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Stewardship reports WE are grateful for the Church Budget repo1'ts. ' These reports help us to know more about how to promote and s u b s c r i b e . a church budget. Many churches have used the complete For ward Progratm of Church Finance to teach stewardship of church finance. But, some of these church es have not sent us a re.port. TWO URGENT CALLS! DR. DOUGLAS Dear Pastors PLEASE! PLEASE! Take time to send us a complete report. It may take time and it may be a nuisance, but, the report may challenge some other church to do a better job of helping its members become better stewards. · NOW! For those who did not use all of the Forward Program of Church '-'Faith in action' Finance, but used some parts of it, give EMPLOYEES of J. H. Abel and Son, Fd·n·est City, at a weekt!J us a report on your success. Give us pr·aye·J' meeting. Appr·aisal: "God answ e1·s 1J1'aywr." the answer to these questions: ... , 1. What was the budget goal last A FORREST CITY firm starts each new week with a pray_er year? service. • ~-' 1 2. What was the budget goal this For the employees of J .. H. Abel and Son, each Monday mi:lHring year'? frorri 7:30 to 7:45-a.m. is prayer time. The workmen begin gathedng in the company's office building a few minutes ahead of the appohited 3. Did the church ask for pledges? time. Sometimes they stand, sometimes they sit, but they are always 4. How much was pledged last yeai'? r.everent. c - 5. How much was pledged this year? Pifferent men from the group take turns from week to week for Bible reading and leading in prayer. Occasionally a guest speaker is We realize that this is a blanket in- invited to conduct the service. vitation, but with your cooperation we One of the objects of the prayer meeting is to ask God's protectiol1 can help more and mo1·e of our Baptist in the heavy work in which the men engage, such as drilling we1Js, people to become better stewards. moving houses, repairing motors, installing pumps and operating. a Ralph Douglas, Associate Executive machine shop. Secretary What are some of the results of the prayer sessions? "Answered prayers," Jim Abel, Jr., co-owner and manager, will tell you. Iri 20 years only one employee has suffered serious inj·ury. · ARKANSAS ARKANSAS Definite benefits accrue to the workmen and to their company, LARGEST Mr. Abel reports. t RELIGIOUS · "This program contributes to the workingmen's attitude to'-vvard WEEKLY themselves as well as toward the company and the people served b. 40 1 WEST CAPITOL '"""""' LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS the company," he said. "It builds respect one for the other. and causes Official Pu)llication of the each to take pride it1 the accomplishments of · all. It definitely helps Arkansas Baptist State Convention iron out any misunderstanding that may occur in a week's time and ERWIN L. McDONALD, Litt.D. ------Editor MRS. E. F. STOKEL ______,...... Associate Ed itor helps each to face the week with a clear perspective relating to the J. 1. COSSEY.. ______, ___ , ______F ield Representative MRS. HARRY GlBERSON ...... Secretary to Editor work and service to be performed," he said. - MRS. WELDON TAYLOR ...... Mail Clerk Mr. Abel has expressed the hope that other firms will start similar Published weekly except on July 4 and December 25. Second-c lass postage paid at little Rook, Arkansas. ptayer services. Individual subscriptions, $2.25 per year. Church Budget, 14 cents per month or $1.68 per year per Several of the company employees reported there had been a church family . .Club plan (10 or more paid annually in advance) $1.75 per year. Subscriptions to foreign quickening of the men's interest in church life. One man and his whole adpress, $3.75 per year. Advertising rates on request. family were co1iverted th1·ough ·the influence of the weekly service. The cost of cuts cannot be borne by the paper ex cept those it has made for its individual use. Said Rev. Sam C. Gash, pastor of First Baptist Church, Fonest Articles carrying the author's by-line do not neces sarily reflect the editorial policy of the paper. City, after speaking at the men's service recently: Abbreviati0ns used in cred it ing news items: BP Baptlst Press; CB church bulletin; DP Dai ly press; "'('his is-faith il)._aGtion. The little time. that. the.. service takes from EP Evangelical Press. · .the reguia:I:" ~ working hQ_Lirs_ ~~ . overshadowed by the great . dividends March 29, 1962 Volume 61, Number 13 that each participant 11eceives personally from the endeavor." -: Page Two ARKANSAS -B A P T.l S T Conceming your position about the sincerely-Frank F. Norfleet, Pastor, utters to the Editor Committee on Boards and other nomi Immanuel Baptist Chu·rch, Paducah, Ky. nations, of course, it is probably not TH E PEOPLE SP-EA.Jt: wise for a group of men to get together YOUR editorial on "More Than Or - - - "- . - .... ·. .· ..... ' . -. :, . '; }~ - and try to decide on a slate of candi thodoxy" in the March ·22 issue, and oth dr..tes for election to anything; but I ers like it, are continually feeding- into hope the day will never come when our the minds Qf Arkansas Baptists that to e Hall ruling people will not feel free to nominate oppose t he decisions of "Boards" and THE unchristian attitude taken by from the floor of any Baptist meeting·; "Committees"1 'is non-Baptistic, clannish, _ : · k.l regarding the Easter service I know that it is necessary for us to and sneaky. • ' · - ate House steps has lost her have a committee on. boards· and other · e- in our family that her hus committees, but I am quite concerned 1 am glad that when one man Ol' one -~ to get. that our Baptist work be cond1.1cted In a "Board" fails to stick to the authenticity democratic fashion alway11; and it seems of the Word of God, that the others t0 me that any qualified messeng•er hiwe. -a right· to call his or their atten should be allowed to nominate from the tion to it. If the Board of Trustees of er the circumstances. floor or to make a motion from the floor Midwestern is w01;ried about what the •he most inconsistent thirtg I without feeling that he has exercised a men discussed in the meeting in Okla er known ·to be done in the special privilege. hoi11a City, maybe they are not sure that Christ. Consider the race of their decision will hold up under strict ·bo helped Him bear his Cross I presume you will qecide from this ry. How hypocritic"al can we Jette~· that I am not too impressed with scrutiny outside their own !loard. It r-. S. A. Hutchison, Ft. Smith your editorial. I do not mean for it. to pleases me that the men met in Okla sound like •that . I love you and appre homa City. am white. I am definitely not ciate you very much, but I , believe you nist, and the only organization have misappraised ~his meeting~ Even Please don't reply and say that you o is the Church.-Mrs. H. though I was not there, I do know some agree that they have a right to meet, of the men who were; and I know they but that you oppose the conditions under are good men, just the san1e as ma.ny which they met. I read the article close klahoma meeting others aU over our conventio.n.-E. S. ly, and am not writing because of what • S gracious and thoughtful of James, Editot, Baptist Standard, Dallas, *Ild to the editors a Thermo-Fax Tex. • you said, but what you inferred.- W. V. ed' orial which you are publish Garner, Pastor, Immanuel Baptist - e 22nd. I read it with much Churcli, Texarkana L.:.....e>::'o::>.·; and, of course, I have no desire The seminary matter (Continued on Page 5) ·o help anybody formulate his CONGRATULATIONS on the splen : r editorials. I did want to make did way you: have handled the discussion sen-ation, however; and knowing of the Midwestern Seminary matter. am sure that you will permit do -O. I have never read· the book in its en tirety and so far I do riot feel that it is · _o attend this meeting; and, of fair to judge it on brief excerpts which I do not know what took place, have been printed here and there. From · as it was reported to me. Sev the 1excerpts, however; I have a feeling dle men in Texas were there, that I would not agree with everything " than one of them has reported that Dr. Elliott has said. However, it • :>t what was done. Besides that, seems to me that we have come to the d some letters from men in time when we have so proscribed the· :e-; and all of their reports limits of our professors writing and re ~ there were anything done in search that we are in vast danger of •• does not seem apparent. destroying even the right to differ with each other which is a fundamental part of ;Baptist doctrine. a sume that it was a private :ba may have bordered on se As of now I feel that your conten possibly a closed meeting. tion.:...or conviction-that all these mat- as private, since apparerttly ters have been committed into the hands s who were there went by in of Hoards of Trustees is a correct one. : ::ome of the others who were Up until now you have at least the back ·o go. I do not know about ing of the Executive Committe~ of the _- • do not think it was a. secret Southern Baptist Convention and I be lieve that according to our constitution ent out a report on just and bylaws your original statement will Home Mi ssion Board Photo - done, I am convinced in my stand . .Incidentally, I can think of noth {3~a.tte~9e, ft.•uJ~~tc4e rhat the men who met had ing worse for the cause of Southern : he very best of intentions. Baptists in the Far West than that we John 12 :32 : "And I, if I be lifted use our San Francisco Convention as a ~~?J ... will cl?"a.w all men unto me." not appear to me that time to wash our dirty linen in the pres _ done anything wrong. I just LET us accept this challenge of ence of those who mig-ht honestly be • -1-.e people who read your ap seeking to know something- of the higher J e8us and claim his promise "to : :: will not misunderstand and aspects of Southern Baptists. draw all men unto me" by starting · _ea that some of our men are a new church or mission .in a spirit :: ret caucuses, for ·I do not Prayifg- God's blessings upon_you and - -~ is what those brethren had with sincere gratitude fot· your contri tia'lly needy ·community to lift him butions' to Baptist thoug·ht, I am most up. 29, 1962 Page .Three Editorials If one says in his pra3reJ•s, "J~ord, save my neighbor,'' and if, rcapy, that one. d es pi~e s his ncio·hbor or cares not at all that the neighbor 1s lost ; or if the one praying does not r eally believe the lost Church visitation a rc destined for bell, will Go9. honor that prayed Docs God not continue to deal with petitiouers ac S H L"LD God be forced, or can he be, upon cording to their fa ith ~ p ople who do not want him. or who in thei_r. o_wn Christ sent his disciples out ''two and two ' ' . dgment have 110 need for lum ~ vVhy go VlSltlng (Luke 10 :1) to ·win to him the people who were not i the name of your church ~ co min o· to the synagogues and the other places of worship. But he placed strong emphasis upon ad X o doubt there are many fallacies in our think vance spiritual preparation for this assignment inO' on church visitation. One of the common mis upon the correc.t motivation for the visiting. conceptions is that any one of us can "take God" to anybody, or that getting people who have not been No doubt the ringing of doorbells pays off in coming to church to start attending is the same as better attencl cmce for Sunday School and church. ·'bringing them back. to God.'' And 'there is alwRys the possibility that if people can be brought into these services they can be led J csus :-mid to his disciples: ''I am the way, the sooner or later to make public profes§lions of faith truth, and thc.lifc: no man cometh·unto the Father, and to ''join up.'' But we must be slipping a , few hut by me" (John 14.:6). He also said, "I am the cogs somewher e along the way, either in our per lloor: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, soDal lives or in our methods, or in both, or there and shall go in and out, and find pasture" (John would 11\)t be so much backsliding. 10 :9). That the mere '' trertding the courts of the Lord' ' (IBaia.h 1 :12) is not the same as walking with God More than attendance is clear from the kind of lives church members "in o·ood standing" lead from day to day. As we · are EvEN lOO o/o attendance of all church services aware we have more people joining churches ~ll is no infallible criterion of one's spirituality. •Bi1 t here in A;nerica today than ever. The most of the deliberate tuming of ou c 's back on the Bible 's ad adult population are pro£essing Christians. Y ct,in monition, ''Not forsaking the assembling of our America, some of our cities now have more divorces selves together ... . ' ' (Hebrews 10 :25 ) is a sh ,ong: in a year than they have marriages. And along with indication something is wrong in a professing the breaking up of the home, the basic unit of our Christian's life. It is not a.t all uncommon for so.mc-,. ::; ociety, comes a sharp rise in crime, mental illness, one to profess publicly his faith in Christ and joi1t alcoholism, sexual promiscuity, etc. the church at a morni11g worship service and not be Chtistians "ought always to pray" (Luke 18 :1), back to church for a blue moon. It is even a probloni but who can p·ra.y without the p:L: esence of the Holy to nm some '' conYerts'' down and get them to come Spirit'? Christians ought to go in compassion to win back to church long enough to be baptized. lost people, but if they arc devoid of compassion, I sn 't something drastically wrong vvJ1en the most should' they still go ~ Should Christians follow the of the Lord's army who have not deserted have to direction of a. Shakespeare character and ' ' Assume leave the battlefront to try to coax "soldiers of the a virtue if you have it not" 'l (Hamlet, Act III, cross'' who ar e chronically A \ VOL to come back and Scene 4, Line HiO). answer mus t e r ~ The Lord is uot inter ested in having bigger Harm of "praying" crowds to ''tread his courts.'' He longs for more Christians who will hav<' the heart ~ attitud e ex pressed by repentant David, in P ~ alm 51: N 0 doubt much harm is done to the cause of Create in me a clean hem·t, 0 God ; and renew a Christ by prayerle::>s ''praying,'' by saying what we right, persevering and steadfast spirit within me. think we arc expected to say or ought to say in our 'c ast me not away f rom Your presence, and take no ''prayers '' but saying something quite different Your Holy Spil'it f1·om ine. from that in the real desires of onr hearts. If one R~s tor e to me the joy of Your salvation, a nd uphol says in his prayer, ''Thy will be done,'' but in hi::; me with a willing spil'it. heart he is saying, '' 1 will have my own way r egard Then will I teach transgressors Your ways, a less of the co11 scquences, ''will God, the one to whom sinners shall be converted and return to you (Psa "·c must look for the answers to our prayers, be 51:10-13, The Amplified Old Testament). foo l e d ~ - EL_ P age Four ARKANSAS BAP TIS essary to forfeit that game and ·with Letters draw from the court as a protest. One of the marks of the strength of (Continued from Page 3) the Southern Baptist Convention is the F ur diet"' is a health rule positive manner in which opponents of of us. The most of us From Mack Douglas what is being taught at Midwestem wa ch our diets about like. YOU say "Leave the matter in the Seminary have dealt with this problem pigs watch theirs. hands of the trustees," but the teaching without the withdrawing of Cooperative But there are diets at Midwestern Seminary is in conflict Program gifts. But never doubt. that if and, then, there · are with the 1925 statement of faith when the trustees and-o1· the Convention itself diets. There is a diet the Convention stated that we accepted do not deal with such liberalism, there to gain weight, a diet the Bible without any mixture of error. are many churches in this Convention to lose weight, and a When you approach the administration that will withdraw their gifts rather diet to hold your own. of Midwestern about this matter, they than feed this cancering sore of liberal There are foods to eat reply, "Let's leave the interpretation in ism that will destroy this Convention if and foods to refrain the hands of our scholarly Seminary not operated on and rooted out so that from eating. And professors." To do this establishes a the patient may heaL-Mack R. Douglas, " one man's meat" Baptist college of Cardinals. Pastor, Tower Grove Baptist Church, sometimes turns out St. Louis, Mo. to be "another man's Some teaching at Midwestern Semi REPLY: From your conclusions about poison." nary is in direct cov.flict with this the action of the Midwestern Seminary .: heavy diets and light diets statement. I have statements from· a trustees in the case of Professor Elliott a!ld liquid diets. There are number of seminary students, some who it is obvious that you and I do not :: ple who do hard, manual have left the ministry, many who have ·interpret alike the resolution passed by • ior office workers; and diets dropped out of the seminary, others who the trustees following .their hearing with 5_. There are diets for the , are graduates of the seminary but have Dr. Elliott. _ those who can and do "eat been deeply hurt .... · ' According to the resolution ;ts sent to and there are diets for the us and carried· in full in our issue of Dr. McDonald, how many. students at ~~~==-rhed folks who have to be Jan.' 11, 1962, page 11, before conclud Midwestern Seminary have you talked - eir selections. ing "we do affirm our confidence in hini · with? You see, there are many of us your diet" will mean one [Dr. Elliott] as a consecrated Chris z - man and another thing to who believe that the trustees of Mid tian, a promising scholar and tea.cher, "· It will mean one thing western did not deal with the real a 14>yal servant of S4>uthern Baptists, problem. All they stated in the· resolu -.:~m:alll who has been using his and a dedicated and warmly evangel y tion of December 28 is that Dr. Ralph and quite something else istic preacher of the Gospel," the resolu who has had no more Elliott has a gracious personality. We tion made it clear, to me, at least,: that ertion than pushing a pencil. agree -to that, but another quality of a Dr. Elliott had been examined. by the - z...-re physical diets and there are Christian is obedience to the Word of trustees as to his .beliefs and his loyalty · ~"-d iets for the body and God and loyalty to the authority · of the - e mind and soul. The most to the "Statement of Faith" adopted by Scriptures. It is my personal opinion the Southern Baptist Convention, in iar more prompt at f eeding that the trustees of Midwestern have :_ -ban we are at nourishing Memphis, in 1925. not dealt with the real issue: What a1·e Even the "Statement of Faith" must - , many of us are heavy- the professors teaching in· the class - sically and chiggerweights be interpreted, and, in the ~ase of any rooms? questioning of \eminary professors, the ~!:e=:l:f I ran into Billy Graham for You suggest in your issue of March 8, ones to interpret it are the seminary • ~·: in a corridor of the Hermi 1962, on :Page 3: "Should a player who trustees-Southern Baptists in g·ood: - ·ashville, just after his cru has entered the g·ame to play by the standing·, even as you and !-elected by ...... tin America. Taking note of rules take his ball and quit because he us in our regular, democratic processes. ~ he was not only tanned does not see it the way the umpire calls For any one of us or group of us to travels but that he was inuch it?" But if the umpire has failed to insist that a given board accept our own he had been when I had control the game by the laws of the interpretation is to ask for what may him, I remarked that he ap athletic association and favors the home never be, regardless of what individual had gotten his "schoolboy team, I think the honorable thing for churches may see fit to do with their k. the other team is one .of two . things : mission monies.-ELM 5miled the great evangelist, one, to appeal to a higher authority, the ~ pounds in recent months." Ruies Committee; two, it may be nee- ed quickly: "Intentionally. Washington beckons are concerned because they EACH Sp).'ing thousands of high ·~ look well, but I have done school youngsters come to Washington -health measure. With less from all over the United States to see around I should have a •.•••••••••••• •••••••••.• . loll...... their Nation's Capital. We on the staff living through the .• are especially aware of their presence ==~s pe_.>iod of life." . • as we are locat,ed in the .middle of the ne of our healthiest speci . downtown area. We are also aware of cc::.• . >J..-... .. y and spiritually. But he . the fact that there is little to do in the a s:o:~=' · ~ diet not only for his body . city after dinner except go to movies or nis soul. Here's the spiritual . nightclubs. · ·· ~ · ;; ·'breakfast" every morn- . nng his room: five Psalms Could you, therefore, tell"your Baptist pter from Proverbs, taken young people that they are welcome to =::::;;;:o.;;:::±-.e!y. Thus, he studies through - come to our church (and bring their Proverbs, the great devo- friends, of comse) at 711 - 8th Street, of the Bible, consistently NW, any evening except Sunday, April and twelve times a year. 1 through June 16 from •7:45 to 10:30. a daily "meal" we can all We offer a gymnasium, ' gameroom, -o our spiritual-and physical "We didn't have a ladder lounge, TV, and library. f[osts and Wat~h your diet!"- ELM that would reach." (Continued on 11age 24) 9. 1 9 6 2 Page Five Guest editorials Hindrance to stewardship MANY O:U' OUR finest people have taken o Now is the time many obligations, and live on such a small mar _· S 0 often when elections arc almost upon us or of their income that if they suddenly started n ~ have bo<>n finished and \V8 arc r0gr<>tting the calil10r stcw~ . n1ship program t1wy \\·on1d hnv0 to mi~ . of mcm elected we express the ;feeling that \\'O would payments on the 'rV, i.hc refrigerator or tha t 1 ll0 so p;lad if l10tt0r nwn would present tlwmselvcs living room furniture. for public office. This is really to ignore tho facts It is tho' opinion of the editor that installm · of political life because the only reasonable time to buying (as good as it may or may not be for hl , become concerned arbout the quality of persons who ness), contributes to the delinquency of man ~ will be candidates is soon enough in tho political Christian steward. Many of our people pay more f process that something caa1 really be dono. interest and carrying charges each month Lhnn th It is increasi11gly important that the Christian bring into tho Lord's treasury. If they would st to think, tho main reason why they pay that in ten" citizens in. ev.ery political subdivision of govern plus tho extra charges is that want it now. ' nwnt become! seriously concerned about this prob "I they could postpone some of their buying for jn ~t ]0m. Many have objected to the church's becoming few months they would begin to get on a cash ba:-:i, in any way conc&rnod with politics and yet many and could become ste-wards, too. of tho same objectors become vigorously aroused Of course there arc those emergencies which C< when issues are before government and 'the \Vrong destroy the-best plans to achieve economic stabili t~ atmosphere prevails for morally right decisions. but --we are most concorf10cl hero with the '' plann Either we must all become very earnestly aware of emergencies.'~ Vve need ability to discern betwee the working of p,olitics and strive to get good Chris the.' two. 'Phe latter is an expensive luxury. tian people to offer themselves for public office, Overspending on the installment plan not onl or "·c must become fatalists in this realm and jeopardrzes the financial position of the family, an accept that whatever will be will be. thereby creates emotional and spiritual problem, Occasionally it is possible to quickly rally opin But if too much money is spent before it -is eari1e ion and exert enough pressure on our lawmakers for months to come, it places the individual in , so that they will vote in a way that is not exactly position whore his hands are tied, or he thinks the the same way they would vote if the opinion were are. Then when he considers his obligation to th solely their ovvn. It is our conviction, however, Lord, he cannot think straight for his mind is . that once persons are elected to public office we filled with thoughts of obligations which consum arc bound pretty much by the limitatio11s of their most of hJis income for months to como. own characters and moral interpretations. It is \V crecently heard a friend tell how he sugge .. t 110t enough to say if they do not vote the way we to one ":ho is loaded with payments, but who reall. want them to we can vote them out at the next wants to tithe, that he begin with something le:--, election. This is often too late. The time to vote than the tithe, then increase his weekly gift a fe, out the persons with the wrong viewpoints is at dollars at a time every few months as contracts ar the first election, 11ot at the second. By that we paid out. moan that Christian citizens should do two things God tells 1,1s through Paul in Romans 13 :'- < first, earnestly endeavor to get good people with ''Owe no man anything, but to love one another.·· 1 In that statement He says something which is a n•• ( lwi stian viewpoints to offer themselves for-every ·office and second, we must try to discover what the quiremont for good stewardship in many instm1cc, attitudes of all the candidates are before election \~Then obligations carelessly made add interest an clay, while there is still time to do something vther charges so that the individiwl decides ther about it. is not enough money left to pay the Lord what is du Him, then a great injustice is clone to both the indi \Ye can· expect the gambling and the liquor vidual and tho Lord's work. interests to continue increasing pressure to have \Vo would not Ray it is wrong ev01:y time to tak government take actions favorable to their inter vn an obligation. Not many people can pay cash fo ests. ·when those pressures arc applied only 'those a house. Probably most businesses were start of our representatives who have previously demon with some borrowed funds. Churches usually find · strated their moral and religious fib,er ean be profitable to build, oven if most of the money i, counted on to withstand those 1irossures. bonowod. Om contention is that too many of or Now, is the time for all good men to be con poe>ple \Yho arc good stewards permit thcmsoh· cerned about who arc the candidates of their to be overloaded needlessly ,with debt, then use tlu partios.-Eclitor Alfred A. Knox, in A'rkamsas as an excuse for poor stewardship.-Editor Hora 1 111 ethoclist. ] • Burns, of Bapt·ist N ~ w JJ!lexican Page Six ARKANSAS BAPTIS I believe in the virgin birth of Jesus; that He was I indeed the Christ, the Messiah of prophecy; that He believe wrought miracles, founded His church during His By S.C. SWINNEY, Jonesbo1·o personal ministry_on earth, which He commissioned _ L veripture is given by inspir-ation of God, and to preach the gospel to all nations; that His churches - ble for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, are independent, autonomous under the · Lord and c iotZ in righteousness. 2 Timothy 3:16 (King should have: equal rights in their associated work - ,. ~ .. o,t) . · and to these churches the Lord gave the authority to "ERr S cripture is God-breathed-Given by administer the ordinances of baptism and the Lord's ·ration-and profitable for· instruction, for supper; that baptism is immersion in water and ~._,-.-~t a d conviction of sin, for cor-r-ection of err-or should be administered to believers only; limd the . e"pline in obedience and for tr-aining in 1·ight Lord~s .supper is restricted to those who have com .! Timothy 3:16 ( Am1JlifiedNew Testament). plied with the Lord's ·commands a:nd requirements of scriptural church relationship; and in the perpetuity of our Lord'.s church from His day on earth until He ...... ~.... YL -G upon the Bible as the basis and standard shall come again. and practice, I give expression to a belief in The scriptures plainly' teach the substitutionary :e as the inerrant word of God: that it is aeath of Christ in His blood atonement, in His tri - r----..,., of God-God-breathed-and that it is a per umphant resurrection from the grave, His ascension e of faith and practice: to heaven and the promise Of His personal and visible t rongly convinced of the truthfulness of second coming and in the doctrine of the bodily e is account of creation, that God who existed resurrection of the dead. matter and from all eternity formed and fash e universe according to His will; and that he ·The everlasting punishment of the incorrigible . e species of the organic kingdom with the wicked and the everlasting happiness of the redeemed of God is plainly a Bible doctrine. · .....,r--...... b e law of r,eproduction after their kind; - ·in entere'd into the world by Adam's trans" The necessity of sound Bible teaching is obvious __,....,..,.,...... ~ of God's law and as a result of which the from the manifest fulfillment of Paul's prophecy that uman family has become inherently depraved the time would come when men would depart from .::ole exception of Jesus Christ who was God the faith and teach the doctrines (ideas) of men for ~ - in human flesh. the gospel of Christ. .:: criptJ.lres teach the necessity of the New Modernism and Higher Criticism have wrought - effected by the Holy Spirit in: essential rela mischief in certain ·camps o:f religionists leaving in '::!.:::..sill-P to the word of God; that salvation is their wake skepticism in its awful blight. The cry · d by grace through faith, conditioned on ing need of the hour in the realm of religion· is a Z'a:lellt.ance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus faithful adherence to and the faithful preaching of . and being saved by grace we shall be kept by the simple and original faith as set forth in the word· po ~-er of God tmto the perfect day. of God.
Lexington, Ky., Dec. 14, 1854. He logical seminary at New· Orleans. 'I ~..4¥u was converted at age 16 and joined He was a member of the committee -/ '8aptt4t ';¥~ the church at Campbellsburg. Two which presented this proposition I By BERNES K. SELPH, Th.D. years later, he entered Bethel Col to the Southern Baptist Conven Pastor, 1st Bapttst Cnurch, Benton lege and was graduated by this tion in 1917. 1 school in 1876. He made seven After the institution was or trips to Europe to do post-graduate ganized, he was asked to be the li work. brarian and to take the Depart popular preacher, denom The young graduate was or ment of Church History. al leader, and historian dained in 1876 and took his first Along with his other work, this Arkansas Baptists 10 years. pastorate in Tupelo, Miss., the next busy man found time to write. Two Dr. Christian year. While there he married Ev books, Did They Dip ? and Bap moved to L i t t l e elyn Graham Quinn. Pastorates in tis'm in Sculpttq·e and A1·t, called Rock to take the Chattanooga, Tenn.; Louisville, for four trips abroad to study in pastorate of · the Ky., and Chicago, Ill., followed. the libraries of Europe. In recog Second Baptist - Mississippi Baptists had his nition of the last named book, he Church in 1904. leadership as corresponding secre was electea to membership in the Seven years later, tary. While at Hattiesburg Pastor "Society Of Christian Archeology Arkansas Baptists Christian served as director of re of Greece." He held membership placed him in the ligious activities at Camp Shelby in numerous historical societies. office of the cor- and taught in Mississippi Wom He wrote a history of Louisiana • SEl PH responding secre- an's College. Baptists and one of Mississippi . He resigned this position to Dr. Christian served as chair Baptists. The last writing was pastorate in Hattiesburg, man of · an informal committee of .left in manuscript form and never friends who met in Houston, Tex., published. His last wGrk .was a born near 1915, to consider founding a t~o- (Continued on page 9) 29, 1962 Page ·S ,e-ven f ighting are ba .. an e • fatal. EYery decent ' · a ates a girl who can be a lad happy way; who connnces that she thinks he's grea . somehow, leaves him, after a with more conf-idence in h: as the right sort of guy. If you have no clue as t this boy terminated your d friendship, then accept it a .;. and get absorbed in activit ie- - will keep you cheerful while hurt to your pride heals. 'How can ·- J get him back?'. Keep these caution 1ights £ , I ing in your mind, and heed t "Boys li lce giTls w ho aTe ferninine, fTi encll?J, at ease in, sacialsitua- Always speak to this boy friendliness, as if nothing had _ t-ions, and pleasant peTsons to be with." pened. "It takes t~vo to malce a good daf;e." "Cut s, '~ "cattiness," and - moody attitudes violate cou · · ''Boys' conduct on elates is a miTTO'r image of giTls' behavioT." and detract from a girl's att. - Evelyn Millis Duvall tivenes9. Never, never demonstrate j DEAR MRS. STREET: "If a what you have to say directly, ousy of the girls he dates. boy likes her one year, and the with friendliness and sincerity. Refuse to make unkind rema. about the boy. If the bpportur.. next year he d'oesn't;1how can a If you are planning to have a comes in natural conversation, c girl get him back?"__,..Another of few members of your school crowd ually express appreciation for your Teen Friends. over to your home for a get to gether, the:n you might invite him mirable qualities he has. Readin DEAR TEEN FRIEND: This to express appreciation for t along with the others. sentence from the postscript to ·which one truly admires in your letter pleased me very much: ' If he declines, accept and treat othe-r person is al~ays a good pt "I have never written to you be the matter lightly, (at least out sonality trait. fore but I feel like I have known wardly). No registering of hurt Accept other dating opportu: you all my life because I read your feelings ! No coaxing! ! 1 ties. Too often young peo.ple - page . .." If he accepts, treat him in the unreasonable a n d · unimport It has been my purpo-se and hope same cordial way you will .treat limitations on who is datable. that a friendliness and fellow feel all you):' other guests. A void any not expect perfection, ·either ing each for the other would grow ' obvious· effort to "make. up." The -·yourself or in your friend. up among our readers. initiative , from here out must be If you have the copy availab Reader - correspondence is the his. read again and practice the pr life-line of this column, designed If you know that he stopped call .cedure recommended by this c to deal with matters that interest ing jT'ou for· dates because you re umn in the March 1st you. fused to · go in fo·r heavy petting, A 1·lcansas Baptist. Concerning 'your question : Was just fiumly and sweetly· hold your Remember: '·'Both girls and bo there some incident that marked ground. You will win in the long must learn how to be 'smooth' the break? A disagreement? Some run. "Datable persons may be their dating. None of us is bo thoughtless r e m a r k, expressed more numerous than you think." with the attributes of being a g preference for another, a conflict If you will cultivate your maximum date. All of us must learn how - in standards, indifference on your self and personality, either you will conduct ourselves with poise part? win .back the ·same boy, now a ways that are expected of us. Su stronger, finer person because of learning can be fun, and it is i. - If you can pinpoint something your influence; or you will gain poi-tant both now and in the yea you did to offend the boy, then the. ·friendship of some other· fine to come." you may within good taste ask him fellow who has higher ideals. There Keep learning! for an opportunity to talk over the are still high minded fellows matter-perhaps even apologize. around. ' • If you are due him an apology, You might do well to hold a little ~41-~ make it simply with womanly dig council session with yourself about [Mail should be addressed to M nity. Assume neither a haughty, how 1you decline to pet. l!olier Street at 2309 South Fillmo nor a groveling attitude. Say than-thou., shocked attitudes, and Little Rock, Ark.] Page Eight ARKANSAS BAPTI S SANCTI FlCATION By HERSCHEL H. HOBBS President, Southern Baptist Convention First Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
meaning of the word "sanctification" the Christian is progressively "sanctified" as he .. ion. It refers to that which is set apa1~t . grows in grace, knowledge, and service of and for •· u es, or for the service of God. It is akin Christ (II Pet. 3 :18). Thus the instrument in this ·ord "holy." Originally the word "holy" car , experience from beginning to end is the Holy Spirit moral concept. It acquired this as it became (Rom. 8:1-17; 26-27; II Thess. 2:13-14; I Pet.1:2) ·o a righteous God. In pagan religions even The basic thought in sanctification is not that _ · people used in the worship of their gods of ridding one's self of sin. Jesus, who had no sin, " lied "holy." In the Christian sense "holi sanctified Himself (John 17 :19). He "dedicated" means "wholeness," or that which God intends Himself to God's will and work on the cross. How - people to be. ever, as· a sinful being, for the Christian "sancti ·he Old 'J;estament the words "sanctify" and fication" does involve a progressive ridd~nce from • · are used with reference to those things re sin. The more dedicated he becomes the less place " the service of Jehovah: Temple, altar, ves sin will have in his life (Rom. 6 :llff). But so long as people, and days. In the New Testament they he is in the flesh, the Christian will struggle between • primarily to people. sin and righteousness (Rom. 7 :14-23). In Christ the Christian is freed from 'the power of sin (Rom . .:::anctification" is the realization of God's full 7 :24-8 :2). But the New Testament holds forth no · r one's life (I Thess. 4:3-4; cf. I Cor. 1 :30). such thing as sinless perfection in this li~e (I John __in s with a personal faith in Jesus Christ as 1:7-10). Such will be realized when we are com · ur. At that moment the Chi·istian is sanctified pletely sanctified or glorified in hea-ven. a he is dedicated to God· and His service. All This, however, is· no excuse for carnal living. The · ians are called "saints" or "sanctified ones". Christian life is the sanctified life. And it become:; e )lew Testament (Acts 9:13; Rom. 1:7; I Cor. progress~vely so as the Christian yields himself to ::? ~ Phil. 1:1). This is a work of the Holy Spirit Christ and His service through the power of the John 3 :5). Thereafter, through the Holy Spirit ' Roly Spirit.
just stewardship but fellowship. Thereby, we participate ·i:n and with the need of the world. Cuvy rig ht 19G~. by V. Wayne Ba rton, New Odcam;; Scn1i11ary Beacon Lights (Continued from page 7) two volume history of Baptists The fellowship -of stewards_hip from their beginning down to the organization of the Southern Con ELLOWSHIP is more than the ence. Paul called the mission of vention, 1845. A third volume get-together. It is more than fering a fellowship (II Cor. 8 :4). llringing them down to the 20th · ie that binds us together for This was the means the Christians Century was planned but never -fest around a cup of coffee in Achaia and Macedonia and Asia completed. f ull co urse meal. and elsewhere had of sharing , in While on a trip to Emope ami e owship is many things. But the poverty of the saints in Judea. the Near l first Church1 Searcy honors Mrs. Parks IN HONOR of its oldest me ber, First Church, Searcy, p tribute to Mrs. Georgie Parks the occasion of her 90th birthd... Mrs. Parks, widely known "'· greatly respected in White Coun . A GROUP of First Church, Ft. Smith, leciders witness the signing was born March 20, 1872, and of contracts for· total 1"enovation of the church's Elementar·y Build-ing. converted in First Church, Sear Seated (l. to 1:·.) are: Rev. Newman R. McLarry, pastor, ancl Olin Smiley, at the age 'of 25. Except for chair·man of deacons; standing, George Bailey, minister of education, and 10-year period when she wa mtlmber of F irst Baptist Churc W. H. Ha1·der, chair-man of the Building Committee. Oklahoma City, and Calvary Ba tist Church, Corpus Christi, T she has been a faithful member Ft. ,Smith building pla.ns the Searcy church, having been tive in service for 55 years. A $70,000 CONTRACT for the A feature of the Nursery Suite, She has taught ever,y age gro renovation of the Elementary consisting of 11 departments, will in Sunday School from nine yea. Building of Fitst Church, Ft. be germicidal lamps to assure that up. She started the first Ro. Smith, has been approved by the the new educational and play Am~assador Chapter in Searcy. church, Pastor Newman R. Me equipment ~ill be kept sterile at She remembers when the W. M. Larry reports. all times. Special heating ele was the "Helping ments installed in the floor will later, the "Ladies The building, designed to ac porter. commodate children up to eight keep the floors warml. years of age, will be modern in States Pastor McLarry: every way and will include a spe "The newest teaching tech Dr. Hall speaker cial sidewalk entrance on the north niques are being utilized by the DR. ANDREW M. Hall, pa side to make it possible for moth Elementary staff of more than 100 of First Church, Fayetteville, ga ers to drive up and let their chil workers. This group of dedicated, the four evening convocation m dren out for easy entrance to the trained leaders ·is constantly striv sages during Focus Week M building, Pastor MeLan-y reports. ing to meet the spiritual needs of 18-21 at William Jewell Colle - The building will be furnished even the youngest child." Liberty, Mo: The observance v. throughout with new and modern The church now has more than under the direction of Dr. Da equipment, custom-built for .the 450 children enrolled in this age Alexander, director of the Stude needs of the various departments, group, with 22 departments. Department of the Southern B it is reported. ~ - Kenneth Cockram is architect- tist Convention. Page Ten ARKANSAS BAPT I$ mer Mena resident college president Two Scottish Baptist leaders _ FOK\IER Mena resident has .. amed president of South return Arkansans' 1961 visit Baptist (Junior) College at • -~ r . :\Io. TWO Scottish Baptist ministers whose churches took part in the i· Dr. Robert E. Craig, son S c o t l a n d Evangelistic Crusade •• r. and Mrs. S. E. Craig of conducted by a group of Arkansas . Dr. Craig was a member ministers last spring, are now· in - ·r..: t Church, Mena, Dillard S. the States for preaching engage · r . pastor. ments. They are Rev. A. M. Stew art, past0r of Lochee B a p t i s t Church, Dundee, Scotland, and ·u Lewis schedule Hev. R. J. Findlay, pastor of Den ~ -.-\ ~ G ELIST. Bill H. 1 Lewi;; nistoun Baptist Church, Glasgow, he following revivals sched Scotland. I ior April-June: Pastor Stewart served as asso ~flr il 1-8: Lindenwood Church, ciate director, along with Director - Louis, Mo. Lewis Clarke, of Maple A v e n u e _ r il 8-15: Red Star Church, Church, Smackover, in the Scot Gi rardeau, Mo. 1 land Crusade. Approximately 40 _ iJ ril 22-May 2: First Church, Scottish Baptist churches partici "ppin. pated in an eight-day simultaneous revival in 29 of the 153 Baptist _ ay 2-6: Mt. Pisgah Church, REV. R. J. FINDLAY _ i .ington, Tenn. churches of Scotland. Mr. Findlay's Arkansas engage _ ay 6-13: First Church, Net Mr. Stewart will be in El Do- . ments include: April 1, Second -:on. rado for a reyival the first week Church and Calvary Church, both _lay 13-20 : New Hope Church, of April in Trinity Church, De of Little Rock; April 4-6, vesper ry Incl. Wayne Moore, pastor. He is fill services, Baptist Student Union, 3-10: First Church, Mul- "ing other engagements in Ala University of Arkansas; April 8, rry. bama, Mississippi, and Washing Pulaski Heights Church and East . une 10-17: First Church, ton, D. C. He is accompanied by End Church, both of Little Rock; rely. Mrs. Stewart. April 11-13, Arkansas State Col lege, Jonesboro; April 11, F i r s t June 17-24: Light Church, Par Pastor and Mrs. Findlay are in Church, Lepanto; April 18 and 22, _ould.· Arkansas as the guests of Pastor First Church, Sheridan; April' 20, J une 24-July 1: North Main and Mrs. Wendell Welch, of First Church, Jonesboro. Sheridan Rotary Club. He has Church, Sheridan. Mr. Welch held other engagements in Texas and at a :reviva·l in Mr. Findlay's church Riverside Baptist Church, New dming the Scotland Crus~de. York City. Ba ker at Clinton REV. John Baker has resigned pastor of South Side Church, New Arkansas Baptist subscribers eber Springs, to become pastor Church Association Pastor : Pee Dee Church, Clinton, and is his new field. The Pee Dee New Budget: urch is a "Four-Star" church, . Washington Little River James Hickman ··ing all of the church organi ··ons. The church has the A1· One month free trial: .·as Baptist N ewsmaguzine in Good Hope Calvary Henry T. Wright udget. New budget after free trial: J IGGINSON Church dedicated Delaplaine Greene Cty. M. E. Prince 1ew church building· March 25. Jacksonville, Second North Pulaski Pastorless ·eature of the afternoon pro - m was testimonies by former Three month free trial (new church) : -· or::; and the dedication message Camden, Dunn St. Liberty Edgar Nix ·ormer pastor Harold Stephens, of Searcy. Roger McElroy is . Little Rock, \ r of the church. · Dennison St. Pulaski E. A. Ingram i 'h 2 9 , 1962 P age E l e v e n Arkansas All Over--~------...... ,--- SOUTHSIDE Mission of $1,000;000 .~ building plan. projected· Church, Booneville, E. G. W pastor; starting. April 1 AN ADDITION with 134 new vate and semi-private ~acilities is • Rowell, pastor of First C beds to meet . the increasing de far in excess of the Baptist Hos Crawfordsville, evangelist. mand for private and semi-private pital's present ability to provide rooms, :and a new laboratory, will them, Gilbreath said. be built at Arkansas Baptist Hos He added that it would also be FIRST Church, Warren, pital during- the coming year, Rev. necessary for the Hospital to get Speed, pastor; April15-22 wi H. L. Lipford, president of the permission for the Baptist State son Tull, evangelist, and H ABH Board of Trustees, has an Convention to obtain the loan and Dungan, music. nounced. that the building program would The board gave its approval to be contingent on the Convention's the project Mar. 13 and authorized approval. Conway Sawyers to Administrator J. A. Gilbreath to .. Liberty Association employ the architectural firm of Erhart, Eichenbaum, 1 Rauch and Revival$ · REV. Conway H. Sawyer' resigned as pastor of First C Blass, which has done previous CAPITOL HILL Church, Little Marked Tree, effective Ap _ work on additions to the Hospital, Rock, C. S. Maynard, pastor; Mar. to become mis to di·aw preliminary plans. The 11-18 with C. Gordon Bayless, ary of Libert:" new addition and the laboratory, evangelist; Mrs. R. L. Sullivan, sociation; to cost approximately $1,000,000, music; seven additions, five by headquarters will be financed by a loan. No baptism and two by letter ; one re- Dorado, D_ public drive will be made, Mr. Lip dedication. · EI ford said. W. War m Plans now call for adding two FIRST Church, Waldron, had its chairman o. storie-s on top of the present two spring revival Mar. 2-11, with Dr. association's _ story surgical wing to p r o v i d e T. K. Rucker, Little Rock, evange sionar y space for 67 beds on each floor. list and Bill McGraw, Ft. Smith, mittee,. has All will be private and semi-pri music director. There were 19 ad MR. SAWYERS nounced. vate rooms with private baths. The ditions, 11 for baptism, and one Mr. Sawyers is a native of two new floors will add roughly dedication to full-time Christian nut Ridge. He has the B.A. d-. 36,000 square feet to the Hospital. Service. Truman Spurgin is pastor. from Baylor University and B.D. degree from Southern .... This will give Baptist Hospital UNIVERSITY Church, L i t t I e nary, Louisville, Ky. He has 276 new private and semi-private Rock, Re~. J. 'H. Street, pastor; pastor of the Marked Tree ct. beds, counting those in the south April 1-8 with Dr. Andrew M. for 4% years. wing which were added in 1955. Hall, pastor of First Church, Fay He has been active in It will bring the total capacity of etteville, evangelist; Jack Royce, the Hospital to 500 beds. ciational work, serving as S music. School superintendent; pasto - A new laboratory with ad viser to the associational • ditional space for bacteriology and FIRST Church, Fayettevme, Dr. Andrew M. Hall, pastor; April 29- ·organization; and vice mode_ chemistry work will be added as of the association. He is cur. part of the expansion program. It May 6 with Angel Martinez, evan gelist; Ray Conner, music. serving as secretary-treasure_ will have approxima~ely 6,000 the Poinsett County MinL- square feet of space and will be HAROLD Boyd, Ft. Smith, w~s Alliance, composed of ministe_ located on the north side of the the evangelist at a revival at First several denominations. second floor of the old part of the Church, Minneola, Kansas, re U n d e r his leadership. Hospital. cently. There were 16 additions Marked Tree church has de .Eventually the H.ospital will and 22 other decisions. Pastor is mentalized its Sunday build beyond the surgical wing Lee Slaten. rented additional space for toward Eleventh Street, Gilbreath classes, and started plans fo HIGHLAND Heights Church, said. The Eleventh Street side will erection of a new church Benton, Dewey H. Greene, pastor; become the front of the Hospital There have been 156 additio month of April; Rev. T. H. Jor but this is still several years off, the church during his m i:r:: don, Arkadelphia, evangelist. he added. there, 80 by baptism and ";" He pointed out that the census EAST Side Church, Ft. Smith, letter or statement. during January and February had Johnny Green, pastor; April 1-8 Mrs. Sawyers, the former been as high as that of a year ago with Rev. Vernon Bradley, For Marceille Dubose of Houston. : despite the opening of new hos rest City, evangelist; Louis Gar is also a Baylor graduate. pitals at Jacksonville and North ner, Ft. Smith, song leader; Mrs. have two children: Kathy, 7 Little Rock. , !.Tih~ demand for pri- Garner, pianist. . Larry, 3. l!i£f~· Twe!~~ ARKANSAS BA P ssociation News------armony Association Harold Wilson, and · message by Arkansa~ Valley Ass'n. Robert L. Smith. H. S. Coleman, Missionary · Amos Greer, Missionary Bro. McClellan is enrolled in · .-\. T S 0 N Chapel Church is East Texas Baptist College, Mar Simultaneous revivals, Feb. 25- •plet ing a new education build shall Tex. Mar. 4: . BARTON Church, K e n n e t h which will provide a fellowship Caery, pastor, Dr. Earl Allen, Ft. .. kitchen, and departmental PLAINVIEW Churc'fl has called Worth, Tex., evangelist; Truman: classroom space. It has cen Rev. Desmond Castleberry, Pine Owens, music director; 3 addi r:.:.l heating and has been erected Bluff, as pastor. He began his tions, 2 by baptism, 1 by letter; 12 _ a cost of approximately $20,000 work the first of March. rededications. · much donated labor. The pas- Bro. Castleberry has held pre BRINKLEY, First, Jack Gul is Rev. Morris L. Smith. vious pastorates in ·this Associa ledge pastor-evangelist; Mrs. Ab tion-Sulphur Springs and Ander Recent revivals: bie Richardson, Warren, soloist son Chapel. Recen,tly he has been A ~DERSON C h a p e l Church and music director; 3 by baptism, serving churches in the Bartholo d the services of Rev. Donnie offering of $1,000 given to fur mew Association. · nail as evangelist. There were nish a prayer chapel in the Bible The Castleberrys have two teen o additions for baptism. Rev. Building, Ouachita College. aged daughters. J hn Robbins is pastor. ELAINE, M. E. Dark, pastor, GRADY Church had Rev. Jack Billy Walker, evangelist, Herbert : arbutt, Pocahontas, as evange Sf;)one-Newton Ass' n . <:aed) Johnson, music director; . ~ . There was one addition by mission becomes church 60 additions, 45 by baptism; 16 by - er. At the close of the revival letter; 82 rededications; 35 youths - e church baptised two c<:mples . WESTERN Grove Mission, in dedicated to soul-winning. ho had made previous profes part sponsored by Boone-Newton FRIENDSHIP, John Heskett, :: 'ons .. Rev. Owen Ring is pastor. Association, was constituted a pastor ; H. S. Coleman, evangelist, church Mar. 18, Missionary Dennis Ray Keeton, song leader, 1 addi DOUGLAS Church has called James reports. The mission pastor tion by letter. Rev. Marvin Hill of the Mt. He is Paul Taylor. The .church's new CORDER'S CHAPEL, W. A. n·on Church in White County, as building was constructed under the Ginn, pastor; B. F.· McDonald, ::heir pastor. Rev. and Mrs. Hill direction .of the Associational Mis evangelist; Billy Helton, song lead ..a ve four · children. sions program working with Pastor er; 8 additions, 3 by baptism, 1 by Taylor, who, Missionary James statement, 4 by letter, 7 rededica SUNDAY, Mar. 4, Oak Grove said, "did a great deal of the work tions. Church ordained Harry W17tts. The himself." HELENA, FIRST, James F. pastor, G. S. Autry, served as mod Brewer, pastor; Luther Brewer erator and interrogator. Rev. Ger (pastor's son) evangelist; Alfred ald ·Taylor delivered the charge, Big Creek A·ssociation Foy, music director; 12 additions, and Rev. W. J. Adkins brought the By Oscar E. Ellis 11 by baptism, 1 by letter, 3 for ordination message. BIG CREEK Association has special service ; rriany rededica A L T H E I M E R Church has elected Rev. Alvis Wiles as mis tions. called Rev. Phillip May, a native sionary. HUGHES, Billy G. Pierce, pas of Fordyce, and graduate of MAMMOTH Spring Church has tor; Wayne Smith, Ouachita Col Ouachita College. He pastored the called Rev. Billy Carthwright as lege, evangelist; Ed and Betty mission of First Church, McGehee pastor and he has moved Ol,l the Stallnecker, Memphis, soloists and for about two years. He is a stu field. music; 2 additions by letter. dent in New / Orleans Seminary, SPRING River Church h a s MARIANNA, FIRST, D. Hoyle and will graduate in May this year. called Rev. Jimmie Floyd as full Haire, pastor; J. T. Elliff, Baptist ),lrs. May is th~ former Mary time pastor and he has accepted. Headquarters, Little Rock, evan annaway of Arkansas City.· The The church has just completed a gelist; Bob Glenn, Forrest City, _rays have two girls, Paula, 21;2, new Sunday School Annex which music; 17 additions, 14 by baptism, nd Suzanne, 2 months. adds materially to the services. 3 by letter, and many rededica ENTERPRISE Church, Rev. tions. F ORREST PARK Church or Duane Flood, pastor, has re-deco MONROE, Paul Stender, pastor, ined Melvin McClellan to the full rated the auditorium and it now is song leader; Edgar Harvey, evan ::pel ministry. He served as pas one of the most beautiful churches gelist; 21 rededications. or of New Bethel Church for anywhere. WEST H E L E N A, Wilson C. a out 18 months. MAR. 19, the Workers Confer Deese, pastor; Bill Hickem, evan The council included moderator, ence was held at Viola, with a good gelist, Billy Vaughan, music; 13 p~- or G. W. Smith; clerk, Her program and an attendance of 203. additions, 9 by baptism, 4 by let ~n Styles; interrogator, Amos This is the largest attendance in ter; 1 other conversion; many re Greer ; ordaining prayer, Dew .e y the history of the association at dedications. erguson; presentation of Bibie, a Workers Conference. (Continued oril page-27) ' ~ u ch 29, 1962 Pag~ Thir.t~e-- SBC News and Notes------By THE BAPTIST PRESS San Francisco meeting to White House accredits Baptist Press service follow 'Sharing Christ' theme BAPTIST Press, news service of FIVE majpr addresses, one of Hobbs is expected to be reelected the Southern Baptist Convention, which will close the Convention at for a second year. has been accredited for coverage of noon Friday, are on the suggested the White House through its re Paul F. Geren, formei· vice pres order of business for the 1962 ident of Baylor University, Waco, gional editor in Washington, W. Southern Baptist Convention at Barry Gm"i·ett. Tex., and now deputy director of San Francisco June 5-8. the Peace Corps, Washington, will Of . the more than 1,200 corre The suggested program was re address the Convention's Thurs spondents credited by the White leased by George Boston of Wich day afternoon session. House, only the National Catholic ita, Kans., chairn1an of the Con Welfare Conference, Jewish Tele vention's Committee on Order of ' "Home Missi9ns Night" takes graph Agency and Luthetan Lay Business. · The theme is "Sharing the spotlight on Thursday night. man's League among religious de Christ ." ' Brig. Gen. Robert P. Taylor, a nominatio'ns have been in the. The noon closing c!m Friday is Southern Baptist serving as dep group. Religious News Service arid. the earliest closing hour for the uty chief of Air Force chaplains, Christian Science Monitor , non;-de Convention in recent years. Ses will speak to a report of the chap~ nominational in nature, have also sions h a v e b e e n continuing laips commission of the SEC been accredited. through Friday night. The Con Home Mission Board. The White House press secre vention will open at 6:15 p.m. The sermon by E. Hermond tary's office said accreditation in Tuesday, following pre-Convention Westmoreland, pastor, South Mail'l the Senate and House of Repre meetings of the Woman's Mission Church, Houston, Tex., and former sentatives press galleries is ary Union, Convention auxiliary; Convention vice president, will required before White . House ac the Southern Baptist Pastors' Con close the session Friday morning. ference and groups of church mu creditation. Baptist Press a.chieved Attendance of approximately sicians and ministers of education. Congressional accreditation last 10,000 is expected. year. H . Franklin Paschall, pastor, First Church, Nashville, Tenn., [EDITOR'S NOTE: A detailed "Baptist Press accreditatio11 at wi ll deliver the annual Convention schedule of the suggested o·rcle1· of the White House is another mile Sermon at the Tuesday night ses busin ess is on page 16 of this issue]. post in the expansion and matu sion. Convention President Her- rity of religious journals in Ameri . schel H. Hobbs of Oklahoma City can life," W. C. Fields of Nash will bring the President's Address Convention balloting ville, director of Baptist Press, at noon Wednesday. procedure may change said. The C o n v e n t i o n will skip THE procedure for voting at the "This new accreditation adds a Wednesday afternoon,. normally annual Southern Baptist Conven significant new dimension to the needed for seminary alumni lunch tion will be changed, if a decision coverage Baptist Press provides eons and other special group meet of the SBC Executive Committee for the publications it serves. We ings. is approved. are ha ppy to be a part of the White Reconvening Wednesday night, House press corps, the most elite it will observe what has come to Messengers, under the new plan. press group in the world. We shall be called "Foreign Mission Night." will receive printed ballots to vote try to measure up to the highest The SEC Foreign Mission Board on Convention matters. The chair standards of professional compe presents its report, including pre man of the tellers, who counts t he tence and Christian responsibility." sentation of ne)Vly appointed mis ballots, will report the vote to t he sionaries and those home on secretaries. Garrett is associate director of the :Baptist Joint Committee on furlough from their overseas as signments. The vote will be announced an Public Affairs,, an agency located recorded only on the request of Other agencies of the Conven in Washington, and gives a major majority of the messeng·ers attend tion will be giving their reports part of his time to Baptist Press ing the Cmnrention, according t editorial duties. at sch eduled times throughout the sessions. the/ plan. Baptist Press serves 28 Baptist The .Thursday morning session Some complained after the 19 weekl y and bi-weekly state papers will be highlighted by the sermon Convention about the tellel's a1 aCJ.·oss the Southern Baptist Con of Henry Allen Parker, pastor, secretaries not making a public a - vention, with a combined circula First Church, Orlando, Fla. The no'uncement of the way the v · tion near~n g one and one-half mil election of officers will be held at count stood on the election a lion. It also distributes Baptist this session as well, but following other matters decided by sec ne\vs to m I w. ,__ 2-DA Y laymen's tour 'of ' ' .ne.·. .tr _e_':lt"' _m... e_ nt f.or cancer --- mission points in Mexico A NEW treatment for cancer that speeds up the healing conducted this fall under . process qy two to ·fiv~ times has been discovered. by a research au-pices of the --Brotherhood team from Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Tex. mL ion of the Southern Bap . The discovery, which might mean a sig·nificant b-reak.through Com·ention. · .in the .search for: a cancer ·cure,, was announced by the. Baylor e tour, open to 30 laymen, will docto.r.s during ·an Americap. · Cancer Society seminar for science ude . tops in ·1 3 cities. They are vyriters. · o. San Luis · P.otosi, Mexico The . research team is composed of Dr. John T. Mallams, _ . Taxco, Toluca, :Mor~lia, Zo director 'of the Baptist hospital's irradiation therapy, J. W. Finney, . "Gruapan, ·Guadalajara, San research_radjo biologist, and Dr. G. A. Balla, a surgeon. n de Los Lagos,' Zacatecas) Du Cautiously stressing that the new treatment technique is not o and Torreon. The men wm a c ure~all for the dread disease, Dr. Mallams pointed out that it -e on the 1,000-mile tour by bus did have 'real possibilities. The studies are still in their infancy, m Laredo, Tex:, on Sept. 17 and he said. rn to the border on Sept. 28. During a three-year period, the Baylor team tested the tech · ymen will pay all of their ex nique on dogs, rats, and finally 20 human beings. ·There were no ses, s&id Georg-e W. Schroeder, harmfi.ll side-effects of the treatment, even in over-dosages on ecutive seci·etary of the Brother- animals, and in nearly all cases the size of the tumor was de Commission. · creased considerably. In many cases an apparent cure was noted. The Foreign Mission Board has Under the new technique, the 'Baylor 'team discovered that pproved the tour and will pro by infusing hydrogen pero~ide into the arteri~s that feed a tumor, .. de a missionary serving in Mex the cancer tissues are saturated with oxygen, thus making them -ro as guide and interpreter, more sensitive to radiation. With the tumor cells saturated with hroeder said. oxygen, the dosage of radiation needed to heal the cancer tissues Lucien E. Coleman, associate ca11 be greatly .reduced. The reduced (]osage not only destroys the ecretary of the Brotherhood Com same amount of tissue as a greater radiation, it will also kill the mission, will serve as tour director. tumor cells· faster than normal radiation. _fen interested in making the tour The evidence at this time would indicate that the new pro _houid write their state Brother cedure is two to five times as effective as conventional radio hood department, Coleman said. therapy, said Dr. Mallams. The physicians pointed out that the treatment probably would Baptist hospital group not be effective for leukemia or lung cancer, since the cancerous tissue must be localized in order to undergo effective oxygen sat takes new name · - . uration and radiation. THE Southwide /a,ptist Ho~~ Although the results have thus far seemed dramatic, said pital Association has held its last Dr, Mallams, the Baylor scientists advised a long-term evaluation meeting under that name. Hence in a number of major cancer research institutions before consid : orth, it will be known as the Bap ering the method as a cure for cancer. ~is t Hospital Association. It in The research at the Sammons radiation center at Baylor was cludes leaders from Baptist hos supported in part by grants from the Atomic Energy Commission, pital work maintained · by state the W . . C. Putman Estate through the Texas division of the Baptist conventions and the South- American Cancer Society, Abbott Laboratories, and Charles A. ern Baptist Convention. · Sammons. Homer D. Coggins, adlpinistra A $100,000 gift to aid the research has been made to Baylor or, Central Baptist Hospital, Lex ,University Medical Center by Mr. Sammons, chairman of the ·ngton, Ky., was elected president. · board of Reserve Life Insurance Co. He will serve for two years. T. ~ loa ne Guy Jr., New Orleans, ex Evan A. Reiff dies tion with bleeding ulcers and had ec ut iv~ secretary, Southern Bap PRESIDENT Evan Allard Reiff been in critical condition after -·::t (Convention) Hospitals, is of Hardin - Simmons University emergency surgery Feb. 13, his -ecretary-treasurer. . died at Abilene, Tex., Mar. 12 second operation. During his ill after four major operations for ness, Reiff was given more than A new constitution and · bylaws / adopted are to help the association stomach ulcers. · _ 50 pints of blood by Hardin-Sim achieve better p~tjent care, educa Reiff, 54, had resigned J&n. 25 mons students, faculty members, -·onal programs and · denomina as president t>f the Baptist school friends and relatives. Herschel H . Hobbs, Oklahoma, president; Roland Q. Leavell, Mississippi, first vice president· W. H Ford, Texas, second vice president; James W. Merritt, Georgia, senior secretary; Joe W. Burtbn, Te secretary; Porter W. Routh, Tennessee, treasurer; Clifton A. Baker, Oklal:wma, music director; W. C. Tennessee, press representative. · GENERAL THEME: "Sharing' Christ" , - : TU~SDAY NIGHT ·· . WEDNESDAY NIGHT "Sharing Christ Through Our Churches" '''Sharh1g Christ With the Whole World' 6:15 Music 6:15 Music 6 :45 Song Service . 6 :30 So11g Setvice 6:55 Scripture-Robert J. Smith, Georgia 6:40 Scripture-R. Joe Morman, New Mex Prayer-Jack P. Lowndes, Georgia Pra.yer-James · P. Craine, Tennessee 7:00 Welcome-----Grady C. Cothen, California 6:45 Radio and Television Commission-P.,. 7:05 Response-W. A. Boston, Tennessee Stevens, Texas 7:10 Report on Reg'istration-Joe W. Burton, Sec 7:05 MHsic · retary, Tennessee 7:10 Woml:tn's Missionary Union-Mrs. 7:15 Committee on Order of Business-George Mathis, President, Texas Boston, Jr., Chairman, Kansas Miss . Alma Hunt, Executive Secretary 7:20 Announcement of Committee on Committees, bama Committee on Resolutions, and. Tellers 7:30 Baptist World Alliance-Josef Nordenh 7:25 Sharing Christ- The Cooperative Program District of Columbia (Pageant) · 7 :45 Music 8:10 Solo 7:50 Baptist Jubilee Advance-C. C. W 8:15 Annual Sermon-H. Franklhi Paschall, Ten North Carolina nessee Foreign Mission Board-Baker J arne · Benediction-James P. Wesbehy, Georgia . then, Virginia Benediction-H. H. Hobbs, Oklahoma WEDNESDAY MORNING THURSDAY MORNING "Sharing Christ Through Fellowship" "Sharing' Christ Through Christian Educati 8 :45 Music 8 :45 Music 9 :00 Song Service 9:00 Song Service 9:10 Scripture-James R. Bruce, South Carolina 9.:10 Scripture-Gordon D. Dorian, Kansas · Prayer-R. Von King, South Carolina Pr~tyer-Howard W. Halsell, Kansa::; 9:15 Recognition of Fraternal Messengers 9:15 Brotherhood Commission-George W. , 9 :25 Response-C. Oscar Johnson, California der, Tennessee 9 :-30 Committee on Canadian Baptist Coopera 9 :35 Sunday ·School Board-James L. Su tion-Courts Redford, Chairman, Georgia Tennessee 9:40 Executive Committee Report-Porter Routh, 10:35 Music Tennessee 10:40 Election of Officers 10:-45 Music• 10:50 Miscellaneous Business 10:50 Election of Officers 11:05 Seminaries and Seminary Extension-H 11:00 Miscel~aneous Busine~s \ . . K. Graves, California 11:10 Committee on Denommat10nal Papers;-Lome 11 :55 Music . D. Newton, Qhairman, Georgia 12:00 Sermon-Henry Allan Parker, Florida 11:25 Memorial Service-C. Roy Angell,· Florida Benediction-Dan H. C. Kong, Hawaii 11:35 Stewardship Commission-Merrill D . .Moore THURSDAY AFTERNOON Tennessee "Sharing Christ in the Crisis" 11:50 Music 2:15 Music · 12:00 President's Address-Herschel .H. Hobbs, 2:30 Song Service Oklahoma 2:40 Scripture-Grady N. Downs, Florida Benediction~David G. Anderson, South Prayer-Carl A. Howell, Florida Carolina 2:45 Committee on Committees Page Sixteen. A R l< A N. S. A S . B A P ommit ee on Boards 9 : 15 Song Service E ec-ion of Officer::> 9:25 Scripture-Sam D. Russell, Kansas _ti·-cellaneous Business Prayer-Robert L. Cargill, Oklahoma - Chri tian Life Commission-Fay Valentine; 9 :30 Education Commission-Rabun L. Brantley, Tenn e ~ ee Tennessee - _Iu ic 9:45 American Seminary Commission-Robert W . . Ie sage-Paul Geren, Washington- '"£ he Lashbrook, Tennessee Cri is of Communism" Benediction-Thomas Tobey, Florida 9 :55 Carver School of Missions and Social Work, Nathan C. Brooks Jr., Kentucky THURSDAY NIGHT 10 :05 Committee on Resolutions "Sharing Christ in the Homeland" 10:15 MisceHm'leous Business ::.\Iusic Music Song Service 10:25 Scripture-Herman W. Cobb Jr., Alabama 10:30 Southern Baptist Hospital-T. Sloane Guy Jr., Lou1siama Prayer-Loyal Prior, Virginia· I, 5 Annuity Board-R. Alton Reed, Texas 1"0:45 Historical Commission-Davis C. Woolley, .... Tennessee - :-.:.::>- Chaplain's Commission-George Cummins, Georgia (Brig. Gen. Robert P. Taylor, 11:0,0 Committee on Denominational Calendar-Al speaker) len W. Graves, Chairman, Kentucky American Bible Society-Thomas T. Hollo 11:05 Committee on Public Affairs-C. Emanuel way, Texas Carlson, Executive Dire'Ctor, Washingt011, Southern Baptist Foundation-J. W. Storer, D. C. Tennessee 11:20 Music ' ..., :10 Music 11:30 Sermon-E. Hermond Westmoreland, Texas :20 Home Mission Board-Courts Redford, Benediction-A. Ermon Webb, California Georgia George Boston, Chairman, Kansas ; Bruce H. Price, Bene~iction-J. Marse Grant, North Carolina Virginia; James E. Boyd, Florida; Herschel E. Cole, FRIDAY MORNING Georgia; J. Sa.muel Phillips, New Mexico; C. W. "Sharing Christ As You Go" Farrar, South Carolina; Herschel H. Hobbs, Okla 9 :00 Music homa, Ex-Officio Other attractions Booklets describing S o u t h - The SBC Executive Com1i1ittee ern Baptist work in the Pacific voted to provide the earnings from at San Frandsco northwest are being made avail a $413,000 investment to the Con PLANS have been announced for · able to Conventioners who'll visit vention's Education Commission. t hree tours of non-Baptist churches this area aft~r the San. Francisco The commission, which operates a and missions in the San Francisco session. teacher placement service for Bap area during the 1962 Southern One of the attractions, of course, tist colleges, would administer the Baptist Convention. will be the Century 21 Exposition conditional scholarships. They include the Buddhist Tem at Seattle, in full swing in June. The money, in individual aid up ple, Jewish synagogue, Russian Or It is being advertised as another to $1,500, would help prospective thodox Church and Christian Yoga · "world's fair." teachers secure their master's and Church, and will be climaxed with The booklets tell about Southern doctor's degrees, according to a trip to Chinatown where the Baptist work in Oregon, Washing Rabun L. Brantley of Nashville, touring parties will dine at a Chi ton and western Canada under the executive secretary of the Educa nese cafe. guidance of the Baptist General tion Commission. The tours are directed by E. J. Convention of Oregon-Washington. Combs, Fresno, director of lan They are on hand at the Conven Foundation programs guage missions of the Southern tion office, Box 3343, Portland 8, Baptist General Convention of Ore., to anyone requesting them. PROGRAMS of investment man California and by L. A. Brown, agement and consultative service :.\ fi ll Valley, Cal.if., professor of · in the general field of estate plan co mparative . religions at Golden Scholar~hip fund plan ning are proposed for the Southern Gate . Seminary. Those wishing, · to A $20,000 a year conditional Baptist Foundation, Nashville. take these tours may contact scholarship program to help secure Th ~ executive Committee of the Combs at Box 1231, Fresno. Cost of teachers for Baptist colleges will ,$outhern Baptist Convention ap t he shorter tours including the din be set up, if the 1962 session of proved the Foundation's program, ner will. be $5. The longer tour . the Southem Baptist Convention and will present it to the 1962 Con vill be $6. approves. vention session June 5-8. • 1 a r ~ h . 2 9 , I 9 6 .2 Pa g e Seventeen SBC News Professor calls prejudice (Continued from page 17) Cooperative Program evil as murder, adultery study idea delayed A PROFESSOR at New Orleans do with Negroes. The Ca n. a.~...,_~~ Seminary said recently that "ra were not N eg'roid, they were PLANS for a special week of cial prejudice and discrimination "It is true that the Bible prayer and study for the Coopera are as evil as adultery or murder." nothing directly or explicitly tive Program have been "vostponed Professor Frank Stagg told race relationships. But J esu for the time being," according to nearly 400 key Texas Baptist pas lenged segregatipn and discri_ an action of the Southern Baptist tors "it is blasphemy to charge tion where He met these eYi ,. Ct'mvention Executive Committee. God with racial segregation." tween the Jew and non-J e\ · When a special week of prayer Stagg, speaking on "The Bible tween the self-styled 'righ and study·. was presented to the and Race," presented the opening people and those they called 1961 Convention session at St. address at the nation's first state ners." Louis, ·messengers voted to refer wide Baptist conference on race Jesus taught that all men the matter back for further study. relations. The meeting at Ft. sinners, Stagg . said, . and · The Executive Committee, act Worth, Tex., was sponsored by the He had come to save sin ing on the referral, voted to "give Texas Baptist Christian Life Com and found no other kind of p wide promotion to World Mission mission. "The Pharisees of Christ's · Week, April 22-26, 1963, relating Racial segregation_ is evil, he segregated themselves from . the Cooperative Program to this said, because it· excludes people on whom they called sinners, but · special Baptist Jubilee Advance irrelevant grounds. "Acceptance self-exultation was their basic date." of another is not merely a political "Racial segregation ;today The committee also voted to rec or social problem; it belongs es based upon the same fallacy ommend 1963 goals to churches for sentially to salvation. To exclude human merit, the same sin increasing their btldget allocations His own is to exclude Him," Stagg pride, and the same rejection to the Cooperative Program. The . said in paraphrasing Matt. 10:40. God's grace .in favor of rna_ goals als'o apply to the distribution Stagg chided segregationists falsely-claimed merit," he said. of the Cooperative Program in who would twist the teachings of come from churches between state the Bible into supporting what it Baptist conventions and the SEC. Graham to speak actually condemns, and condemn EVANGELIST B i 11 y Grah ing what it actually upholds. "It will be the featured speaker. at · Libraries promote is a wicked act of falsification to 1963 Texas Baptist ev.angelis National Library Week put ,the Bible on the side of racial conference in Dallas Jan. 14-16. segregation and discrimination." THE fifth annual observance of The conference, sponsored Stagg added that some people National Library Week, Apr. 8-14, the Baptist General Convention use the Bible as a handbook for is being promoted in Southern Bap Texas, will emphasize world m· - bigotry, discrimination; segrega tist churches through the ministry sions and world evangelism, sa· tion and stereotyping, with proof of the · local church library. Freeman. texts taken out of context and ·wayne E. Todd, secretary of the Graham will also speak in Da made to say things not remotely Board's Church Library Service, . las July 2-4, 1963, during the na considered by Biblical writers. For reports that letters and brochures tion-wide Southern.. Baptist evan example, . he said, segregationists on the emphasis were sent to all gelism conference Sponsored by the continue to appeal to Genesis librarians on the service's mailing division of evangelism of the South 9:18-29 to support their position, list. The nation-wide publicity can ern Baptist Home Mission Board. claimiJ:t_g that God cursed the Ne help churches emphasize the place groes and consigned them to a and work of the church library,_ he status ·subservient to white people. indicated. ' T~AVEL In cooperation with . the better "The Genesis story is quite clear. Noah got drunk and his son Ham INFORMATION reading emphasis, Broadman Press BUSINESS OR PLEASURE saw him in his drunken nakedness. selected 12 books for reading dur AIR TRAVEL ing the week. It is also.sponsoring Upon coming' out of his drunken Steamship - Rail a window ' display competition stupor, Noah cursed Canaan, one Cruises - 'Tours Conducted among Baptist book stores featur of the sons of Ham, because Ham or Independent - Hotel ing National Library Week ac- saw Noah's nakedness.' . · Reservations - Insurance tivities. · · · · · · "God did not curse Canaan. CALL OR SEE Speaker~ f0r C'hurches and local Noah dicl that. It is almost in civic organizations will be supplied credible that anyone should con BYRON W. HOUSE during this speci~l week by some fuse God with drunken Noah. TRAVEL AGENCY of the stores. "Besides," Stagg added, "what 121 East 4th Little Rock Theme of the week is "Read and Dial FR 5-0402 ever the meaning of Noah's curs Regular Rates Watch Your World Grow." ing of Canaan, it had nothing to . ---- .. ·-- . .. ------Page. Eighteen ARKANSAS BAPTIST New SUNBEAM editor · - COUNSELOR'$ CORNER By DR. R. LOFTON HUDSON rney elected . B A Lee Malone, attorney Almost crazy wife El Paso, Tex., has been QUESTION: I married when I o=:z::=ot:::~ chairman o:D the Christian was 15 to a man 29. I married to Commission of the Southern get away from home and school. · Convention. A Jayman, Through the years ne succeeds G. Avery · Lee,· he has refused to Orleans minister. provide, and did me' P. Crai;ne, Gallatin, Tenn., everythinJ5 or was elected vice chairman. he could to drive its annual meeting, the com the children away ·on also voted to hold summer, from home. Then "' conferences at Ridgectest, he s i g n e d two ., and Glorieta, N. M.;Baptist notes for a man mblies on the general theme of and skipped the ce. The 1962 conferences, al state leaving me DR. HUDSON . · lined up, are on the subject, tol pay the notes . ri tians Confronting Commu- Now I have fallen in love with a man whom I love very much. He m." MISS BETTY THOMAS • selected Mar. 4-5, 1963, for says that things will work out if next business meeting and may MISS Betty Thomas has been I '}'ill be patient. How can I be d still another 1963 session in elected editorial-pi·omotion associ a Christian and marry again? I ·ober in Gatlinburg, Tenn., as ate of the Sunbeam Band depart feel like I will go crazy if some - e-ts of Gatlinburg Baptists. The ment of Woman's Missionary thing is not done soon: Can you help me? ond meet~ng would be devoted Union, auxiliary to Southern Bap · concentrated study of issues in tist Convention. ANSWER : Yes. See a good - h·ed in Christian morality, com In this position, Miss Thomas Christian attorney and find out how to get out of the mess you _j sioners said. will edit Sunbeam Activities, qtiar terly publication for Sunbeam are in. Then see a good mar~iage counselor and see if this new re In literacy work Band leaders. She will also travel lation~hip is love or just another THE Home Mission Boiu'd of the throughout the Convention con ducting conferences on Sunbeam escape movement. ~o uthern Baptist Convention has The reaso1i. you are almost crazy elected Miss Mildred Blankenship Band work. A native of J canna, S. C., Miss is probably because you will not of Birmingham to direct its lit make a clean-cut, courageous de eracy ministry. Thomas will receive a bachelor-of religious - edtication degTee from cision. God will not do this for The missions board 'entered the you. And friends cannot. · iteracy field about two years ago Southwestern S em i n a r y, Ft. Worth, in May. If you will talk to any trained ·hen Miss Anne Grove of Nash minister he will tell you how to ·ille was employed to condclCt pi · be a Christian. Act; don't just sit .ot projects in the southern Appa Press co-chairman J. KELLY Simmons, editqr of and suffer. This is the way people ·achian mol!lntains. The ministry stay sane. _eeks to coordinate the literacy ef C a l 'if o 1' n ·i c~ Southe1·n 13apt·ist, . rts with Baptist associations and Fresno, has been named a co-chair man of the press arrang-ements ch urches. I CHURCH PEWS group for the 1962 session of the Southern B a p t i s t Convention. - Guy to Missouri Other co-chairman is Charles R. ROBERT Guy, a-dministrator of Richardson, Mill Valley, Calif., At Baton Rouge General Hospital news bureau director . for Golden Baptist) for almost 12 years, has Gate Seminary. A igned to accept the position of ministra:tor at Missouri Baptist Willard to Florida Price - o-pital in St. Louis. CONRAD R. Willard, a former In his new position, Guy will di first vice president of the South r t the Missouri hospital's pres em Baptist Convention and fo1· Any Church Can Afford . building prog1·am on a 60-acre nine years pastor , of Calvary · e which will completely replace Church, Kansas City, Mo., has ac WAGONER BROTHERS re ent facilities by 1970. He re cepted as of Mar. 15 pastorate of MANUFACTURING CO. -aces C. E. Copeland who is re Central Church, Miami, Fla. Wil Write or Call :·ring. Copeland has served as the lard, 43, will also resign as presi Phone OR 5-2468 -.. Louis hospital's chief officer dent of trustees of Midwestern - · the past 25 years. Seminary at Kansas City. BOONEVILLE, ARKANSAS Jr' h 2. 9 , I 962. Pag e Nin e t ee n He turned a boat· into a pulpit; a mountain-side - ·otir-supreme opportunity class room; a well cnrb into a mourner's bench; a into a prayer closet, and a boisterous sea into a • By C. W. CALDWELL to the distraught. .. . __ . _ Listen, brother pastor, don't confine your minL· Superintendent of Missions and Evangelism, the services in· the church house. Lead your chu. Arkansas Baptist State Convention project its services into every neglected area of you munity, city or county. You will likely find t ha [EDITOR'S N OTE: This adcl1·ess was clolivm·ed at the annual most fruitful services are in your mission points. State Evangelistic Con.fe1·ence in Little Rock lo.st Febntary.] I am not minimizing the regular church services, nei ' I advocate services independent· of any relationship THIS .SUBJECT may be a little misleading. I am not church. I am stressing the need of a pastor and church to deal directly with the evangelistic program of the church, soring services among pE!ople who, for one reason or ar but to emphasize the church's opportunity and resj;JOnsi cannot be enlisted in the services. at the church house. bility in its local mission program. Jesus said to his disciples one day, "Lift up your Evangelism is directly or indirectly rehited to any mis and look. The fields are white unto harvest." You sional'Y effort. Missions feed the flames of evangelism and recall the occasion. They were in Samaria. He had evangelism sustains mission services. Evangelism and mis nessed to a Sam:u·itan woman whose new-found ·joy c.& sions are not one and the same. There is a difference, her to tell everybody she saw and as a result ·the· multi yet there is an interdependence. The difference is: sou.e-ht Jesus. Evangelism is an effort to bring lost people to the Now the disciples had not thought about witnessin_ ~hurch services. Samaria. They were on their. way to Galilee. In G Missions is an effort to carry the church services to they would witness, but they were giving no eonside · the: lost- people. to Samaria. So Jesus sa·id, "Fellows, here is a field th · Evangelism endeavors to g·et people to where the Gospel ripe for harvest now," and for two days ministei•ed to t is preached. Somehow, I think J es.us would like to say to many Mi ssions end·eavors to ·preach the Gospel "vhere the people · us, "Pastors, lift up ¥our eyes and lool,, there is a are unreached. harvest field nearby." . Evangelism is one or more members witnessing to definite In the Old Testament we have the admonition: "B people. up the fallow ground aml sow 1\ot among thorns." Missions is one or more churches 'ministering· to definite The fallow ground was land which had not been c ~ areas. vated in recent years. Th.ere had been no sowing, Evangelism is primarily concerned about the lost on cultivation and no reapinl!,'. · Hence; ·it w~s fallow grou the local church field. and more likely to produce a greater harvest than • Missions is primarily concerned about the lost beyond overly cultivated land. ' the church's local influence. ln much of our church work we plow the same Evangelism . is i~terested in saving the soul of man. over and over again and wonder why the harvest is smal! Missions is interested in saving the whole man. each year. We should break up the fallow ground. A te Evangelism is interested in churches being stirred. revival across the tracks; a branch Sunday School Missions is interested in churches being started. rented dwelling; a mission station in a vacant school-hou_ No church can fulfill its ev'angelistic mission by engag a home fellowship in the midst of a great housing· area ing in revival services only. Our supreme evangelistic all may prove to be fallow ground for evangelism. opportunity may be beyond the four walls of our churches. need to see that. A great harvest may come from areas we have not surveyed . Several years ag·o I shored a mission film in the FirE · and from people whom we have not considered. We may Baptist Church of El Dorado. The film showed the missio find some ripe fields in our communities, cities,, or counties of Immanuel Church and others in Arkansas. I shall ne>e where an abundant harvest may be reaped with abound forget the comment a good layman made-he was a docto ingt joy. There are three things we migh't consider about this He said, "Our church ought to be doing that kind o. supreme opportunity. work. If we don't have the money in the budget, I sa. First, it is an opportunity some don't recognize. Second, let's dig' down in our pockets and put up the mone. it is an opportunity some jeopardize. Third, it is an necessary." opportunity · for all to evangelize. The church took the challenge and I know of three good churches in El Dorado which were begun, nurture.... and supported by the First Church until they became self I. An opportunity some don't recognize supporting. These three churches now have near 1,0 · in their total memberships. "WrEN I state that it is an opportunity some don.'t It seems to me that a church that does nothing· abou· recognize I don't mean to be unkind. I am not hurling· an local missions is guilty of putting its light under a bushe! accusation against om· good pastors and .people, but am If there is no place for a mission in your communit> stating· an observation. In many towns there are some perhaps there is one in the county. If there is none in t he great churches and noble pastors who magnify the services county, there may be a-' place in some . remote section oi of the church and urge all to attend, but seemingly have the Ozark Mountains. If there. is no place in Arkansa_ never thought about carrying the services to the people. why not consider the pioneer areas in the mid-western They visit, visit and visit, inviting people to the Sunday states? That is what Park Hill Church of North Little School, but never recoghize the need of establishing ' a Rock ' did. They have sponsored three new churches in t he branch Sunday School for the people who don't respond. West and yet .stand at the top in per ·capita gifts to the C<> They will conduct one revival after another and never plan operative Program. a revival in the midst of unreache.d areas. It is one thing to publicize the church services and another to project those services into the community. II. An opportunity some ;eopardize Jesus didn't confine his ministry to the established services in the synagogue. He attended faithfully. He THE opportunity is sometimes jeopardized by oppo taught in the synagogue. He preached in the synagogue. sition. In spite of the decrease of population in Arkapsas But, his most fruitful ministry was outside the synagogue. the .' towns . and cities have had substantial increases. Man. He often preached the word in some home and on one of the county-seat towns increased 300 to 500 during the occasion the roof was torn off to get a man to Jesus. past ten years. · / Page T·w en t y ARKANSAS BAPTIST und our cities enormous housing developments have Don't jeopardize this mission opportunity by delay and _ up. Where the1:e were once old fields and cow allow others to seize it. =m:xn>S- there are now paved streets, beautiful homes, _ • ing centers, but no church. suggestion by a missionary that another church is Ill. An opportunity for aJI to evangelize E:d in the county. seat town, or a new church planted e midst of a new area often starts opposition. Some r is fearful that it would take some of his members PASTORS, if you w:mt to win more souls to Christ, nt off the source of antjcipated growth. The m"mber-' you may do it not by having more revivals during the year in his church may be larger than he can minister to, but by sponsoring missions far and near. Fruit is pro - he wants more.' Why? Why isn't he willing for a new duced on the new growth of the tree. The same is true ·h to reach them instead of his? of spiritual fruit. No one questions the fact that new churches grow faster than old ones. New churches are ~e ll, we have been evaluating a pastor's ministry by always more evangelistic than the old established churches . . record of the church during his pastorate. He knows t he is going to be judged by the numerical, physical One of our associational missionaries recently compiled financial increase his church makes during his ministry. some interesting figures about the churches in his asso ciation. He showed that during the last ten years six new In oth<>r- words, his ronutation as a pastor is at "t.al KIEV CHURCH-Sunday Ecl'ito1· Eugene W?;att tll?-ongh Russ·ia. It sho~vs wo?·sh:ip'/)e?·s l·inge?·ing to of the Nc~shville TENNESSEAN sncqJ1Jecl tll ·is plloto clwt afte?' th.. e hvo-hon?·-long, th·ree se·r·mon se·rv·ice. of the .K.·iev Evangel·ical-Ba.pt'ist Chw·ah on a trip (Photo f1·om TENNESSEAN) Pa ge Twenty-Two ARKANSAS BAPTIST I • ! THE ·.BOOKSHELF '. .. ~· ~ ... Middle God's Power Within, edited by James R. Adair, with introduction by Billy Graham, Prentice Hall 1962, ~3.95 of the Road· Here is a collection of true stories about people who have found in religion By J. I. 90SSEY ·he power to overcome personal ragedies and have learned to walk by Walnut Ridge, Arkansas . faith in an age of fear and tension. Field Representative, Says Dr. Billy Graham, in the intro- · duction: "Both the Christian and the ATkansas Bap.tist Newsmagaz·ine non-Christian will be curious and in MR. COSSEY terested in the miracle that takes place when a sinner is delivered and renewed REMADE. I have beerl remade many times. When I surrendered through the message of the Lord." my heart and life t9 God, I was remade. After being saved by grace, Some of the people who testify here, I was buried with Christ in baptism, and in this picture of the death, as the woman whose daughter died of burial, and resurrection of Christ, I was remade. To sit at the Lord's drug alldiction and whose husband was supper in remembrance of the broken bo!ly and s h~cl blood of Chdst a hopeless alcoholic, / discovered God's 'till He comes again is to be remade. · power for the f irst time in moments of extreme crisis. When God calls one into the gospel ministry or some other life time religious work and a complet~ sulrender to God's call is made, Looking at You, by Norah Smaridge, it is to be remade. Abingdon, 1962, $3 Just ho'Y do you rate, brother, sister, Each day we need to renew our vows to the Lord and be remade. in terms of your family, your friends, your school and activities, your personal When a man maintains a Christian home with Bible reading and life? Is your kid brother a brat? Does prayer daily in a self-dedication, it is to be remade. the gang break up when you arrive? Are you afraid of trying something new? In John 3:7, Jesus said, "Ye must be born again." Even for those who think they have In the first birth we are born into our earthly family; in the no personal problems, the quizzes at the second birth we are born into God's family. Every day of our lives, beginning of each section ·of this book we need to be spiritually remade. Thanks be to God for all these will be inter'esting and revealing. remakings. Here is a wealth of practical sug gestions to help the teenager see him- . self as he really is-and to do something LEADERSHIP. Mitch Miller stands out in front of the men he about it leads. Bishop Fulton J. Sheen said, "When you are getting· kicked from . Women Who M;ade Bible History, by the rear it means that you are in front." Harold J. Ockenga, Zondervan., 1962, ~3 .50 Jacob M. Braude said, "A ' man who· cannot lead and will . not An outstanding expository ·preacher, follow invariably obstructs." Dr. Ockenga provides here down-to-earth Helen Keller said, "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot messages based on the lives of women of the Bible. Those who read prayerfully see the shadow." and thoughtfully will find themselves If you would be a leader, you must know how to plan and carry and some of their own prob1ems mirrored out your projects. A successful leader must be able to win the alle in t hese pages. giance and cooperation of others. Coming Events in Prophecy, by M. R. Dale Carnegie said, "The world is filled with interesting things DeHaan, Zondervan, 1962, $2.50 to do. Don't lead a dull life in such a thrilling world." The author, a physician and minister, A leader with an assignment must not stop and quibble, but go' is heard by millions on his half-hour right 'on until the job is done. · program of Bible teaching each Sunday. Will D. Upshaw once said, "Let nothing discourage you, never Says Dr. DeHaan: "We believe the 1 give up." ' · Bible has the answer to all present-day world problems, and until we can fit In the Lord's work there is no stopping place-God's assignments current events and the international must· be continued. _ituation into the program of God, we must continue in confusion and grope Sam Jones, Methodist Evangelist, said, "I want to say that I was a blindly about in a fog of uncertaintY leader of the boys of my town, and led them to wickedness and sin; and all and fear. We believe that, using the that I ever led astray I have converted back myself. I preached the gospel outline of events (in this book) as a in my town, and at our last arbor meeting God blessed my work so tHat He framework and skeleton, you will by earnest study be able to· fit whatever gave me the last associate of my boyhood days, and now the last boy that happens into its proper place in the r ever led astray is, owing to me, a member of the church and on his way program of God •.•" · to heaven." March 29, 1962 P a. 1 e T w e nt y • T h r e e Letters ... from home and foreign fields (Continued from page 5) WE thought that you might like to tuiional missions which receive help hostesses will be on hand i'n each place hear a word from the Northeastern Bap from · our dear people. 'fhe Don to see that a variety of active and quiet 'tist Association . . . Miller Family, P . 0. Box 2, Farming- activit ies are offered . We hope that There are now 15 churches. and 35 dale, L. I., N. Y. t her e will be something that will appeal mission points. During 1961, thes.e units to a ll young people. gave $18,748.57 to the Cooperative Pro EVANGELIZATION in our state ·re Our Sunday activities include .worship gram for, World Missions. This does not cently has had setbacks and advances, services at 9 and 11:15 a.m. and 7:30 include special offerings ... Bangor, but the advances seem to outbound the p.m., Sunday Sahool at 10 a.m. and IVI_aine, just g-ot a pastor ... Providence, di sappoint1i1ents. Setbacks come because Youth Groups at 6 p.m. .R. I., is hearing a man too. This means of physical barriers in transportation It would be helpful to us in planning mo1·e churches. and communication, poverty stl'icken if groups could let vs know when they F eb. 18, I preached at Fi1·st Baptist church families, illness and disease typi would be coming but they are welcome Church in Brooklyn. Three adults made cal of the equatorial climate and living even though advance notice is .not given. professions of faith and six made life stand FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, BLYT_HEVILLE Tuesday Morning, 9 :30 O'Clock Tuesday Night, 7 O'Clock Mrs. Henry Smith, GI Wife from Germany Mrs. Bruce Conrad, Home Missionary, Oklahoma Dr. C. C. Warren, Director, 30,000 Mover. ~ ::: :: t Mrs. Charles Martin, Jr., Missionary to Japan Rev. Dale Barnett, Missionary, White River Assn. Panel: At Home on a Mission Field Mrs. Garnetha Burns, Tomahawk Mission, Guest Missionaries Interview.ed by Mrs. S. Ladd Davies Wednesday Morning, 9 O'Clock' Tuesday Afternoon, 2 O'Clock Mrs. Melvin Wasson, Missionary to Nigeria Mrs. C. Hudson Favell, Missionary to Gh ana Mrs. Charles Martin, Jr., Missionary to Japan Miss Billie Pate, YWA Associate, WMU, SEC Mrs. Bruce Conrad, Home Missionary, Oklahoma _Ir . Marion G. Fray, Jr., Missionary to So. Rhodesia Miss Billie Pate, YW A Associate, WMU, SEC YOU'RE INVITED! Y.fe al;'e happy, indeed; to extend a cc ~ dial invitation to attend the 1962 WMU Annual Meeting in our church. This is the first time that the state WMU convention has eome to Blytheville. We are glad to have the opportunity of welcoming you to this section of northeast Arkansas. DR. JOHN McCLANAHAN MRS. J. T. WESTBROOK _ _ ._Fastnr · WMU Pres~dent 2 9 , 1962 · Pace Twenty-Fi¥e Departments------~------~ Br·otherhoocl South American tour cancelled We are grateful THE PROPOSED South American Mission Tour which the FOR THE fine response of th Executive Board asked ·us to work up and direct during this summer attended the recent state Brot will necessarily have to be called off. It seems impossible to enlist Convention, we are grateful a sufficient number to make the trip. It was a grea · The reasons are: . . ing in every 1. The time of preparation is too short. Churches which would we believe t 180 men wh like to send their pastors on a mission tour cannot change were greatly budget items or secure necessary finances at such a late date. and fitted for 2. Many pastors have made plans to carry their families to the service as G Convention in California and an extended vacation in the west, and leaders in but could not consider an additional tour. work of their 3. A considerable number of pastors have recently been to South BACK T FUNDAME. America and would prefer to visit some ·other mission field. It is almost We appreciate the Board asking us to direct a party on a mission ably true th;. tour, but under the circumstances do not feel that it should be con MR. TULL Brotherhood sidered further for this year. carries through on the proved pri Ralph Doug-las of Brotherhood work not only li> Associate Executive Secretary becomes a perennial blessing tc man in it and to the whole C. W. Caldwell A Brotherhood fails when it f Superintendent of Missions carry through on those factor make for success. Missions-Evangelism Student Union The fundamentals of a Brotherhood are: 1. A complete organization (all Development Mil1istry filled and kept filled, with capa THE PROGRAM of Church Develop worthy men) ment Ministry is proving very popular. 2. A worthy and comprehensi - We have had to order a new supply ·of gram of work (work with boys; booklets. The Home Christian witnessing; work in Mission Board is hav stewardship; and work ing to publish addi missions) tional copies. Your 3. Well-planned meetings (ke_ 1 requests for copies ·· will be answe1·ed as the work program of the Brothe soon as possible. M. E. Wiles is giv necessary: ing the major part of 1. The Planning Committee his time in directing (all officers and leade1·s p1·esent, this p1·ogram. He together, doing long-mnge planr will be in · Bar the year's work, and detailed p tholomew Association DR. CALDWELL for meetings and projects close ar April 7-11; Ashley 2. The Progmm Meeting of the County April12-16; M~. Zion Association erhood (which is tied on to th April 21-23. program and to the general chur This is a program in which all church gram); es can participate. If it has not been 3. Committee meetings, led DICK BUMPASS foui' leaders, at which their launched in your association, why not carefully planned and assigned. devote a monthly Workers' Conference New SSU director One other factor of success program to it? Give your missionary DICK Bumpass, of Eastland, Tex., has everything aj:JOut a Brotherhood the "green li ght" in promoting it. accepted the position of Baptist Student be lifted up to the spiritual le Certainly every church which received a director at Arkansas State College. Mr. kept there. This is a must! Spir 1 supplement on pasto1·s' salary should en Bumpass is a gmduate of Texas A & M minded men, leading and followi:: . College and of Southwestern Seminary. spiritual wo1·k: That is Broth l'Oll as a participant. He has taken additional graduate work The chmch sets its own objectives,' at Texas Christian University. HELPS ARE A V AILABL- determines its own methods, committees, Mrs. Bumpass is the ·former Nancy If you are an officer or a Ann Roberts of Terrell, Tex. The of a church Brothe1·hood, then, :. etc. lt affords a self-analysis to deter Bumpasses have two children. from the Baptist Book Store mine the needs in every phase of church For the past five years, Mr. Bumpass Church Brotherhood Guidebook. life. has pastored the Ward's Chapel Baptist of this book will be profitable · The program will be explained again Church, Atoka, Okla. Brotherhood man. If you are a. Mr. Bumpass succeeds Miss ·Carol ational officer, you' will need • this year at the Ruml Church Confer Burns, who is at Columbia University the Associational Brotherhood ence June 18-21.-C. W. Caldwell, Super working on a master's degree in social as well as the Church Bro intendent of Missions. work.-Tom -J. Logue, Dh·ector Guidebook.-Nelson Tull, Secre - Page Twenty-Six ARKANSAS BA Sunday School Baptist churches will be a · ner standing· and use of the clas- o _ n'za. tion to help accomplish the twofold pur Adult angle pose of a class, namely, reachinl! more ;y OF you know that 1·ecently IN A recent communic~ttion from the people and more effective t eaching a" cCiard was asked to go to Nash Baptist Sunday School Board we have the scriptures. work with the Southwide music received word about a class organization Other aids for better work available ministry. It looked chart which is now at the Book Store now are f or your · for a while that the a v a i 1 a b l e to the better appmach to Sunday Schoo l work. churches. . Lord might lead him Operation Home F olks Enlistment 'rhis chart is a vail Sticker, Form 406, is a gummE)d sticker away from us. How able from the Baptist eve!·, much to our joy, to be attached to Form 405-Y, Individ Book Sto HOW TO GET YOUR ~~ · ~jrli_$]!) ~- ~ CHURCH NEWS ~(~~ IN PRINT by JOHN T. STEWART ~~WHERE WILL Church Editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch YOUR MONEY BE TOMORROW? 1 "Recommencled fo1· all Funds Placed in Your State Baptist chm·ch letule~·s who have 1·espo?tsibility i'ft Pttblicity Foundation Never Die or Fade Away. mul acl·ve1·tising th1·ot~gh 1tewspape1'S. Should be espe citzlly belpful to pastors, rni1tiste1'S of e~lttcation, and PROTECT THE CAUSES YOU LOVE chtwch public relations com ?nittee m.embers." Gomer R. Lesch, Church Public Relations Consultant, C h u r c h Administration Dept., Baptist Sunday School Board Published by The Bethany Press I would like to know more about our $1.00 (Paper) State Baptist Foundation. ORDER FROM ·our BAPTIST BOOK STORE Address _____,...------408 Spring St. City ______State ____ Little Rock, Ark. arch 29, 1962 Page Twenty-Seven Children's Nook------1 watched · liim for a long, long running round and round the cage. An outside pet After a while the squirrel bee tired. He curled up in a ball and w to -sleep. Diane and Donald were qU: Donald took a book from the table began to read. It was so quiet Diane was soon asleep. ~ - When Diane awoke, she was hun Rubbing her ·eyes, she walked to door. · "We must stay here with Squirrel," reminded Donald. The children played a game of' jac Donald knew it must be almost ti for supper, for he was getting hun too. Just then Mother opened the d She was carrying a large tray set supper for two. "This isn't so bad," said Dona "having meals brought to our roo After the children had eaten sup and fed the squirrel crumbs of br there didn't seem to be anything e By GLADYS BURKETT R. to ·do. Diane drew some pictures MOTHER ·squirrel had a nest ·under 'fhe children laughed and laughed as ' Benny S.quirrel in his cage. Don the wor~bench in the garage. In it were they watched the tiny squirrel run watched, yawned, and sat thinking. Ti two little squirrels just learning to run. around the cage. Carefully, Dcrnald car children went to bed before their us One day Benny, the larger, was running ried the cage to the house. bedtime. this way and that. He ran into an old "Mother," he asked, "may we keep · The next morning Benny woke th bird cage that stood on the workbench. him for a pet?" early with his chattering. Snap! the door shut, and Bennie could Mothet thought for a moment. "Yes, "If Benny Squirrel wants to ge't o not get out. you may take the squirrel in the cage of his cage as much as I want to Donald . and Diane were busy mending to your room and keep him as long as out of this room, I don't believe I'll k a doll bed. you wish. But you must both stay with him for a pet," said Donald. "Look, Diane," called Donald. "Benny him all the time." "Maybe we can make him a Squil'l'el has locked himself in the bird This was fun, the children thought. anyway after he's outside,'' sugges cage." They took the cage to their room and· Diane. The children heard Mother in the They met her at the door, holding God's Wondrous World cage. "We're going to let Benny Squi be our outside pet," said Diane. • I "Oh," chuckled Mother. "Well, co A boy and his paints on. It's time for breakfast." Two happy children watched the fris1. squirrel as he ran to the garage af By THELMA C. CARTER they had opened the cage door. "WHO is the merry painter?" a rich a master painter. (Sunday School Board Syndicate, ail rights reservec customer asked the ·owner of a shop Tintoretto was asked to p'aint many where cloth was brought in to be dyed scenes from the Bible in many of the LOOKING FOR SPRING and tinted. most beautiful churches in Italy. One 'BY E;vA N. EHRMAN The customer, a . lady, was looking at of his earliest paintings, Presentation the beautiful paintings on the walls of of Jesus in the Temple, is still in one The birds are choosing grasses a the shop. The paintings were made with of the churches. threads the colors of the dyes used in the shop. How many times he must have studied To weave into nests for their ba· ThElY were created by the young son of the Scriptures, for many of his paintings birds' beds. the shop owner long ago in Venice, Italy. are of biblical events. Tintoretto painted Flowers peep out from bro "It is my son who painted the walls. the famous scenes, Last Supp_er and earth and snow I apologize," the father answered. Christ Washing the Apostles' · Feet. Little did the father and son know To feel if the sun's rays are wru His. last picture of importance, and to know the many things that would happen to Paradise, is seventy-four by thirty feet. the young boy, Jacopo Robusti, after It is one of the largest paintings ever Just how long to wait before sho that day. Among them, it was decided done on canvas. ing with bloom by impo1•tant . people of Venice that "Only magical hands could have done And making the woods like a bee. Jacopo Robusti should become a pupil this!" people have said. tifu1 room. of Titian, the greatest painter of that Isn't it wonderful that the young boy time. Jacopo, who began his painting on the Yes, all are expecting, tho · Later J acopo became known as walls of his father's shop, should one "Tintoretto," meaning the "little dyer." day paint beautiful Bible scenes on some winter winds blast, His great love of painting and of the of the most famous buildings and church Sweet spring with her charms beautiful colors of nature, which he es in the world! secrets at last. studied all his life, helped him to become (Sunday School Board Syndicate, all rights reserved) (Sunday School Board Synd icate, al l rights rese Page Twenty-Eight ARKANSAS BAPT • STATE TRAINING UNION YO·UTH CO·NVENTIO;N Immanuel Baptist Church, Little Rock, April 13, 1962 William Echols, President -TCHEME~ ·· "Laying A Good Foundation For Christian Living" MORNI·NG PROGRAM 9:55 Worship O.B.C. Girls'. Ensemble 10:15 "What Training Union Has Meant to Me"-Curtis Mathis 10 :30 Ouachita Singers 10:35 Message-Dr. James Sullivan 11:05 Age Group Meetings (Elimination tournaments for Y.P. Six sectional meetings with demonstration· of union fueetings for -Jntermedia,tes) 12 :20 Adjourn for lunch It SULLIVAN WM. ECHOLS S. S. Board AFTERNOON PROGRAM H.S.T.C. 2 :00 Wot·ship O.B.C. Girls' Ensemble 2: 15 Film : "One Love, Conflicting Faith" ' 2:45 Discussion of Film - Mrs. George Stuart, Mrs. James Street 3:15 Message- Dr. James Sulliv::,tn 3:45 Age Group Meeting·s- Conference subject: "Laying a Good Found . ation for Christian Living" 4:30 Adjourn for afternoon NIGHT PROGRAM 6:00 Worship O.B.C. Girls' Ensemble 6:20 Speakers' Tournament Finals (17-18 year) 6:45 State Sword Drill (Eight district winners) 7:05 Speakers' Tournament Finals (19-24 year) CURTIS MATH IS 7:30. Report of Judges, presentation of scholarships Song 7 :45 Message - Dr. James Sullivan :15 Adjourn ITEMS OF INTEREST Ouachita College will give tuition scholarships to winner of each speakers' tournament Dr. James Sullivan, Executive Secretary of our Sunday School Board, will bring three messa.ges Of · pecial interest will be the film at 2:15 followed by a discussion by Mrs. Street and Mrs. Stuart Church Administration Conference will be conducted for pastors and lay MR. DAVIS men by Idus Owensby, Church Business Administration Consultant, MR. HAYGOOD Secretary Church Administration.Department, Sunday School Board Associate Mar~;h 29, 1962 Page Twenty-Nine Sunday School Lesso to be sayed. It is not the " Father that any should perish, Christ, the center of our faith all should come to the knowledge truth. By LEHMAN F. WEBB Here is the truth; here i s the of faith: PaRtor, Second Baptist Church, El Dorado 1. There is one God, not man: only on e eternal and true. April 1, 1962 2. There is one Mediator betwe~ one true God and sinful men-the I Timothy 1:12-17; 2:3-6; 6:11-12 Christ Jesus. 3. Christ gave Himself a ranso all. The ' gulf has been IT HAS been all of 15 years since the A grateful heart, truly aware o:£ the reconciliation has been made ; we Apostle Paul first met Timothy as re goodness of Christ to us, is the surest only to accept it. corded· in Acts 16. There developed such emotion I know to lift our teaching out a fellowship between of the realm of a "chore .to be done" them that the now into a delightful oppo1·tunity to witness Ill. A precise exhortatio aging Apostle fondly for our Lord. Thank, God sincerely for refers to Timothy as what He has done for us, and we can I Timolhy 6: J J -12 · "my true child in the better be prepared to share effeetively faith." om faith with others. · THE first. su ~ gestion of exhorta Of course Timothy It is in Verse 14 that the Apostle in this passage has to d6 with f lee is no longer a child, combines both faith and love in the There are some things an effec· but is in charge of the grace of our Lord. This grace of our Christian worker must flee. One work for Christ at Lord will produce faith and love in and thfse he mentions in verse 10. The • Ephesus during the for Christ as well as in and for our of J!lOney: is the root of all evil thin time of this writing, fellowmen. Paul is continuing to and "there are some who in reaching :. and the Apostle Paul MR. WEBB describe the spiritual revolution -in his it have wandered from the faith is i m p r i s o n e d in personal encounter with Christ. spiked themselves on many t hor Rome. The Apostle sounds a responsive note griefs" (New English Bible). This month we are exammmg some in the heart of every Christian as he Notice that the Apostle urges u vital Bible truths with the purpose of terms himself the "chief of sinners." flee these thing-s, not leisurely v; helping our Sunday School members to The g;lory of it is asserted in that it away from them, but in the spirit be more firmly grounded in basic real was for the salvation of just such per shunning the very appearance of e ities of the Christian faith. sons that Christ Jesus came into the we are to make our departure f ro The logical starting place is at the world. evil as quickly and decisively as possib , center and the words of the printed text Now in reading the opening ·verses of The second exhortation is to foil emphasize Christ is the center of .our Look at the positive aspects of faith: "For there is one God, and one this chapter one will notice that Paul is seeking to refute those in Ephesus admonitfon. The Apostle lists six virtu mediator between God and men, the man worthy of pursuit. They are all t Christ Jesus" (1 Tim. 2:5). who are unqualified to be "teachers bf the law; understanding neither what more interesting if listed in pairs. F they say, nor whereof they affirm." example: righteousness-go d 1 in e s faith-love, patience-meekness. Righ· · These false teachers who have never I. The personal encounter eousness has to do with right li vin~ had a personal encounter with Christ I Timothy · 7 following after those things that ma J: J2· J cannot possibly have a clear under for godliness. Faith-love is treated standing of the law of God, for Christ a good :work here and is to be seen IN THESE verses you will notice the is the end of the law, He is its constant believing and loving. Thus: Apostle summarizes his personal en fulfillment. our believing in God and his doctrin counter with Jesus Christ.' The Bible This experience not only qualified as it proceeds day by day; all our lovir scholar can readily recall the experience Paul as a proper teacher but he sees God and man, these two . walking- arm . of Paul's conversion, how the rev.olution his salvation as a sort of first fruits arm. This love incidentally is the lo ary power of Christ had changed this of those who later are to be saved. of intelligent comprehension and of cc. - blasphemous persecutor, as he calls him Paul sees himself as a display of the responding intelligent purpose. self, into a minister of the Gospel. long·suffering of Christ for other people The other pair worthy of our purs Paul says, "Christ enabled me." In to see, that they might believe unto is patience-meekness. This is t other words, this teacher could direct life everlasting. Then and· only then can capacity to suffer without complai · his pupil Timothy to a personal experi they begin to make sense regarding the perform under pressure, .a disciplin ence in his own life in which a radical teaching of the law of God. worker that keeps on being faithful · development had taken place. Paul was Then Paul soars into a beautiful his Christ whether it rains or shin not repeating a merely academic dogma doxology of praise for his salvation, for feel like it or not, come what may. handed down by some rabbi. his place of service, and for the goodJ;Yess Then the last exhortation is one Before the truths of the Apostle's of his Etemal King. Apostle uses often. It is to fig-ht. teachings become meaningful enough for are to fig-ht the fight faith always h us to teach them to others there must to fight. Another version has be this personal encounter on our part II. A profound affirmation. "contend the noble contest for the su - with this . same Christ. He must be the I Timothy 2:3-6 stance of the Christian faith." We m · center of our faith before we can hope hold the banner of faith high and ca to help others make Him the center of it to victory. Paul and Timothy we~ their faith. ~N " verse 5 of this section we find the called for the defense of the gospel; · Notice again Paul's shout of gratitude Golden Text of the entire lesson. It is are all of us in whatever station in r·· that rose spontaneously from the mere found within the context of Paul's cle we may be. recounting of this glorious event that sire and instruction concerning prayer. By heeding these instructions f ai had happened many yea1·s before: "I Prayer is a ~nig·hty force because it is fully we make it ,possible for others · thank Chri,st .Jesus, our Lord." approved of God who will have all men see that C:hrist is the centet' of our f at· Page Thirty ARKANSAS BAPTI S • I Attendan·ce Report A .Smile or Two INDEX March 18, 1962 Dog-gone! A Sunday Training Addi Abel, J. H. and Son, employes 'Faith in Aclion'- •Church School Union tions WHILE waiting foi· the Sunday School 3-29 p2 Benyville class session to begin, the members of Arkansas Baptist Hospitnl building p lans-3-29 First 157 81 p12 Cisco Mission 7 the young women's group were talking ARKANSAS BAPTIST NEWSMAGAZINE, new Freeman Heights 171 79· on one of their favorite subjects-their subscrlbet"S ~ 3 -29 pll Camden Arkansas Valley Assn. ncws- 3-29 p13 Cullenrlu lc, Pir:'it 495 2!JO 3 children. Attendance report- 3-29 p31 Cove, Fir~t 47 34 1 Said one mother, "It's amazing how t rossett, First 567 199 B E l Dorado fat my Johnny is for his height." Baker, John, to Clinton- 3-29 pll East Main 257 147 "Well, my daughter can't gain weight, Buptisl Press accredited to W h ite House--3-29 ]Jl4 First 898 274 'Believe, This l'- 3-29 p7 Norths ide Chapel 77 5H no matter what she eats," said another. .Big Creek Assn. news- 3-29 p13 l ~' a yct.tev illc. J,rovidence 103 After this had gone on long enough Blankenship, Mildred, in literacy work- 3-29 p l 9 Fisher, First 151 68 Bookshelf, the-3-29 p23 Ft. Smith to include the weights and ages of many Boyfriends 'How can I get h im back' (CMH)·- Calvary 324 16:l other children represented, one of the 3-29 ,p8 East Side 79 44 Brazilian work (letter)- 3•29 p24 -- Fh'St 1162 515 8 ladies w:ho had been strang·ely quiet up Bt·otherhood fundamentflls~ 3-29 p26 . Missions 403 151 to this point chimed in: Bumpass, Dick, new BSU director~3 .-29 p26 Grand Avenue 709 271 . c Mission 23. "What if you had a six-year-old that Kelley Height 148 79 weighed only 20 pounds ? " California church invitation (letter)"T3-29 p24 ·oak Cliff ' 148 128 3 Cancer treatment found- 3-29 pl5 Towson Avenue 191 74 After waiting a few moments for the · Cnrthwright, Billy, to Mammoth Spring- 3-29 pl3 Temple 272 151 ai11azement and shock to sink in, she Castleberry, Desmond, to Plainview-3-29 p13 Trinity 29:l 120 Children's nook- 3-29 p28 Gravel Ridge, Fil'St 172 86 3 add\d: "I was speaking of my ·dog, of Christ, 'center of our faith' (SS)-3-29 p30 Gmdon, Beech Street 180 9a cou1·se."_:Mrs. Maxine Robertson Wal' Christian, John Tylet· (BL)- 3-29 .p7 Hanison, Eagle Heights 264 lOG Church Development Ministry- 3-29 p26 Hebe1· Springs, First 206 115 l'en, Fidelis Class, Park Place Baptist Cooperative Pt·ogram study delayed- 3-29 p18 Mission :n Church, Hot Springs; Cossey, J. I., 'paragmphs'- 3-29 p23 Hol Springs, Park Place . 428 14{i Counselor'l:i cot·ner--3-29 J119 Hunter 70 54 3 Craig, Dr. Robert E., college pmsident---3-29 pll HuntsviJi c, First 121 4{i , D Combs Mist:J iOn 26 14 For easy play-hack 'Diet, watch your (PS)- 3-29 p5 King:.;ton Mission 26 16 J acksonville YOU'VE hem·d the one about the E Fit"t 765 284 8 Texas millionaire who had so mucn Elect.iuns 'Now is the time' (E) 3-29 J>G Second 1!i3 I;Q g)Jioll, Halph, controversy (lellers)- 3-29 pp3, 5 Jon"" Mills, Shorewood Hills lil!l 64 money he didn't know what to do with Jonesboro, Central 588 225 it. So he mic1·ofilmed it. F Little Hock l"loyd, Jimmie, t.o Spring River- :3-29 p13 Fit" t 907 35 L 3 Ft. Smith, First, building plans- 3-29 piO Berea Chapel ns· f):{ G While Rock 42 2() State of superiority raines Street :JIJ7 20:1 Grul:tnm, Billy, scheduled to Tesal:i lneet.s- 3-29 1118 Immanuel 1338 469 A BOSTONIAN visited San Antonio Greek shrine, ~ ulob e-trott ing'-3-29 p32 FoJ,·est 'rower :lS :30 aucl asked a native, "What is that Guy, Hobert, to Missouri- 3-29 pl9 Kerr 24 17 H Rosedale zan 91 dilapidated-looking 1·uin over there·?" Hall, Dr. Andrew M,, snenker- 3-29 Il10 Tyler Street 286 ll!l "That, suh, is the Alamo. In that Hnll, Mrs. Nancy, 'ruling'- 3-29 p3 Lt. gazine, F irst. 106 60 7 Harmony Assn. ncws·-3-:W pl3 · '" gnolia, Central 781 281 4 building, suh, 136 immortal Texans held Higg inson chul'ch dedication -2H p11 cr.ehee, Firs-t 45:3 ' 247 1 Hill, Marvin, lo Douglas- 3-29 pl3 Cha pel off an m·my of 15,000 of Santa Anna's 45 I S Hm~ pital group cha.nges nam e--3-2 ~ pl5 • _na .. Firs t ;l l •l 102 regula1·s for four days." Calvary 1\lli:-n-tion 4$ 22 "Um-m-m," said the Bostonian, "and L • fnrk, First. 7·1 Lcwh;. Bill, schcdulo--3-2U pll \ rkana Mission who was that man on ho1·seback on the Library Week promoted- 3-2fl piS . :th Lillie Rock hill over there?" Long Island churches (letler)- 3-29 )l~ ·l B~ri ng Cross 807 . 3 M cy 588 2 "That, suh, is a statue of a Texas Par· Hill 750 Ranger. He killed 46 Apaches in sing-le 1\tl nlunc, OJ'ba Lee, new Commission chu.irman- Ridge, F irst 131 3-29 111fl -!"ion 2tl handed combat and broke up 27 riots in J\'Iny, Phillip, lo Allheimcr- 3-29 pl3 ""· Su nnytiide 1<17 GO 2 his lifetime. Where you from, strange1·?" Mexican mtssion tour pla nned - 3-29 pH) ville. P1'aide Grove 3 1 28 Missions, loca.J, 'Sll)))'eme opporiunity'- 3-29 p20 >li 123 55 "I'm from Boston. We have our he1·oes Music, Jeadcnihip- 3-29 p27 ·er, First 324 137 there, too. Paul Revere, fo1· instance-" R Haec •·elations (ielterl- 3-2!1 r-24 186 '75 1 "Paul Revere!" snorted the Texan. Racial prejudice called evil- 8-29 pl8 102 38 3 "You mean that man who had to ride Heiff, l!Jvnn A., dies- 3-29 p!5 •199 172 Uevivals- 3-29 p12 .for help?" llu:;s ian chttL·ch service-3-29 p22 uthern 42 31 -Leonard Lyons 435 160 s 227 H2 Sanclificulion ( Baplisl beliefs) -3-29 p!l 45 33 Sawyer~. Conway, to Liberty Ati:; n.- 3-29 J>l2 Mountain time Scottis h Baptists hct·c 3-2!J pll Searcy, Fin~t., honor ~ !\1rs. Parlu; - a-itt piO A THAVELER stopped of£ at a little S immons, J. J 962 P a g e T h i r t y " ~ ·0 ri e Globe-trotting with Ginny Forget it If you hear an ugly stor:· What went on behind That would ruin some one'_ name, strange, secret door? Can't you ,keep from telli 1! others By VIRGINIA HARRIS HENDRICKS Of its darkness, sin, and . h How much better it would CORINTH, Greece (BP) - Ar For everyone concerned, chaeologists were deeply puzzled by If you could just forget it certain excavations near the fa mous spring of Peirene. This ugly tale you've learne What had been uncovered was If you can help the fallen obviously a small religious shrine, Back on his feet again well-constructed of stone blocks, And point the way to Jesus perfectly matched and dovetailed together. But there were several Who can change his heart of : strange features in this shrine. Then, though the scars of . remain, In the center of the shrine stood Still, blood washed and forgive an altar. A very curious tunnel was dug in the rock, large enough H~ soul made white throuc for a man to crawl through. This Jesus blood, tunnel began just below the altar You've won a soul for heaven. and ran to an entrance elsewhere. Did you ever stop to think, m. The tunnel ended in a very sa dear, . cred area where the public was warned not to enter on penalty of That this old world would be The Bemc~, where Paul app e c~1·ed a fine. A door to the tunnel was A better and' a happier place cleverly constructed in a wall of be[o1·e Gallio. If we should try to see _ uniform block designs, appearing The good in those about us to be but a decoration in the wall. the megaphone to questions asked · at the altar just above him! And if we'd spend our life Beyond the secret door was evi In spreading joy and happine - This Greek shrine lay buried by dence of another swinging stone Instead of pain and strife? door. This one was kept securely the Roman city of Corinth when locked against would-be curious Paul stood only a few yards away -Lydia Albersen Payen, folk who, in spite of the fine,, might and proclaimed that throqgh God's Stuttgart stumble upon the concealed outside Son, Jesus, all men might come to entrance. the Father for guidance and life. 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