Ouachita Baptist University Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine, 1965-1969 Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine 5-2-1968 May 2, 1968 Arkansas Baptist State Convention Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/arbn_65-69 Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Mass Communication Commons, and the Organizational Communication Commons Recommended Citation Arkansas Baptist State Convention, "May 2, 1968" (1968). Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine, 1965-1969. 81. https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/arbn_65-69/81 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine at Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita. It has been accepted for inclusion in Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine, 1965-1969 by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita. For more information, please contact [email protected]. liance upon the easy working of the machjnery; you may have compromise and concession, and· a policy of give,-and-~ake, but not until love rules th.e Personally spirit will the life settle into rich, massive,.W.orthy music ... Unless we have love eve·rything else goes . for nothing.'? · . speaking •J 1 1 • ••• Lord, help us -· to' put the· "give" ahead ·of the , , ' • II get ..,· , "' .. l ' • • ' j. j I ' I Giving an·d gettin.g. If I t 1 ·'''THERE, is ' n,o proble~ in giving.:" • 1 [ l 'f' ( '' ~o . wrote P~stor Emmett F. Parks'· of ' Fir'st Church, Covina, Calif., in his ·church bulletin re­ IN THiS ISSUE: . "'.. cently. ' ~ Y.o.u only have problems when you tryto get;"· says Pastol' Parks: "You may have a prob- , ANYONE who has seen the devastation 'af ·a lem te ·ge:t k!p~ness and warmth from another per- fire will never forget it. On pages 8 and 9, 0:am-es son, but.Isn t. 1t wonderful that you are absolutely Staggs r.e'lates the story of ·the fire which 'de­ free to give it whether 'anyboay else does· so or. -stroyed Immanuel Church, Ft Smith, and' 'the' re­ not I" · building of this church. Read " .Beauty· from •ash- This 'would seem to i~ply that 'you cannot , es. " ' · ' · .:·;, ,_' '. make somebody love you by demanding that he do BSU t d t f · Aka. ·n b · · t so or by blastiJ)g . him because h.e does not ·b-ut . s u eon s rom. r n 8 as Wl. e . gomg .o 'l: . • d ·f , . • ! . the BWA Confetence m Berne,· Switzerland-, th1s that the way t o ue assure o a person s 1ove IS . , F · th · t · t · t· · · · 7 · •· . 4-'h " • , b f sum.ner. or eir s ory, urn o page . to 1ove th. a t person-putt mg ~·e give- e ore the "get. " · ' ' · ·· ' '. • ' \ I \ • • 't I • WANT to· he~p somebody_:_do · something · When someone is unkind toward me, I am real­ worthwhile~ They need New Testaments in Viet-­ _ly . ~ore ''on the .spot'' than is the other -person. nam, and belongings iu Greenwood. Turn to pttges F.or. I ·must decide. :wh~th~:r - I will reMt and how I 6 anrl 7 for the· stories. ·· · · will react. COVER story, page 19. I can decide just to ignore the unkindness. If \. I can abide in this course of action (or inaction) it· may be that the other person will retent. Or he ., may jab back with further hostilities! If I decide• to strike back in kind, the war is on. And whether it be "cold" or "hot," wars are Arl11~1~ Baptist a lot easier to start than they ar~ to stop. ~ Volume 67, No. 18 May 2, 1968 But if I can hold onto my temper and, with ERWIN L. McDoNALD, Litt. D. 'the Lord's help, · actually have some genuine com­ Editor, passion in my heart for the hostile one, perhaps Associate Editor, MRS. E. F. STOKES I will be able to love that person, in deed arid in Managing Editor, MRS. FRED E. ASHCRAFT truth: If I can, there is good prospect that the un­ Secr'eta·ry to Editor, Mas. HARRY G IBERSON lovable one will love back. And when that ha:P., Mail Clerk, MRS. WELDON TAYLOR pens, there comes ·a tremendous change .in person­ 401 Weet t;apJtol Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201. Published weekly except on July 4 and December 26. Second·class posta11e al relationships. _p_ald at Little Rock, Arkanaas. Individual aubeeription, $2.76 per year. Church bucllret, ~6 cell~ per Says Joseph Parker, in commenting on I Cor­ month or f1.92 per year per chureh family. Club plan (10 or inor.!. ~ld annually In advance), $2.26 Per year. Subscriptions to forelan inthians 13 : addreaa, $4.76 per year. Adve11lsin11' rat-es on request. ' Opinions exprened in edltol'lals and sbmed articles are those of the ''Where there is. an abundance of love all the wrltet·. llfembe•· of Southern Baptiot Prae Association, ABiociated houseke.~ping goes easily, whether it be in a little Cllul'ch Pre~~•, Evangelical Press Association. Abbreviations .uaed in crediting newa !tams: BP Baptist Pr1111e; _tli cottage or a gre•at palace or a church comprehend ~ Church Bulletm; DP Dail:v Preae; EP B. •ngellcal Press; LC Local Corre~~pondent ; AB AHociational Bulletin : EBPS Euroi>ean Baptist ing multitudinous of character, opinion, l}nd Prea Service. force. Where there is no love there can be no re- ....._ __Page Two_ I ARKANSAS BAPTIST I .~~ ~---__..;_--~-----------------Ed ito rials ters, ~estaurants, and clubs, and it ·is just a matter Printing deadlines of the Board issuing licenses and collecting the • A church reporter was concerned over the fact license fees. ' that our attendance column always 'reports for the One· thing• has certainly been accomplished, at Sunday before last. W:hy, she ·wondered, was not least terhj5orarily1 .for those wanting open bars. the report she mailed us on a Tuesday not carried The w~~ r : -has been muddied, and it is not likely in·the paper dated Thursday of that week t that. any of the private clubs will face any raids . The answer· is tha.t it· fakes. several days, after in the int~rveni:hg weeks it ~~ll take to see what our materials are in to the printers, for th_e type the courts ·will say about the ABC Board's inter­ to be set, corrections to be made, the printing pretation of the ancient act. qone, and the papers addressed and taken to the And, of course, with the mixed drink~ freely :uost . office. Our sc~edule is nec~ssarily much dif- accessible .again,. the Gov~r~or doe~ not ha.ve· pres­ ferent from wh~t :J.t would be 1f the paper were sure. on h1m to mclude a. hquor-by-the-drmk pro- published· daily. ' 'pos~l for. the special se·ssion. · ' The Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine actually In the meantime, ahq-11t ·all the dry forees of goes to press on Monday night of the week for the, state c~;tn do is to watch the turn of events which it is dated. Sq, Wednesday or Thursday of and be ready for any eventuality. And with an t4e pr.evious week. .. must constitute the deadline for inf.8.~ous initiated act on our books that allows the most of the copy. Of course, iJ?. the case of · eveuone to have his g:allon of booze and case of real .hot news, we can .cut into our schedule for a .beer:-ev~n in dry territory!-· no one who likes the page or 'two as lfite as Monday, the day we are .stuff need be sober long, open bars or open jug. going to press. ·. · · ·Since the earlier we receiv.e the news the' bet- ter, ,churches. and reporters are urged to get their wh at . we c a n d 0 news to us promptly. Statistics-for our attendance column, for e~ample, should be in the mail to u~ WHEN so many of the' fo~ndations o.f our so­ not later than Monday, the day after the Sunday ciety are being destroyed, '' wha(can the righteous for'\vhich the reports are being made. do1"· · · · · · hom~~~. • ..In the case of coming events1 such as What, for example, ·can churches and church comings, groundbreakings, dedications, etc., we people do about the f~undations ()f hom:es that are like to have complete asfvance ·reports two weeks being· eroded or prevented from forming, ·by pov- to 10 days ahead ·of the events. ~y having s~ch ·erty . and social· ev:ilf:l Y · · , events reported in the paper in advance, the · ·. Much, ·suggests Southern Baptist DuPre'e Jor­ oburches have the advantage of this extra an­ dan Jr., who has just been named_to the new post nouncement and promotion. of "religious liaison officer',. with the Office of Economic Opportunity, with headquarters in W asl1ington. · ABC and open bars Dr. Jordan's main assignment will be working .' According to Governor Rockefeller's polls with' church people in the interest of cooperation between church and state in helping needy people quotations, the· pe-ople of ~rkansas. are ·pretty evenly· divided. on the question of hquor-by-the­ to help themselves. qrink being. served up, in public hotels and res­ In a letter carried in "The People Speak" de­ taurants and/or in so-called private clubs. Which partment of this issue, Dr. Jordan spells out in detail several ·things Christians and churches can means, of course1 that there would not be the pro­ rlo to help in the War on Poverty. .. verbial "Chinaman's chance" for a liquor bill to pass at the upcoming May· special session of the State Legislature. For what politician, unless he 0 ett 6,1 ti..e /J-44-t himself be inebriated,· would cast a vote r!ght D' ~head of the election that could be .