t postpaid in USA and Canada. tial house several miles from the season, the Rev. A. E. Kannwisch er, I~ sti tute m the First Church of that ·church which will be moved next Fall pastor, preached on the keynote of city and ~n March 24 she was the guest DESCRIPTION SPECIMEN OF TYPE to the church property and remodeled outstanding lives such as John Wes­ speaker m the Immanuel Church of This attractive White Bible of imitation from iiil his work which he hnd mnde. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, he would call them : and whatsoever as a parsonage. Mr. Roy Seibel is the ley, Ma rtin Luther, Charles Haddon I~ankakee, Ill. On the successive eve­ Ad'd.m called every living creature, Spurgeon, Isaiah a nd Russell H. Con­ leather is fl exible divinity circuit, gilt edges, and sanctified it: because that in it that ·was the name thereof. pastor of t he church. mngs ~f March 24 and 25 she spoke gilt stamped front and backbone, head bands. he had rested from all his work which .20 And Ad'am gave names to all well, and closing with several messages at special services of the First Baptist God created and made. cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and • A special benefit concert for the Old It contains 15 colored illustrations, colored 4 ,l These arc the generations of the to every beast of the field; but for on "The Keynote of the Life of Church of St. Joseph, Mich., and of heavens and of the earth when they P.eople's Home of Chicago, Ill., was presentation page and family registery. Size Ad'am there was not found au help Christ." On Easter Sunday evening, Bent_on Harbor, Mich., and on Friday were created, fa the day that the meet for .him. ·given by the Christian Fellowship Club 4 ':4x6Vio inches. Black letter type. LORD God made the earth and the 21 And the LORD God caused a deep April 5, the church choir presented the ~venmg, March 27, in the Holmes St. Male Chorus of the First German cantata, "The Holy City" by A. R. Church of Chicago on Palm Sunday ~1Urch of Lansing, Mich. On Sunday, Send orders promptly to Gaul. A dramatization, " The First Day ar ch ~9, she brought her visits to a aftern?on, March 29. Due to t he in­ of the Week," was presented by the R 0 GER WILL I AMS PRESS 3734 Payne Ave., Cleveland, Ohio tense mterest in the service, the pro­ close with messages in the Gladwin young people at the E aster sunrise and Beaver Baptist Churches of Michi­ gram was held in the Humboldt Park service. gan. Page 20 THE BAPTIST HERALD Appeasement is unworthy of a NEW BOOKS Christian. He must hate it as the most rabid nationalist because appeasement Japa n Inside Out Dy S\'l\'G:tl AX RHEE. Do You Know That ... ? is motivated by fear. It has its roots 'l' h c n u t h or IH n J(orc nn 11 n trlot ,,·h o Column Edited by the in paganism. It is the religion of tell>< n Mt nrtllni.:" 1< t o r y lmHetl ou lutlmn t e heathendom. No Christian can be an knowle lli.:"C of the f nct1<. U c coutentls REV. A. R. BERNADT thnt the Jn111< nre out for w orlll eou­ appeaser, but he has a better way, the qnel'4 t, Ua nt they nre c ,· cr~· bit ns ln - of Burlington, Iowa way of God: "God was in. Christ, re­ 1loc trlnntc 1l with t h e .. llh·luc mission" n1ul ''ra ce HUt•c rlority" 1hcorlcN as the 1. The very latest religious census conciling the world to himself." .\ XIH JI CO JllCS. figure in the United States shows The true Christian knows this way. It IM cnlle d n t c rrlfylni.:" b ook und the fcnr IN cxr•rcMMc1l t h nt It h4 o nh· too tru e . that we have now 64,159,248 church He uses it in his home, his church and ,-l ' h c n c " ·cst c l iHch In the PnCHlc sccmH every relationship. The world and its to nulhcntlcute the b ook. members in the country which diplomats do not know that way very .\. llmc ly hook, :.:os l'llS-c><, $ !!.0 0 leaves much room for woi'.k to be well and have seldom tried it. It is up done with the r emainder of our John G. Paton 130 million people. to the Christian to show the way and U y 'l'llEODOR E ntUELl.ER. to reveal his faith. A. n c " ' niu.l cona1uac t IJ l o~rn t•h Y of n 2. Isaiah writes in Chapter 3 : "The n1on \\'h o t.lurcd t o th·e uu:a ous; connl­ Lord will take away ... their There are many Christian workers h n lH t o tench lhcm the wny of life. today who have grown up with the Pnton w ns ouc of the o utstnntll n g ruls - round tires like the moon .. . a nd 11 l o nn r le1< of the Inst century . rtcnlly It the changc?bl~ suits of apparel ... emphasis on Christian education. I n Is >< trnnb"Cr tlrnn fl c tlo u . no field has the Christian church sinned 1:.:0 11ngcs, $ 1.00 and the cr1spmg pins . .. a nd in­ more than in this. I ts greatest minis­ stead of a girdle, a rent." And this try is most carelessly ha ndled. A Book of Protestant Saints was written thousands of years D y ERNES'l' GORDON. ago ! There are some conscientious souls 'rhe nuthor he u n.1 00 of ' 'nst kno \\·­ who have rightly dedicated their lives lc cl i.:"e of the rc11 ,.1ou 1< lic ld. IIere nrc life 3· Th.ere are now 2100 conscienti9us Hkct c l1cH. ot ""l"tu lnts " \\' h OHc car eers n r c obJectors recognized as such by the to the high ministry of adequate teach­ not so ,,·e ll kn1n,· 11 nod It IH thlH fnct ing. Goel bless them ! May they see the thut ullllo< .to the , ·u Juc of the b oolc. dr:ift boards of our land. Plans are awakening of a slumbering church I 'J'bcrc nre nhout 30 hrlet ltlogru 1•hlcH being made to have these young rn nklu ~ h•H ttlrln ~ r cn dln ~ : hneon or However, as essential as a pupil-cen­ C nmbrlll;:e, llnui;e o f Norw ny, Sch nrt nu men do the farm work in sections tered, biblical approach to the teach­ of Swccl c n 1 Ahcl of J(wnto null other11. where farm labor is so scarce. -A h ook t o b e JIOS8Cl!llCll. ing job is, it becomes effective only as ltlO 1ini;cs, $1.GO 4. Infant baptism in England has de­ it is implemented by the teacher's creased from 384,992 in 1939 to merciful faith. The Problems of Youth JJy Dll \ V . JJ. RILEY . 361,461 in 1940, which might mean As important as a high standard of 'rhll'C orolltlc " "rltcr h nH ,:h·cn U H n that more people are appreciating excellence in Christian teaching is, is ' 'o hunc Inte nt.le d f or the youth. lie the "Baptist view," for these same touc bc-H u1•on the :iccn r c h fo r 1lle n s u rc, it not true that most of the converts c duenelou, e n11•loyn•c ut, n 1untc, s nh·n­ English churches report an in­ who enter the front door of the church tlou, e t c. Bli.=- hty yenrH of r ich exp eri­ crease in mission giving for the e n ce IH c rnnuuc d Into tbcMc c h n p terH. slip out the side door because of the JnHt the IJ o o lc for o u r y uun,; pco1•l e. same periods. It l :!:I ll0g'CH !jlJ .00 lack of it? is the lack of mercy, com­ 1 5. Joe Louis,. a. Baptist of deep pcr­ passion and love that lets them slip The Life and Letters so.nal conv1cti?ns, recently gave the out. A merciful faith is the hand­ of Saint Peter p~ocec~s of his heavyweight cham­ maiden of excellent Christian teaching. U y E . C ll U YLER EJXG l, I SH. p1ons l11 p bout for the Navy a Surely, evangelism is the church's A book b y the colleni;.'"lle of Dr. A. C. Gnebele lu null who Is nsKoclnte e llltor of branch of the military service that first responsibilty. It is the ministry of the n1 nguzlne "Our Uo1tc." no. m.ember. of his race can join. reconciliation. A soul winning church It 11< , ·cry fu,·ornhly reviewed nntl This 1s our idea of bigness. bl ~ hl y rcconunc nele d RH nu ou(Mtnn dlug is a vital church in the kingdom pro­ , ·o Jum e o n the rnHcl untlui.:" Apostle P e ter. gram. Let us imagine that the priest, lnfor1n ln,,:: oud h c l11 f ul, :.!:'l 11nges. Very 6. Ocean Grove's Sunday Blue Law r cnHonnhly 11rlce d ot ke~t. a n army officer and truck the Levite and the good Samaritan $ 1.2:) were all members of the same Baptist waiting i~t the chain across the church, (they gener ally are!) . If they Charles G. Finney street until special permission was went out to win the man, who had D y JIASIL ill l Lf,ER . granted. ti by the Camp M ee ti ng A s- 'J'hlH 11< n u c w bloi;rnuhY o f the i,;rent ­ s~cia on for him to be classified fallen among thieves on the road to CHt r cvh •nlllft, prior t o ntoo1ly , of the J ericho, to Christ, who would be most ulu c t c cntb ceutur:t' JllH l.n 1J orf4, bis prny­ with •te mergency vehicles. Th.1 s com- likely to succeed? The whole program c r llfc not.I blM h o l y " ·nlk ore cou.,,, l uc­ ~num Y 1ins been most stringent in lni.:-1>• porlrn yed. 'l'hc Hol y S 11l rlt hull its Sunday traffic laws. of evangelizing the world fails or suc­ s u c h con t rol of him tlrnt nil o r111osltlo u fell b efor e hlH 11rcn c hlug. lie c &nn,::tell ceeds at this point. cltlcH, h e c l1nni.:"c d Amcrlcu with bl" 7. Life has but two end d of u hnllc n J.:"lni;- 11roelnmutlo n o f s n v lni; these h 1 s an one There are those who criticize edu­ trut h . 137 pngcs, $ 1.00 aft a ready been used so we cational, medical, industrial or agri­ better take good care of th~ other cultural missions. Of course, if these God Runs My Business one. approaches arc ends in themselves, 'l'h c S t ory of rt. G. l.e 'l'o u rncnu. 8. In the average B . h D y A. W. LOrtli\IE Jl. there ar 'lc apt1st Churc they must fail. However, if they are a 39 0 T h e orunzlng 8 t ory or the mnu "~ ho roll and e '/, men on the church means to the one end, via the road of tnode Cod h bt buHlncss 1•nrtoer '.rbls IH 61 0 are women. 13% of a merciful faith to lead men to be the 11101:1 "\V ho detllcot e.M his tremendous­ these members . ly lurgc lnllu1rs listed in the average Me1·cy is a quality Lo be found in the JO~ vugcs, $1.00 9 ~1urch are non-resident. strong. The weaker men are, the more BAPTISTS: . MODEL YOUNG PEOPLE·s unmerciful they become. Mercy is the Their Message and Mission MEETING. p t· . most important characteristic of God, ever b d · ar 1c1pated in by Dy HJl,LYErt JI. S'l'RATON. Y 0 Yi monopolized by nobody· for "God is love." It is the character­ A new book of n hlo