Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today Church of the Nazarene 12-7-1955 Herald of Holiness Volume 44 Number 40 (1955) Stephen S. White (Editor) Nazarene Publishing House Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Christianity Commons, History of Christianity Commons, Missions and World Christianity Commons, and the Practical Theology Commons Recommended Citation White, Stephen S. (Editor), "Herald of Holiness Volume 44 Number 40 (1955)" (1955). Herald of Holiness/ Holiness Today. 1140. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh/1140 This Journal Issue 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 Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Olivet. For more information, please contact [email protected]. December 7,1955 High Purpose in Daily Living General Superintendent Young rJ ,HE fin a l test of Christian experi­ by extraordinary grace if they would ence must be made in the labora­ be altogether Christian and radiant. tory of daily life. Its validity must Our practices and averages are too be measured in terms of radiance low without it. All too soon our and resilience amid the pressures of charities become intermittent and in­ ordinary living. When the ark of adequate. The esprit de corps of our the covenant was rescued from the common humanity will not do. Even hands of the Philistines, it was drawn the impact of the Christian com­ back on a new oxcart— described by munity will dissipate unless constant­ one as “the creaking wagon of the ly related to the high purpose of common life.” It is certainly true in Calvary. Our challenge to victorious our day that the holy of holies in re­ living must always be to this primary ligion must be made relevant to the motive; nothing else is compelling plain man in everyday life. enough. How soon the church can But it takes the supreme motive degenerate into a private club for of Calvary to make any life thorough­ the spiritually elite! Snobbishness, ly Christian. The Apostle Paul once exclusiveness, and isolation ensue. wrote to the Corinthian church ask­ But the adequacy of divine grace ing for a collection to assist the poor makes us brothers to all men in sin. saints in Jerusalem. It was not a Their isolation from God makes them supreme effort nor an offering of un­ bereft indeed. Ours is the message of usual sacrifice; it was an appeal to reconciliation, and we dare to speak develop the ordinary Christian grace in God’s name. of giving— something lacking in these Corinthians. Paul dared to make the I know a name that dispels the pow’rs appeal to the highest motive possible. of evil, He writes: “For ye know the grace I know a name that can break the of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though tempter’s snare; he was rich, yet for your sakes he 1 know a name that unlocks the gate became poor, that ye through his of h eaven poverty might be rich” (II Cor. 8: 9). When thro’ its merits I go to God Ordinary lives must be supported in p r a y e r * ‘ Copyright, Lillenas Publishing Co. “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; ...” (Matt. 6:33). THINK ON THIS: NEWS IN BRIEF GLEANINGS The World’s Greatest Light Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Young arrived in New York City on Wednesday, By J. M. Yarbrough* From the Office Editor's Desk November 23, via the “African En­ a s t y e a r in preparation for cele­ “ The H e r a l d is just the best paper deavor.” Both are well. brating the seventy-fifth year of ever. I look forward to it every week lightL produced by the electric bulb and never fail to find help and en­ Special dedication services of the there was developed and exhibited couragement in its pages. It is truly new College Church of the Nazarene, an incandescent lamp of 75,000-watt food for the soul.”—Ohio. Bourbonnais, Illinois, were held on rating. It was said to have been equal Sunday afternoon, November 20, with to the amount of light which would “I would like to thank you and Dr. G. B. Williamson as the special be required for lighting 190 ordinary God for such a good Christian maga­ speaker. average-size residences. This was zine as the H e r a l d o f H o l i n e s s . It has the greatest concentration of light truly been a blessing.”—Texas. Pastor J. Paul Downey sends word from one lamp that ever had oc­ from Yakima, Washington: “First curred. Church is forwarding to Treasurer "How I do praise God for all those But I read of One who is the Light who have to do with our great H e r a ld John Stockton the largest single mis­ of the World. He is able to produce sionary offering in its history, in the of H o l i n e s s paper! . How great and give off more light than there was God’s blessing to my heart this sum of $2,633.36. This is also the is of darkness in the whole world. largest offering ever given for mis­ morning as I sat reading the H e r a ld The physical 75,000-watt lamp can’t and read thro’ the article ‘Distinction’! sions in my ministry. God honored begin to destroy all the darkness in I feel God is very pleased with all the sacrifice of the people by giving the world. There will always be us a number of seekers in the closing those who were inspired to choose areas where darkness and shadows men and women in this generation to service of the revival with Evangelist prevail, where sin and the criminal Bernie Smith.” choose certain passages from His and the gangster will hold sway. blessed Word . surely A. K. Bracken There will always be, until Jesus’ must have been blessed as he pre­ Rev. H. E. Hegstrom writes: “Hav­ second coming, the kind of disease ing served the pastorate at Chariton, pared this particular report for the and fear which originates and mul­ readers of the H e r a l d .” —Illinois. Iowa, for four and one-half years, tiplies most rapidly in darkness and I resigned and was appointed by the cloud. Iowa District to supervise the con­ “I have been receiving the H e r a ld But when the Sun of Righteousness o f o l i n e s s struction of the 90 x 160-foot district H , subscribed for by an un­ arises with healing in His wings, the tabernacle. The project now being known friend for me. I am very diseases of earth, the sins of man’s completed, I have accepted the pas­ thankful for this. I have received mortal existence, and all other torate of our First Church in Bur­ much help from the paper, at times products of darkness will disappear. lington, Iowa.” when help has been most needed. Man can come out of his debauchery . I love the Lord and thank Him and wicked attitudes only by letting again for a good friend that sent me After four and one-half years as the benign and healing influence of pastor of the church at Warwick, your paper. I intend to subscribe for divine power and energy remake his the paper when my subscription is Ohio, Rev. William L. Parks has re­ disturbed and unbalanced soul. The out. I wouldn’t want to be without signed to accept the position as as­ light of the gospel meets adequately th paper.”—North Carolina. sistant pastor at First Church in Warren, Ohio. the terrifyingly important need of man’s immortal spirit. “I’d like to say that I really enjoy the H e r a l d o f H o l i n e s s . The Question After organizing and pastoring the No light on earth can with Him Box always draws m y attention first.” Bethel Church of the Nazarene at compare! THINK ON THIS! —Idaho. Cleveland, Ohio, Rev. Frank and Do­ ‘ Pastor, Oak Lawn, 111. lores DiCicco are re-entering the field of evangelism. “The H e r a l d o f H o l i n e s s still is bringing blessing in our home with its splendid spiritual food.”—Pennsyl­ After a pastorate of four and one- vania. half years in the Hailwood Church, HERALD OF HOLINESS Rev. Robert E. Phillips has resigned to accept the church at San Pablo, S t e p h e n S. W h i t e , Editor in Chiej California. He writes: “During this V e l m a I. K n i g h t , Office Editor WE ARE BUILDERS time the church made plans and built Contributing Editors: By W. Everett Henry a beautiful sanctuary and educational H a r d y C. P o w e r s unit and furnished it with full-form G. B. W i l l i a m s o n We are builders of a temple pews. The heat is in the floor, pro­ S a m u e l Y o u n g Vaster than the fanes of time; viding even temperature throughout D. I . V a n d e r p o o l We are working for a Master the entire church.