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..• • THE EDITORIAL VIEWPOINT The Pentecostal EVANGEL Priests of the Pen WEEny VOICE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOO OCTOBER 5, 19S8 NUM8ER 2317 Thomas Carlyle ~aid that "men of letters are a perpetual pric!>thood, from age to age, teaching all men that a God is l:>till present in their EDITOR .. ROBERT C. CUNNINGHAM
life .... " If we may adapt Carlyle's thought we should like to refer EXECUTRE DIRECl"OR , J. R. F/ov.'er to the men and women who produce you r church literature as "priests LAYOUT EDI1'OIi. • Ltslie rv. SlIlilll of the pen." EDITORIAL ASSISTANT E/:.:a M. JOIIIIIOIi Like the priests of Aaron's line, your publication workers arc dcdi* EDITORIAL POLICY BOARD ). R. Flower (Chairman), 1I0,",'ard S, Uush, N. D. caled to a panictllar ministry. Their calling is to preach and teach Davidson. Roy H. \\"ead, AaT()n A. \Vil
Think how we would miss the Sunday School quarterlies and slory . . . . We believe Ih ~ IJible to he Ihc ""pir~d ~nd onl\ ",!;,llih1e ~nd aUlhorLl~I"'e p.1.pcrs if the consecrated workers who prepare them were to give tip Wonl of God. WE IEl.lEVE that Ihere ;~ one ('oJ elunilly cxistrnl in three !'erMlns: God the ~his ministry. Without the story papers the Sunday Schoo! pupils ~'alhH Gnd Ihe 5o.'n, ~nd God Ihe lIoty Gho$\ WE Il't-:I.IE\·E in Ihe deity of our I.ord J ~.U5 (h.i TItE PENTECQSTAL. EVANGEL i. p"btl.~ed w~ ~I, Jly ,b. Go.~1 Pubh.h'~1 UO 2 THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL This truck driver says- , • I Believe In -- MIRACL s BY JAM E 5 A. WRAY (os told to ANNE SANDBERG) - A FEW "EARS AC.o IF AKYOXE HAi) Don't lct anyone tell you that truck predicted I'd be working day and night drivers are hopeless. You never can without sleep to pay a $150.00 church tell what's behind tho~e hard eyes, that pledge I would have s.."lid he was crazy. sarcastic mouth twisted around a cigar. And the fact that 1 did it was a miracle. that big chest. They"'e all got a heart, But then, I've seen a lot of miracles you know. Just let a guy see what I in the two years I've served the Lord. saw and it's bound to break him up. Truck dr,ver Jomes A Wroy, soved ond Like the time r was loaded with 7500 \Vell. I made up my mind this was heeled by the power of God. gallons of gasoline and skidded on the rcal and r was cOllling back. r\ ext icy highway-but I'd better start from night when the healing evangelist asked the beginning. the sick to stand, raisc their hands and My parents wcre Christians, but their believe while hc prayed, I figured, yet. but I believe in it and am expecting ways didn't suit me. It griped me when "What ha"e r to lose? I'm ftlll of pain to receive one oi these days. Alean .i\lother WQuld talk about God and harp and sin and need help bad." So I while, nothing I call do for the Lord on tithing. No one was telling me what stood and believed. is too slllall or too big. to do with my money, or my lire either ! )'lan. I've seen a lot of power, but I mean it whell I say my tillie is the So for forty-seven years 1 pleased nothing like this. :\ot that I was Lord's whatever I can spare from Ill)" myself. Got a job hauling petroleum. knocked down or anything like that. job. And so is Illy mOllcy. Remember \Vas a real wicked sinner, no doubt But God came in Stich a mighty way I said it used to gripe Ille when Mother about that. Smoked two packs of that three miracles hit me at once: I harped on tithing? :-.Jow I can't gh·e cigarettes a day, plus several cigars. was sa"cd, hcaled, and delivcred from cnough to Him ,\nd my wife is with Couldn't stop; had to have thcm. tobacco a ll in a moment. :\Iy wife tIl(' all the way. Drink, swear-well, you know the repu could hardly hc1ie\'e it. ';Guess I Been an usher at different times and tation of truck drivers. You'd never shouldn't have been so shocked." she it always hurts to see p<.-'Oplc dropping expect many of them to go to church, admitted, "because 1 had been praying ill nickels and dime.,>. Sinners think much less a healing servicc. so long. It was just a miracle, that's nothing of spending up to $5.00 a night r never ..... ould have gone if arthritis all. " in a tayern. And Chri:-.ti:.tn,> waste a hadn't crippled me. Got so bad my That's the way I felt about it 100. lot of moncy on foolishncss. Then they wife had to drag my feet Ollt of bed I sure was a changed man. Pl1t a few coins in the collection! Wife every morning, pllt them on the floor I ne" er did believe ill New Year's and r arel1't bragging, hut aile way we and pllil me up. At night she sat me on resolutions. but in that big healing meet feel we can show Ollr gr:uitude i~ by the bcd, pushed me over, then hauled ing I made a resolution which I intel1d gi\'ing all we call. my legs after. The pain was so awful by God's help to keep. And that is, to Fact is, we heard of so lllally need~ J couldn't stand it any more. serve the Lord with my whole heart as in the Lord's work that we kept with So when my wife begged me to at long as I Ji\'e. I don't believe in doing drawing our savings un:i1 we emptied tend. the healing l'leeting in April, 1956, things halfway. I served the devil hare\. the account. Theil I gO t laid off for I \\etlt. I'd heard a lot frOll1 ~lother and mean to do the same toward God. three months. \\'e weren't starving, had aOotlt salvation, but this healing business So I said to the Lord: "God. show somcthing to Jive all; bllt couldn't givc was something new. I thought miracles me a church where r can do janitor like before. ~ Ild, !d in Bible days. But that first work, make repairs, pa.ss the collection Then one Sunday night we heard a night in the healing meet ing was sure plate; anything. Lord, just so I can do reprc:-,clltativc from Springfield, ~lis~ an eye opener. I wouldn't have be :>omcthing for you." souri , tell of the miraculous way the Iie\'ed it if I hadn't seen it with my own The Lord sure was good to lead LI S Lord provided Evangel College. If thc eyes-deaf, blind, cripples in stantly to an Assembly of God church III children weren't all married, I'd sure healed. Chicago. I'm 110t filled with the ..spirit (Continued on page twenty-one) October 5, 1958 3 we placed more value on the matter of spirituality in the home. Let's recog nize and establish true Christian values for our family to enjoy. Whether or not we have spiritually discerned the value of the church as it relates to the Christian life is vividly shown by our faithfulness in frc;eovered. out unorthodox dews, usually with the are we lax in worship? There's a rea after making some purchase, that we children as a captive audience. This is son. there must be. p.1id too much for it. Had we examined dangerous, for your sense of values as There arc people who have not ai the article lIlorc carcfully we might have a parent is highly comagious. The yet discovered the va lue of attending rc."llized it was not worth the price. youngsters are very impressionable. Sunday School. If everyone took that or had we comp.1 red the price with that If, for example, while the children attitude there would be no Sunday of a rival store we might have saved were listening you expressed your feel School at all; the systematic !>tudy of some money. ings about Brother Brown, just watch the Word of God which is so vital to No one likes to be " taken" when them the next time they see him in Christian living and which is taught in he shops. \Ve need to keep our wlts church. N"otice how they stare at him; our Sunday School s would be done about us not only when we choose our observe the questioning looks that they away with. Staying away from Sunday purchases but also when we choose our send in hi s direction. You have influ School places a persall in the category friend s, our interests, and Ollr occupa enced your children to dislike a person of those who consider this "evangelistic tions. I t is possible for a person to and perhaps they don't rea ll y kllOw why. right arm of the church" as unimpor pay too much for too little, both in A poor example ill the home can un tant. the natural and in the spiritual realm wittingly train children to be gossipers, How ,'alliable is a soul? Heaven That is why God's people need spirit haters, irritable and impious. Ignoring rejoices when one is saved, but do we ual discernment. I f we lack discenunent the value of a proper Christian ex consider a !>oul important enough to as to what is valuable in the Christian ample in the home has opened the door witness to him about Christ? life it is shown by our attitudes. \V e to continued deliquenc)' , confused fam Paul said, "Neglect IIOt the assem may in sist that we love the church and ilies, irreligious and wayward young bling of youTseh-es together." IIe con that we greatly appreciate the work of people. ~tost people don't think of it sidered fellowship so valuable that he God in the home and foreign fields. as being that serious, but it is high time encouraged the young church to pro But when the time for action arrives tcct and maintain that association. and we manifest a lukewarm and ir It is also imperative that we properly responsive attitude, then wt: show how value the importance of cooperation in little value we actually attach to the the Lord's work. In her song of vic work of God. tory, Deborah included the grim words, The Lord must surely be disappointed "Curse ye l\'ieroz, sa id the angel of the at ti mes with 11is people as He listens Lord; curse ye bitterly the inhabitants to their conversation, for "out of the thereof, because they came nOt to the abundance of the heart the mouth help of the Lord, to the help of the speaketh." Loose, worldly speech wi ll Lord against the mighty" (Judges 5: immediately reveal the low value that a 23). The inhabitants o[ Meraz did not man has set on the virtues of holiness see the va1ue of cooperating with their and on his con tact wi th God. A careless brethren against a cOlllmon enemy. tongue wi ll forfeit many a blessing of They refu sed to lend assistance. God. Hebrews 10:25 It is a shame if God's l:>eople do 1I0t Do we value the importance of a good Not forsaking the assembling finish what they have started for the Christian example in the home? For of ourselves together. as the man Lord. Much needs to be done for some, the home is a place reserved fo r ner of some is. God's Kingdom; it can be done and it THE PENTECOSTAL EVANCEL will be done if and when God's people put the right tag on cooperation, It is possible to overestimate the im portance of some things, We Ileed to be careful that our home, relatives, Your Questions friends, and possessions do not become so important to liS that they obliterate eternal things, A. N S W ERE 0 BYE R N EST S. W ILL I A M S Jesus said, "A man's foes shall be they of his own household, He that DOfl. Matthflw 6: S mflan that Wfl .hould !i"ing together in an unmarril'd state. loveth father or mother more than me Dever .land to pray? Thus while it i~ well fur the marriage is not worthy of me: he that lo\'eth son \\'hat Jesus condellliled was making to be performed hy a mimster, it i~ or daughter more than me is nOt worthy a parade of prayer, seeking to draw ju~t a~ binding ii performed by an of me" (Matt, 10:39), Devotion to attention to one's de,·o\ltlles~. seeking authorized ci"il authority. one's family is commendable, but car to impre~s men when the heart was not I ~l'e no rea"oll why I)('r~()ns who have ried too far it may become a ::.piritual right heiol"e C,od. In ~Iark II :25 JeSlls taken their marriage vows Ix-forc a ci"il enemy, \Vhen one stays away frolll endorsed the po.~ture of standing ill authority !">holllt! have to repeat them worship simply to humor n member of prayer, with the words, "\\'hen yc stane! before :I. minister. Th<,y arc mnrricd in his family, it is wrong. 'Vhen n perSOIl praying, forgive," 11 is lIot the pO!'ition the sight of God wherever the ceremony yields to a practice that ili not C01l1- of the bod" but the attitude of the Iw held. Why have a sl'COIl(\ wedding? patible with holiness, rather than of heart whid; counts with God. • • • fend his family, he demonstrates that • • Some who cI.im the Saptilm with the he has placed relatives before Christ. • H oly Spirit ..y they .till reel the old Iud. Many today feel that material pos or the apo.lle Paul we read, "From hi. in their heArh. Will thtl H oly Spirit come sessions are the most important things body Were broulht unto the .ick h a ndker into .n unclean.ed heart? chier. or apron., and the d i. ea.e. de in life. A sizable bank account, the Xo. the Holy Spirit C0016 only intO latest car, a complete wardrobe, a sum parted f rom them" (Acta 19 : 12). D oe. thil mean that an eVlI.nlelitt can pray o ... e r a hearts that have been cleans(d hy the mer cottage or camp, are among the handke rchief, which may be worn by a preciolls ilIood. BUI that docs not mean things that they hope for, work for, penon in order to be healed? that a person with a clean heart cannot and live for . Jesus said, "Take heed I ha,·c no objection if persollS wear he tempted. As long a~ we are in the and beware of covetousness: for a handkcrchid~ which h,we been prayed flesh we shall be susceptlhle to the man's life consisteth not in the abun over. But r warn :l.gain~t regarding temptationli of the ne~h We should not dance of the things which he possess such objects as charms, looking to the be !>urprised if ::;Qllle of the lX'ople who eth" (Luke 12 :15). kerchiefs for healing in-;tead of look ha\'e been baptized with the I toly Spirit Let us learn to spiritually discern. ing to the Lord. We ha"e record of ha,'e incollsistem;ie~ In their li\'c~. Evaluate the things of God properly; only one occasion in the !lIilli~try of There were incollsi!>tcllcics In the don't underestimate the importnnce of Paul where handkerchiefs or aprom churches which were founded by the God, His work, or H is workers. Be were used, and this was in connectioll apostles thelll!>clves. Milch of the teach. ware of placing too high a value on with "spccial mir:tcles." \\'holcs:tle ing in the Epistles is devoted to cor material and social gains. King Saul praying O,'cr handkerchiefs or healing recting the!>c illconsi~tellcies and ex allowed his pride and arrogance to cloths is likely to lll<1ke C011l1ll01l1)lace horting the people to he holy ill thought. interfere with complete obedience to that which was a special, sacred mani word. ami deed. God. He was told that ;'to obey is fc.:>tatioll of divine power. It can be Paul recogllized the I)()S~lbilit)" of in· better than sacrifice," and he paid a come, I fear. an abUlie similar to look ternal warfare of the Spirit again-t bitter price for his mistake in im ing to relics as if they had healing thc flesh (see Galatians 5 :17). He properly e\'aluating the things of God. power withill themscl,·es. showed. howe"er, that there is com· On the other hand, Moses "refused p1ete victory for those who walk in to be called the son of Pharaoh's • • • the Spirit. "This I say Ihell. Walk in daughter; choosing rather to suffer Why do Protettanll not relard marr;ale the Spirit. nnd yC shall nOt fnlfil the affliction with the people of God, than aa a lacrament? D oel God ble .. a ci ... iI IUiot of the flesh" (v. 1(1). It i~ pos to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a man'ialte? Ia .p;ritual adultery the r eo sihle to li,'c above ~ill. but if any season; esteeming the reproach of ault of a d vil marrialte? OUlht thOle man .. in therc is all .\(h·cx:ate with the 01rist greater riches than the treasures who h .... e been m.rried by a civil authority Father, Jelius Chrilil the rig-Illeous (I to be rem.rried by a minider? in Egypt: for he had respect unto the Jolm 2:1) who will forgi\c his sin recompense of reward" ( Hebrews II: Saaamcllt, as used in religious circles, and cleanse him from all unrighteous 24-26) . means "an oath or solemn engagement." ncss if he will confess his fault and :Men usually reach for that which The Church has applied the term repent. they va lue highly. When it is obtained especially to water baptism and to the it brings its own rewards or compli Lord's Supper. ~ I arriage is also "a cations. Blessed is the man who puts solemn engagemellt" to be regarded as IJ yOIl "a~'e {l o$I'irillllll problem or IIII.\' God above all elsc. Let us pray with sacred and i.:> therefore, in the truest 1I1/1'slim! a1101l1 lite Bible, .\'011 arc illl'ilrd to sense, a sacrament. But the marriage f.·nle 10 "I'our Qursliml.J," Tire Peu/l'to.Jlal Solomon, "Gi\'e therefore thy servant F.l~/Uqd, 434 11'. PaciJic ,I"., S/,rillrJJidll, an understanding heart.,. that I may contract is also a legal transaction re .\fiJ.J~llri. Brother Ifilliams f October 5, 1958 5 / \ 10 \ By FORREST E. SMITH Sail .·II/grlo, TexIIs WEARI': L1\'I;';G 1:0.- Till: rLO!>I"U; cleansc u ... from all unrightc{)usne,.;s" Power o\-c r what? .. Behold," Jesus days of time. Even if we 1l1l1l1!;(erS (I John 1 :9). s.1.id to the disciple::;, ,,[ give you never mentioned it, doubtless many II0wc\"er, aftcr wc are cleansed the powcr ... over all lhe power of the would realize it because of the terrible enemy llIay come along to dig up the f'nemy" (Luke 10:19). oppn:ssion of the enemy, ami through matter again. and oppress us with a I n Act::; 1:8 wc learn that we shall observation of the awc!'>omc acts of !;in spirit of fcar ior our very salvation; T\'Ceive po,,'cr to 11.'illless. In I John openly flau nted before a conscience he may canse liS to doubt Ollr 13apti~m 4:4 we learn that we arc of God and scared nation. ill tbe lloly Spirit. or our healing. We have (already) overcome the devil, for The battle betwCt!n spirit nnd flesh may find Ollr~eh'c~ plcading for forgive greater is lie that is in us than he has rcnchcd stich a screaming pitch that ness that was grantcd long ago. This that is in the world. " pcrson who once stable Christians arc floundering. i~ a !.pirit of fcar. and should bc re is sa\'cd has already O\'crcome the devil :\s nation:; pitted agaim;1 each other cogni7.c(\ and com hatted as ~\lch. It i~ to the cxtent of being saycd. Ii we can work frantically to de\'elop new weap the opprcssioll of the devil. overcome the dc\·il on one front, we OilS of horror, each struggling to pro Such opprcs.-,ioll dri\'C':; Illcn and can O\'crcome him 011 all fr011ts. dllce the most devastating bomb or womcn to d(.'~t r oy thcmsckc~ in de God told Joshua. ":\0 llIan sha ll be chemical, so the legiolls of darkness spair. It ca\l~es thcm to llli~tnlSt each ahle to stand before you all the days of feverishly work against lime bringi ng othel', to dOllht God and His Word, your life !" And we have that same spiritual weapons to bear against the to question the reality of salvation and God within our hearts ! We have better children of God. ] Ilta this bitter death things ~piritllaL This oppre:.~ion is a pro!l1i...,e~ and it more sure word of struggle the de\'il has in jccted his most sharp, tcrrifyillg. accusing voice that testimony than had J o~h lla! If Joshua demoralizing weapon of the ages: threatens to ~mot h cr prayer under a undcr the law could be strong and oi F EAR! blanket of unhelief. .\nd it is not good couragc. how much 1110re shall Several years ago I heard a friend from God! wc who are under gracc? For God So1.)', " I don't know what is wrong with For "God hath not given llS the spirit has not gi\'en liS the :;pirit of fear; but lilt, but 1 have a fecling of dread in of feal'; bUl of power. and of 100'c. of power! Power to work, to witncss, m)' sou\. There's fear in my heart!" and of a sound mind" (2 Timothy and to overcome the de\·il on e\'cry At that time it was my thought that the 1,6. 7). hand! ] loly Spirit was sending cOlwiction in God has given us the spirit oj And God has given us the spirit oj to hi s heart, and that he needed to pmt'l'r! /o,'c! repent. I know now that my judg Love is 110t ol1e of ollr natural at ment was critic.1.l and unjust. This tribute:.. It is an attribute of God friend was being oppressed by a spirit "God is 100·e." Galatian..., 5:22 tells of Jear. us that lo\'c is a fruit of the indwelling )Olany souls are being confused in Spirit of Christ. these hours. \\'e need to realize that LO\'e is a powerful force, g reater there is a great difference between 110ly than anything the devil has concocted. Spirit conviction and evil spirit oppres I,O\'e is the antidote to fcar, for "per sion. 1 f the Holy Spirit convicts us, the fect lo\'c casteth Ollt fear." :\lot that heaviness of heart will depart when we we cease to rc\'erence God. but that we have repented of the hasty word or cease to fear judglllcllt Oil si ns that thoughtless action that brought the con ha\'e already been judged! victiOil. God's \ Vord plainly says, "If Love CO \'ers a multitude of sins. It we confess our sins, He is faithful and Press Month covered our sins with Jesus' blood. and just to fo rgive us our sins, and to washed them away completely, so that 6 TilE PENTECOS TAL E\'ANGEL chere is no longer any record of them in heaven. And that ~atnC love will help us to be patient with a lot of things Ollr WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT FAITH loved ones and fellow Chri~tians do! We won't mind the off+key singing of Jesus insisted on faith for the same reason that a mathe some anointed but untalented sa.int! matician relies on the sense of numbers. or an artist on the \Ve \\'on't seck promotion. for "Io\'e sense of beauty: it was the o ne means of knowledge in His \'aunteth not it self." \\'e WOIl't be proud department. of our small accomplishments. for " Im'e H e was the Prophet of God and must address the God is not puffed up." given faculty in man. Between faith and God there was the Lo\'e will se nd lIS Out to \'i"it people same correspo ndence as between the eye and light. Faith for God, and to witness for 11 im. Lo\'e proves God: God demands faith. \Vhen anyone ignored will hrin g- liS to church and Sunday faith and fell back on sight in thc qucst of God. J es us was in School and enable us to cooperate with despair. Before such willful stupidity He was amazed and God's program there ! ror God ha~ not helpless. given liS the spirit of fear, bu t of ;'You want to see." was His constant complaint. "when love! in the nature of things you must believe. There is o ne sphere And God has given liS the spirit of a soulld mind! where sight is the instrument of knowledge: use it there- it is \ Vith the spirit of a sound mind we not My sphere. There is another where bith is the instru will recognizc the tactics of the dc\·il. ment: use it there- it is My sphere. But do not exchange and will mcasure c\·ery vision and rcve your instruments." lation by the Word of God. A sound You cannot see what is spiritual: you might as well ex mind will realize that the "extra touch" pect to hear a picture. \Vhat you see you do no t believe: re October 5, 1958 7 GENERAL PRESBYTERS MEET A flfllIal Reports Stlldied by Gf'neral Presby ters Reflect Continlled Growth and Progress N EARLY TWO l!L'~'WRED ~IE.". REPRE graduate work toward a l'.laster of EDU CATIONAL INSTITUTIONS PROGRESS senting all district!; and branches of the Social Work degree.. Its purpolie is to During the past year the administra Assemblies of God in the L'. S. ami provide case workers qualified to staff tions of Evangel College and Central foreign lands, lIlet at Springfield, ;\Ii~ a liccn!;cd child placement agenc),. Bible Institute were co-ordinated in the sonr;, last month for the annual sessioll Property has been purchased adjoin interest of economy and efficiency. of the General Preshytery. ing the District Camp Grounds it Execlltive Director Charles \V. H. Scott The three-day session, held in the I.akeland, Florida, to be used for a reported that a scholarship program was Central Bihle [ nstitllte broadcasting retirement home for aged ministers of begun to enable our most conse<::rated studio frOIll which RF\·I\'.\LT[~IE origin thc rhscl1lbli(;s of God. Approximately and intelligent young people to attend ates each week, begall with a devotional five ;:Icrts of lake front property has Assemblies of God colleges. The ":-'Ir. 5ctvice at which the General St1»erin beel1 cleared for flllll!'C construction of and :\Ii::;s C. A." scholarship program a 50-resident home. Building plans now tcodent, R. ~l. Riggs, brought the key was inaugurated this spring. From near hinge on the sale of ihc present prop note address. ly 100 applicants a boy and a girl were erty at Pinellas Park. One of the first mailers on the agenda selected to recei\'e scholarships of a was the cOllsiclcralion of Departmental All_TIME HIGH IN S-T-L GIVING full year's tuition at any Assemblies of Reports. ~Iany evidences of God's gra God college. Eight others received Ol1e Bert \\'ebb. Executive Director of the sen lester scholarships. ciolls favor we re seen in these reports. Christ's Attlhassadors DepartlltCllt. re The total enrollment in our schools From the increased support of the poned excellent progress in every phase Foreign M issiolls program to the good of the C. .\. program. The national ~ho\\'ed a slight increase over a year business of the Pllbli~hing' ! lOllse. all acti\'(: melllberlihip of the local CA. ago. E\'angel College, America's only four-year Pentecolital liheral arts col the operations ha\'(:: had the louch of the group.'> is t'stilllated at 95,000. The total lege. will present it:; first graduating I.ord·s h)('ssing upon them. weekl~ attendance wonld probably ex The General Secretary. J. Roswell ceed lOO,{X)(). ])uring the past fiscal class next :'I!a)'. T he school now enjoys Flower, announced that there arc now year, printing- of the C. ....1. J-/erald accreditation from the University of 482,352 I\ssemblics of God church averagl.:d 21275 copies monthly-an ill :\lissouri for its first two years and members in the United States. "1f we crease of 2.375 copics monthly over certificate prh·ilege fo r its third year. were to compute our mcmhership hy the previolls year. The C. A. Guide, Accreditation for the fourth yea r has adherellts." he said. "rather than en a quarterly leadership manual, averaged been forecast hy University pe r1>otl1lcl. rolled membership, as is customary with 8.500 copies printed each quarter-an some denominations, our membership increase of 1.500 over the previolls year. NEW MAGAZINE FO R MINISTERS would be considerahly greater," The During 1957 HII aU-t ime high was During J nne. Brother Scott said, increase in the past nine-month period reached 111 Speed-the-Light givitlg. 25.000 copies of the first issue of is shown by the following figures: Our Christ's Ambassadors raised PulPit, the new minister's magazine. 1957 19.18 $338.766.73 for new printing equipment, came off the press and were distributed radio equipment, etc. December 31, without charge to every minister in the Churches 7,929 8,1O.J By 1957. aggregate giving to Speed-the· Assemblies of God. Some 2,500 ha\'e Church subscribed to date. ;.\lembership .471, 115 .482,352 Light had surpassed $2,600.000 . Ordained ADVANCING ABROAD ;.\1 inistcrs OCTOBER IS )Joel Perkin. Executive Dire<::tor of This represents a gain of 175 church ENLARGEMENT MONTH the Foreign l\lissions Department, re es, 11,237 church members, and 417 ported wi th joy a steady increase in ordained ministers over a year ago. offerings for missions ill spite of eco BENEVOLENCES REPORT PROGRESS nOlll ic difficulties in many parts of OU f Si nce the General Counci l at Cleve Coulltry. As of }' larch 31 the re wcre land the Department of Benevolences 662 foreign missionaries all the active has seen new progress. Executive Di list. and 56 ordained Assemblies of God rector Charles W. J-1. Scott stated. OCTOBER 5 minister;; servlllg on foreign fi elds especially in connection with the organi wi thout appointment. I n addition, there zation of Benevolence Committees in were 3.t superannuated missionaries, the distric ts. T he Benevolence Commit GO TO SUNDAY SCHOOL 49 who we re carried 011 the temporarily tee has approved an annual scholarship inac\i \'e list, making a total of 801 of $1,500 fo r worthy young people fo r CRUSADE whose names appear on the fo reign list 8 T il E P E:-.' T ECOSTAL E\' A:-.' CH. i1l some category. American missionary brought in. :'-olo'>t of this mOllcy ha:, representatives arc lahoring in sixty been turned over to di ... trict tn·a~urit·, one fields or political areas, and the to a~ ... i"l with th~ Ol1t'ning "f TH.'\\' Foreign ~lissiol1<; Department maintains a~"elllblics. co-operati,·e agreemcnts with nationals In practically all th(' countries (If tilt· in nine others. One missionary under Far Ea ... t, the piChtn' i... bright and the special appointmcnt is preparing H.us work of the :\s:-.emhlit·s of God i'i sian language broadcasts which are growing. \\'e art' ble ... sed with promi beamed behind the iron curtain. nent. capable national leadt'rship. It In the interest of training national was reported that ill ... pite of great workers our mis<,ionaries have e!itab political lInre_~t. a resurgl'lIct of ]..,lal11. lished sixty--one llible schools. in which and a growing ~pirit oi nationnlism with 2.309 young men and women are en intCIl:,ified rest'ntlllent towanl the \Vt'tt. rolled to prepare for llIini~try and our missionary program in till' ),lidd1c leadership among their o\\'n people. Ea ... t i~ mm'ing forward. Iarg-dy lllHkr Brother Perkin brought he:lrtening national Jeadership. O\'er 6,500 national reports of revival throughout thc world. workers are regi ... tered as active in the III Africa hundreds arc turning to God As:;emblies of God churches ill Latin through the efforts of Nichola!i Bhengll . \merica. The devclopment of the in These cities are dosed to the gospel. Some and Philip ~rolefe, and a great national digenolls church in Central America b ... ere open In yean gone by. Somo have even church is in process of birth. In South exemplar)'. heord the gospel. No .... their doors are clo,ed. ern Asia missionaries arc concentrating. These are names on the tombstone of Chr;' PROGRESSING AT HOME more on the establishment of city lion Freedom. churches, Bible schools, and literature G. F. Lewis. Exccutive Director of programs. the Home ).fi:-.:-.iolls Departllltllt. report Graduates of the English-language ed that 205 ne,,- dHlrchc,> were startcd Southern ,hia Bible I n~titute in Banga 111 1957. The Church Building' anti lore are now teaching in various vernac Planning program is steadily Rrowing. ular schools of I ndia, and soon the and man)' ne\\ churcilt's arc taking superior young people who are trained ad,'antagc of the 10w-co~1 hlucprints that in this school will be able to take their are a'·ailahle. place as leaders in the Southern Asia Ilome mis .. ionarics UIl{It'r appoint Church. ment in Alaska. to the Deaf. to the American Indians. anel to the Jt'wish SUNDAY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT GAINS people total 242. The total enrollment il1 our 7,599 Through 311 arrangcllll'lIl II ith a Sunday Schools no\\' stands :11 835,890. Braille printing finll. the IloTllc :-'Iis This is an increase of 11 ,79·~ during siam Department IIOW offcrs lh(' At/ull the past year. Total average attendance SIIIt/Clit ()uancrh'. in Braille for the has increased 11,922 dnring the same blind. - period, \\'ith a current total of 607.920 Over 5.OCQ prisoners ha\'t' COTllplctt'd on ~rarch 31. primary Bible Study Courses pro\'idt'cl These names cry oppor1unlty. Thoy are cities It is with great joy that we report through the Prison Division of the de picked 01 random from the free places of 75,990 won to Christ through the Sun partment. eorlh. Some are at Communi.m'. dooutep. day Schools eluring the past year. It was reponed tbat we have churchc... The urgency of their situation i, terrifying . in evcry Alaska town of l.OCQ or mort' WMC', ARE FAITHFUL GIVERS population. Four ll1i~~ionary plall(''> aH' On Speed.the-Light Dollar Day this year .... e This has been a good year for the used by our workers to J,!O into tht' in plead for you to enter the race against time. \\'olllen's )'lissionary Council and its terior to reach remote village-;. Our miuionories need all the equipment we auxiliary, the ).Iissionettes. it was re can provide. Your sacrificiol gi"in9 to this MEN ' S FELLOWSHIP GROWS ported by Executive Director Gayle F. great youth minionary drive con mean the Lewis. Local W)'lC groups now num Charles \\'. II. Scott, ExcclLtil·e Di difference b.etween reaching and not ber approximately 4,900 with nearly rector of the :'-olen's Fellow~hip De reaching. 6O.OCQ members. The .\lissiollettes in partment. reported that the infhlcllct' of a little over two years have organized )'fF is continually expanding. At pr6- 840 groups with a mcmbership of ent there arc 1416 orJ,!aTlized local 10,OCQ. \\')'IC cash gifts to the mis groups of which 473 ha\'c bcen full.,· SPEED-the-LIGHT ,>ionaries. district work. and helle,'olellt chartered by th e national departTllent. projccts this year amounted to This represcnts an increase of 23% O\'er $1,241,779. Another $25,345 was gi,·en a year ago. to support the national W)'IC office. PUBLICATIONS HAVE RECORD Another inter e~ling a~pect of \\'.\lC CIRCULATION work is the saving of pennies. nickels. The Executive Director of the Pub • and dimes in small coin collections. lications Dep,'lrtment, Thos. F. Zimmer Through this method $34.737 has been /Continued on page twenty·elghr) OCTOBER 19 IS DOLLAR DAY October 5, 1958 9 NEWS AND NOTES ON OUR TIMES T:ftiS PRESENT WORLD Evangelism rJ!ached the \vhole world III forty canllot legislate respect for the Sah years." bath. " ENGLISH EVANGEL IST GLOOMY ABO UT Calling attention to the "signs of the CHURCH 'S FUTURE times." he reminded hi s audience that Foreign Canon Bryan Green, famOllS Church J e!lUS forecast a situation like that of of England evaugclist, speaking to a Ihe days of Noah at the time of His JE WISH LE ADERS FE AR ASSIMILATION WILL DESTROY THEIR RACE hundred milliliters at Sydney, Australia. second corning, and Graham cited these predicted Ihat the next forty to fifty similarities: (I) HA world in which Delegates from 28 countries attend years will be a period of "almost un marriage is abu~c<1. illlmorality is wide ing the annual meeting of the \Vorld relieved blackness" for the Ch riii tian spread, and there is an undue emphasis J ewi~h Congress in Gene\'a, Switzer church. Communism, scientific human on sex." (2) "/\ world in which vio lanel. were told that Illany Jewish lead ism and the increased missionary zeal lence prevails." (3) "A world in which ers fear that assimilation may achic\'e of other religions arc forces combining spiritual influences arc neglected. Peo what perseclltion could not achieve: to lessen the influence of Chri stianity, ple today, as in Xoah's day, just don't namely, the eventual disappearance of he said. He charged that Christianity have lime for God." (4) "ft is a world the Jewish race. has failed to reach the masses. under the inspection of God. He looked The delegates were informed that "The only real light for Christians, " at Ihe world in 1\'oah's day and decided about 75 per ccnt of the wo rld's Jewish said Canon Green, ';i5 faith in the to start over, God Illay so judge us popUlation of 11.820,000 is living in second coming of Christ." because of our great wickedness." three countries: the U. S. with 5,200,CXXl; the Soviet Union with THE " SMALL WOMAN" PREACHES 2,000,000; and Israel with 1,760,000. ON KINMEN Morals CHURCH MEMBERS CENSURED CANADA TO SEND " SONS OF FREEDOM " Gladys Aylward, belter known as FOR BAD LANGUAGE BACK TO RUSSIA "The Small 'Voman" in the Reader's A columnist in Ihe Chicago Daily The Canadian government has agreed Digest story, recently conducted a three N I'WS had a word of censure for to I).'y th e cost of transporting 3,000 week preaching mission on Free China's church members who nse profane members of the Doukhobor secl 10 first line of defense, the off-shore language. Jack i\labley, in his daily H.ussia from whence it originated. The island of Kinmen. There, wit hin sight column on the second front page of the national government will spend two mil of the China Communi st mainland and August 7th issue, wrote: ';\\,hat trllly lion dollars \0 emigrate the so-called it s artillery, she experi enced unusual pll1.z1es me about the flood of profanity " Sons of Freedom," whose lawlessness open doors of opportunity among the and blasphemy is that much of it comes and imllloral parades have been a thorn troops of the Nationalist Army. She from people who attcnd cll\l rches and in the fl esh of Dominion ci tizens for sa id that scores rose up in meeting temples, who claim a religion of which Illany years, on the condition that they aft er meeting signifying thei r desire to the Ten Commandments is an in tegral renoullce their Canadian citizenship. accept Christ as Saviour. As a Chinese part. One of the Commandments says, citizen :M iss Aylward received a warm ITALIAN LEADER COMMENDED BY NAE 'Thou shalt not take the name of the reception wherever she went. UIx) T1 her Lord thy God ill vain.' This is broken During his recent visit to the U.S., return to Formosa she urged the several million times a day ill Chicago." Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani of churches there to do something about I taly received greetings from the N a the desperate spiritual need on these CITY COUNCIL SCORES CHURCH tional Association of Evangelicals. The constantly-threatened islands. MEMBERS FOR SUNDAY SHOPPING NAE greeting commended him for The city council at Lima, Ohio. de his country's "efforts in behalf of re BtLLY GRAHAM POINTS TO " StGNS OF clined to act on petitions asking for an ligious liberty." The letter, signed by THE TIMES" ordinance to close stores and places of Dr. Clyde W. Taylor. NAE Secretary Evangelist Billy Graham, speaking to entertainment on Sundays. Instead the of Public Affairs, commended Mr. 3,OCO persons at a Methodist assembly city fathers laid the responsibility for Fanfani's Christian Democratic party at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, the situation in the lap of the church for its attempts to be "completely di warned that jf the Church docs not meet members. One coullcilman sa id: "If vo rced" from ecclesiastical control. its responsibilities in this generation church members would not patronize "Although there are other areas in it may go into an eclipse. This is so, these places, we would bave a quick the world where the church su ffers said Graham, because "the communists solution; but instead we have many injustices at the hands of government," have become the greatest missionaries church people making possible viola Dr. T aylor stated, "we are delighted to and evangelists in history, having tions of the state law. T his council see Italy's determination not to be 10 THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL numbered among such nations. Permit us to wish you e\'ery success in your efforts in behalf of religiolls liberty." LUTHERAN PAP ERS BANN ED BY COMMUNISTS Two Lutheran weckly papers were banned after they dared to argue with the Communist government of East Germany. The editorial argument was over the issue of whether young peoplc 415 NE'N CHURCHES TIlROUGHOUT THE U. S, DURING 1959 1s the can refuse to participate in atheistic gO<.1l established during a recent conference of district home youth dedication ceremonies and still missions directors for the Assemblies of God held at Springfield, be loyal citizens. r,'lssouri. Currently the Assemblies have 8,104 churches located 1n all states of the U. S. Nine foreign branches also have goals Miscellaneous for the coming yeor, accordIng to officials. CLERGYM AN REPORTS ON SUSTAIN ED A_BOMB SUFFERING THE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENC, observing its golden anniversary, Radioactive effects of the atomic announced at Kansas City, Missouri that for the first time in the bomb dropped on Hiroshima thirteen church's history, it will mobilize all resources In a denominational years ago are continuing to produce a ''''leek of Witnessing, Oct. 5-12. Each of the denomination's 5,000 death due to disease evcry 50 days ac congregations has made plans to reach at least four times its mem cording to a minister, John W. \Vilson. bership in an effort to give one million persons a ~ vital ChristIan who recently visited Tokyo. testimony, " {vf r. Vlilson said there are 200,300 Japanese registered as needing medical CALIFORNIA MINISTERS ARE DIVIDED on support of a proposed law treatment for atomic sickness. There requiring ministers to obtain licenses before they could perform were more than 200.0IX> fatalities in marriages. The state senate judiciary interim committee I~ de the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bating the bill which was designed to outlaw" marriage mill s . " bombings. Arguments in favor of the bill may be summed up in these words of a minister, "The idea is to see that the person who officiates (at BAPTISMAL WATERS CLAIM LIFE a wedding) is a legitimate clergyman . " One committee member OF YOUTH said the bill was getting" pretty close to the line" of violating the The rapid current of rain-swolIen constitutional prohibition against interferences with freedom of Beaver Creek at East Liverpool, Ohio, religion. swept away Cline Cogar, 21, in August just as his uncle, a pastor. immersed AMISH PARENTS IN TWO OHIO COUNTIES have refused to send their him for baptism. The Grantsville children to public high schools on grounds that their rel1gion re (\Vest Virginia) youth could not swim. quires the chlldren to be at home during the" formative years . " In T he drowning occurred at a spot Ashland County the superintendent of schools said the Amish known to church members as "The parents face possible ja11 sentences . Lord's swimming hole." The sherifi said baptisms wcre held there regularly AT PRESS TIME the beleaguered Island of Quemoy was being shelled -nearly every week. by Chinese Communist shore batteries but at the same time in MICHIGAN CHURCH OUTLIVES ITS TOWN creased shipments of food and clothing were approved by Lutheran The town of Central, in tbe upper World Relief. These are to be dJverted from regular shipments peninsula of i\lichigan, is dead but the going to Formosa. U. S. government surplus stocks of food are community church has survived. The being sent by the agency to some of the more than 5,000 islanders . sturdy, brightly-painted house of God stands as the only respectable building A QUAKER SCHOOL HAS STRUCK OIL , Officials of Friends University, in the ghost taWil, whose dilapidated 'Nichita, Kansas, said the school would receive income from an homes and shops have long bcell de all find on its property. The well "came 1n" during recent explor serted. atory drilling , Central once boasted a population of 1500 but was abandoned in 1898 when A SOUTHERN BAPTIST MISSIONARY DROWNED in September 1n the a big copper and silver mille was closed Azanian Sea near Dar 'Es Salaam, Tanganyika, East Africa , He was there. I n 1907 the fo rmer residents de Winfred O . Harper, 37 , who was on an outing with a group cele cided to repair the church and to con brating the arrival of additional missionaries . duct an annual reunion service in it each Slimmer. And so the church has THE NOTED GOSPEL SONG WRITER B, D, ACKLEY, 85, who had tra stood. Once a year, fortner townspeople veled all over the world as pIanist for noted evangelists, including of the abandoned mining village make Billy C:unday, died at Warsaw, Indiana , September 3. Mr, Ackley a pilgrimage to attend a service in the had composed more than 3,500 gospel songs, including such hymns old church. A great many of the as "I walk with the King," "I Would BeLike Tesus," "Sunrise , " original citizens have died but their and " I Shall See the King , " child ren have kept up the custom. October 5, 1958 II FOREIGN MISSIONS DEPT. Meeting the • Challenge of Literacy BY ELVA M. JOHNSON ~ - Nationals- at work in the composing room of our South Africon press. W ITH 140 IIIILLION PY.OI'LE LEARN· gram and the Boys and Girls Mission· Friesen is used to print literature for iug how to read every year, our task ary Crusade. Bible Schools, Day Schools, and Sun· is to give them sometfling to read. AFRIC,/ day Schools. Visual aids are also The communists are doing it! Knowing printed here, and the matcrials are used We have six gospel printing presses the tremcndolls power of the printed by other denominations as well as our in Africa and they are turning out mil· own in the area. page to sway the minds of adults who lions of pieces of literature evcry year have just learned to read, they are In Ghana our literature is printed in in approximately forty languages. The five languages. spending 3.4 billion dollars annually on largest of these is Emmanuel Press in the printing and distribution of Red The newest printing venture in our Nclspruit, East Transvaal. which has African work IS at Ouagadougou, propaganda. been in operation since 1930. I\lission· The Church is also alert to this un· Upper Volta. A printing plant is now aries Merlin r. Lund and H. C. precedented opportunity to influence under construction and the press has Phillips work with a staff of trained millions through thc printed page. As· already been purchased. Tracts and African writers, translators, and print. scmblies of God missionaries and na Sunday School literature in a number ers to produce an ever.increasing quan· tional leaders arc teaming up to meet of vemacular..; will be printed soon. the challenge of literacy. They are re· tity of literature. This includes Sunday School materials for all ages, workers' 1I0NG KONG ducing languages to writing, translat· training courses, textbooks, and hUll Over ten thousand sets of Sunday ing, printing, and distributing gospel drcds o[ thousands of gospel tracts. School lessons in Chinese are printed literature in vast areas where reading The tracts are printed in more than each quarter on the Assemblies of God is a new and fascinating achievemenl. twenty·five languages. press in lIong Kong. Other publica· M nch of their work is made possible In Nigeria, ~ li ssionary Rex Jackson lions include song books, tracts, and through the C. A. Speed·the·Light pro· set up an efficient printing plant wh ich gospel booklets. is now under the management of This work was begun a few years Andrew Hargrave. Consecrated nation ago under the leadership of Mrs. J. R. al workers produce Sunday School Spence of the Pentecostal Assemblies qL1arterlies, gospel tracts, and other of Canada. A. Walker Hall is now in Christian publications in five languages. charge of the press and book room. The Nigeria" EV(l1Igci, monthly mag· A Chinese artist and translators assist azine for Nigerians, now has a paid in the work. circulation of 38,000 and is expected BGMC funds from both the 10 rcach SO,OClO by next year. United States and Canada make it pos· ,M issionary Paul C. \Vright is in sible to supply Sunday School and Va· charge of the printing press located in cation Bible School materials as well Nyasaland, and is responsible for print as books at low cost to Chinese churches ing all the literature for the Assemblies not only in Hong Kong but also in of God work in East Africa . Sunday :'facao, Formosa, Malaya, and Indo School literature, songbooks, Bible nesia. School textbooks, gospel tracts, and LATI N AMERICA organizational forms are produccd ill If present trends continue, the popu quantity on this press. lation of Latin America will be Tn Belgian Congo, a l11ultilith press 500,000,000 by the end of the century. Colporteur distributing books printed by the Emmonuel Press in South Africa operated by Melvin Jorgenson and J. J. Coupled with the economic expansion 12 THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL and a crucial da!)h of ideologie::., thi!. products of til(' press aT<.' the national presents a tremendous challenge to the Pentecosial paper anc! thl' hymnhook" Church. used in the a ... ~elllhlib. Six million people i('arned to read Bookstores where Bihle;; and Chri ... · in ~1exico alone during a six·year tian literature are :-011.1 art' OClllg" e... tah· period recently. t.:ruguay claims ninety li"hed in various Latin .\1l1crican COl1l1· per cent of its population is now liter· tries as quickly a:- po ...... ihle. ate. In El Sah·aclor our Bible Book Store The Communists have already pro· handles a large \·ariety of Christian duced four pieces of literature for every literature and Bibll'.... .\pproximately person in Latin America. onc·third of all Bihles wid in EI Assemblies of God pres~es in Peru, Sah-ador are pl1rcha~ed through thi~ Brazil, and in Springfield, ~lissouri, store. are turning out Spanish and Portugue~e Also in EI Sah-ador .\ssemblies of gospel literature in large quantities. God mi::.~ionari('s ha\"(~ publi ... hed and In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 14,()(X),OOO distributed thousmlt.\" of tract~ with the pieces of literature have been printed aid of Bible "tudent~ nnd other Chris by the Assemblies of God Publishing tinn workers. l\lany nationals have been H ouse. The official church paper saved as a result of the (\i~trihutiOI1 M ensageiro da Paz (~le~senger of program. Peace) has a circulation of 52,000 bi· The Spanish Literature dl\·i~ioll of weekly. Two Sunday School quarter· the Gospel PUhlishing Ilou"e under tht.' lies have a combined circulation of direction oj II C. Bnll produces a 76,()(X) per quarter, and a songhook large mnnlX'r of ])lIhlicatioll'" for Latin has an annual sale of 30,000 copies. America. The Sunday School literaturl' In addition, thousands of Penteco::.tal includes \\'here it camc from he did not know, A translator at work In HanQ Kong but he rcad and belie\·ed its I\lc:;So.'1gc. lie was saved and healed as a result. and became n minister of the gospel. lIe led hllldreds of others to Christ. Hands around the world arc reach¥ ing eagerly for something to read. !"hld they 1(.-ill believe <~'JlGt they rcad. Will il be the COlllllltmi!>t lie or the Chri!>tian Truth that reaches them first? Our missionaries are doing their best to give them the Truth. Their suc· cess depends upon our faithfulness in 'Ch;;;",,;pre55 publications in ... prayer and financial support. October 5, 1958 , Do Home Issions• • Pay Off? BY R. L. BRANDT J\'olional HOllie Missions Secretory IsMONEY SPENT FOR H OME MISSIONS bascmcnt·typc structure, having a seat of $3,355.56. This does not include really well invested. or would it be ing capacity of over 100, with living $50.00 given to tbe District Sunday better to spend aU our money all foreign quarters ill the rear. [t had been built School Department, $225.00 to Camp, missions? That is a fair question and through the combined cfforts of a num $550.00 to the District Bible School, deserves a studied answer. No one ber of ministers and laymen, and was and an additional $140.00 given to wants to see God's money wasted. financed JargcJy with district Home District Home t-.l issions for building There is perhaps no better way to l\lissions funds. new churches. arrive at a reasonable conclusion than Part of the money invested in the But the story doesn't end there. On to examine a case history. church is being returned to the district :'\[ay 7, 1957, work began on the super On August 3, 1954, the doors of a each month, according to an estab structure. Brother A. V. Gustafson, one new Assemblies of God church in lished agreement. The actual district of our Assemblies of God regional Tioga, !'\orth Dakota, were opened for investment in the property stands at architects. drew the plans and Brother the first service. The church was a $3,798.94. That is a sizable amount, C. L. Strom, the local pastor, headed but let liS examine the record to see the project. whether or not the investment has pa id Today the beautiful new church is all off. completed. It wa s dedicated April 21, According to a financial rcport dated 1958. Cost of construction was sur May 13, 1958. here is what happened. prisingly low, with a total of $11,500 I n less than four years of existence the spent for material and labor. church has contributed $2,286.89 to Of course, the whole story is not Foreign 1\lissions and $306.r9 to Home told in dollars and cents-nor is the Missions. In addition it has given Tioga case history a complete report. $394.37 to Speed-the-Light. $260.82 It says nothing of the many souls through it s Wi\'lC, $131.29 to 13GMC, saved. baptized in water and fill ed \vith and $26.00 to Re"ivaitime, for a total the H oly Ghost during the fOllr years since the new church first opened its doors. Mr. and Mrs. C. l. Strom (left) pastors at Tioga, North Dokoto. The completed church Do Home Missions investments pay shown ot bottom. off? Is money spent for Home Mis sions well invested? The record speaks for it self. The National Home )'lissiolls De partment has a fund designated for needy districts. Offerings \\.. 11 be grate I fully received. The coupon below is for your convenience in sending your contribution. ------l- HOME MISSIONS DEPARTMENT 434 West Pacific Street = = Springfield 1, Missouri = = Gentlemen: 1 1 - - Enclosed is my offering of $ _.__ .___ _ - - for the NEEDY orSTRICT FUND . • N ame .__ ._. ______._. __ Address _ .. __. __ _ - City and State . ______. __ .__ . ______._. 14 THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL HOME MISSIONS - • Fi~t !lounday School congregation in Willards Chapel Po''''''-oodMrs. tot W BuchOrlOn Indian Mother _~:"'i~~~ Revival Among North of the Lord in this area than we have ever witnessed before. Carolina Indian Assemblies About 2:00 a.l11. one morning recently one of our workers called to tell us that BY R. W. BUCHANAN a revival had broken out in his church and that he was going to continue serv WECAME HERE TWO YEARS AGO TO Searles, Iroquois Indians of New York ices each night. Three had heen filled work among Korth Carolina's 65,QC() State, as the first pastors. This spring \\ilh the Holy Spirit that night. How American Indians. The Cherokee Brother and Sister Charles Ha.dden ac we did rejoice with them as we assisted Indian Reservation (the only one III cepted the pastorate there. In the be in the sen'ices during the week to see North Carolina), with a population of ginning of the second year we were able the Lord pour out Ilis Spirit SO won about 5,C((), is located in the hills of to open our third work which is known derfully from night to night. One night the western part of the state. The larg as the Raynham Indian Assembly. It upon our return home from the meet est part of the Indian population (Cher is 1:k"l stored by Brother and Sister ing we had word from the Hunts that okee or Lumbee Indians) lives in the Charles ] runt, Cherokee I ndians of the Lord had baptized three with the eastern part of the state. This is the Robeson County, North Carolina. The Iioly Spirit in their prayer meeting. section in which we are now working Lord has blessed their efforts and the Last Sunday we saw Sandy Ridge, the and we are witnessing a great ingath work continues to move forward. \Ve last of our three churches, reach the ering of souls for the Lord. held our first Indian Camp Meeting this 100 mark in Sunday School attendance. When we came here we were faced year on our Willards Chapel church Eight weeks prior to this they had 23 with several problems, the greatest of grounds (where we pastor) and wit in attendance l which were lack of finances and no nessed a mighty move of the Lord in \Ve are truly in a fie ld that is ripc building available for use. As we sought our midst. During this meeting we saw for harvest and we realize that we must the Lord for help He began to under all previous records in attendance mOve in step with the Lord. \\'e are take for us. We were soon able to broken and on the last Sunday our now trying 10 ]lurcha~e another building build a brush arbor in which to hold combined attendance in Sunday School SO that we can OpCII our fourth Indian services. The Lord met us and blessed was 375. \,Ve have see n a greater move church here in the 5tate. Do you want our efforts from the start. We opened to have a part in this? Our most urgent our first Sunday School in the arbor need at the present time is finances. with eighteen present. The arrival of \Ve IlCed funds with which to purcha~e winter and cold weather presented still thi~ property. \Ve are anxious to start another problem as we could not stay a church on the reservation, too. He~ in the arbor any longer. We again went cently we have learned of the deficit in to the Lord in prayer for our need. the Indian Missions Fund of the God opened the way for us to secure Ilol11e :'IIissions Department. Our an abandoned church building in the hearts were made heavy as we learned area with the assistance of the North of this for the Home :\Iissions Depart Carolina District's Minute Man Plan ment has been one of our main sources and a loan from the Home Missions of help in the past year. They came to Department. vVith this our first As my assistance during my illness and COI1- semblies of God Indian Church was finement 111 the hospital last fall. established here in North Carolina. Again this spring they helped when we We have seen a continued growth and were in urgent need. Let us do our expansion of work. During the first part to get our Indian Fund out of the year an independent church at Sandy red so that we may go forth and meet Ridge came in as a co-operative as the challenge that is before us jll II firid sembly with Brother and Sister A. \V. Charles Hadden, pastor at Sandy Ridge that is ripe IIIIto harvest...... Octobe, 5, 1958 IS for all his benefits toward me .... 1 fc had the de~ire to do somethmg for God. not to return an empty plate. Jesus tells us. "Freely ye ha\'e re cei,'ed, freely give" platthew 10:8). Two questions sugge~t thcll1~e l vcs, First, What has God givcll to tll:>? and, second, \\'hat can we gl,'e III return? Answering the first, our Father has blessed us with both material anel ~]>iritual gifts. \Ve nlay buy a Io.'\f of . , bread at the bakery. but if we trace it , hack to its origin, the flour. the wheat, ( alld the seed, we must cOllcede that the Creator gave the seed in the beginning. So in reality our "daily hread" comes from 11im. as do our clothes and other comll1oditie~. lie created the sheep that give us wool to be SpUIi into cloth and sewed \ into garments. He created the trees from who~e bark come lIlallY pro ducts in use today, It is el:>timated that each American eats four pounds of salt annually, or J20.(()() tons if e\'ery American con sumed his full share, And yet, that • adds U]> to only 5 per cent of the I 20,fXX),OOO tons mined in 1954! Prac· ticalJy every importam modem indus try depends upon salt for its produc Never Return tioll. \\'ere llIall to be deprived of this precious substance, he would soon per ish from the earth. God created the te salt, or the compounds from which it is formed, He realized our need. In BY HAZEL E. HOWARD fact, "The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof." I PICKED t'1' TilE I'RI~TT\, lUND ~<'(mt(!d the plate heaped with g:oodie~, Turning to spiritual benefits, we painted plate and started for the door. or that I expected ~omcthing in re ha,'e salvation and sub::.equently eternal "I'll take this hack to :-.rr!:i. Lar~on." turn. It was. rather. a s('n~e of cold. life offered to us freely through the I said. ungracious cnlptine~s. :.hed blood of J e!:lUS Christ, God's 5011. "Wait a minute," my mother called. Perhaps that is how our heavenly 011 Cal\'ary: and. with salvatioll, cOllle coming into the kih:hcn. "Be sure to Father feels \\ hell, in return [or Ilis that inner peace, joy, and lo\'e, tell her how much we enjoyed her bounty, we render a polile. "Thank "E,'ery good gift and c\'ery perfect orange Toll .. and ask her if I may you," or lip sen' icc. The day after gift is from abon. and cometh down have the recipe." Jesus miraculously fed fi\'e tholl!;and from the Father of lights" (james I: "Oka)'," I answered. watching my people with the little lad's fi,'e b..'\rJey 17). mother fill the plate with still warm. loaves and two ~l1lall fishes, the people But what catl we give God to show spIcy ginger cookies. She covered ~ought and found lIim. our appreciation? N'ot nHlch in C01ll thelll with a napkin. "i\c\'cr return "Ye seek 1IIe, tlot because ye !>aW the parison to what He has given tiS. an empty plate." She smiled as she miracles, but because ye did eat of the but l ie neither asks nor expccts lIluch. handed it to me. "It looks so bare." loaves, and were filled" (John 6:26), \Ve may gi\'e a "CtlP of cold water" T have nc\'cr forgotten those words. He told them. They had not returned to a lhir~ty man or even an animal in Occasionally when I have taken somc to thank llim for His thoughtfulness Chr ist's name. \Ve call share our thing 1 have baked to a neighbor and and compassion in providing for their abundance with the poor and visit the have dropped in to chat with her a hunger. They came like a pack of !-lick and lonely. There is much to be few days Inter, ,!,bc would say, ''I'n hungry dogs, looking for crumbs or clone in the church, many niches to give you your plate to take home while material things. They were on the fill from a friendly smile and hand I think of it. We enjoyed the fruit receiving, not the giving, end of the shake to the stranger ill our mi{ht to cake ,'cry much." I ha\'e left. clutch line, teaching a Sunday School class. ing the empty di~h with an indescrib David cries out in Psalms 116:12, We will find a peculiar joy ill giving ably letdown feeling. 1t wasn't that I "\Vhat shall I render unto the Lord our plateful of time, talellls, and 16 THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL strength becau:-;e thert' is plea:-,ure in God's service, To thi s we can add praise to our thallk ~ , am1 if it !; prings from our heart s and not irom our lip" alone--then we have not TctuTm..'(l all empt), plate! - llmlid of IIn/ill ("JS A Piclul'C Puzzlc For Junior Reade" 3 TRE T+ .011111 Monday, October 6 Thursday, October 9 ,,-RN + 5 - FI + Read : Psalm 138 Read: Luke 5'1·11 tJ Learn: "Though Ih(' Lorc1 lIl' hi,!.:l). \·ct Learn: ':\1111 Je~lb "aid UlIto thtm, (onle hath he respect unt('o the lowly hut thc ye after 11lt, ancl I will make you to hr HOS + 3 REE proud he knoweth afar off" (I'~;lhl\ COlllt' f;~her~ of men" (\Iark 1 171- 138 :6), For the Parent: (.\dclitinnal matrrial on I I I I I I For the Pllrent: Thi~ i~ a psalm of "The Call of Chri~t" will he h\UlHI Oil prai"c 10 the Lord. Point ('out that we ~\lnflay",; Lesson palo/:l'.) I~e\'icw the 30 TRTY + -;''0/1....-- UN should prai,e COIl with our ('IHire h('inll;s ~tl'ril" of ho\\ 11'~lh called ~ome IIf Hi~ and in all circ\1m~taT1ces, \'\". I, 2. The cli~cil'!cs (H'e :-"I~tthl"w -t·IS-2.!: 9 cl: John I 1 1 1 psalm aho points OUI ~Onle rea~om for 1:35-51). ~how how Jl'~U~ u~l'd th~ I·O("a· 6 X + '>SylJ PI Jlrai~e: (I) for Gellrs \\"ord, v. 2, (.1) tiOI1 of ~ol11e- fi~hing - ttl call them to a for an~\\ered pra~'er, \" . 3; (31 h\r hij{hcr ,ocation-fi,hers clf IlH:n. \\'hen strength, \" . 3; (4) for His gre;lt !lIon', L'hri~t call~ u, \(l hlllow 11;111. it i~ a call I I \', 5; (5) hecau\e lie honoh the lowly, to 'In'e olhl'r" an,\ to hring thl"m to llur \. Ii: (6) hlr dl'li\"erance from enemies, L'lrd. c:!!!:::; OE + ~ B \"\" 7,8. There is I1lUcJl to prai~e Him for' Que.tion T ime: "'hat hal'pelU'd \\ hen Que.tion Time: \\'hat are ~ome rt'a~ons Simon let ~IO\\"11 Ihl' ~l('t at Jc~u~' worrl ' I I I why wI.' should flrai~e God: What cnthur· (\.6) \\"hat happentd when they tl:0t to agenlent d~s \'. 3 ha\'e iur u~. ~horl' '. ~ KIIII Tuesday, Odober 7 Friday, Odober 10 P + ~~ FG+8-A Read : P~a11ll 139 1·12 (Sunday'. Lenon for Junior.) Learn: "Then.' i~ not a word in my Learn: "For all have ,innerl, ane! (nm(' rl ::"-1-1'-'1'I-='-I '1-'1 tongue, but. 10, 0 Lord, thou kntlweS! it 'hort of the ",lory of God" (Holllan~ 3 :23), altogether" (P~alm 139:4) For the Parent: rhi~ le'~t\rl ;s on why a. ~ - S + a IE ,--I-'--'--' For the Parent: 'There's an all· .• ecing IH'rson needs to he 5;"\\·('d. Have variou\ r ye watching }'ou"-that is the theme of IIH:mh('rs of the group rcael the fOI1\lIIil1,!.: this pa~s Octobe, 5, 1958 17 pray for rain in the face of a cloudless sky; nevertheless, he sent out his servant seven times to look for rain-and down it came at last! It seemed foolish to Naaman to dip seven times in the muddy Jordan; nevertheless, he swallowed S~~L~ his wounded pride, ignored his natural reasoning, obeyed '."MT" D,V'D, .. G T~. WOlD O' fl\l'M God-and came up healed of his leprosy! There may be many limes when we are tempted to become ;'weary in well doing." But if we add, "::\'everthcless at thy word," TilE CALL OF CHRIST and in obedience let down our nets, we shall in due SIOIriay School Lesson for October 12, 1958 season reap a rich reward. LVKE 5 :1-11 (4) The Reward. "And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes." The miracle reveals In OUf lesson today arc recorded the events which led to Christ as the Lord of nature. I t was a prophetic symbol the calling into His service of the disciples of Christ. of the spiritual success these men would have later on, Great crowds were thronging Christ to hear His \\ford. when once again in obedience to His command, they waited [n order that He might better satisfy that hunger and more until they were filled with the Holy Spirit and consequently rapidly and efficiently reach the multitudes, Christ enlisted won three thousand converts. the help of His first followers. Today Christ is still faced with the problem of reaching the uncvangeJize(\ multitudes. TI. THE CALL OF THE DISCIPLES. T he revelation And He call reach them only as men and women respond to of Christ's power brought to Peter and the others a realiza H is call, place themselves and all they have at nis dis tion of H is divine power and glory and a realization of their posa\, and in simple faith in Ilis Word launch out into the own per:ional unworthiness. deep of human Ileed and let down their nets. "And Jesus said unto Simon, F ear not; from henceforth \holl shalt catch men. And when they had brought their 1. THE PO\vEI~ OF CH RIST. Christ had been preach sh ips to land, they fo rsook all, and followed him." T hese ing to the multitudes On Galilee's shore, using as a pulpit men did not have a great deal to gi ve up in order to a boat belonging to Peter. follow Christ in full -time service, Yet because it was their (1) Tlrl' Cll(Illl'nge. "Now when he had left speaking, all it represented entire consecration. B e surrenders much he said unto Simon, Launch Out into the deep, and let who surrenders all, however little it may be; he surrenders down your nets for a drau~ht." This command wa s Christ's nothing who holds back anything. The glo ry of ser ving first step in preparing Peter and the others for their own Christ and witnessing for Him is so great that it compen future ministry, Our success in service for Christ will sates a thousandfold for any sacrifices and difficulties depend on the extent to which we ourselves have launched which we may undergo for Jesus sake! out in faith in Christ. As long as we are content to - J. Bashford Bishop dabble near the shore, our influence fo r God will be limited. Timidity, indolence, and fear keep us fr0111 realiz "LAUNCH OUT INTO THE DEEP" ing His power. (2) Tlrl' COtl/l'SSiOH. "AmI Sil110n answering s<, id unto ", him, ~Ia s ter, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing." What a picture of the futility o f human effort in the realm of Christian service ! Two feelings. LOOK! THERE ARE common to liS all, seem to stand out here: (a) \Veari PLENTY OF FISH ness. Fishing is bard work. Peter and the others had OUT THERE! YES- WE HAD spent a fruitless night in hard labor. and their failure BETTER 60 WHERE only increased their weariness. (b) Discouragcmcnt. To THEY APE! work all night and receive no pay is di<;hcarten ing. (3) The Obrdie'lcc. Christ's command seemed foolish, unreasonable. 1t cut across the human feelings and reaSO Il ings of these worn-out men. They were experienced fi sher men; they knew the habits of fish and the significance of the wealher and the lime of day. , "NEVERTH ELESS," said Peter. Though he was dubi· " OllS as to the outcome, though reason and feel ings argued against it, Peter obeyed! In like manner, if we will obey God and turn a deaf ear to the clamorings of an offended body and an insulted intelligence, we, too, shall be amazed at what Christ's power will accomplish! "NEVERTHELESS"-here is a wonderful motto for life. For, in a sense, each act of life is a little " nevertheless." Each new day ca ll s for fresh usage of the attitude of implicit faith and obedience which it indicates. It seemed /fI£ so useless for 1s rael to march around Jericho thirteen times; nevertheless, the people obeyed God and the in surmountable walls fell flat! It seemed futile for Elijah to N.~~)~~~ 18 THE PEN TECOSTAL EVANGEL , fugitive had been for nothing in the glory of God." Hut the same God who e)"es of the law. pronounces liS gUIlty, has abo pro No doubt his sellse of g-uilt and the vided a means of pardon. loneliness of scparation frOIll his family, The Bible say:o., "God so lo\"ed the coupled wilh the constant fear of di,, world, that he gave his only hegotten co\"ery, had brought th('ir OWII puni"h Son. that wh(b()(.'\"cr IK:lievClh in him men!. should not perish, but ha,·e e"crlast1l1g Actuall)" this Illan ha.. millions of life. spiritual countcrparts in till' world to "For God sent not his Son inlO the da)". Thc guilt of sins committed rests world to condemn the world; but that hea\·ily upon the con:-.cicncc of the in the world through him might he saved" dividual who knows he has done wrong (John 3:16, 17). but has ne\·cr confe".~ed his ~in to Stop hiding, !.\OP running. Stop ex God. cu ... ing yoursclf! You are free! A ncw Some go bluffing their way through life awaits you! It onl)" remains for life, living ~o fast and blustery that yOIl to accept your liberty. there isn't time to consider the guilty Je~lIs said, "Come unto !!lC, all yc !'{'crets of a sinful hear!. Others man that lahour and arc heavy laden. ami age to kcep up a good fronl of re I will g-ive you rc!.t. Take my ~·()kc spectahility, con-.oling them:-.elvcs with UpOI\ you. and Icarn of me; for I am the thought that they arc proba.bly as mct'k and lowly in Iwart: and ye :-.hall good as a lot of chllTch memher..;. and find re"t ullIO \"()lIr soub. For Ill\' leaving their own personal "in proh yoke IS casy. ami Ill)' burden is lighl;' lem unsolved. (\ialtlww 12 :2~-30) ...... The guilt of some (who can afford it) drives them to the p .. ychoanalYH's couch where the pa~t i:-. dredged up Is Alcoholism a Disease? and examined in an attempt to explain .h the munkey ha..; ,,(1111(' appearance ... and thus make tolerahle the load oi oi a man but i:-. lIot a 1lI:l1l. so alcohohsm 5111. ha:-. ... lIme appearanfl'S of l.cing a d;..,(';\",(, But no mattcr how tiley shift it, hut i:-. not a dist·,hl'. I f a di ... eas<,. it cover it, blamc others for it. or examinc .... tands alolll', apart ancl diifer('llt frlllll it. sin continues to gro\\ into an in all /Jther di ... (·a ... {· .... tolerable burden frOIll which there is a universal need for relief. If a (lIsca,,('. why C\O not ;b \"ictllll'" And you. friend, han' )'011 found ht·(·onw illlIllUIlt' al{(·r the fir~t atta(·k" the real Burdcn-bearer, the Load-lifter, "·hy doc:o. the \·;(lil1l fall for a polin'- the L:unb of God who lakes away the 111:111 instead of a tlllr:-.(·" ,,'hy i .. it tht' sin of the world? ulily di ... ca"e \\hi("h hJa("h Ollt till' jud/.:- BY ELVA. M . JOHNSON Had that man in \\'ichita ne\"{'r 111('111 and memory and attacks tl1{' whole given himself up to authorities, he hndy? Wby dO('~ it ,l.!U deeper and tlt' would ha\·e died without knowing that po ... e the lIloral ,,('Ih(' and m(lrai inhihl he carried an unnecessary load. And it tions? \\'hy dnt'~ thi" parllcular October 5, 1958 19 • Taking the Gospel to the Fair BY CHARLES A. THOMAS F OR TilE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR bombs were handed out from the booth. "' I • the \\'c!->tern Section of the Kew York Thc!;e bombs arc tracts rolled ill bright· Oi!>trict has sponsored an A~semblies of ly colored cellophane and have an at God hooth at the Erie County Fair in traction for both young and old. I-Irunbllrg. This year a permanent booth (\'carly 2,(X)() Evangels were distrib was constructed of vertical pine panels uted. each copy containing an insert with a natural wood finish, having sides of the REVIVALTDfE radio log, a Sunday hinged so that an extra six-foot frolll School paper, and a subscription blank age could be obtained. The materials for the Evangel. We obtained 1110St of for the booth were donated by a local Ollr Evangels and other literature from lumber company. the Gospel Publishing House, and our The booth was stocked with a COI11- (hU Tches in the area gathered the rest plete line of A.,semhlie!-> of God litera of the material used. ture and adorned with posters boosting As a resuit of this effort two soub He\"ivaitime, Sunday School. and other werc definitely 5a\'cd. The gospel was . \ssemhlies of God projects. A record preac:'led and gospel literature was player with a wide ,·ariely of gO!:ipel wirlelv di.:.tributed. We obtained the A lady rccords wa5 used alt ernately with a tape 'lame~ and addresses of Illany finc pros recorder playing Hc,·ivaltime programs. pects. This hooth W:lS splendid pub A new Billie was attractively dis licity for the Assemhlies of God and played with the announcement that it our churches in the area-:lnd the would be ghten away following a draw twenty-five workers who helped at the ing of applicants' names at the COJl booth received the deep satisfaction of clusion of the Fair. There wc:re 1,848 Christian service. applicants who filled in sl ips indicating Primarily responsible for initiating their name and address, the denomi :lnd c:lrrying through the project was nation they favored, and whether they :\laurice E. Cudmore, pastor of our wished a visit from the nearest As pioneer work in Hamburg, New York, semblies of God pastor. ~lal1Y good where the fair was held. lIe certainlr prospects were realized from this fea did a splendid piece of work and is to ture. be commended for it. Another interesting feature of this The benefits which our churches re effort was the dropping of 5.500 ceived from taking the gospel to the "gospel bombs" by plane over the fair fair :lre more than worth the $200 to grounds. Fred Upton, a minister of $300 which the project cost. :\ larger Gowanda. :\'ew York, \\'ho is interested eHon for next year is c\·en now in 'Gospel bombs" ready to be loaded In plone ill dle ministry of evangelism by plane, planning, with Illore features and wider offered his services. Another 4,000 alit reach...... Free tracts a nd Evangels were always available. Even children were interested. IIDE~ll~MR'lEACH~N-;VICE fJJ j LION . . EVERY WEEK "" ..- Of course r prayed. hut I abo did , my best to straighten out. The truck I Believe in Miracles had jackknifed and was heading for a semi-trailer. I was carrying 7500 gal (Continued from page three) lons of gasoline, and if you happened to read about the one that hit the street Among the like to send tbelll theTe. So why not car in Chicago and e..'Cploded you know help other people's children, I figured. what I was facing. It came time for pJedges~but \\ ife I tried to steer it onto the shoulder Districts and I just looked at each other. It of the road. Did l'H.·I'Ylhing- 1 bc'\\". was tough. \\'c wanted to gi\'c, but l'd but it was absolutely out of control. just got back on the job-bills had I was certain we would hit the semi t'''I.>Il.,Ct'lIIfI1IS ItJ lu·p .\0 II1{O".,"f.i (1/ been piling up, and I had to keep up trailer broad!->ide. /,r.'gr<,ss .Hld chl,Hly.-.r '''"'''''1 tht dillri.-lJ. payments on the home. Couldn't spare Since there was l10thmg I could do. anything! Well. we bclic\"c in mir 1 decided just 10 tnhl God. I took Ill)' KFXTlTKY· \\' Ro~("O(' Rum·n. ~J Lin· acles, so we pledged $150.00 hy faith. hands off the !->teering wheel, laid them \\\}(ld .. \V(;" Loui~\·ille 17. Ky. rtillacc~ Lc<." It Porler as A,~i,tant Superintendent. That night wife and 1 prayed, "Lord, in my lap and said, "Oka.\', Lord. we know nothing is impossible with \'ou take o\'er. I C3n't do any more." ~IISSISSIPPI The achlitional office of you. Please provide the money. You \"jqant SUJltrinttlHknt is filltd by R. r kept my foot on the accelerator, that's C na\·i~. Box lOll.?, ~Ieridian. ~tis~. don't have to let me find it on the all, bllt till' Lord did IIII' sll'f'rill!J. lit, XOI{THER:-J :\,EW F:\'(";I.-\:\,D--.\ddrl.'" street; but give me an extra job so r .sure did an expert joh! That truck of L. Bcrnard Hinman, Oi,lric! Sc("retary. ca n ear n it." righted il'ieli. gOt ovcr into the middle ha~ betn chanl'l'co to 24J Cumht'rlancl .h·e. I do night work, so next evening the bne, p<"'l.: Octobec 5, 1958 21 Pray for Our Ministers " \ ..' The Dignity I of the Ministry - BY GEORG E HOLMES / T ilE DICTIONARY SHOWS THAT DIG restraint, of well-ordered life; must be nity means "a state of being worthy or hospitable, and have a gift for teaching. ~ . honorable." Surely every Christian He must not bc cxcitable and violent r a - should be willing to acknowledge the over winc. j Ie must be courteous, UIl true worth o[ Christ's ministers. There contentiolls, not a\·ariciOtls. Be must is a dignity associated with the work of rule his own household decorously .... the mini"try that is to be given full J Ie should nOt be a new convert .. recognition by God's people: "Ac J Ie ought to bear an exemplary char knowledge the worth of such men' as acter among nOll-Christians" (I Tim these" ( I Corinthians 16:18, Wey othy 3 :2-7, Way). mouth) . The sterling value of Stich men, not In the vi:;ible church. dvi.lbtless, there only in the Church but also in the are men sen-ing as ministers who have world in general, cannot be denied and never been called of God. illost of us should not be ignored or taken for have met thcm and they arc not Ull granted. known in the Scriptures. nut we are The Pentecostal movement and other referring to men who obviously arc di nonconforming minorities of the vinely called to the work, spiritually Church rightly rose up against a pre gifted fo r the work, and fruitfully en vailing attitude of mere respect for the gaged in the work. We write of those "cloth" manifested in ;t vain, usurping whose dignity lies in certain imaluable. spirit of clericalism. ilut nothing is One thing I have on earth which 1 unmistakable, and indispensable quali easier than to be carried too fa r in re Can never have in heaven, ties. God acknowledges such and ' 50 verse by the momentum of such a. pro A rare and blessed privilege should the flock. test, until liltle if any acknowledgment Which He to me haa given: H e whom God puts into His service is made of those gifted, amhorized, and is there because God has "judged him placed by God in the Church as lead A chance to preach Hi. wondrous fait hful and given him needful ers. Word, strength" (1 Timothy 1 :12, Weymouth). Under the guise of a spiritual broth To aave a .oul from dying. Proven faithfulness in a servant of erhood that at first was a delightful (Hark, far off in the dark and cold relief from ministerial exclusivism, The little lamba are crying!) Jeslls Christ is worthy of sincere ac knowledgment by every believer. nut there may have crept in a cheap famil A chance to win a starry crown. notice what further qualities are re iarity against which Paul warns : ';~o\\" Not for my own adorning- quired in ministers of the Lord Jesus I beg you. 111)' brothers, to appreciate A gift to lay at His dear feet Christ: those who are toiling among you, who Some bright eternal morning! "The church-o\'erseer, then, ought to are your leaders ill the Lord's work, -Martlla SIIC'lI Nicholso" be of irreproachable character .... He and who give you admonition. Accord must be a Illan of sobr ie ty, of self- them a high place-the highest place of 22 TilE P ENTECOSTAL EVANGEL all-in your love, in recognition of their tioll ior tht: mini:-.tcrs of our fello\\" a" I am." Such w('re the ,,('ntimet1 t ~ of sen'ices" (1 Thes5.1.10n ians 5: 12, 13, "hip :> Paul himselL Way). 1n the chapter hefore I],; are indi "1" order that YOIl may hell' III£' T he pendulum that swung in the di cations as to how the won h of such jor..,·ord." All tht: ministries of Chri~t, rection of clericalism can easily swing men may be ackno\\ ledged: eXl'rci"ecl through fait hful brethren, a rc too fa r in the opposite direction. Either "Submit YOllrscit'('$ to slIch." This to help the saints in their progress to extreme IS wrong. and the one i:-. as subll1i~~ion to "piritual leaders is not maturity. So the helpers-forward art. wrong as the other. Either attitude dis without ju"tificatioll ior " ther a.re keep themselves, to he helped fo rward br pleases God and is har mful to the fel ing \\'atch over your ~ouls as thosc who tllO:-;C' they htlp. It i.'i not only on itiner lowshi p and wi tness of the movement. will haH~ (0 gi\'e account" (Hebrews arie" that "lIch help is needed. rn I Corinthians 16. reference i.-; 13:17. \\·eYll1olltl1). The deference ex imaginative ami thoughtful prayer for made to Stephan us, Fortunatlls, and pected is not ser\"ile. a.., to a dictator, Ilonln' hn:thren \\"Ell often bring to Achaiclls (v. 15). The:-;e mcn wcre hut l,n'ing and humble as to the Chri..,t mind ~ I ·ay:-. in \\'hieh tht)" can be helped early converts to the gospel. They were who pO!:i!:ie~ses I I is :;er\"ant by I t is Spir forward. Sincere word:-. of apprecia not only members of the local church. n. tion, earnest :l.nd llnder:-.taTl(i ing prayer, but had "devoted thcmsclves to the sen' "I.,t 110 mllli d('s/,i$(' hilll.'" This and practical or financial help arc a ice of the saints." T he report they gave was ~speci:-l1ly applicahk to a young few \\"ays that CO!l1(' to mind. Tht' to Paul. based on their sincere interest mini"tcr. but then a,; now it wa.., true Lord accC'pts "CflICC and kindne:." in the assembly, greatly refreshed him. thai gTo\lth iii grace ~l!1d usefulnc,;s .~ho\\"11 to the It:ast of Hi.., hrethren as It was as if he himself had dsited \\"e re [lot to he lI1casu red by rears sinel' hcin.t.:" rendercrl to I l il\1~('IL the church. ;\ fen \\"ho fa ithfully fos ter cO!l\·er~i()T1. \\'hile a youthful pastor. The Pt'lIIt'(o:-.tal mO\'('lllcnt is richly the well-being of the church without for i[l~ta!lcc. \\"ould ha"e no grounds for bles"ed \\"ith men of Christian character. seeking supreme cont rol !:i hol1ld be adopting a dictatorial attitude. he was spiritual ami ministerial gifts, and faith honored by it s members. not, on the other ham\. to be slighted: fulne .. s to Chri~I·:. cau:.t'. Let Pente Apollos i!:i beautifully described as " If Til11othew; comc, let Ihl're be no co~tal people :lcknowledg<.' in ever )" way one who "watered the slips that Paul attempts at overbearing him. l ie is as possible the worth of such men as had planted" ( I Corinthians 3:6). efficient a Iaho rer in our Lord's work these. -Nrdtml'li"'l Tidill!Js Teachers among us whose ministry has this healthful effect ought to be recog nized and appreciated. 1t is well to remember tha t God has set teachers in the Church as well as miracles and gifts of healings. Timothy wa s a pastor. young and Arthritic Victim Healed somewhat retiring, yet often chosen for work requiring special qualities. His F ollowing an attack of vi rus pneu the dmrch ill the directory and my hus ministry included consoling the perse moni a in 1953 [ had se\"cre pain in my ha nd calk-d. cuted church at Thessalonica, giving a back which \\ a" diagnosed as a rt hritis T hat afternoon I'a'olor \ \'dlialll J. period of ministry to the conceited a nd of the ~ pil1 e. I \\" as hospita li zed fi \'c Hehr \'i~it('d IllC, I ll' l i ~ t e n ('d with com rather immoderate church at Corinth, times and underwent I'arions te!:its and pa,,~ion to my ~tor'y . saw my d ist r e~'i, and taking the o\'ersight of the Ephe treatments, bllt the condit ion grew and \\" ith the October 5, 1958 23 By J1ellry Jallh;a;lI pn • THE STORY OF A 20TH CENTURY SPIRJTUAL Rfi.U~GENCE COMPARABLE TO THE INA4GURATION OF THE F I RST OENTURY CHURCH T ilE F.\RLY (1II1.ISTlA:\" CHURCH poil\'" 111 the l'lIitd States, Sran the hearts of Lllen anel womeLi thc enjo)"td a btloya11l ~piritllal \"Igor 11\ dinavia. ancl India reports hegan to world o,'cr. her life al\(I work. Thi~ is clearly circulatt.' of Christians cxpcricncing a 011 fundameLital truths cOIlcerning ponra)"t"<\ In the Blhle rccord, Of ., Baptism in the 11(1)" Spirit." Thi~ the authority of thc Scriptures. the thn,c ::;pLrit-idlt'd ('hristinLh it IS CXI){'rienre was attended by some of Godhead. the Persall and atoning work \\"fittcLl; "\\'Lth grcat powcr gave the the sign-mallif(,"'lati()l1~ that theolo of Jesus Christ and the neces<.ity of apo:-.tlts \\"itlle~s.,. and great grace gians had a,slgnt'd only to the early per:.onal salvation, Pentccostal he was upon thelll all" (Acts 4:33), III Church pt'riod, lievers join hands with all evangelicals, htr pri~tillc health tht Church had A sludy of the Scriptures confirlOcd [n addition. they feel they can make great powl'r for witlH:~sing and great the ... e experiell(:es as gelluinely 13ibli a contribution to the over-all life of grace for I1ving", cal. \\"ith this infilling- or baptism of God's people by means of their "dis )'Iosl Christian Itaders toelay agrec the Iioly Spirit came a nt'w IHlIlg"t'r tinCI1\'C te!)tullon)". '11lis relates to that during the course of ccnturic" the for the Scripillfes, a rCIlt.:\\"(·d joy and trwhs such as the infilling of the Churdl has 10'1\ much of her nativc power in witLle..,sing ,mel :In intense Iioly Spirit, divine healing and the ~tr('ngth. ller ~'o\lthf\ll pow('r has \00 love for prayer. gifts of the 1101)" Spiril. oftcn hl'ell imp.'lin.·d hy comprollli:-.c. The revival Lllo\"t'lIlent soon becamc The Scriptnres teach an infilling \\orldlinl'ss and apathy. I{cstor:nion to known a~ "Pentecostal." The terlll or baptism in the Holy Spirit as aIL a rohust spiritll:ll :.tatl' is Ihe heart was not new, having heeil \lsed for cxpertt.:nce distinct from converSIon. cn of LllO'lUY Lllen of Cod the world hundreds of years to describe the ex by mcans of which the believer is :lrOiLlld. perienccs of the Church OLl the Day given an entrance into the potential of At timcs it has pleased Gnd to send of PCllteco"t, whcn the Holy Spirit Ihe Spirit-filled life. Christ said. "Ye m::w ..,trcanlS f)f powtr and holiness was originally pOllred Otlt. :\0\\ it ~hall receive power. after that tilt' tn the Church. Thesc re\'i"als have hecame a natural means of identify Iioly Ghost I,. come upon you: and )"C often hecn strongly doctrin:ll. as ill the ing these who had received a twentieth ~hall he witnesscs unto me." Lmheran Reformation. \t times they century Baptism in the I [oly Spirit. This experience is plainly de..,cri\)t'd haH' brought a resurgence of holiness The movemcnt rose al)O\'c a mixture in the Book of Acts. chapter!) 2. 8. and a stfCmg" eLllph:l,is on pt.·r~ollal of clc(t.'rmincd oppo~ition and C\j,.;illter 10. and 19. The illiilling of tlte Holy ~ahati()lI. as in the \\"esleyan Rc\i,'al c ... tcd :.com iLl the religioll~ world and Spirit is gi\'cn thc helie\'er as a normal ill England. ()ur 0\\11 laorl has \.;1I0\\"1\ g-rcw phenominally enducment for witness and work and re\·i\"als that have hrought holier and Churches or assemblie:-. of like a~ a fountainhead o f ~t\"e\lgth for happier ti1lle.~ 10 Cod':-, people and to minded belicvcr.., sprang up within a daily Christian li,·ing. the Ciltire nation, few decades all o,'er the L' nited States The FilII Go:-pc1 11Iini~tr\" place.., At thc turn of the century Christians and in several foreign COUlltries. The elllphasis upon di"ine healing. :\fcdi of various h.. 'lckgrollnds the world o\'er re,;lIrgellce had a :.trollg- mis~ionary cal men and Christian leaders arc now had thi~ one COLlllOon cra\"lng-a emphasis from its inception, Today hccoming increasingly aware of tht· spiritllal rni\"al in their own lives there arc morc than 2.500 Full Gospel 11111apped resources and provisions for and in thcir churches. As a natural misslOllaries among the more thall physical health and healing ill the gos result they banded togelher in prayer 25.000 Prote~tallt missionaries in for pel. In the Great COLlllllis:.ioll. rc meetiL lgs, O\'er a period of time they eign lands. I t i~ cstitllatcd that there corded in :\tark 16. Christ promised experiellced an itltellse heart-scarchil1g arc ahout tCIl million Full Gospel be healings as a sign to accompany the and humbling hefore God. lievers in the world today. missionary advance of the go»p<'1. TIlt.' The answer, ill the grarioLls will of Of particular inlcrc...t is tht.: fact Book of Acts has Illany instances of God. wa~ an outpouring- of thelloly that the movement had 110 :.trong lead healin~ as a fulfillment of tltis prom Spirit that Illet many of the dc~rip er at its ccnter whcn it was born. It i~e.llea\ing: is listed as a "gift- mani ILOIIS of the Uook o( Acts. From was a re\·ival sent from hea\'cn into festation" of the 1101)" Spirit ill the 24 Church (1 Corinthians 12). A prom· ise of healing for believers in alliiWl'r A New Book 1 to prayer is given beautifully in JatlH.'s 5,14-15. A ministry such as divine healing hc:ds the possibility o[ extreme::; and abuses. The vast majority of Full Go~· pel people are aware of this. " The movement as a whole does not support the extravagant claims and commercialized methods of some men along this line. In most Full Gospel churches a sound, scriptural ministry of BY C. M. WARD divine healing is carried on rathcr quietly from weck to week. Many won· derful cases of healing miss the public HERE, WITH THEIR HUMAN PROBLEMS, ARE LETTERS THAT A RADIO eye. MINISTER ON A NATIONAL NETWORK RECEIVES FROM HIS CONGRE To abandon a truth because of its GATION OF MILLIONS. abuse by some is a mistake. Here the Cnder Cod. Brother \Vard has been able to huild a large audience over the ABC scriptural reminder is true: "\Vhere no network and affiliated sta ti on_~. oxen are, the crib is clean." A Bibli· What kind or audience i. it? cally-guided ministry of divine healing Jutt who litten. and bow do you know that the,. lilten ? is the only answer. What inttindive urje in people make. them want to write a radio Certain helps of the Holy Spirit are eVllnjelitt ? enumerated and described in I Corin About what do the,. write? thians 12-14. These gifts providc th(' New Testament Church with an enable Brother \Vanl has answered these (jurstions in this new book "BOX 70." You will see for yourself the mail that flows across his de~k. THERE IS AN ment above that of dedicated talent. ENDLESS STRE.t-\!I\ OF ~rAIL THAT :-'IUST BE READ, TAKEN TO GOD IN They give the Church supernatural help PRAYER, AND Al\S\\EnED. These are actual letters which Brother Ward has for a task which is supernatural. These received. Only the names and addresses have been deleted. g ifts the Full Gospel people cherish. There are letters frOIll children. A boy or girl who does not know how to write or spell properly will somehow prim in big letters or scribble his while they desire to see them exercised or her message and se nd it to "Preacher \Vard, Sprin~field, ~I issouri." under the guidance of the Scriptures. Ministers wil1 pour om their hearts- October 5, 1958 Fagofl F/,otn fhe To/'ch 01 Evangeliltn Compiled by the Department of e.angelism, 434 West Pa!ifi! St., Springfield, Mo . ... BFLLEnU.L ~"UI H('('('ntly Flan girls frum another church Wl're filled with .. IUt-.:ERSF1ELD, C.\LlF, The Cotton ~di,t ilnd ~Ir!l. 1',1111 It Woo,1 condm:1CU the Holy Spirit .\ contrihuting fa("\I'r to "ood I{oaci Assemhly jll',t clo~ed IwO weeks (lUt' of tll(- mo~t .~uc('c~,f\ll rel'ival the ~ucce~s of thr servicc! I\;h thc m:\ni of rel·il·a! with E\"aIlRcli~t and ~Irs. Dave canlpaigns thi~ ('hurch ha~ experienced. h'statiun ('If the gifb of the lIoly Spinto Ih.rris. The church i~ small, hut eiJ(ht werc TI",:rc I'l'n' 197 rir~t·tillh' \"j,itor, to the I'clll,k "ho II,!!! hl'~'n pra}"inl-' fnr ~uch a ~a,"{'d and reclaimed and f,lur wue filled church durin", (h(' !\\() Wl'C!.;s (If the meet 111('11"l' {If (;od ~:IW th("ir pra}'l'r~ an~w('red, I\ilh the Holy Spirit. Eight were adeled lng. XliiI I,m/ C{)"~·. ['".flo, and vicwry continut" ill th~' d1\lrch. to thc church ruqer, ;Inc! the same 1\umher CIrNtrr "fllrt/m'l', I'lls/or "t're haptized in water. The powcr of the ... ~L\RI!\I'TTI':, \\'JS. [)c~pilc the mid· Lord \\a~ so great on some l1ights that ~\ll11ml'r twa!, lar,l(l' ('ro\lds attcll " IIE~IPSTEAD, x. )'.-Three weeks of meeting wcre conducted recently in the \s,emblies oi God church here hy Evange li~t and :'Ilr", Paul ). Graban of V ineland, !\". ). Twellty-four camc to Ihe altar for Crowd a t Faith Temple In Fort Worth, Texos on " PeW" Pockirg Sundoy." FOreground, left salvation, and four were filled with the to right. Bob Nichols, associate postor, J C. Thompson, pastor; ond Glen Shinn, evangelist. I ioly Spirit. A Sah'ation Army lady re- 26 TilE PEXTECOSTAL EVANGEL cC I\'ed a beautiful infilling of the Spirit. Xumerous sick folk felt the power of God as Brother Graban prayed the prayer of EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN CALENDAR faith. Duf ears were opened, and others were instantly freed from pain. A ~lethoJ SL\T!': CITY IHIT ly,,\crLlSJ I' WI OR i5t lady who was the wife of a colonel at the Air Base testified to being healed of "b i"Ulaloos;J \ "f C 0<\ 1 10 whm \ldllln R /I Spt'u:e a head tumor. A water baptismal sen'ice \I1Z. Somerton • \ of G 0<:1 102';' RlCh~rd E Idlen' Dale \\~Ilel followed a week after the campaign. :\rl. C~bot \ ofG 0(( Il·~6 B{)b SwaIm & "Ife C"ufiC W.)Od1 -Stn.'r DUr(JSoff, PasloJr Ro"ell FIr'St Sept 2<;;· Tamil'" Lofton Fut/nn 'on" C~lif B..lcTlfieid Z\des Od 12·26 Ene& Pe~rI 'ohmon I· 11It" FrJC'lld .. CLEBURNE, TEX.-The church here Lad, Fmt 0<1 Ji St,1lI1c, P \bcPhcIWn GC\I~ f-'orrC'lt has just concluded a revival with Evange LI» .\ngelcs Bcthel TC!1lple (kl 1·19 \\'nrc:n L'!7m~n \mc \'"l. list Bob McCutchen of Austin, Tex. Souls O;lkbnd hrsl Ot:t 1:;6 D~IlI1\' Dan! llenr) II '\c were saved and filled with the H oly Spirit Upland I, \'~nl;t'l I'ctnplc Sept 21· Ene 'nluuon '" "',fe I' r,ml t'.unmcr and also healed. The church itself was \\'estTllorebnd \ofG Sel'l 21- Ch;ltle! I brim F,,~cnc Boone greatly blessed by the ministry of this man Colo, "hon \ of C Oct ) 'S Ra,bum R~\'m"nd \\ Ra1cr Sept. ~(l l1Qn George R D, LmeTlon of God. -Thomas A, Bra:;irl, Pastor Pueblo Fint Salida \ of G Olt. ) \\ V '" \Ioha Sentle, D. B ..\rnold De1. Le .... es AofC Sept 2Hkt Iluck ... ~lter-Bto<;c> I e~rn I.eRo) \\ \\'ilc, ~, Bartow \ ofC Od ;,19 (.elltC l\ddi';Qn D '\ .\,bun:, Jf Cresh'icw ,\ ubum Ocl 6·19 \\'cde,", \\cd.lc' .\~wn Clllm~11 \ V Palm Bcach Ca],-ary Temple Oct, ;·19 Ernie Eslelin . Ray Ibllhern G,. \ 'Ioullne Fir~t Od,S FOrTe11 \\'hale)' Ro~\ic 1'~lmcr Ill. I ~ \Ioline First Oct 13·26 Paul \\'ood 'a, II, Buntcnb~lh CROWDS ATTEND MAINE Robin50n AofC Od 12·26 Cox Brown Te~m OI'ler J..:l1ell CAMP MEETING IndIanapolis T rinit)' Chapel Oct 12- J Far! Dou~la~s \\. )-' nunt~n BRIDGEWATER, :-'Iaine-The 1958 camp Bcttendorf "Ri,enidc CC Oe\ 12·20 Dedelo,,' FncdCIIC' I: dnJ \\'~hnn meeting was the grea\r~t ever held here. Eldon Fi nt Scpt 29·0et 12 Paul Wood Ctnoton D Sp,lrn~11 Hansel P. Vibbert, Evansville, Indiana, was Kan>;lS CII\' \',elon., T~b, Oct.5- Cene \ brtln '" WIfe II \\' BJIII('U camp evangelist and was mightily anointed Lc~,cn"orth ,", of C Oct 8·22 0. 1-: &lbllICCadd,s I/"Voud !>hdtnn by the Spirit to preach. \lass, Springficld Bctharw Oct, 8·19 BusS( F"Jngdilt" Te~", nalld \\. 1lI,,,cr It was estimated that over a hundred \lich. F'cnn'ille .'\oIC Ott 12· Clenna B,ard \. I. Buler were at the altar for salvation and that F1int Bethel hb, Od 12·26 B R \lmlon I dVolll F I :1~'On twenty-five were baptized with the Spirit. Cr:1nd Rallids \\'OOdrnefe CT (xt Ii-Z6 ,u" '" Loucll~ lI ~nce IIcrhcrl \leppcl n~ A number testified of being healed. The Rora! Oal:: Ca"'~n' Co~pcl Ckt ';' 19 \ F. D,\lusto Plrt\' Cnl Strtnlilth thousand-srat tabrrnacle was packed re .\linn \I"'nupolis Bloomington l emp Oct, ~ 19 1';1.,,1 Sandgren & ",fe J ~I SIT~nd pratedly and some were turned away on St Paul ,"'ult ('~pcl ~ept 2",Ocl ) \b~ham Solomon \Ielfmd .\ Ohon weekel'lds. \10. Bell City Fi'l! Oct. Ii _ Oo1131d Lun~ford, II Kathnn Ibnli:hn -C, A. Crablrte, Camp Choirmml ;-":c\':Jda A~fG Odl12 Chril'tian I hId \Ian'" IIJk,' St. Loui'\ l\angeli~tlc Oel S- Bob'" leri \\mford C.:-ull Collm' Steeh'dle First 0..1. 5- C, C, Robin50n '" "'Ife \I~nin :-';"I,ah ANNOUNCEMENTS Nebf Ibstin!/:5 AofC S.:-pt.3D- Bub :'IlcCulchcn 11 \\. l.eb~,l TRI-STATE C. A. R A LLY AKO FEL· Om~h~ Glad Tidmgs o..t, 12,26 lIan'e> II le,\liltcl I I Km, LOWSHIP MEETING-No\'. II at Gospel N. J, lilt 11011) AofG Sept 280cl 5 D J. Pagha&""fc Chu Scrinulc Tabernacle, S ioux Falls, S. Dak. R. A lan Trenton C~I!ltol Scpt 28- J Fall Dou~!Js~ Juhn CJ!lUI Davis, afternoon and evening speaker. Ri ch· N. Y. Rochester Clad Tidings Ott 15· Bill Sharp Da\!d \I CJIII<'Ju ard Tufte, South Dakota District C. A. P res N.C. Kan napoli, A of c: (kt 12· CrJllt Daniel \\'11113m Til1l\ ident, prrsiding.-by Arthur F. Berg, Pastor. N. Dal:. Kull11 A 01 C Ott, 1i-26 I'~ul Clarl '" ,,·ife 1.I0,d Jorgl'l"on Ohio W~diworth Fir~t 0<'1. H LolitJ Thomplon (;hJ' Cc"'nl~uo CA11 P r-.I EETI NG-The 51st :Ill1lual caml) mla Bart1ci,'iUe Fir)t Oct, 12·19 \'elmer Cardnel I l'aul lluldntilt(' meeting of the Pleasant Grove Assembly Chicblha Firlt Ott 12 Fred C;l.rrington& WIfe ]);lI'ld I(()~r of God, Duranl, Fla .. will corn'ene at Plea ~ ant Sapulp~ South I1 ci/i:hts Oct, 12- D~, id Fs:,;m' '" w,f~ E. R Rabt,"rh Grove Camp Grounds, O ct. 9-19. Oreg. Con';lllis -\ of C Oct 1- Don Cossell "cll I.icn Speakers include O. 11. Virgin, Sullivan. P,. Allentown A of C Sept. 24·0cl 12 \lusical \'andc,P!QC~s Dl' id Ba'll!!!! Mo., evening speaker ; and Paul \\'. Brewer, Brooh,lIe " int Oct, 5·19 II I Ibrdt \'clllUn Bo,er Kansas Ci ly, ~I o., morning speaker. Gladys Chambcrsburi Bethel Pent ext 15·"'0\' 2 \\'1IhJm H KantL S~IHUel \\'eidlcT Voight will conduct children's services. C. Freeport Gospel T~b Od. ;·19 ·11.e Smlilmg Rothert' Glw. ~hJlfcr A. vesper servicrs will be directed by Dick Haddon Faith Sept,2'1·0lt BHon D l on~ 'rllnl! R 11"1111 Beavers, Clewiston, Fla. There will be six ;":0",'OOd A of C Oct. H Inn Colllll! C . I I.c"'" sen'ices daily. Wellsboro CahOlry Tab Oct, 12·26 C . .\ Sna,d, '" I elnl Rubert J..:uber Dormitory space available; cafeteria and Wilkes- Barre ,\ of C Oct,9·19 ,\lbn .\ SWIft \lbert L.1l~r concession stand on grounds. For reservations s.c. Spart~nburg FIrst Sept 10·Ott 12 ,lImnie :-'I~'o, If. '" I. Cb)( ""h write M. L. Blount, Durant. Fla. or ~iiss Tenn. ChaltanOOg;l Fir:;t Oct I~- D I.. 'olin \\ () Anh t,,, Jessie Pierce, Durant, Fla,-by M. M. Brewer, B ~zari3 i\ of C Od, 12·26 F I) ])3"15 R IJ.o" nd, Pastor and Camp President. '''!:$Quite First Oct H·26 \I. C, Allen I'art\' II \\ 1l00d v,. Catlett First (Xt 5- F.sherClu:d: Tcam \lden \ Ya te~ Culpt'pcr Cospel Tab Scp t. 26·0cl. 12 J B "'OOIUII15 I'~nl E Boycc WITH CHRIST Or:1nge ,\ of C 0<'t, 5·19 Charlotte Rodgcrs I, \\ Ra lncr ROSCOE F. CASSo 83, 5t. Cloud, Florida. Phoebus CJhJry FC Oct, 7·J9 \Villie ~ I StC\ells B \\' l'Ox passed into eternity July 23, 1958. Brother \\'as h. Bingen :\ of C Oct, 7·19 \Vanen D. Combi \!an in F I-'o.cd)ce Cass was o rdained in 1924 and superan Seattlc E"~ngel Templc Oct, 11- II. C. "r~ c Don ~ld John \11 appero nuated in 1951. W. Va, Becllcy First Oct. 8· 19 Robert \\'allen Team T \1. \\ '~Idron J.UIIU BJllq' WALTER RAYMOI\D McDONALD, 69, Wis. Tomah .. "of G Oet.6·12 Bob Olson John \\' IIlcr\oll Hoodsport. Washington, went 10 be with Bahamas Nassau eB \\'.1 ) A of C O~:t. 12·26 Toul1n), Ball,ctt the Lord August 16, 1958. Brother • Tent R C,",l\'~1 •• Childrcn's RCI"IHI ~lcDonald was ordained in 1939 and spent much of his ministry as an evangelist. He Announcements should rC ich Ihe Dep ~ rtmcnt of E\'OIngclilm 30 darl lt1 ad,-anee. due to the f~ e l was superannuated in 1956. thOlt TilE l'ENTI::COSTAL ,6 VANCEL II made up 24 days before thc dJtc "hid, .lJl I)CJ'~ upon It October 5, 1958 27 General 818lJ; Presbyters Meet (Continued from page nine) man, reported continuous expansion 111 all phases of production and distribu tion. 1\ ew equipment in production in· eludes a ;\f :.ley Gathering Machine to handle our visual aid materials. The major advance this past year was the completion of the equipment for offset plate making. We arc no\\' able to FAVORED BY produce offset plates for all our presses. Our new songbook At e/odirs of DISCRIMINATE Praise, introduced at the General Coun cil in Cleveland, has experienced a BUYERS. phenomenal sale. I n eight months it had sales of about lOO,(X)() copies, and the comments from users have been most gratifying. A companion publi. EGE RMEIE R'S BI BLE STORY BOOK cation Melodies of Praise Orchestra (her fllll' million copin of prC\'i()ll~ ('1\i\;01l', hau: lwl:11 ,(,1/\' tions. is now available. :\1I(11h;, .\"r" H",-i,l .. d rlhliOlJ ro1ltaill~ mon' Q!)rie, Ihilll hlf!!n It llwludt:'> :Ill ~I"ril''', I 15 black and \\ hilt illu'lralir)ll'. (,4 J. R. F lower, Executive Director of full I"olor iJlll'lr"iioll~ and four IlIap~. SeJf-PT0I10\lIlCiuj.:. The Pentecostal Evallgcl, stated that Stun!y, \I ;hl1ahk ])\1 Pont doth hill 28 TIlE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL month period 170.356 books by C. 1\[. \Vard were distributed upon request. Each week an average of 3,CXX> mimeo graphed copies of the sermons preached on the air are mailed out. Also the personal counseling through correspond ence continues at a rewarding level. As of March 31 the radio log showed that 339 stations. including 23 foreign. were carrying REVIVAl-TIME. N. D. DAVIDSON CHOSEN TO SERVE ON EXECUTIVE PRESBYTERY Due to the resignation of D. H. i\fc Laughlin, who moved from the north western section of the nation to the southwestern when he accepted a pastor ate at Bakersfield, California, it was necessary to fill a vacancy on the Exec utive Presbytery. The General Pres byters nominated N. O. Davidson, Translation of the Oregon District Superintendent, to fill the vacancy. He will se rve as a non resident Executive Presbyter during the coming year representing the north New Testament With Notes western section. E. L. Newby of Fort \Vorth, Texas, W orrell's Trallsialion of the N C'W Testam.ent is the outgro'... ·th of who served as a General Presbyter for a solemn conviction on the pa.rt of the translator that such many years, was made an Honorary a work was required of him. He proposed to produce "a correct General Presbyter. Two former Execu and literal translation of the Scriptures with brief notes to help the tive Presbyters, now retired, partici ordinary Christian who has no knowledge of the original Greek," and pated in the sessions; namely, E. S. labored almost untiringly "in body and mind" for two and a half years \Villiams of Springfield. Missouri. and to that end. Fred Vogler of Bellevil!e, lIlinois. A number of very important matters The work is a faithful, precise rendition-though complete perfection were considered during this meeting of is not claimed for it-for Dr. \VorreU also was under the distinct con the General Presbyters. They wil1 be viction that "these New Testament Scriptures, with which the writer has given further consideration at the Gen been concerned, are the veritable \Vord of God-His last revelation to eral Council meeting in San Antonio, this sin-cursed world." Texas, next year...... Many improvements are evident: F or instance, initial letters of every pronoun referring to Deity are capitalized; solemn forms of We Need a New Experience pronouns and verbs are restricted to Deity alone; and quotation marks I have no fancy nallle for it but the are used to enclose direct quotations. There has been close fidel it) onc thing needful is a brand-new expe to the original Greek. Though translated by a great scholar, non rience of God among His people. I do scholastic language has been employed wherever possible. Even the not care what your favorite name for it notes, given on the same page with the passages, are in simple language. may be. We have named it enough. but Convinced that 'Vorrell's Trallslation of the New Testament would IllOSt of us have never known it. The fi!1ing of the Spirit, full surrender, con meet a great need, the Gospel Publishing House has heen happy to secration, the victorious life, perfect offer it as its first printing of the Scriptures. Handsome Fabrikoid hard love, revival-whatever yOll can it cover with title stamped in 24K gold. 3% pages of Scripture and notes, most of us don't have it. plus 28 pages of appendixes. Too much of our orthodoxy is correct 2 EV 634 a.nd sound but it's like words without $4.95 tunc, statues without songs. It does not stir the wells of the heart. It has lost its The GosPel of Christ, in its fllllest IIIl'anillO, ar:d wilh all its provisions hallelujah, it is too much like a cate jor the fwnts of ollr sillflll race, is nOlU" too {arg l' ; alld il IlOs bern OIlC chi sm, not enough like a camp meeting. aim wilh till! w riter, all the ~('a)' t/rrollg/J, to bril~9 01//, so jar as he Iras bUll \Ve may smile at our spiritual fore able, tire ~t'lrole Irlllir, "as Irlltll is ill Jesus."-A. S. \\'orrell bears, call some of them primitive and antiquated, but they had a \·jvidncss and vitality, a fervor and fire that GOSJlEL JlUIlLlSHI"'G HOUSE SJlI October 5, 1958 29 :-.ick to pray for health? Thi:. requires our co-operation. f can pull poi:-.on ivy with no ill effects, but I do not Haunt that immunity-l pull it whcll there i:-. no way to avoid doing so. .\nd the per:-.on who knows he has hardening of the arteries or a weak heart would he foolish to o\"cre"ert himself pre -;umptuollsly ju'>t hecau~e he has not had a heart attack yct. I like cucumbers, but several years ago it seemed r was going to die of VOUJt indigestion after eating them. So now f avoid cucumbers, Tn all cases where ad\'er.~e eating habits afe a contribut ing factor in illnes:;, we will he wise to practice proper diet if we expect God's CItetJu help. Surely the Lord will do what we cannot, if we co-operate by doing what we call. A.re we shortchanging ourselves hy BY JAME S E. A DAMS neglecting to trust God for the sal \"ation of all our loved relatives and friends? Even though some of them are '·hard ca:-.cs'·? F n"'y F:RRORS W~~RE I'LANT!':!) IN Til E That !-o hort httle book The Practice of Joe Robison t r an~rerred into another payroll of a southern city to l;CC if thr PrrSl'IICC of God by Brother Law officials checked them before affixing n'nce re\'olutioni7('d the lift' of John shop about :; ix years ago. I Ie learned their !!ig-natUfC!i. The mayor signed his ).tycrs. llrothcr Lawrence wrote, "If that one of his new acquaintances had J)<"lyroll reducing the salary of his ,\d God left me olle moment to myself f stopped going to church. The forml'r mini strati,'c /\ ssislilnl from $287.50 to should be the Illost wretched man alive. Christian sllfpri~cd Joe with the dog- $267.50. That onc was casy to ove r And yet J kl,ow not how He can lca\'e matic assertion. "There is no God ! lie look. But the Police and Fire Com me :llone, because faith gives me a'j never revealed H imself to me!" missioner gave hilll !>clf $250 iTll:>tcad of strong a cOII\·ictioll as scn-;c can do The Illan explained that he had $375, and the Finance and Revcllue that J fe never for:<.akes tiS until we prayed for salvation, helie\'ed as \\'el1 Conlill i s~iOTlcr gave himself $7.50 have first forsaken Ilim." And the as he knew how, and lived ;:t consi:-.tent im,lead of $375. SOllle thought it title of the book Thl' Praclicr . . . sug Christian life for more than a year amusing; others, ridiculous. Hilt the gested to John an cHart 011 hi s part. even speaking in youth scrvices. "Ask Finance al,d Revenue Comnlissioner John Myers began to remind hill1~clf anyone in that church; ask the fello\\'s was \lcry definitely 1101 amused! during the day of the Lord, I lis Word, I work with if I didn't live a Christian Now these payroll errors wcrc only gospel hymns, and Goer s provisions. li fe during that year!" he s..'tid. "Bllt a trick- no one actually lost 1110ney. lie 10s1 the alt it ude that sinning- was when other people rejoiced in the pres But in the. spiritllal realm do we some an inevitahle part of daily life. Every ence of the Lord, when they t:llked times sign checks for less than what we day he signs a check for abundant ahout 1I is guidance, it was a foreign arc entitled to? Do we limit God ? grace. language to l11e, T never felt or God places lhe resources of heaven Do we sig l! a check for healing? sensed His presence and guidance. I at the dispos.."\1 of His children. T. L. Church conferences and Illany indi"id prayed. I read the Bible, I trusted. Cuyler said that God "issues promis ual Christians arc re-examining their 1 did all J could. If there is a God. sory nOtes and then pays them when position on di"ine healing. It is a fact He did not reveal Himself to me. So faith presents them at the throne. Each that Christ Jesus delivers mall from the only conclusion I could cOllle to was, one of us has a checkhook." It is our physical infirmities today. But the man 'There is no God!'" privilege-yes, the Lord expects us to who thinks he must go to a shrine or Joe's reasonings and pleas fell on draw from Ilis boundless proyisions a travel hundreds of miles to have a cer deaf ears. Time after time he prayed supply for our evcry need. tain minister pray for him is short for his newfound friend. Then his In the morning ollr check presented changing himself of time and traveling friend transferred oul, and they didn't to God in prayer should cover grace expenses which can better be used in meet till recently. Immediately Joe not for an hour or two, but for the his local church. Since it is the Lord asked if he had the same attitude. "1 whole day. People have said it is im who heals, healing is 110 further away have prayed for you," Joe said. possible to keep from sinning daily. tha n our prayer of faith united with That attitude sometimes stems from that of our pastor and/or the elders of "\Vell; God answered prayer," the f:ll se humility. An acknowledgment of our church. friend replied. ;'1 know there is a our weakness and insufficiency is sure Even people who say, "I am not God. Christ saved me four months ly in order, but God is all-powerful and sick now," can present a check to the ago." He wants to be with us each llJoment Lord in faith to keep themselves Ho.w wonderful the Lord is-lie al of the day. healthy. Why should we wait till we are lows eVC11 the sinner to present a check. 30 THE PE!"TECOSTAL EVANCEl. 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Only:\ No unsaved man need be shortchanged limited lllllllhcr will he :\"a;lahl('. by trying to do better o r by joining a 2 EV 450 church w ithout a definite knowledge of salvation. He can sign a check fo r de liverance from the bondage and power of sin ! We know what our check should be by checking the \~.rord of God. "Seek and ye shall fi nd." "Ask, and ye shall ADD 5% FOR HANDLING AND POSTAGE receive, that your joy may be ful l. " We Poy Postage Of! all orders sen t w,th " According to your faith be it unto YOll," "My God shall supply all your need." God's provisions are boundless, L et us draw on the resources of heaven for our every need...... October 5, 1958 31 to my soul r God yearns for liS to respond in that same way to IIi, requests and desire:"> r I Tis Word will reveal them to us. Hi:. Spirit will prompt us concerning them. Can wc not belic\'e our heavenly Father and "hang out the key:;" Somehow we ha\'e gotten the idea that unless we do something spectacu lar for God with the masses we are failing! \\'e dote on display and de ~pise the simple, hidden ministries of the Spirit. \\' e compare ourselves with others and become restless and dis couraged. My daughter could have had an armful of roses waiting for mc wh('n T stepped from the train. She might ha\·c had a band playing a welcome for l11e. There could have bel:ll an escort to take me home, and people Hong Qat tM Key might ha\'e said, "I fa\\' she loves her mother !" EVAN 5 BY OL IV E But when the)' were all gone away, and I stood alone and reached out to the secret place. the key would bc the most important thing of all. If the key had not been there, and I had been left out in the cold and B £FQRE (;011\'(, ox A RECf.!,;T llt:~I· a downpour of rain. The cab that darkness, T would ha\'e s GOSPEL PUBLISHING HOUSE, SPRINGFIELD I, MISSOURI 32 TilE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL