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ship in the community in which he Execut-ive Board lives? What do his fellow-pastors thmk of him? Helps For Calling A Pastor What is his attitude toward those with whom he works, the office staff the basis of facts and truth. Without and others whose work he might super IN LAST ~eek's issue we bega~ a dis this information it is self-evident that vise'? cussion which we hope might be helpful the Holy Spirit has little if any oppor Obtain the estimates of a number of to pulpit committees ·in their search for tunity to direct a committee to the people of good judgment on the balance · one whom they proper person. of his ministry. Does he maintain a might. recommend to Aside from reUable information the balance between study, administration, their church as pas labors of a committee would be largely preaching, personal soul-winnmg eff tor. It goes without guesswork, and guesswork does nnt pay forts, or · does he have a ' strong tendency s a y i n g t h a t the well in this instance. A general ques for getting off on tangents? His rredit church and pul.pi.t tionnaire might well be prepared and rating, His sense· of responsibili'i;y, committee J h c u 1 d more specific information can be ob .The sources for this informatio.n are approach this mat tained in the cases desired. legion. The denominational office; the ter with a deep sense Various ty,pes of information are banker; pastors of other denominations of dependence upon necessary, There is the matter of pre w.ho have' served in the same conu~u- , the H o 1 y s p i r i t. vious experience, number jn family and mty; a reputa.ble credit rating organi Prayer shoUld char other bits of personal information. zation. Dedicated laymen who know the acterize every move The educational background of both person. DR. WHITLOW that is made. the prospective pasta.r and his wife is If there appears to be a sour ncte or The first stage in the search for desirable. His attitude toward his de two among otherwise good references God's man should be that of gathering nomination and. the work as a whole then these. sources should be checked information. This can be done wi.th is a matter of great concern. for their reliability. .No committee reference to several prospective pastors His attitude ta.ward other. deno:nina should be blinded to the human factor at the same time. The committae needs tions is also important. Does he know involved. Dedicated common sense all the facts and information concern how to disagree without being dis serves wen in. making a proper inter ing any person whom they might con agreeable? pretation of the factors involved.- S. A. sider. The Holy Spirit directs us on What is his attitude toward c it i z en~ Whitlow, Executive Secretary. Independent Church Joins A merican Baptists ACCORDING TOW. A. Harrell, sec- Baptists have learned that church AUGUSTA, GA. - Highland Park retary of the Church Architecture de members must be taught the Bible Baptist Church in Augusta is the first partment of the Baptist Sunday School truths about stewardship before they in Georgia to affiliate with the Amer Board, church con will tithe their incomes. Baptists also ican Baptist Convention, which is ex struction in t h i s know that each church must give the tending· ,itself into the Southland. country will repre individual an opportunity to practice The general council of the conven sent an expenditure Bible stewardship by presenting an op tion, which accepted the church, made of ten to fifteen bil portunity to serve through a challeng its announcement from New York. It lia.ns of dollars with ing church program. said the church had 150 members. in this decade, Efforts to reach Pastor C. Gordon This statement Baptists are also learning that some · Blanchard for comment over a two tells us that millions things need to be done in order to day period were · unsuccessful. The of people have mem raise money before a building program young chmch has never been affiliated berships in churches begins. It is always a good policy to with the Augusta Association, the and are attending put on a good stewardship program Georgia Baptist Convention or the the services of the before money is borrowed or bonds sold. Southern Baptist Convention. DR. DOUGLAS churches. Too, it When this is done, more money will come into the building fund, which means that new churches will be or "ARKANSAS' ganized and, therefore, more buildings means less money . to borrow and less ARKANSAS must be made available. interest to pay. LARGEST The Forward Program of Church Fi RELIG IOUS Nearly all, if not all, of the· churches WEEKLY" will borrow most of the money for this nance can be adapted to a building program. It has been done successfully 401 WEST CAPITOL building expansion, ·and this leads us ...... :. "' LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS to do some calculating. Churches will in many churches. In the package of spend approximately 540 million dollar& Forward Program of Church Finance Official Publication of the in this decade for interest on building material, which can be ordered from Arkansa s Bapti st State Convention loans. the Stewardship Services, 127 Ninth ERWIN L. McDONALD , Lilt.D, ___.... .- -.. ·-·-.... Editor-Mgr. Avenue, North, Nashville 3, Tenn., for . MISS SHIRLEY JOHNSON -.. ---··--- __ ..... ____ Ass't to Editor paptists have found it a good invest $2, there is a section that explains the MRS. E, F. STOKE S·----·--·-.. ·-·-·----.. -··-·---- Circul ation Mgr. MRS . GARY .LaRUE --·-----··-·---.. ·---·--.. -- --.... - .____ Mail Clerk ment to borrow money in order to erect adaptation. It has three suggestions Published weekly except on July 4 and December 25. church buildings. Baptists have also as to how a church can promote the Second-class postage pa id at Li ttl e Roc k, Ar ka nsas. found that it is sound judgment to budget and the building fund in a si Individual subscriptions, $2.25 per ye ar. Church pay interest in order· to use money to multaneous campaign. lf anyone would Budget, 14 cents per mo nth or $ 1. 68 per yea r per church family. Club pl an (10 or more pajd annually expand church buildings, But, let me like more information, contact our office. in adv ance) $1.75 pe r yea r. Subs cri pt ion s to foreign ' think out loud, wouldn't it be wonder address, $3 .75 pe r yea r. Adve rti sing ra tes on requ es t. ful if church people could be led to Let's keep the home base strong by The cost of cuts ca nnot be born e by the paper ex· . tithe? Then the 500 million dollar in building adequate build.ings, but let's cept those it has ;nade fo r its in dividu al use. Artic le s ca rr yin g the au thor 's by-line do not neces· terest payment could go directly into keep the interest payments at a mini sarily refl ec t th e ed itori al policy of the paper. missions because there would be two mum so the churches can increase gifts Abbreviations used in credi tin g news It ems: thirds more money with which to• to missions as it increases in other BP Baptist Pr ess ; CB church bulletin; DP Daily press; preach the Gospel at home and around phases of the Kingdom.-Ralph Doug EP Evangel ica l Press. the. world. las, Associate Executive Secretary . . April 7, 1960 Volume 59, No . 14 Page Two ARKANSAS BAPTIST Golden Gate Dedicates $5 Million New Campus· FROM COAST to coast, from almost The week of dedication came to a every state in the Union, from Vice meaningful climax with Denomina President Richard Nixon to laym-:n in tional Day. During this day, particu the churches, hundreds pa.rticipated, la.rly, one felt that God had bro-:1ght either by their presence or by telegram, Southern Baptists to this place for this in the official dedication of the $5 mil hour. In a press conference, Dt·. Ram lion campus of Golden Gate Seminary, sey Pollard, president of the ·Southern Mill VaHey, Calif., recently. Baptist Convention, stated · that it was John Carl Warnecke, AlA, world "a great tragedy that Southern Bap famous architect of San Francisc:> and tists did not come out here 75 :vears chief architect of the eventual $10 mil ago . . . I know nowhere that a person lion campus, interpreted the beauty and could invest his life more wisely than philosophy of the structures. Having in California," he said. California alone studied "nearly every Baptist seminary has over 12 million unchurched people. and college in the nation," he designed the 126-acre campus "to be a symbol The confidence that Southern Bap tists have in Golden Gate Seminary of those within," representing South The Cove?' ern Baptists' philosophy of "friendli was expressed by Porter Routh, execu tive secreta.ry treasurer of the Execu ness." JONQUILS, among the first of spring tive Committee of the Southern Baptist flowers, a1·e welcome harbinpers of this The significance of Golden Gate Convention, as he reviewed the finan Seminary to the nation and to the chfllenging new season of the year. They cial affairs of the seminary. Between are especially welcome this -yea?·, after an world was expressed in a telegram from 1950 and 1960, through the Cooperative Vice President Nixon. Unable to attend unusually long winte?· of ice and snow. Program, the seminary has received T,hey 1·emind us of. the ResuiTection of the dedication ceremonies, he tele- $2,700,000 ih operating funds and $5,- ,~graphed his message: " ... the monu Ott?' Lo?·d and the victO?'Y we have ovm· 132,000 in capital funds . . "The Coop death, tlwough Hinv. ment that you (Southern Baptists> erative Program has been your 'Golden have erected to Christian leader&hip in Gate,' " he said. America is indeed a most significant testimony of the faith we Amerieans "What impresses you most about Golden Gate Seminary? The spirit you Attendance Report hold in the future...... ' "The real greatness and strength pf feel on the campus," declared President a people is moral, not material; it lies Pollard, in the dedicatory sennon. March 27, 1960 in the justice of our cause, not the "Southern Baptists have confidence in Sunday Training Addl· Church Sc~ool Union tions power of our armies. this school ... You cannot explain Golden Gate Seminary and leave God Benton, 1st 680 147 · 1 "The genius of America is inter out,'' he said. 1 Camden, Cullendale, 1st 425, 226 1 twined with faith in a Sovereign God, El Dorado, 1st 8.12 275 1 and the need of America today- is for The seminary, begun in 1944 in a Mission 47 men and women who have a personal, -small church in Oakland, has a present El Dorado, tmmanuel 606 300 4 vital faith in God. ~nrolment of 348, a teaching :>taff of Faith Mission 15 "Let me take this opportunity to con 31, and more than $5 million campus. Ft. Smith, Trinity 344 168 2 gratulate all of those who have •had It is the largest evangelical seminary Fountain Hill, 1st 77 43 'some part in this splendid achievement on the West Coast, and now has over Hot Springs, Park Pl. 446 174 2 for which they have . contributed im 50 of its graduates on mission fields Huntsville, 1st 108 40 4 -measurably to the great n e s s of around the world. More than nalf of Jacksonville, 1st 547 2i7 1 the 815 Southern Baptist churches in Magnolia, Central 944 308 5 America.... " California have been pastored or start Guy Rutland, Jr., past president of McGehee, 1st 355 184 3 ed by gr aduates or students of Golden Mission 46 36 the American Truckers Association, Gate Seminary. "Golden Gate is be member of the Georgia legislature, and North Little Rock, ginning to touch the whole world," Baring Cross 870 269 ,3 ~ trustee, brought the key address, stated Dr. Pollard. speaking on "Where Do We Go from North Little Rock, Here?" He analyzed the dangers of Dr. Gaines S. Dobbins, distinguished Levy 5~7 199 1 communism and urged Southern Bap professor of church administration at West Memphis, Calvary 255 141 2 tists to pledge themselves to "think, the seminary, said, "This is Golden talk and vote while we can." He saw Gate's finest hour." Baptist Work Hindered , the seminary as "one more stepping Presentation of the new campus was stone to win the world ·for .Tesus made by Dr. Floyd D. Golden, vice In Cameroun Unresf f!hrist." chairman of the board of trustees; the DOUALA, Cameroun-CB\1VA)-Bap Thirty-six seminaries, colleges 1 and key which "opens all locks on this tists in South Cameroun, an area :tided ·universities from acrdss the nation campus" was accepted by Dr. E. Her by rep·resentatives of the European were represented in an academic pro mond· Westmoreland, board chairman. Baptist Foreign Mission Society, have cession. The academic address was All present were stirred to self-dedi been the innocent victims of violence made by Dr. Walter Pope Binns, presi cation as President Harold K . Graves led by rebel groups against. the Cam dent of William Jewell College, Liberty, led in the responsive act of dedication. eroun government. Mo. He emphasized the significance of Guests, faculty, and students dedicated Rev. M. Farelly reports that n.t least our Baptist colleges and urged that themselves and the seminary to the three miRisters ha.ve been !tilled and Souhern B a p t i s t s concentrate on commitment expressed by the president others beaten and imprisoned. r•quality" in education rather than of the Convention - "real Christian Despite this difficulty, Mr. Farelly "quantity." He also called for the "con scholarship and a spirit of intense began his report with optimism. He fidence, love and loyalty" · of «"very evangelism" - that the West, America revealed 600 new converts were baptized Southern Baptist to our denr,mina and the world ·may know Jesus Christ during 1959 and that a goal of 1,000 tional schools. as Saviour and Lord. • hii.S been set for ~960. • r April 7, 1960 Page Three Editorials------Personaliy Speaking ... 0 NE of the most inspiring statements we have seen on American democracy is that made extemporaneously by David E. Lilienthal before a Congressional committee on Feb. 4, 1947, at which time Mr. Lilienthal, the administrator of TV A, had just been nominated by.the President as AMONG the .most amiable people in · the first head of the Civilian Atomic any community are successful barbers. Integrity of lndividp.al Energy Commission. The fight against They thrive on pleasing their customers. Mr. Lilienthal was vicious, bigoted and They have learned that there is no one Fundamental of Democracy way to cut every Tom, Dick and Harry's mostly anonymous and irresponsible. hair any more than there is one theme Senator Kenneth McKellar, leading the opposition against confirmation of conversation that of the Lilienthal appointment, criticized him for not carrying certain high will please every pa ly technical information in his head and asked what kind of American tron. · he was. The succ.essful ~ The Lilienthal reply is worthy of consideration again and again by barber soon learns the all Americans : · likes and dislikes of "This I .do carry in my head, Senator," replied Mr. Lilienthal "I'll the fellows he trims. do my best to make it clear. I believe and 'l conceive the Constitution of He knows that one the United States to rest, as does religion, ·upon the fundamental proposi fellow likes to have just about all his hair tion of the integrity of the individual and that all government and all removed so that when _,. private institutions must be designed to promote and protect and defend the job is done his the integrity and the dignity of the individual; that this is the essential head looks somewhat meaning of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it is essentially the ELM like a peeled onion. meaning of religion. B~t another, perhaps one who is overly "The fundamental tenet of Communism is that the state is an end conscious of his rapidly declining hair in itself and that, therefore; the powers which the state exercises over line, just wants a low trim with as much the individual are without any ethical standard to limit them. That l left on as possible. deeply disbelieve. . Whatever way the barber with his • "' skillful hand and trained eye might think "I deeply believe in the capacity of <;lemocracy to surmount any trials most becoming to a given guy is not im that may lie ahead, provige4 only that we practice it in our daily lives. portant, unless the barber can lead the And among the things we must practice .is this: That while we seek ferv patron,, tl;lrough in.direction, to want that ently to ferret out .the subversive and anti-democratic forces in the coun kind of cut. In this the barber's job is try, we do not at the same .time by hysteria, by resort to innuendo and not unlike that of a meatcutter helping smears and other unfortunate tactics besmirch the very cause that we a housewife to make a good selection. ·believe in and cause a sep·aration amon'g our people, cause one group and A good barber is just as astute when one .individual to hate another, based orr mere attacks, mere unsubstanti it comes to the matter of talking or not ated attacks, upon.their lo~alty. This ! 'deeply believe." talking while he gives a fellow the works. '·' He knows when to talk and when to keep his mouth shut-something some of you will hasten to say is not always true of some editors you know. He knows not only whether or not a given Joe wants him to talk, but he also knows what are the appropriate themes. One fellow is a fisherman, another a hunter, or a golfer, or, opce in a while, one who does not have time for such "tomfoolery." The astute barber does not keep his individual interest in the realm of the general, but cultivates the themes in the pai'ticular. If a fellow is a fisherman, for ~ example, is he a bream fisherman, or does he go out mostly for trout or bass or crap- , pie? Is he a cane-pole fisherman or does he use a flyrod, a spinriing rig, or a casting rod? Does he operate princi pally from the bank or from a boat? ·what are his favorite baits? What are his favorite haunts? This .~ time the knowing barber stays away from the particular, for he knows most fisher- .. men would die before they would reveal the exact spot where the honeys hiber- nate. ' ' . We like barbers who cater to our per sonal likes and dislikes. And a lot of us want to choose our public servants, our11' preachers, our teachers-yes, and our ed itors- on the same basi·s that we choose " our barbers.
Page Four ARKANSAS BAPTIST . • f of American pastors and in January their lives to the undermining cf the Letters to the Editor another group who were very much churches and their regularly consti impressed with the oppor.tunitieG as tuted agencies. THE PEOPlE SPEAK they found them, and the response "Lately the divisive and slanderous I that they received to their pre?.ching attack of this handful of church in spite of the fact that theil;' messages destroyers were mysteriously. insinuated Cuban Missions had to be interpreted. into official training manuals of a I HOPE that you will give publicity We do not want people to laave the major branch· of our defense forces, the to this invitation we wish to extend to convention to come here, but we do United States Air Force." the messengers who will be going to feel that this is a special opportunity Ross said that Council protests had the Southern Baptist Convention in to visit us either before or after the brought official apologies and support Miami Beach in May. Previously when convention.-Herbert Caudill, duperin from religious bodies- of all faiths and the convention has met in MiaF-~.i we tendent, Templo Bautista, Dragoncs y other organizations, as well as indi have had from one to two thousand Zulueta, Habana, Cuba. vidual$. people visit us in Cuba. Dr. Ross has asserted that from the Due to the unfavorable publicity that What's 'Malarky' moment the N.C.C.C. was establi::;hed, Cuba has received for the past many in 1950, the Council has never had a months it seems that people are afraid I READ in your reply to Mrs. Sulli Communist Party member or sympa · to make plans to come to Cul:la. I have van's letter, on Communists in the thizer among its officers, staff or been all over Cuba during the past four N.C.C.C. in the March 24 issue, that executives. months and know that one is free to "We do not accept this sort of ma "I defy anyone to offer proof to the go wherever he wishes. In fact those larky." I've read of a good many contrary," he said. who have come on former trlps will intelligent people, who should be in a Until somebody in the duly consti find the people _·more courteous and position to know, who do believe "this tuted courts of the land asserts and friendly than ·ever. One is just a& safe sort of malarky." Churches are a per proves the insinuations such as that in Havana as in Miami. fect hide-out for Communists, and contained in the Air Force Manual, we Our work js growing under very fa Communists take advantage of every sha.ll continue to regard such charges vorable conditions for the preaching of opportunity. It behooves us to be on as so much malarky.-ELM the gospel. Right now we are having. the alert.-Lela G. Rodgers, Mena. a special campaign in the Cienaga de REPLY: Dr. Roy G. Ross, general Paper 'Helpful' Zapata with plans to open wor!~ in one secretary of .the National Council of IT IS with pleasure that I can notify of the .sections that has been clo:;ed to Churches of Christ, has stated, i::~ reply you that the Columbus Church has everything previously. One of our pas to charges made in the much publi accepted your offer of receiving the tors held a revival for one month in cized Air Force Manual, that Chris Arkansas Baptist for one month free the hills of Escambray where some of tianity as practiced in the churches is and then buying it on a monthly basis. the worst fighting took place the latter the world's greatest foe of communism, We understand we can add O·r take part of 1958. There is a will io give adding: from our list as the need be . .the gospel to the people, and there is "Among the loudest, if un.conscious, Everyone in the conference today a willingness on ihe part of the people supporters of communism in Amer!ca stated that they liked the paper and it to receive the gospel. today are a handful of hate-monger helped them.-Mrs. B. C. Webb, Sta.r Iri November we had with us a group ing, dissident persons who are devoting Route, Washington.
WORKERS in the Sunday School at Central Church, Magnolia, who have led. their departments and classes to attain the Standard of Excellence since last Oct. 1: Front row, left to right: Mrs. Harold Ruble, Mrs. W. C. Blewster, Mrs. Joe Chisholm, Miss Mary Luck, Dr. Joe Rushton, Mrs. Wade Willis, Mrs. H. S. Bell, Miss Grace White, Mrs. G. W. Phillips, and Earl Bailey. Second row: Mrs. 0. B. Long, Mrs. Z. B. Thigpen, Jr., Mrs. J.P. Downs, Jr., Mrs. J. W. Powell, Mrs. N.C. Whalen, Mrs. Victor Lain, Mrs. J. A. Todd, Mrs. R. H. Arthur, Jr., C. T. Hilliard, Mrs. J.D. Merritt, Mrs. John Danielson, Mrs. R. L. McKelroy, and Mrs. Bobby Hinson. 'fhird row: Mrs. Tom Crowder, Mrs. James Kendrick, Mrs. Paul Joplin, Mrs. M. M. Brasher, Mrs. Eugene Langston, and Mrs. W. E. Morgan. · I Fourth row: Mrs. G. J. Shinn, Mrs. B. J. Heath, Mrs. A. W. Gunnels, Mrs. Roy Willis, Tom Crowder, C. R. Cole, Dr. Loyd Hunnicutt, Mrs. Loyd Hunnicutt, Mrs. Gladys Cobb, Mrs. P. J. Rivers, and Mrs. W. C. Spiller. Since last Oct. 1, a total of 43 units in the Central Sunday School have qualified for the Standards of Excellence. Dr. Loyd L. Hunnicutt is pastor of the church and Earl Bailey is the minister of education. • April 7, 196 .0 Page Five THE SECOND Baptist Falcons, Little Rock, are the Arkansas Little League Basketball champions. They have a 28-1 record for the season. The Falcons played in the Southwest Regional Little,League Basket- ball Tournament in Tulsa, Okla., April 1-2. , They are· coached by Van Snider, a student at the University of Arkansas School of Medicine. They are, left to right, front row: Bill Shoemaker, Robert Fureigh (captain), Steve Singleton, Jerry Brinegar, Ron nie Williams; Second row: Ronnie Cox, George 'Owens, Ben Hog.an, Travis Beard, Dennis Fleetwood, Jackie Boyd; Third row: Steve Anders, Kerry Schuck, Tommy Alexander, and Walter Oaks. Coach Van Snider appears with the g1·oup.. • Brinkley Sets New re-organization is scheduled for May Tex., was the evangelist for a recent 2-6. Lawson Hatfield, State 5unday revival at 1st Church, West Memphis. SS Attendance School secretary, will direct the em There were 55 for baptism and 22 by 1ST CHURCH, Brinkley, has broken phasis. letter. Rev. Wa-lter L. Yeldell is pastor. all previous att'endance records for four Pastor Jack Gulledge, who recently came to 1st Church, Brinkley, is con straight weeks. During a "Prov~ Your SOUTH HIGHLAND Church, Little Love" Campaign for the month of cluding his first thre~ months of Rock, had Rev. Billy Walker, Walnut March the old Sunday School record service. • Ridge, as evangelist for a recent revival. attendance of 427 was shattered. The Jack Riley, ~ music director at the attendances for the four Sunday;, were: Mrs. M. E. Wiles church, led the singing. There were 57 441, 457, 497, and 502. for baptism, and 27 by letter. Rev. Ray ·• Dies at Ft. Smith Branscum is pasto11. The goal was to average 400 for the Fort Smith, MaJ.·ch 27. - Mrs. Tina month of March. The actual average A. Wiles, aged 59, wife of Rev. M. E. WALTER AYERS, Conway, was the attendance was 474 per week. In addi Wiles, state Baptist missionary, died evangelist for a recent revival at Free tion, there we1;e 40 new members en Sunday a~ternoon, March 27, at the man Heights Church, Berryville. Dan rolled in the Sunday School during the home of a daughter, Mrs. Virgil Wig Dipert, student at Ouachita College, four-week period. gins, at Ft. Smith. was the singer. Sue McDonald, Berry Supt. L. B. Hughes describes this as She lived at Ft. Smi·th 10· years and ville, served as pianist. There were 18 "the grandest hour in the history of was a member of Ft. Smith 1st Baptist professions of faith and one by letter. 1st Church." All classes and depart Church. This church has grown from a mem ments exceeded their goals. Many She is survived also by two brothers, bership of 72 when it was organized classes overflowed into halls and as·· Edd Taylor of Sidney and Rev. Wilson in October, 1958, to 163 now. sembly rooms. Taylor of Batesville; four sisters, Mrs. The construction of .a new $165,000 W. E. Miller and Mrs. Ada Anderson of Sage, Mrs. Ona Fudge of Melbourne and PASTOR Harry G. Jacobs, c.f 1st auditorium and educational unit is Church, Osceola, is back at his work" Mrs. SyJvia Amos of Maysvill~ . Okla. nearing completion. Entrance date is after an illness of several weeks tentatively set for the first Sunday in Funeral was at 1st Baptist Church here by Dr. C . . W. Caldwell and Rev. New June. The two-floor educatiomtl wing NEJW HOPE CHURCH in Delta Asso will accommodate approximately 150 man R. McLan·y, March 29. Burial was at Roselawn Cemetery. ciation has accepted the one month more persons in Sunday School. free trial offer of the Arkansas Baptist. A Sunday School enlargement and CLIFTON BRANNON of Longview, Rev. M. H. Howie is pastor. Page Six ' ARKANSAS BAPTIST Ouachita StuCients Miss Crenshaw to selected by a committee on the basis of ability and potentiality. Honor Winners Ft. Smith First Nancy Brooks, of Rogers, was ::~ward OUACHITA college was represented MISS RUTH CRENSHAW has ac ed a $100 journalism scholarship as by five entries at the Arkansas State cepted the call to 1st Church, Ft. Smith the' journalism contest winner. Mi Speech Festival at Arkansas College in as youth director and education secre chele Carter, of Nashville, was runner Batesville recently. tary, effective APlil 1. up in this diVision. A 30-minute cutting from "Hamlet"· Miss Crenshaw is a native of Char Students overflowed Mitchell Hall to was awarded a "superior" rating in . lottesville, Va. After six and :1 half view the college's 12-act variety thaw . the drama competition, while Noel Dale, years in the business world, she felt thP. Other activities included campu'3 tours, a freshman speech ·major from Hous Lord was calling her for 'full-time worlc a picnic lunch, swimming in the col ton, Tex., was given a "superior" rat She attended Cumberland Uni.versity lege's heated pbol, skating in the gym ing· in. poetry reading·. in Lebanon, Tenn., and is a gradu::tte nasium, and viewing a cutting of a of Southwestern Seminary, Ft . . Worth, forthcoming production of "Hamlet," Joyce Ingrum, a f r e s h m an fron1 in the Little Theater.-Ouachita News Blytheville, received an "excellent" rat Texas. She came to Ft. Smith .from ing· in ,extemporaneous speal{ing, and Central Church, Jacksonville, T~xas. Bureau • Bailey Smith, a sophomore speech ma where she served as youth director and jor from Dallas, Tex., received an "ex education secretary .for five and a half 1ST CHURCH of McCrory h':l.li tl1e cellent" rating in entertaining speak years. • services of Rev. Doyle Bledsoe in a ing. recent revival. There were four addi Bismarck Beauty tions, two by letter and two !JY bap-· Lee West, a frespman from Miami, tism. Pas-tor Canoll L. Evans led the Fla., received a "good" rating in prose 'Tiger Day' Queen singing, reading. JEANETTE HUGHES, Bismarck, was The "Hamlet" cast included Reuben crowned' queen by Dr. Ralph A. Phelps WICKES CHURCH in Ouachita As CSonny) Setliff, a senior pre-medicine Jr., president, as "T~ger Day" at Ouach sociation has included' the Al'ka.nsas major from Magnoli-a, as Hamlet; Da ita College attracted nearly 1,300 high Baptist in their budget after receiving vid Jordan, a sophomore history. major school students Fl'iday, March 25. the free trial offer. Rev. John P. Hes from Arkadelphia, as Claudius; Caro · Thirty high schonl beauties entered kett is pastor. lyn Croft, a senior French major from the queen's contest, the highlight of the Springdale, as Gertrude; Joe Downs, day.'s festivities. First runner-up was REV. CARL W. KLUCK recently re Jr., a junior speech major from Texar Tanya Everman, of Hot Springs High signed the' pastorate of 1st Church, kana, as Polonius; and Bettye Adney, School. Margaret Woodfield, of Pine Atkins, to become pastor of 2nd Church, a senior speech major from North Lit Bluff High School, was second runner Arkadelphia. During more than three tle Rock, as Ophelia. up. years at Atkins Mr. Kluck saw an The forthcoming; spring production of Linda Brown of Blytheville was se increase .in the church membership, "Hamlet," of which this was the first lected as recipient of the $250 Theodore and in church contributions to local showing, is under the direction of Den Blake Memorial Scholarship. She was and conventibn-wide causes. nis Holt, director of theater. Costumes were designed and made by Beverly '" ' ' ~ .:::.~··-~<" Spearman, a junior speech major from Texarkana, Tex., and Mrs. Dennis ,0 ~ Holt. • J ·-~.,. '·
Church Librarians Name Officers REV. JOHN HOLSTON, pastor of 1st Church, Batesville, was elected p·esi dent of the Arkansas Church Librarians Convention at their two-day session at 2nd Church, Little Rock, on March 24-25. Guest speakers and conference per- . , sonnel included Rev. Wayne Todd, ex ecutive secretary of Church Library . Service, Sunday Schon! Board, Nash ville, Tenn.; Miss Adelaide DeWitt, head of the Audio-Visuals depJ1rtment of the same agency; Dr. Tom Gambrell, minister of education, South Side Chur.ch, Pine Bluff; Miss Lillian Tisir.. ger, church librarian and book con sultant, 1st Church, Oklahoma City. Other officers chosen at the meeting were: Dr. Gambrell, vice president in charge of program and exhibits; Mrs. Mamie Shook, Baptist Book Store, Lit tle Rock, secretary; Mrs. R. H. Jones, Osceola, vice president in charge of publicitY. Evaluation of religious films, film strips, recordings, poster and book ex hibits, with instruction in classifica JEANETTE HUGHES of Bismarck is crowned queen of "Tiger Day" tion, cataloging and processing of books . at Ouachita College by Dr. Ralph A. Phelps Jr., president. She is escorted were featured in the conferences.- Re- by Lowell. Hel(lebrand, Ouachita sophomore from Camden and a member por.ter. • of the Pershing Rifles. • April 7, 1960 Page Seven ...... ,. .. . - _ .. , ... _, • '> ~ .•• Literacy Council To Be Organized A PULASKI County Literacy Council will be organized at a meeting called for Friday night, April 15, at 7 p.m., in the Baptist Building, at Spring and Capitol, Little Rock, Dr. Clyde Hart has an- nounced. · All persons w-ho attended the literacy workshop in Little Rock recently, along with any others who are interested in helping with a literacy program for Pu laski Cotlnty, are invited to attend, Dr. Hart said. A bi-racial nominating committee has been named to report at the organiza tional meeting. Two units will be organ ized, Unit A for colored people and Unit B for white people. The officers of the · two units will constitute the executive board of the new council. Purpose of the council will be to pro mote the teaching of reading and writ MR. STONE ing through the Laubach Method known MR. HOOKER as "Each One Teach One." Monthly El Dorado Pastor meetings are planned. Arkansan 'Pastor Goes to Arizona Officers for each unit will include chairman, vice chairman, director of in Massachuse~ts Rev. Bill Stone has resigned tne pas training, secretary, and treasurer. ORVEL E. HOOKER, a graduate of torate of the Parkview Church, El Do It is hoped that eventually the literacy Ouachita College, recently assumed the rado, to accept the pastorate of the program can be organized and promoted pastorate of the 1st Baptist Church, East Fifth Chapel of Tucson, Ariz. on/ a state-wide basis, according to Dr. North Adams, Mass. With a member Mr. Stone relates that he found Hart, who is director of Negro work for ship of ·over 1,500 members, Nor~h . Tucson to be a city of 235,000 persons the Arkansas Baptist State Conven Adams Church ranks as one of the with fewe·r fully trained Southern Bap tion. • largest Baptist churches in New Eng tist ministers than the citY. of El Do land. H. B. Clark, a former president rado. He. began his ministry in Tucson Hardy Progress of the Northern Baptist Convention, is April 1. His new address is: 632 North FOR SOME reason or other the State a member of the church. Belvedere, Tucson, Ariz. Annual failed to report the work of the Mr. Hooker graduated from Ouach While he was in El Dorado, Park Hardy Church in the Big Creek Statisti ita College in 1951. He served as pres vie·w Church purchased a parsonage cal Table. ident of the Ouachita student body and and erected a two-story, fire-proof edu This church had a fine record last year· received the C. L. Durret Prize for Pub cational building containing over 9,000 and I want to share these blessings with lic Speaking and the C. Hamilton Moses square feet of floor space. There were the Brethren of Arkansas. Award as the best collegiate debater in over two hundred additions to the Brother P. 0. Harrington became the 194.9-50-51. In 1951, he teamed with church. • pastor of the Hardy Church in February Lucien Coleman, Jr., of Little Rock, to of 1959 and is doing a marvelous job. win the Pi Kappa :Delta National De Ministers' Wives Last year this church baptized into its bate Tournament at Stillwater, Okla. Set Conference fellowship 12 people. There were 27 re Temple University in Philadelphia, ceived by letter. Their membership is . awarded Mr. Hooker the S.T.B. and MIAMI BEACH, FLA.- (BP) -The 211. The Sunday Schaar' enrollment is S.T.M. degrees as well as the Russell Conference of Ministers' Wives, held 147 and the Training Union has an en ConweH Award for Eublic Speaking. In each year in the Southern Baptist Con rollment of 107. Last year the average at June he will receive the Ph.D. degree vention city, will use the Miami Beach tendance in the Vacation Bible School from St. Andrew~s University i:n Great Auditorium. was 75. They have an active Brotherhood' Britain. Meeting time is 3 p.m. lated to children and youth are many, there was large majority agreement that the home is the key to the White House problem. Likewise a widespread sentiment found in the conference was that the government and the churches have definite roles to play in the solution to these problems. Conference On. Herein lies an equally difficult problem. How can the home,. the church and the state cooperate in a way to preserve individual worth and dignity, the indepen dence of the churches, and the free exercise of democ ·children, Youth racy? The attempt to find the proper role of each of ' the above institutions will occu]:i)y the attention of the BY W. BARRY GARRETT nation in the years ahead. WASHINGTON - (BP) -:- What the nation The Golden Anniversary White House Conference thinks about the problems of the YO!J.nger generation on Children and Youth was the sixth in the United has been thoroughly aired at the White House Con States. The first was held in 1909 and was called by ference on Children and Youth. Whether or not one President Theodore Roosevelt. Every ten years since, agrees with the conclusions reached and the recom a similar conference has been held. Significant re mendations made he cannot deny that this conference s.ults have followed each one of them. is a splendid example of the democratic process and The 1909 conference gave impetus to the estab that the mind of the nation has been expressed on this lishment of the U. S. Children's Bureau in 1912, the subject. ' enactment of child labor laws, and organization of the It has been estimated that between five and six Child Welfare League of America. million persons have participated in preparations for Following the 1919 conference national responsi the conference over a period of nearly ten years. The bility was established in setting minimum health and · confere1,1ce itself was composed of 7,000 citizens, which welfare standards for mother and children. included 900 young pecrple and 500 persons from other The most comprehensive collection of data on the countries. ' ·health and welfare of children ever assembled was pro Practically everything that could be said about duced by the 1930 conference. The famous Children's youth problems from every viewpoint in the nation Charter also emerged at this time. was discussed in five daily general assemblies, 18 Although handicapped by World War II, the 1940 smaller forums, and 210 work groups. No one place. conference led to strengthening of personnel and in Washington was large enough to accommodate such training standards iri equipping American children a conference; so it met all over the city in 80 different "for the successful practice of democracy." places. In 1950 the conference endorsed a platform for The recommendations and conclusions of the meeting the problems which p·revent young people White House Conference on Children and Youth will from achieving healthy personalities. It developed be the basis for follow-through action in the states and machinery for continuing activity during the years be in Congress for the next decade. Social workers, de tween conferences, including the Council' of National nominati6nal programs and governmental agenci'es will Organizations on Children and Youth, the National be profoundly affected by what took place at the con Council of State Committees on Children and Youth, ference. and the Interdepartmental Committee on Children and ·, Although the causes and cures for problems re- Youth. • ADril 7. 1960 BAPTIST HOUR SERMON TOPICS APRIL, ~960 Arkansas Theme: Our Fundamental Faith April 3 "Our Faith in God" 10 "Our Faith in Jesus Christ" 17 "Our Faith in Life Beyond Death" 24 ''Our Faith in Redemption" City Station Time Arkadelphia KVRC 3:00p.m. Conway KCON 7:00 a.m. Corning KCCB 1 :00 p.m. De Queen KDQN 1:00 p.m. ElDorado KELD 2:30p.m. Forrest City KXJK 9:30 a.m. Hope KXAR 5:00p.m. Jonesboro KNEA 9:30a.m. Mena . KENA 1:30 p.m. 1st, Crossett area. After purchasing the home the Monticello KHBM 3:30p.m. ·church added carpeting to the living Paragould KDRS 8:30p.m. Buys Parsonage room, dining area, ce11tral h allway and Paris KCCL master bedroom. Draperies were in- CROSSETT 1st Church · has pur stalled throughout. · · Prescott KTPA 1:00 p.m. chased a ·new parsonage located lilt ..706 Siloam Springs KUOA 7:30a.m. A chain steel fence will be installed Pecan in one of the new housing devel enclosing the back portion of the lot. Van Buren KFDF 10:00 a.m. opments of Crossett. Wynne KWYN 6:30p.m., In purchasing this home the church The new home contains f.our ·· bed voted unanimously to carry on its pro Sat. posed building program of a new chil THE ANSWER rooms, two ceramic tile ba.ths, living Arkansas room and dinii.1g area, mik PE~~nelecl dren's building, housing the nursery, family room and kitchen with bUi.lt-in beginner and prhl'lary departments. The Fort Smith KNAC-TV 12:00 Noon, accessories. It is centrally heated and Purchase of the parsonage will in no Sun. air conditioned and has a large double way delay the new building·, church "Mastercontrol"* carport that adjoins kitchen and utility leaders indicated. • Arkansas Corning KCCB 10:30 a.m., from 1941 to 1951 and is currently se1'V lnter.Agency Council sun. ing as a member of the board -o.f trus-1 Forrest City KXJK 10:00 a.m., tees of Wake Forest College: He is also· Elects New .Officers Sun. serv.ing at the present time as presid'ent DALLAS - sex exploitation on the newsstands * By Ralph A. Cannon pasition, and are just as far apart as ever. This failure of The Nature of the Disease communication is their personal tragedy. With similar pathetic irony our culture separates body The P~ndulum Swings from spirit and achieves in the process either loveless sex or sexless love. But God has created man as a unity of Our sickness is one of reaction. America is in the spirit and body; what God h as joined together let no man midst of a revolt against Victorian prudery and nar put asunder. row-mindedness. The reaction reached a peak in the twenties and has remained neax- the peak ever since. Christian Faith and Sex In this reaction against puritanism and prudery we have sought to find the real purpose and Illfaning of Our sickness is one which only the Christian faith has sex and to achieve a more wholesome expression of the depth of insight to cure. Only the Christian faith can lead society out of a repressed past iato a real freedom love. We have indeed made impor tant advan«es in which is based on responsibility. We believe that God is om· overcoming the idea that sex is in and of itself evil, Creator, who looked upon all that h e had made and saw though a necess·ary evil- an attitude for which church that it was good. This belief is the only sound, basis for men deserve at least a part of the censure placed upon an understanding of sex as good and wholesome. As God them. We have brought sex into the open where we planned it, sex is. the means of expressing a love which is can face it and understand it; this much is good. the union not only of two bodies but of two persons. But in actuality Americans have not found the real As Christians we are also aware of sin and . of our meaning in this important' area of life. Instead of accepting estrangement from God. Because we are not right with God, sex as a wholesome aspect of life, we have made it the center we are not right with our fellow-men and with ourselves. of life. We have learned to discuss it, but have apparently We are "totally depraved" - which does not mean that we f-orgotten how to discuss anything else.- We are pleased are "completely rotten ," but rather that every part of the with our liberation from groundless guilt and meaningless person - body, mind, soul, reason, will - shares in the cor taboos, but we do not yet know how to control the new ruption of sin. The entire person suffers from this estrange found freedom and channel it into a really creative under ment, and sex is no exception. Because fallen man's chief . standing of sex. While we h ave sought liberation, extrem sin is pride, we employ sex to glorify ourselves. Because -ists all about us h ave tempted us toward libertinism. ·. our pride leads us to exalt ourselves as gods, we defy his purpose and claim his gift as our possession, to be rlse'd Our basic problem in dealing with sex is to "keep body as we see fit. Because our estrangement from God eon and soul together." Past generations have pretended that fronts us with guilt, the threat of meaninglessness, and the the body did not· exist; they have hidden it, ignored it, re fear of death, we s e e ~ escape from these threats il;J. sensualit y moved it from polite conversation. The present genera and unbridled indUlgence in pleasure. Because our sin tion, in its reaction against Victorian .suppression, has come against God distorts our relationship with -our fellows, we em close to denying the spirit : sex is all biology, ploy sex as a means of making things out of persons - things to be manipulated and controlled rather than persons The gulf between these two conceptions is poignantly to be respected, trusted, and loved . In these ways our use dramatized in Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke. of sex reflects our over-all conditi-on of sinfulness; we h ave CNew Directions, 1948) Preacher's daughter Alma (Span profaned that which God created good. ish for "soul") is almost pure spirituality; young doctor I ' John finds the body and its needs the only realities in life. But we also believe in redemption. God's forgiveness Alma aspires to a love that is an exa!ted experience ·of the overcomes our pride, and we become willing to own his sway, spirit - a love to which a woman brings her soul. But He irhplants a new h eart within us which enables us to she has "only gone out with three young men at all serious grow toward maturity in all areas of life . The redeemed ly, and with each one th ere was a de"sert between - wide, man h as real freedom because he surrenders himself to wide stretches of uninhabitable ground." John believes that God's purpose. In the realm of sex, this sunender lllani no one on earth is "crowned with so much g~or y as th~ one fests itself in mature love bet ween persons for whom sex that uses his senses to get all he can in the way of satis is like a sacrament __,_ a physical expression of a mutual com faction." He points to an anatomy chart and ch allenges mitment in which two becdme one in the bonds of fidelity Alma to show him "where the beautiful soul is located on and love. In this understanding Christians can claim the only the chart." This is the conflict of the play: bodiless soul true philosophy of sex. Instructed by this philosophy, Chris versus soulless body. And the conflict is not resolved. tians can 'lead the cunent groping after meaning into its Ironically, John and Alma are each converted to the other's true fulfilment. Ap ri l 7, 1 9 60 P age Thirt een ------~----~----~--~------is not so easy to prove. A Parable Therefore, the first step toward ,a solution is to make A parable of our lostness and of our preoccupation with the laws against erotic publications clear enough to give sex comes to me from Arthur Miller's one-act play, A Mem law enforcement officials something definite to go on, and ory of Two Mondays. C'l\iking Press, 1955). The drama is to provide the courts with concrete interpretations by which something of a tone poem about life in a warehouse; Miller to judge publications which are brought before them. means this warehouse to represent our world - "a world As I see it, the present laws are too vague and broad, r in which things are endlessly sent and endlessly received," while interpretations placed upon the laws are too specific a world in which men must serve an industrial apparatus and narrow. This sounds like a contradiction, but here is which feeds their bodies but leaves them to find sustenance the situation as I understand it. for their souls as tb.ey may. Life for these warehouse work In South Carolina, for example, those publications are ers is that of human automatons - just an endless coming outlawed which contain "any obscene, indecent, or improper" and g·oing from Monday to Monday. We wonder why the material. The regulations governing United States Post Of workers do not seek a different life; they seem bound to fice procedure forbid the mailing of anything that is "ob this way of life by some illogical necessity, Perhaps all scene, lewd, lascivious, indecent, filthy, or vile ..." CI am aspiration is gone. A romantic soul in the beginning of the told by a postal official that until recently the regulation play quotes poetry in the midst of the otherwise prosaic · read "obscene, lewd, lascivious, indecent, filthy and vile." colloquy; by the end of the play he has forgotten all the Thus the Post Office often had to prove that not one, but poetry he knew. This is the life our mass culture offers: all the adjectives applied to a publication under question. a meaningless existence in which there are The substitution by Congress of the conjunction "or" for " ... streets full of strangers the prior "and" will undoubtedly alleviate somewhat the dif And not one of them's read a ficulty of making a successful case against an offensive book through, publication.) Or seen a poem from beginning The adjectives used in these laws would seem to be to end, . broad enough to support indictment against almost every Or knows a song worth singing." thing. Take the word "improper," for example: is it not Like all warehouses, this one has dirty windows; there obvious that the erotic periodicals are at least improper? is no light from outside and no view out from within. The Hotvever, the diffict:~lty arises · precisely because the adjec poetry lover and a young college student working in the tives ·are so broad in meaning and capable of so many differ warehouse for a summer wonder intermittently why someone ent interpretations. As a result, court action against such· doesn't wash the windows. Eventually these two undertake magazines as we have described usually fails because no to clean a small pane, and li'ftht floods the warehouse. The clear-cut definition of "obscene, lewd, etc." can be arrived at. poet has dreamed of meadows and brooks beyond the win As an illustration, let me cite a parallel case from the dow; now perhaps such a lovely scene will appear. field ·of motion pictures. The Kansas State Board of Re But instead of meadows and brooks on the ·other · side view in 1953 banned a motion picture on the grounds that of the window there is only a house of prostitution. How it was "obscene, indecent, and immoral, and such as to tend ever, any escape from the warehouse is better than no escape to corrupt public morals." A county judge overthrew the at all, and the spiritless automatons now while away the mo ban on the grounds that the construction placed by the ments by watching the goings-on in the brothel. Board upon the word "obscene" was so vague and broad A world of men who live without purpose think that sex as to render it unconstitutional as a basis for censorship. offers some modicum of meaning; at least it offers relief The United States Supreme Court upheld the ruling of the for a while from emptiness. Thus sex becomes a god com county judge. The New York Times COctober 30, 1955) in manding men's devotion and promising them "salvation" of terupts the Supreme Court decision this way: "The . . . a sort, and in the process of being exalted to lordship it be decision does not mean that states may not ban a film on comes debased .into a tool of the Tempter who would blind grounds of obscenity. What it does mean is that a state us to Him who is Meaning. must clearly define what it means by 'obscenity' . . . and Thus the Church's calling to reclaim the realm of sex that the courts must find the definition not violative of the is a part of the over-all mission that calls us forth: to constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech." claim the world for Christ and point men to the God This Supreme Court ruling by implication points the who saves and gives life abundant. There is no other God way for our attack upon sex-exploitative magazines: the and no other Savior. · first step in any action must be to defiJfe clearly what is "obscene, indecent, or improper." Another illustration points up the difficulty which law enforcement officials encounter in making a sound case ·The Church as P~ysician against offensive publications, under the interpretation of Magazines which exploit sex are symptoms of a sex the law now prevailing. The Post Office Department grants obsessed culture. They are a virus which attacks a soci~ty mailing privileges to ·magazines which it considers fit to with low resistance·. This does not mean, however, that the be Sent through the mails and denies such privileges to periodicals merely reap a harvest whicn is already ripe; those it considers unfit. The postal officials decided that rather, they share in the planting and the cultivation of two of the nudist journals were obscene and denied them the harvest. The magazines reflect the obsession; they also mailing privileges. The publishers took the case to a federal contribute to its creation and nurture. Because they are court, which overruled the Post Office. An injunction was guilty of perpetrating immorality, they demand to be put entered restraining the Post Office from interfering with the under control. Freedom of the press belongs only to those mailing of the magazines. The Post Office Department ap who recognize the responsibility of the press. pealed in turn to a three-judge court of appeals and to the Supreme Court, both of which upheld the court which had Obscenity and the Law acquitted the magazines. Here again it is the prevailing interpretation of the law by the c·ourts, and not any negli It might appear that the solution to the problem of gence on the part of law enforcement officials, that is at the erotic periodicals is quite simple: let. the law enforcement root of the problem. officers do their duty and demand the re~OVfl.l of such mag azines from the stands. However, the matter is by no means so simple. To "do their duty" law enforcement offi Defenses that Blur the Issue cials must know precisely what their duty is; they must be An argument which is often used in defense of ques able to prove that the publications are illegal. It is my tionable publications is that nude pictures are "art." Ac conclusion, after reading, interviewing, and putting two and cording to a news account, for example, a newsstand opera two together, that only two out of all the magazines de tor in one South Carolina .city was brought to court for scribed in this study are clearly illegal under the prevail selling nudist magainzes. His attorney, according to the ing interpretation of the law. I am convinced that they account, won the case by arguing that the Supreme Court are immoral, indecent, antisocial; but that they are illegal had ruled such material to be art. It is my understanding Page Fourteen ARKANSAS BAPTHT that the Post Office Department is bound by the interpre dividual states have the right to control obscene publica tation that nude photography ·may be art and therefore tions. In its majority opinion written by Justice William mailable, provided there is slight retouching. I have reg J . Brennan, the Supreior Court in fact gave a definition of istered earlier my conviction that few of the pictures in obscenity which should prove very helpful. It rejected the these magazines would really measure up as ar t. Even if old standard whi!ifh . allowed material to be judged "merely they are artistic in any sense of the term, this defense would by the effect of an isolated excerpt upon particularly sus on~y blur the issue. · · ceptible persons," and in its place approved this test: Another defense often used is that of "innocent intent ." "Whether to the average pet·son, applying contemporary com A nudist journal is said to intend to be no more than an munity standards, the. dominant theme of the material tak:en official organ for the nudist movement. A "figure study" as a whole appeals to prurient interests." ("Prurient," from periodical is said to intend to provide models for artists. the Latin "to itch," means "having lascivious longings.") An "entertainment" magazine is said to intend to offer what In deciding whether or not material is obscene, the jury is purports to be good literature. Even if these were acc e~• t e d the sole judge; Justice Brennan quoted with approval a and believable arguments Cand it is my opinion that they lower court's charge to the jury: "You and you alone are are subterfuges'), we would still have to insist that one does the exclusive judges of what the common conscience of the not have to intend evil to do evil. If a figure study maga community is." zine in its actual effect serves a pornographic purpose, de Thus i-nstead of a "string of adjectives," each one capa bases the human body Cthe exact opposite of the effects of ble -of such varying interpretations ("obscene, lewd, etc.") 'true art), and profanes the sacredness of personality, is it we now have a test based on one simple phrase ...:_ "appeal to be excused on the debatable assertion that it intends to ing to prurient interests." Of course, we may argue over be a copybook fo r artists? the meaning of "prurie11t"; as defendants have in the past Now I do not intend to imply that the human body is pleaded, "Who is to be the judge o·f what is obscene?", we intrinsically. pornographic. If we were to outlaw bodily ex may now expect them to argue, "Who is to say what ap posure as such , we would have to ban National Geographic. peals to prurient interests?" But I believe the Supreme An occasional individual may find erotic gratification even Court has given us a much more workable definition of in a biology textbook ; it would be foolish to ban biology obscen ity than we have had before•. texts because of occasional misuse. There is nothing in The American Law Institute in its model Penal Code t rinsically pornographic about a nude representation of the CDraf.t No. 6) has drafted an interpretation of "appealing body. The body is good and wholesome, because it is God's to the prurient interests." This interpretation states that creation; it is its presentation out 'of context , in sensuous a thing is obscene if the dominant theme of the material poses, which mal{es it obscene in these magazines. All of is characterized by a "shameful or morbid interest in nudity, this must be aclmowledged ; the factor of the writer's or sex or excretion and if it goes beyond limits of candor." publisher's purpose must be given some consideration. But This standard has many other strong points. It guards the defense of so-called "innocent intent," on the other hand against the practice of condemning the book by citing pas must not be allowed to excuse publications with obvious por sages out of context; it is "the dominant theme of the nographic potentialities. In the. case of the magazines material taken as a whole" which must be the basis of described in this study,, I am convinced that neither the judgment. Second, it deals with the effect of the material claim of "art" n or that .of "innocent intent" would be ade on r e~d e r s , whereas the pr~sent laws deal with the quality quate justification even if the claims were valid; as long of the material as such ("appealing to prurient interests" as the courts accept these arguments as valid, it will be as opposed to the pr:esent "obscene, lewd . . . article or exceedingly difficult to , banish eroticism from the news- thing."); it seems to me that much of the subjectivity that stands. · plagues the present laws is hereby avoided. Third, the evalu May I sum up the situation as I understand it? The ation must be made in terms of the effect upon average prevailing legal opinion up to now seems to have been that persons, rather than in terms of the effect upon P,articularly a nude picture is not objectiona)Jle so long as it is "artisttc," susceptible persons. This principle guards against the dan and so long as the genital region is blurred. As for reading ger of lowering adults to juvenile standards of reading. matter, it appears that only the vilest "four-letter words" CHere it ought to be remarked that any laws which seek are considered as legally "obscene, lewd, lascivious, indecent, to outlaw material because of its effect on "the morals of filthy, or vile" - that is, the two nudist- journals which do youth" are on shaky legal ground; such legislation is ade not retouch their photographs. , quate for outlawing sales to minors, but. not for banning If ever a gnat was •strained out and a camel swallowed, sales to adults.) Finally, the a~firmation of the jury's this is it. It is obvious that this is being too narrow and authority in determining whether the material is obscene specific as to what is objectionable. or not, and the reliance on "contemporary community stand Thus the mandate is upon us to attempt a more realistic ards," should ·go a long way toward eliminating the pre definition of what is objectionable. We must make clear vailing inclination to regard obscenity as incapable of defi what we consider unfit for sale. We must avoid the p1tfalls nition and therefore incapable of being prosecuted. CThe of being too broad· on the one hand, and too specific on the decisions referred to are numbers 582 and 61, 107, ,and 16, other. The definition must not be so broad that good realis Oct·ober term 1956.) tic literature and true naturalist art will have to be dis Therefore, it seems clear . that we ought to revise our carded in order to get rid of these illiterate and unartistic laws on all levels to conform -with these principles laid erotic periodicals. On the other hand, the limits must not down by. the Supreme Court. We are far from helpless with be defined so narrowly and specifically that immorality is the laws we now have, since any jury has authority to ni easured in such legalistic terms as now prevail. All of this convict purveyors of obscenity in terms of its own under means that careful study must be given before new laws are standing ·of what is obscene. However, ni.uch of the usual f-ormulated. debate over defining adjectives could be eliminated by the substitution of the Court's definition for the present list of Toward a Workable Definition adjectives, and we would be on much stronger ground for The direction in which revision of obscenity laws must our attack. For example, the postal law on obscenity might proceed has been clearly pointed out by the Supreme Court be revised to read as follows : "Every· obscene article, mat in its decisions of ·June 24, 1957 . Only time and further ter, thing, device, or substance . .. is declared to be non testing will reveal the full implications of these decisions, but mailable matter and shall not be conveyed in the mails or I believe the Court has cleared the air considerably. We have delivered from any post office or by any letter carrier: the already mentioned the distinction the majority opinion of term 'obscene' being subject to this definition: whether to the Court made between obscenity and legitimate portrayal the average person, applying contemporary community stand of sex and the principle it laid down that the First Amend ards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole ment was never meant to protect obscenity. aplJ'eals to prurient interests; etc." Cit . must be left to Perhaps the most significant feature of the decisions legal minds to put this in legal language.) is theil' declaration that obscenity is capable of legal ' defi (Published by Methodist Boord of Temperance, Washington, D. C., used by nition, and that ·both the Federal Government and the in- permission) , Apri l 7, 1 96 0 P a g e F i t t e .e n THE BOOKSHELF • ·.. ' . . f,: "t. t ~. =~.. >. :. - > ti )...... : •• The Story of Yankee Whaling, by the editors of American Heritage, Ameri can Heritage Publishing. Comp·any, Inc., New York, 1959 This Junior Library volume of Ameri can Heritage is · a thrilling, well-illus-· tl·ated story -of one of the most colorful flot~et- ~~kd~ ~tt~ tpd facets of American History. One of the many highlights is the story of the You can;t trust your conscience. Indeed, the conscience is God-given. wreck of the Essex, which is said to But it is ·not infallible. be the only whaler known to have been attacked and sunk by a whale. It tells The word translated "conscience" . in the New Testament is of crew members who turned canntbal suneidesis. It is associated with the verb sunoida (to-know-together). to preserve life on lifeboats after the So, conscience is joint-knowledge. . rations had run out. Presumably, our conscience is joint-knowledge with God. However, The Story of Man, by Carleton S. it is quite often true that our joint-knowledge is not with God but with Coon, Alfred A. Knopf, 1958 somebody or something else. F01; those of us who do not accept The word conscience is -used v,ariously in the New Testament. He b. the theory that man developed from ~ 10:2 speaks of a conscience that misleads because of an erroneous assump apemen, much of Dr. Coon's book will tion on the part of the ones involved. I Cor. 8:7 tells of a conscience that not be acceptable. He attempts to trace the history of the human species and is joint-knowledge with an idol. Whereas, joint-knowledge with God is the way it has lived "from apemen to the point specified in I Pet. 2:19. , atoms." So, the popular "let your consicence be your guide" involves an ele According to Dr: Coon, "The story of ment of risk. Of course, this we must do. For the personal consequences man beg~ns some 50,000 years ago, of violating our conscience are fearful. Every time we violate our con when his biological evolution virtually ~ science we weaken the moral fiber of our being. Hence, Roger Williams came to a halt because of cultural once said, "I commend that man whether Jew or Turk or Papist or who evolution-the use of fire and tools and ever that steers no otherwise than his conscience does till his conscience techni'ques-gradua:lly took its place and began to pro·tect man from the direct tells him that God gives him greater latitude." influence of nature." We mus.t follow our conscience but we can not trust it, for sometimes Southwestern Sermons, compiled and it leads us astray. Other times the conscience furnishes us no guidance edited by H. C. -Brown, Jr., Broa1man at all. So, Paul Tillich refers to the "split conscience" which speaks Press, 1960, $3.75 ambiguously. A former Arkansas pastor, Dr. D. Obviously, the point is that whereas w,e can not trust our conscience David Garland, pastor of Baring Cross there is one whom we can trust. And that is God. We can trust him to Church, North Little RocK, 1951-59, and refurnish a misinformed conscience. And to clarify the ambiguous con now a member of the faculty of South science. All the time, of course, we must follow our conscience. Yet we western Seminary, Ft. Worth, is one of should recognize that what it has to say is only tentative. Readjustments more than thirty contributors to this book. Dr. Garland's sermon, entitled possibly will follow as we cbntinually acquire joint-knowledge with God. "God's Hurry," is based on Luke 15:20. (Dr. Barton is a member of the faculty of New Orleans Seminary. This feat)lre This book marks · the anniversary of · ~ is copyrighted by him, 1959.) Southwestern 'Seminary, which first opened its doors on September 1, 1910. Lottery Advocate lars.from the underworld and from the Baker's Dictionary of Theology, Ev sale of tickets to foreign lotteries to erett F. Harrison, Editor-in-Chief, Belabors House people in the U. S. Baker Book House, 1960, $8.95 WASHINGTON (BP)- Opponents of Obviously irked at the reluctance of This is a very helpful volume for the a national lottery were charged with the House of Representatives, Fino Ubrary ·of anyone interested in ·the hy-pocrisy in a speech in the House of charged that "members of this house study of theology. Here are defined ; Representatives by Rep. Paul A. Fino persist in ' refusing to recognize, accep·t the Biblical terms of theological sig (D., N. Y.). and capitalize on the natural gambling nificance, as well as the terms of par Fino has introduced a bill to legalize urge of the American people." ticular importance in contemporary a national lottery in the U. S., which theology and history of theology, '!'he he claims will raise $10 billion for the Bible Telecourse list o·f contributors totals 138. Included government. He continues a sniping WASHINGTON, D. C. (EP) - Dur · are theologians from ·countries all over campaign with one-minute ·speeches in ing the present sem.ester, Washington's the world, including, besides America, the House almost daily to try to get popular telecourse on the Bible will England, Scotland, Australia, Canada, the attention of Congress. be televised· outside the national capital France, Costa Rica, Eire, and West On St. Patrick's Day Fino said, "We area for the first time, according to Af1ica. raise moral issues where none are in an announcement from American Uni Mighty Men - olf God, by Clark W. volved. We allow fear to grip us and versitY. Hunt, Abingdon Press, 1959, $2.50 prevent a ·sensible and realistic ap The course on the Old Testament has The author here sketches the careers proach to this whole question of gam- attracted hundreds of registrants, as of thirteen Old Testament characters bling." · did the first course in New Testament and in each instance points out the .: Fino's line of argument runs along given last year over the air. It is lessons to be 'learned from their lives. the same pattern in every speech. He taught by Dr. Edward W. Bauman, Mr. Hunt is pastor of 1st Methodist says that gambling is a natural urge chaplain of the Methodist-sponsored Church, Westfield, N. J. His subjects of people and that the government is university, assisted by Rabbi Balfour include: Cain,. Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, foolish not to capitalize on this desire Brickner, spiritual leader of Temple Si Moses, David, Solomon, Jop, Nehe of the people. He claims that a legal nai, a Washington reform congrega miah, Jonah, Hosea, Isaiah, and Jere ized lottery will resoue billions of dol- tion. , miaih. p a.g e Si x teen ARKANSAS BAPTIST Race R elati61i.s · Morril ton Organizes WE ARE receiving many encourag 'aptisf"· 7~rosscf!r_f.:~Qfs • • • ' > ·, ing reports from our state-wide Lit eracy Workshop. At least twelve a d d i t i o n a J. per sons are t a k i n g Suddenly It Is 1-975 training from those THE YEAR was 1975. The board of deacons of the First Baptist church, w h o attended the Rocketville, had just announced that they had purchased a mechanical robot workshop so t h a t to carry oUt the pastoral duties of the church. they also may !:now In making his announcement, the chairman pointed out that the church · how to teach the would not be required to vote on the purchase of the "pastor" since under the L a u b a c h system. new organizational structure suggested by Bud, Alden and Harrison, well Two public school k-nown management consultants, the church affairs were conducted by the teachers are effec official board. tively using this sys Bud, Alden and Harrison had recommerided the official board for anum tem in t e a c h i n g ber of reasons, the chairman pointed out rather parenthetically. They had classes of retarded found that most members of the church avoided the monthly business meet DR . HART children. ing of the church, therefore action at such meetings did not truly reflect the Now Is the time to follow through will of the majority. . on organizing your local Literacy Coun Secondly, the consultants found that while Baptists' adherence to demo cil. Morrilton h as already perfecteci cratic principles was commendable, it was not the soundest, most efficient ad their council with the followin15 offi ministrative structure. They recommended instead that the church adopt the cers: Mrs .. Chester Torbett, chairman ; Mrs. John F. Cox, vice chail:ma.n; Dr. system of .leaving the administration of church affairs in the hands of an offi- Amos Bennett, director of training; cial board. · Mrs. Elmo Moore, secretary; Chester The robot, he said in conclusion, would be-delivered by its California man Torbett, treasurer. ufacturer in approximately two months. Other local councils are in the proc Advance publicity, created by the church's public relations consultants, ess of being organized. assured an overflow crowd for the robot's first service. The robot's first sermon Duririg this period of organization of was a forensic marvel. Diction was perfect, the sermon well outlined and filled local councils we can assist you :from with beautiful thoughts. our office in suggesting teacher train After two weeks had passed the church had reason to be supremely satis ing teams to h elp teach others how to fied with their ~ew "pastor." Attendance was at a capacity for every service teach the Laubach Method. We also and the financial picture was b~tter than it had ever been. In fact, the board have a limited supply of materials. If of deacons reported additional receipts the first month had more than paid you know of someone who. would iike tor the electronic man. - to have help in learning to read, we By the end of three months the First church of Rocketville ilelt sure they can suggest a teacher. This will be had found at last a permanent solution to the age-old problem of securing a done confidentially and the service will perfect man for their pulpit. be free. Meanwhile, a nationally circulated management magazine had sent a Dr. Richard Cortright tells us- that writer to Rocketville and had run an excellent feature on the efficiency of our workshop h ad more communities the robot. A copy of the spread was tacked on the church bulletin board. represented than any Literacy Work But then it happened, attenqance began to fall off. Members in distress shop previously held. He also says: began calling on the imperfect, but human pastors of nearby Baptist churches. "We are particularly excited because The church received almost 100 requests of transfer of membership from near we think that Arkansas could take the by churches. Fewer and fewer members 'used the recorded prayer booth that lead and be the fii·st total stat.e-wide had been installed in the church. literacy program in the Nation." When only a handful were present for a Sunday morning service, and Morrilton is first to organize a local these mostly out-of-town curiosity seekers, the official board held an emergen literacy council, who will be next?- cy meeting. I ~1~1 Clyde Hart, Director. • ."The robot is a fai-lure," the chairman candidly told the board. "Not be cause it was inefficient, the opposite is true, but because it lacked the human Church Leaders Ask qualities of love, compassion and understanding.'' Equality on Farms Acting on the board's· suggestion, the church voted to completely scrap WASHINGTON Page Eighteen ARKANSAS BAPTIST will be chapter and officer demonstra The Rule of God, Essays in Biblical -Missions-Evangelism tions and also the election of officers. Theology, by G. Ernest Wright, Double There will be a fifty cent registra day & Co., Inc., 1960, $2.95 tion fee for each person attending the That man knows God only as he ARKANSAS BAPTISTS synwathize Congress. Make plans now to have acts in obedience to Him is . the ~hesis with the Wiles family in the passing the boys from your church and chap of Dr. Wright. Dr. Wright regards the of Mrs. M. E. Wiles, wife of :>Ur be ter attend. Make hotel, motel, or YM- Bible as "primarily a confessional his l o v .e d missionary. CA reservations now. ' tory in which the acts of God art) in Bro. Wiles completes More information and' registration tel~preted as bringing into being a new 13 years of service forms will be mailed to each counselor society, a society which is the divine with this Depart and pastor soon. ment April 1. His The State Brotherhood Convention answer to the alienation and degrada good wife, while in will meet on May 6-7, also at Cal tion'of the people of the world ...." • poor health much of vary Church. The first session will be the time, has been a on the afternoon of May 6. The night real helpmatt: session will be held with the Royal CHURCH PEWS through her interest Ambassador Congress so that th·3 men and encouragement may hear the special speaker for the in all his w o r k. evening. More information regarding Much of the time the meeting and program will be mailed DR. CALDWEll she was ill, but al- to pastors and Brotherhood· Pl'esidents At ways insisting that she didn't want to soon. keep her husband from filling his en Royal Ambassador Camp time is not A gagements. very far away, and this is a good time The daughter and son-in-la.w, Mr. to begin making plans for the boys in Price and Mrs. Virgil Wiggins, sho1ved a your church and chapter to attend one ' great spirit too. They took Bro. and week of the state camp. The camps Mrs. Wiles jnto their home so they begin with an Intermediate on June could care for her and make it possi 13, and close on July 22. These dates Any Church Can Afford ble for Bro. Wiles to continue his mis include two camps for Intermediates sion work. The prayers and interest of and three for Juniors. Write or Call all our people are certainly with' this More information and reservation, good family. forms will be mailed out to coum;elors WAGONER BROTHERS and pastors later, or you may write to MANUFACTURING CO. YOU HAVE heard of the Bull Shoals the Brotherhood Department. Make Phone 246 Dam, but did you know there is a Bull plans now for your boys to attend. BOONEVILLE, ARKANSAS Shoals town? Several years ago I drove C. H. Seaton, Associate Secretary over the proposed town site where an entire peninsula was being dividPd into streets and lots. The development has been slow, but there are enough people already there to justify a Baptist Church. Everything fs · new;·-·a:n:trciue shops, cafes, stores, tourist cout~ts, ten . •t ;' {tVt~ .ptfltl}" tt'AtS to twenty-five-thqusand-dollar houses, l~tf'-t~l'}t:s :. . . ·· ... ' "ng;!JMi~w and two new churches-Methodist and .00YJff ;rod Presbyterian. q'f; .!IJ1~~t.wtx;, < ;J:ui Brotherhood State RA Congress May 6-7 i~ the date for the State Royal Ambassador Congress. ·The Con gress will be held at Calvary Church, Little Rock. Registration for the Congress will be gin at 2:30P.M. on Friday, May 6. The first session will · be at 4:00 P.M. in the church auditorium. The program will ihclude films, mis sion speakers, inspirational mr.ssages, and a recognition service for those with the rank of Ambassador or above. There April - 7, ·1960 Page Naneteen Tmining Union District Conventions DliSTRICT TRAINING Union Con- ventions held during the week of March 14 were a great success. Forty-one associations w e r c represented. Thirty two of these associ ations had partici pants in the Junior memory-sword drill, Intermediate sword drill, 'or Speakers' Tournament. There were ·147 J u n i o,r s wh,o participated in the Junior memory sword drill. All of MR. DAVIS t.hese were state win- ners except 13. There were 24 associa tions represented in the Intermediate sword drill. There were 23 associations represented in the 17-18-year Speakers· Tournament and six associations rep resented in the 19-24-plus-college-stu BROADMAN'S delightful dents tournament. The sword drill winners in the eight PICTURE BOOI{ Series districts win participate in the state sword drill which will be held at the Colorful! Inexpepsive! Educational! State Youth Convention at Imm::muel Church, Little Rock, on Friday, April Each book in this series is designed to meet specific needs of 15. The Intermediate sword drill will young children. Order several now to help guide your child be conducted that night. Eight repre in his growing awareness of God and the world around him. sentatives from the districts will par Each ,book is profusely illustrated in full color and black and ticipate in the 17-18-year Speakers' white. Tournament at the State Youth Con Board, each, 60¢; Cloth, each, $1.00 vention. Only five districts will be rep resented in the 19-24-year Speakers' BABY'S WORLD, by Florrie Anne Lawton; pictures by AI Gowan. A first book for baby! A single word and a delight Tournament, which will be conducted ful picture en each page of familiar objects in the home, at the Youth Convention. outdoors, and church. Ages 1-2. Ouachita College will again offer a LOOK AT ME, by Ryllis E. Linday; pictures by Beatrice tuition scholarship to the winner in Derwinski. Here the young child's growth is presented the 17-18-year Speakers' Tournament through the experiences and activities in which he engages. and also the winner in the 19-24-year Ages 1-3. Speakers' Toumament at the State I KNOW GOD LOVES ME, by Melva Cook; illustrations by Youth Convention. Stanley B. Fleming. This book tells of many things that cause The Training Union Department will the young child to know that God loves him and plans for his send one of these to Ridgecre~t and welfare. Ages 3-5. one to Glorieta next summer. The first I THINK ABOUT GOD, by Florence Hearn; pictures by and second-place winners in the Inter Dorothy Teichman. Leads young readers to recognize ele mediate sword drill at the Youth Con ments of worship in many everyday experiences. Ages 6-8. vention will be sent to Ridgecrest and LISTEN TO THE NIGHT, by Furn Kelling; pictures by Marie! Glorieta. Wilhoite Turner. Ages 2-8. The total attendance at the district PETER AND THE RAIN, by Polly Hargis Dillard; illustrated Tra.ining Union conventions was 1487. by Beatrice Derwinski. Ages 3-5. This was a wonderful representation SUNDAY WITH STEVIE, by Polly Hargis; illustrated by from the entire state. The attendance Janet Smalley. Ages 3-5. at the State Youth Convention on Fri JIMMIE GOES TO CHURCH, by Gladys Rhiner; illustrated · day, April· 15, at Immanuel Church, by Janet Smalley. Ages 3-5. Little Rock, is expected to reach 1,500. THE LITTLE .OLD LADY, by Robbie Trent; illustrated by A large number of Intermediates and Katherine Evans. Ages 3-8. · · Young People will be on the ~rogram AT JESUS' HOUSE, by Carolyn Muller Wolcott; illustrated and Dr. Charles Wellborn of Waco, by Paul Galdone. Ages 4-8. , Tex., will be the main speaker.-Ralph HELPERS AT MY CHURCH, by Mary Sue White; illustrated W. Davis, Secretary. • by Beatrice Derwinski. Ages 4-8. I KNOW WHY WE GIVE THANI{S, by Mary Sue White; LIBERTY CHURCH in Caddo River illustrated by Katherine Evans. Ages 6-8. Association has ~ncluded the Arkansas Baptist in their church budget to go to Drop in, or write or phone your order, tpday! all resident families. Bill Smith, a stu dent at · Ouachita Baptist College is pastor. 303 West Capitol A'venue 1ST CHURCH, Crossett, has called Little Rock, Arkansas · Jack Cowl!ng as Minister of Education and Youth. Mr. Cowling has been with 1st Church, Springdale. Page Twenty ARKANSAS BAPTIST achieved lhrougb lhe integrity of Arkansas Soli Pine larnin'aled arches 1 What do you ·visualize for YOUR new church? An atmosphere of warm. 1 friendly fellowship,? An aura of dignity and charming serenity? A sense of security? All of these, and more, will grace your church if you build with wood. And the wood to use is Arkan~ sas Soft Pine, engineered into graceful laminated arches or towering beams and naturally beautiful solid roof decking. Check with your architect on the unlimited design possibilities inherent in engineered timbers. Check, too, the amazing ec;onomies afforded _,. by the new and basically simple construction . method. . ARK · ~Ns· A - S'c:; s· ()FT . PINE BUREAU , • .- T6~~~ Building, ;: Litti~ - Rock • • 1 ••J_._,:...... ,_.J:... --·~ · .. -...~ _:, .._ _\1 r.. ._ ~ . · . .~·...... " ~ ..::... ~ _ . .,__ .. .,:rt _ ... • • , April 7, 1960 Page Twenty-One Children's Nook.------A Smile ~r Two GANGSTERS-from the big town had swooped down on the bank in the little burg and made off with everythine in till and vault. In the confusion follow ing, reporters were trying to get the story. "Did you get a good look :tt the bank robbers?" a reporter asked. The town constable said, "Nope." "Can you d€scribe the car in which they got away?" "Nope. Sure can't." "Then what information do you have?" And the officer said, "Well, I've got a good description of the bank." A JUNIOR executive had been com plaining to his wife of aches and pains. N€ither one could account for his trouble. Arriving home from work one night, he informed her, "I finally dis covered why I've been feeling so miser able. We got some ultra-modern offic ·~ furniture two weeks ago and I just learned today that I've been sitting in the wastebasket." ' God's Wond1·ous World AN EIGHT Y€ar old lad asked his _father 'to teach him the art of self defense. After a week of strenuous l€ssons in boxing, the father seemed By Thelma c. Carter always throw the chair in the path of satisfied with his son's progress. "Now DO YOU know why a lion tamer uses the lion before the beast can pounce y,ou won't be afraid of any children in a chair, holding the legs toward the upon him. your school," said the proud parent. lion, when he puts the king of beasts· !Many lion tamBrs say that there is "I'm not afraid of the children," re through his act in a circus arena? no such thing as a really tame lion, plied the child. "It's my teacher I Strang€1Y true is the fact that the that a hungry lion will attack anyone. was worried about." chair with its four pointed legs fright Lions strike fear into the hearts of ens the big (!at. He knows he is unable both men and animals. FeaJ.•ful to look to fight all four chair legs at one time. 'at, yellowish-brown in color, about t€n He is also afraid of putting his head feet in length, they become very strong into the chair rungs and getting it as they grow older. ehurch ehuckles caught. Lions have been known since eal'li YQU can see a similar fear and cau est times. They are still found in their I tion in a pet house cat. You won't native wild homes in Africa, Asia,, and find him putting his head in a. spot India. where he can't' free it. Lions are spoken of many times in It is possible that the four chair legs the Bible. David told that he had killed remind a lion of the .fierce, horned ani lions and bears. "Thy servant ::;J.ew mals of the wild that fight ,the big both the lion and the bear" (1 Samuel cats with their sharp, curved horns and 17:36). ard-hitting hoofs. As fierce as lions are, they are loving The lion tamer uses a chair as an and protective toward their cubs. added safety measure, because he can (Sunday School Board' Syndicate, all rights reserved) April A DEPARTMENT store had adver . "Wh'y c4on't you put in a golf By Jean Brabham McKinney tised 100 hats for sal€ at a dollar apiece, and the millinery department course, Reverend? Yoll should' April brings the silver rain; see the checks he writes foi' We hear its tap-tap on the pane. was jammed with . hysterical women. the Count'ry Club." We see it falling all about; One finally struggled through the .. Junior put ·his ·foot in his That's why we wear our slickers out. mass of squirming bodies, reached a mouth ... and his finger right cleric, and handed ovBr a dollar. In her on an important fact.· ~ ·For We carry our umbrellas, too. other hand she held a hat. "Don't surveys prove that Mr. Aver- , Yours is rBd and mine is blu'3 . bother to wrap it," she said. "I'll .age American spends a great Mother says we look like flowers wear it." deal more on recreational ac· Bobbing in the April showers. "But don't you want a bag· .f0r your 'tivities than he donates in sup· (Sunday School Board Syndicate, all rights re served) old hat?" asked the girl. port of his church. Having a "No thanks," the beaming customer • certain amount of 'fun' is, of ,A YOUNGSTER who was supposed to repl~ed. "I just sold it." ·course, essential to a healthy have listened to a talk by his teacher on mind and body. But should it the Apostle Paul was asked, when ques BOB who had just returned from a occupy a place in our lives tion time came: "What are we told about fishing trip (without any fish> , was tell a n d pocketbooks - several the apostle's forebears?" ing about the one that got away. "It was times the importance of our "I dunno, teacher," he replied a little at least that long," he said, waving his spiritual needs? Let's put first sheepishly. "I didn't even know he kept arms. "I never saw such a big fish!" thin~s FIRST! ;wild animals." "That I believe," said David. age Twenty-Two 1 ARKANSAS BAPTIST The S t_reng t h of Hum iIi t y By Carroll L. E.vans Pastor, First Baptist Church, M;cCrory, Arkansas April 10; 1960 Scripture Lesson: Matt. 5:3-5; Luke 14:7-14 INTRODUCTION no g~lOd thing." It grows to the degree .. that they know it, and are not that we see God as the source of all only right in their main opinions, that we have and are. but usually know that they :ue I~ LAST Sunday's lesson ·"'e saw right in them, only they do '1ot Jesus beginning His life's work !l.S the think much o·f themselves on that Master Teacher. We discovered that Those That Mourn (V. 4) account. Arnolfo knows that he His teaching was based on the Old can build a good dome at Florence; Testament. It was further revealed H that though the new grew out of the OW CAN Jesus say that the Albert Duerer writes calmly to one old it could never be contained in the mournful are happy? Surely there is who has found fault with his work, old thought forms and tradition::tl reli- some misunderstanding. But no, when , 'It cannot be done better'; Sir Isaac gious practices of the Jewish religion. we understand that Jesus is !)peaking. Newton kno-ws that he has worked Christianity, we found, is not a matter of the sorrow for sin, all becomes clear. · ' out a problem or two that would of man's heartfelt de- Godly sorrow for sin is the second step : have' puzzled anybody else; only votion to the living in man's conversion and in the Chris they do not expect their fellow men God. tian's quest for humility. Blessed in- therefore to fall down and worship In this lesson we deed is the man who; seeing his them. They have a curious under come to the opening .spiritual· poverty, yea, his utter loss, sense ·of powerlessness, feeling that words of the King's mourns in his great desire to be for the power is not in them, but Inaugural Address. lt given, cleansed, and made whole. The through them, that the:v. could not is here that we learn act of repentance is not confined to be or do anything else than God much about the King, the time of conversion, but is presented made them, and they see some His Kingdom, and the as the continuing attitude underlying thing divine and God-made in subjects of His King- the life of humHity. every other man they meet, ~m d are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly dom. Humility is pre- merciful. sented as the basic TheMeek(V.5) MR. EVANS virtue essentia\ to citizens of the new Kingdom. Humility The Way Up Is Down and meekness ·- how strange these WE ARE likely to miss the point words sound to modern ears. Ours is of Jesus ~ .teaching here if we think of (Luke 14:7-14) a day of aggressiveness and self-asser- meekness in terms of a: slave groveling . tion. Meekness, self-denia.I, and humil in the dust before his master's feet . IF THE road to success does not lie ity are deemed weaknesses to be · This was meekness as the ancient in self-assertion and proud ambition, despised and reproached. Never have philosophers defined ' it, and they wherein goes 'it lie? Jesus answer.s: we as Christians needed to see these rightly despised such a mean trait. "For whosoever exalteth himself shall virtues in their proper perspective more When Jesus spoke of meekness, he be abased; and he that humbleth him than we do now. They are not signs was thinking of the spirit of a child. self shall be exalted"