Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet Preacher's Magazine Church of the Nazarene 9-1-1944 Preacher's Magazine Volume 19 Number 05 J. B. Chapman (Editor) Olivet Nazarene University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_pm Part of the Biblical Studies Commons, Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, International and Intercultural Communication Commons, Liturgy and Worship Commons, Missions and World Christianity Commons, and the Practical Theology Commons Recommended Citation Chapman, J. B. (Editor), "Preacher's Magazine Volume 19 Number 05" (1944). Preacher's Magazine. 215. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_pm/215 This is brought to you for free and open access by the Church of the Nazarene at Digital Commons @ Olivet. It has been accepted for inclusion in Preacher's Magazine by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Olivet. For more information, please contact [email protected]. September-October, 1944 Managing Editor’s MESSAGE ANY of our readers are issu­ Volume 19 ing regular church bulletins Number 5 M September-Octcber, 1944 for each Sunday in the year. These bulletins may be of value to the church, or just a waste of effort and time, depending quite largely upon how well they are prepared, and also on their appearance. Just on the CONTENTS "QT”—some of the mimeographed bulletins I’ve seen are so messy “that Providing for the Unusual it would be better if they had not J. B. Chapman ............................................. 3 been born.” Preaching, Lecturing, Haranguing! One of our readers assumes that J. B. Chapman................................................ 4 most preachers are interested in im­ proving their bulletins in appear­ Word Pictures in Ephesians Olive M. Winchester ................................... 6 ance and content of message, so he suggests that we encourage a bul­ The Idea of Inbred Sin in Paul’s Epistles letin exchange idea. That is, he Neal C. Dirkse ............................................. 3 would be interested in exchanging Dr. Adam Clarke's Letter to a Young Preacher his own bulletin—and he issues a (Abridged) Dr. Peter Wiseman ................ 11 very good and attractive mimeo­ Sacred Oratory graphed bulletin—with a number o) Dr. G. W. Ridout .......................................... 13 other pastors who print or mimeo­ Immortal Money graph bulletins regularly. Dr Paul S. Rees .......................................... II What the M. E. (that’s short foi Managing Editor) would like t( The Preacher’s Intellectual Life J. Glenn Gould ............................................. 22 know is how many would be in­ terested in such an exchange of bul­ Spurious and Genuine Demonstration letins. If you’re interested, writi E. Wayne Stahl .......................................... 25 the M. E. and tell us that you are The Pastor in His Study And, there is no better time to writi H. C. Li tie ....... 23 than right now—better send The Business of a Pastor sample of your bulletin in your let A. S. London ............................................. 38 ter. If we receive a sufficient re sponse, we’ll try to work out som kind of exchange service. * * * * D e p a r t m e n t s The M. E. is always happy to re Searching Truths for Ministers .................... 40 ceive suggestions for the improve Quotable Poetry ............................................. 42 ment of this magazine; for, after al The Preacher’s Scrapbook ........................... 44 Sermon Outlines ............................................. 46 it’s your magazine. He will be gla Missionary Department ................................. 62 to have you tell him what you war Illustrations ..................................................... 64 included in the paper, what sub Book Reviews ................................................. 66 jects you would like to have dis cussed, what additional features yo would have added, or what yo would discontinue of those we nof J. B . C h a p m a n , D .D ., Editor D . Shei.by C orbett, D .D ., Managing Editor have. That suggestion you ar Published bimonthly by the Nazarene Publishing House, 2923 hesitating to send may be the ver Trocst Avenue, Box 527, Kansas City 10, Missouri, maintained by one we need to enable us to giv and in the interest of the Church of the Nazarene. Subscription price: $1.00 a year. Entered as second class matter at the post better service to our readers. Don office at Kansas City, Mo. Acceptance for mailing at special rate hesitate; write us. cf postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized December 30, 1925. Address all contributions to The Managing Editor. Preacher's Magazine, 2923 Troost Avenue, Box 527, Kansas D . S h e l b y C o r l e t t , City 10, Missouri. 2 (274) The Preacher's Magazir Providing for the Unusual / . B. Chapman, Editor OST of our time is of necessity ious giving helps, anointed preaching helps, M used in preparing for the expected and whatever helps should be utilized as and the usual. All good meetings require needed and used or left out as the main to be “prayed down,” but most of them objective dictates. also must be sung and preached up. The When I was a young evangelist I was object in the whole process is to create an called to labor in a camp meeting with that atmosphere in which the Spirit of God veteran preacher, A. G. Jeffries. I can work, and in which the spirits of men preached in the first service which I at­ can readily co-operate. “I want you to tended. The meeting had already been give the invitation at the close of the going for a few days, and Brother Jeffries service,” said the preacher in charge. But had been preaching three times a day. the meeting, proceeded as a drab, flat al­ I arrived at noon, and was appointed to together usual affair, and when the time preach at the afternoon service. A t the for the invitation came I knew that such a close I presented the altar call and about conclusion to such a service was alto­ seven responded. But the afternoon was gether incongruous. “You take the of­ warm, and there was little soul burden on fering for us. We want to underwrite the anyone. We prayed for a few minutes, and expense of the whole campaign today,” then Brother Jeffries arose and said, “I said the president of the campmeeting as­ think we had better all go now and get sociation. But the good man spiked all a little rest and do some private fasting the guns and tore up all the machine-gun and praying. It is evident that our skillet nests before he turned the service over is not hot enough to pop corn, and you to me and then seemed to think I could know we want the corn to pop out white.” win the fight with both hands tied behind That illustration about the hot skillet im­ me. “We are hoping for a break and a pressed me, and I have recalled it many great altar service this morning,” said times when preachers have seemed to ex­ the pastor as we entered the pulpit on the pect unusual results from just usual con­ middle Sunday of the revival. But he ditions. brought some special features of the Sun­ The exhortation of this paragraph is not day school program over into the regular often needed, but yesterday I had occasion service, took a heave offering for running to practice it, so it is fresh on my mind. expenses, had us “favored” with a variety Night before last the altar service ran until of special songs of no particular conse­ three in the morning and ended with a quence, and then gave me an elaborate genuine breaking up and breaking through. (introduction in the midst of which he re­ The tide was still on when the eleven iterated his hopes for a big break and o’clock service came on. The devotional fruitful altar service at ten minutes until leader could not hold the tides of testi­ twelve o’clock. Unplanned and unwelcome mony and praise back. As a final effort Interferences do not usually hinder, but at the appointed time for preaching, the when a man deliberately snaps on hobbles people were asked to stand and sing. When he deserves to get beaten in the race. the song started I suddenly realized that But since the object in it all is to create I was expected to preach in a very few 9n atmosphere in which spiritual results minutes, and I realized that if I preached ten be obtained, we should work deliber- I would just be preaching the meeting itely for the bringing about of such an down, instead of preaching it up, for I stmosphere. From the very opening of could scarcely expect to reach a place of the service to the climax the objective so much manifestation of the divine pres­ should not be lost sight of, and whatever ence as I would have at the beginning. I Joes not contribute to that end should 'therefore stopped the singing long enough oe avoided as much as possible. Spiritual to give a brief invitation to those who iinging helps, fervent praying helps, unc­ wanted to seek God for pardon or for tuous testimony helps, faithfuL and hilar­ sanctification. The result was a well- 5eptember-October, 1944 (275) 3 filled altar and no sermon at all. Why Of course lecturing is not disgraceful. preach if the result is to be repression Men are more willing to learn than they rather than inspiration? But last night are to repent, and hence many will come I had to preach against strong pressure— to hear a lecture that would resent being depressions follow inflations in the spir­ preached to; and I do not say that they itual as in the financial world—and I had do wrong who announce lectures in the to preach the meeting up.